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Medford Mail Tribune
Forty-lghth Tear.
Dally Thirteenth Tar.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918
NO. 119
FRENCH IN NEW'DRIVETAKE MONTDIDIER
GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT IN PICARDY
MPTfiDinilQ HIT HON. HARD
rZuZZ STATES MARCH BECOMES FL1GH
l y l fi I vv n l fi l n ,o war n s'9ht But Enemy to
Enemy Retreating All Along Battle
Line in Picardy All Objectives
t Won 25,000 Prisoned and 400
Guns Captured French Strike New
Blow on 16-Mile Front South of
Montdidier Surrounding and Cap
turing That City.
LONDON, Aug. 10 Informntion
received in London shortly before 2
o'clock this nflt'rnoon was tlmt the
French line was still advancing on
both sides of Montdidier.
The guns (raptured bv the nllies lire
now nearly 4(10 in mimher.
No further eount of prisoners has
come in at this hour hut the total .is
probably mounting rapidly because
of tiie disorgnnintioii of the Germans.
The allied cnsualties including all the
kiled, wounded and missing, are less
than 6,0011, or not more than one
fourth of the number of prisoners
counted. On the other hand the Ger
man disunities have been tremen
dously heavy.
WITH TIIK lUilTlSII ARMY IN
FRANCE, Aug. 10. (Uy the Asso
ciated l'ress.) The enemy is re
treating todav all along the buttle
line in Picardy. especially in the cen
ter, where he is being heavily at
tacked by the British.
In their advance the Hritish have
captured Wnrvillers, Vrcly, Solies,
Hoisiers and Vnuvillers.
In the course of the fighting n
German divisional headquarters and
its staff were captured.
British tanks have been seen well
to the east of Mcharicourt. Streams
of German transports are still going
eastward. Two new German divis
ions have been engaged by the ad
vancing allies.
Information received from prison
ers indicates that the fighting may
soon become heavier.
Objectives (ininod
Because the allies gained all their
objectives it is iwissible the enemy
does not know where he was beaten.
It is therefore inadvisable to disclose
exactly where the allies are operating.
It may be said, however, that the
British infantry and tanks reached
pointed they intended to attain and
this morning they are holding con
solidated line nloag tin front.
The allied forces captured many
towns, a large quantity of material
and ft complete German divisional
headquarters and staff. This head
quarters was captured at I.ihons.
The number of prisoners this morn
ing is close to ., 000.
North of the Somme the allies, nf
ter taking Chipilly Spur, have gone
on, driving the enemy before them.
Numerous tanks nnd "whippets" as
sited the advancing infantry.
Farther south, the French advanc
ing rapidly and increased their num
ber of prisoners as they pushed the r
line forward.
The Germans are now well hack to
ward the Somme, south of Peronne.
(Continued on Page Six.)
NEW YORK. Aug. 10. fnfillcd
orders of the I'nlted Stntcs Steel Cor
poration on July 31 were 8,x3,xoi
tons according to the corporation's
monthly statement issued today. This
is a decrease of 35, 063 tons com
pared with the orders on June 30,
Be Smashed Without Relaxation
and Given No Chance to Rest
Offensive to Be Kept by Allies
Whereabouts of Yankee Troops.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. The.
whole battleline from Rheims to
Flanders Is being straightened out
and the time has come for the great
est effort, General March said today
in his weekly conference with news
papermen. Marshal Foch Is following the
sound military principle of hitting
without relaxation, said the general.
"When you get the enemy going,
keep him going."
The Franco-British drive In Picar
dy has put the enemy again In a bad
position similar to the pocket vhlch
he was In on the Alsne-Marne front,
General March said.
Keep Kncmy Ituiiuing
Any suggestion that the end of the
war Is at hand should be discouraged
the chief of staff said, but the time
ha& come to keep the enemy running
and to hit him hard. The greatest
advantage to the allies is that they
have taken the offensive and can
keep the enemy guessing instead of
guessing themselves.
Laying emphasis on the necessity
of giving the enemy no chance to
rest, General March said this was the
object of the war department In seek
ing to raise the uge limits of the
draft and to hurry to France cvor
Increaslng American forces.
ItalnlHiw Division
General March Bald the forty-second
(Rainbow) division after receiv
ing its combat training In Lorraine,
had joined the French cast of Rheims
on July 13 and helped to break the
enemy drive at that place. Reading
from a record of the division's move
ments, ho said that In eight days of
battle, it had forced passage of the
Ourcq, met six different enemy divis
ions and had advanced sixteen kilo
meters and taken prisoner from ench
of the opposing enemy divisions.
The 29th division is still In Alsace,
southeast of lOplnal. the Tilth Is still
in the American training areas and
the 85th is now arriving In France,
its Infantry having landed and Its ar
tillery being about to land. The 2 7th
division under Major General O'Ryan
and composed of New York national
guard, was last reported with the
British In Flanders.
General March made no reference
to tne number of Amerlcun troops
now overseas or on the way.
Turning to the situation on the
Vesle, General March said French
and American troops had been "nib
bling along the line, but mude no at
tempt as yet to advance up the slopes
north of the river where the German
lines of chief resistance are supposed
to stand."
The temporary stabilization of the
fighting on the Vesle front had been
promptly met by General Focb. he
added, by the blow In Picardy where
events of the Marne battle seem like
ly to be duplicated.
HEM LOSSES IN
AIRPLANES AT FRONT
LONDON'. Aug. 1(1. Sixty-five
German airplanes were destroyed by
I'.rilisli aviators or driven down out
of control in the fighting of August
H when the allied oflen-ive in Picardy
ohiici1, tonight's, official statement
on aviation operation shops. Fifty
Itriti-h machines are missing, the
British losses being due chiefly to
fire from the ground.
BOSCHE RETREATI
BEFORE ALLIES
T
Von Hutier's Army Breaking Records
in Getting Away Leaving Behind
Much War Material Retreat From
Montdidier Cut Off Evacuation
of All Territory Won in March.
PARIS, Aug. 10. The German
army of General Von lint ic-r is re
treating from the Montdiiiier-Noyon
line.
The movements of General Deben
ey's army have been lightning-like
nnd resulted in taking prisoners to
the number of several thousand,
j The French began a movement
southenst of Montdidier last night
and virtually have that place sur
rounded, according to the official
statement of the war office today.
The towns of Assanivillcrs and
Hubescourt were captured and the
French reached Favorellcs, less than
two miles east of ontdidicr. North
west of .Montdidier the French have
advanced east of Arvillcrs, six miles
northeast of lioye and have capture.
Davencseuort, two miles east of Pier,
repont. .......
Ijenves Material Behind i
The retrograde movement of the
Germans is being accelerated by the
favorable progress of the new attack
south of Montdidier.
The retreat of Von Hutier's army
is showing traces of utmost hasle.
Much war materia! is being left be
hind. The German rear guards are
fighting desperately. '
Von Hutier's retreat from Montdid
ier was cut off when the French cap
tured Favrolles. The German posi
tion along the Montdidier ltoye road
is precarious.
The retirement is under heavy pres
sure. Behind General Von Huetier is
a country that offers little opportu
nity for the formation of the defense
of tin army in full retreat.
For the present it seems tluit the
Germans will be compelled to retire
from the whole territory which they
gained at such cost in their March of
fensive. Gain Ascendancy
PARIS, Aug. 10. Anglo-French
troops have gained the ascendency.
The line in Picardy is held solidly by
infantry. Cavalry skirmishers arc
well in advance of it anil preparing
the way for further progress.
The Germans are relying on mn
cbine guns to stem the allied tide, not
wishing to risk capture of their urtil
Icrv. The enemy is defending him
self with desperate courage wherever
the position affords means, and the
officers are shooting down any sol
diers who show symptoms of quitting.
The cnernv is fighting against time
time for the German commend to
try to re-adjust itself and to limit
the consequence of the blow.
ciASsWii as
PAItlS, Auk. 10. The dlRcomflt
ure of General von Hutlur's Hrmy
and the probability of ita being sur
rounded arouiies a groat deal of in
terest hore. There In a, feeling In
France that von Mutter 1 a reneRade
Krench. His father emigrated from
France to Germnny and entered the
aervfeo of William I, nerving In the
war ana I nut France in 1S70.
STEAL CL0THIN3 FROM
CHILDREN IN BERLIN
LONDON", Aug. 10. -A decently
lad child is no longer safe in Iter
llu. Senrcitv of clothiiiL' is leading
to the robbing of children of a!l their
clothes on the streets.
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Broken line shows bntlle line Is-fore allied drive began Thursday.
Short, heavy dottod lino iHttweon Albert ami IUIiocoui-t shows progress ol
nllies. Line to right is llliidcnbuig line held In-fore (ioniums began drive
of .March 21.
HEIGHTS OF VESLE
AMKIilOAN A It MY HKADQl'AU
TKRS ON THK VKSLK, Aiur. 0.
(Reuters.) The Cier minis on the
heights north of the Vesle nre strong
ly disi'ouriiying nil el'tWln to np
pronch them.
The Oermjins doubtlessly encourng
ed the Americans with the idea that
Kismes had been abandoned, because
when the Americans entered the town
they run up against n liberal supply
of machine gun nests. Hut, as the
enemy discovered at Seicbcprcy, it is
one thing lo tvt (lie Americans into
n trap and another tlnui: to get them
out of it. TIm German in the end
had the nio-t unpleasant recollection
of Fismes.
It was when the Americans ad
vancd to the foot of the bills that
they realized the character of the
German popo.itiou. On the heights
above were hidden the German ma
chine guns. It was impossible to ap
proach them since thev had a clear
field of fire and could keep the Amer
icans from 1,000 to .1,500 yards away.
Hip shells then hep an to drop in the
American line.
The Americans are lvrn-j on the
I hillsides, virtually in the open with
the German gunners watching every
movement from the dark belt of tree
above. The Amcricmi gunners are
peppering the enemy with shell ami
gas bul without sensibly diminihtir
their tire. Meanwhile the big sbcllh
still are coming over and anv rcpl
tu 'them is uncertain business.
PRINCE BORIS TO ROLE
PARIS, Aug. 10 (llavas Agency)
Prince Doris, eldest son ot King Fer
dinand of Bulgaria, will be regent
during tho period of his father's en
forced rellrement. It was reported
from German sources.
AMERICANS JOIN ALLIES IN
GERMANS ALONG S MM
Yankee Troops Brought Into Fighting
Dash and Defeat Them as They
and Bosche Driven Off Ridge
Americans Pushing Ahead Steadily. Overcoming Stiff Resistance-
British Aided in Important Places
25,000 TEUTONS
I.OXOOX. Aug. 10. The number of
prisoners taken from the flemians in
the fighting in I'icnrdy has increased
to 25,000, today's war office state
ment announces, and 100 uns cap
tured. Klcvcn Germans divisions have not
only been defeated in the lighting of
the last three days, but so utterly
crushed that the German higher com
mand 1ms been unable to make any
counter stroke anywhere.
The Germ ii n combinations have
been so disorganized that thus far
only two divisions of reserves have
been identified, am these new troops
have not been able to make any im-pre-sion
on the advancing allies.
The 11 Gentian divisions which the
allies ha vi torn to pieces are al
ready in such condition thai they
can be of little use lo the German
command for a hug lime to eoine,
and pmhahlv some of tliciu can never
he reformed.
The two new divisions which ap
peared on the front were rushed clown
the two principal arteries of eotiunu
nicntions. It is along this artery,
that the allied forces arc strongest,
particularly in cavalrv and tanks and
two divisions were far too few
stem the on-rii'hinir tide.
to
WASHINGTON", Aug.
T Ifil i s h war ol fice official
10. The
statement
today on the drive in I'lcurily reveal
for the first time the fact that Amer
ican troops arc taking part in this
smii'-hiiig blow there againt the
piiemv. The identity of the unit or
units is not known.
The new- that Americans actually
arc in the lighting nnd have won "n
con-idcr.ible" ih received here will
gratiticaliou.
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DRIVE DEFEATING
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Attack Enemy With Enthusiasm and
Did Along the Marne Chipilly Taken
Successes Won in Morlancourt Region
Allied Progress Continues.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCIS, Aug. 10. (By the Associ
ated Press.) American troops have
been brought into the fighting In the
great battle on the Amlcns-Somnie
district. They succeeded In over
coming a stiff resistance and helped
the British capture important posi
tions in an attack launched yesterday
botwoen the Ancre and the Somme.
The machine gunners and Infantry
went into buttle with their tradition
al enthusiasm. They mot tho Ger
mans and defeated them hero Just as
they did along the Marne. At places
stiff resistance developed, but nU
along the lino tho Americans, British
and French smashed thru tho hnr
rasscd enemy who was trying to hold
'up their advance.
Chipilly Iteenpttircil
WITH TIIK ItlUTlSlI ARMY IN
FRANCE. Auu. 10. (Routers. 3:
p. m.). Chipilly Spur, north of the' Cuvilly, Ressons-Sur-Metz and Vig
Somine, was captured by the Amerl-' nviwmi. This line puts Montdidier
can ami nritlsh troopa at G o'clock -Mlt t,,e Vrviwh line,
last night. The attack began at 5 At )V,0,'k tI,w '"K Mont-
o'clock when the allies moved
ward botwoen .tho Anero and
Sommo. They wore nupporicd by
tanks nnd were preceded by a heavy
barrage, fire. Tho enemy was driven
toward Hray, northeast of Chipilly.
Still Pushing: On
LONDON, Aug. in, 4:41 p. m.
No further definite nows from the
Amoriean forces on tho northern
flnnk of the fighting front lias reach
ed London since noon, when the ac
counts of their successes in the Mor
lancourt region were at hand. There
Is every indication, however, that
they are pushing ahead steadily, ac
cording to tho allied plan.
Tho latest nows from tho fronch
was that they had captured the
towns of Saulchoy and Duvenescourt.
(Saulchoy Is about five miles north
east of Montdidier).
Tho advices from tho French
around Montdidier sintod that they
were meeting no severo resistance
and that the (lermans undoubtedly
were trying hard to escape from the
nasty salient.
LONDON", Aug. 10 (llrltlsh wire
less service.) It Is reported that the
brldgo over tho Sommo near Peronne
has been broken. This fact when
takon in conjunction with tho con
gested condition of the German
transport service, will cause much
difficulty to the enemy, should ho en
deavor crossing tho river.
The prisoners taken vary in final
ity, but usually aro of fine physique
Tho gas masks used by tho (leimuus
wero poor und many of tho prisoners
threw them away on arriving, at tho
cages where they aro temporarily de
tained.
FINED FOR CALLING
RUSSIAN A GERMAN
LONDON", Aug. 111. In fining
Thomas Wren .1.."0 for calling a
Ku--inn named Steinberg n Merman,
Justice Dii-h said :
"After the foul crimes (Icrniony
has cnuituillcd, uhat viler insult could
la- made iiifiiinsl a man limn deliber
ately to call him a (Icruian.
MONTDIDIER
CAPTURED BY
FOCH'SARMY
Strategical Point, Marking Apex of
German Drive Taken French
Launch New Drive on 16-Mile
Front. South of Montdidier and
Advance 4 Miles in 6 Hours and
Still Going Fighting Reported to
Have Spread North to Arras.
I.ONDOX, Aug. 10. The important
town of iMontdidier, which was ap
proximately at the nex of the Ger
man salient south of the Somme, has
been captured by the allies. ,
Freneh Troop Attack
l.ODO-X, Aug. 10. French troops
attacked at I o'clock this morning on
the line between Montdidier nnd tho
river Oise on n front of approximate
ly l(i miles and at 10 a. m. had scor
ed an advance of four miles, neeord
ing to news received shortly ufter
noon today. ,
The French line at that hour ran
through Favrolles, I'icnnes, Hoi let,
for-1 1 r 1 ncen surrounueu.
tho! t"'y "mull number of Germans
..'with machine guns were then iusido
the town.
Spreads to Arms
LONDON', Aug. 10. The rieiirdy
battle is sprcadying to the south of
Arras, the 1'all Mall (lazette says this
afternoon. Heavy fighting occurred
this morning in the bailie area, with
the allies milking siitisfuctory pro-
ress ami taking large numbers of
prisoners.
( anadian cavalry which is operat
ing close to ( liniilnes report that tho
enemy is lighting strong rear guard
lions in order to enable the stores
of ammunition and guns to be remov-
il from that own.
The new attacks by the French
have extended the battle line some lfl
miles furl her to the southeast in the
Montdidier area. In this movement
the Trench scored an iidvunco of
four miles in six hours,
(lianlneM Surrounded
To Hie north the import ant .junction
of Chaulucs is now ipiite untenable
for the (lermans, as it is well within
the fire of the British field guns.
The 100 guns added to the '200 ore
viously caplurcd by the allies were
taken by the French in this morn
ing's fighting;
The opinion in London todav wus
that the enemy could not now possi
bly hold any more of line until he
reached the Somme nnd the canal
from Ne.-le to N'oyon. That would
make a maximum retreat of 20 miles,
Itoughly speaking the allied advance
in two days on a front of 20 miles
!u.is been 12 mill's.
On the Hritish front splendid pro
gress is being made mid the average
12-inile progress forward was an in
fantry advance with the cavalry,
(Contlnuod on Page Six.)
FOR SOVIET ARRESTS
MlNltfiX, Aug. 10. In reprisal
for the arrest at Moscow of Kobert
11. H. I.ockhart, Hritish consular
aucut at Moscow and other British
officials by the Molheviki, M. Utvin
off, the MoNlicvik emissary in Lon
don, has been placed under police su
pervision, the Daily Mail states. ,