Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-09-05

American forces, south of the Disc
river, are reported helping the French.
From their position in the battle it
seems there is but one regiment. La
ter news, however, has increased the
size of the force and it seems to
be a division.
Lieut.. Edwin G. Chamberlain of
San Antonio, Tex, takes the cheese, or
rather the German planes. He has
been recommended to Congress for a
Congressional medal, and also by the
British for a Victoria Gross, and he
will most likely get a French medal
Being in training behind the British
line he got leave from his Colonel
and offered his services to the British
They accepted and gave him a plane
which went out on patrol with a
squadron. He destroyed five German
planes and sent two more down out
of control, his engine giving out he
descended amongst some German in
fanrtry whom he shot up, capturing
one of them whom he forced to march
ahead toward the British line. He
then found a French Colonel badly
wounded and helping him back they
came to a river where he made his
prisoner swim and followed after with
the French Colonel, and finally came
back to the British forces, all the
time being under machine gun fire.
Since July 18th, when the allied
offensive began up to September /,
they have captured 125, 900 Germans,
1000 guns and over two thousand
square miles of territory.
The total American casualties up
to September l, were 26 ,260, of this
number 14,135 were wounded and
1850 are missing or prisoners. A
good number of the missing get sep
arated from their commands, while
others are wounded, who are sent to
French hospitals and are not report
ed for some time.
The British casualty list for last
week was 16,803. This is an increase
over the previous weeks, and returns
are most likely beginning to come in
from the fighting that began on Aug.
3rd.
The American army now has 100
De Haviland tours in France. These
are large bombing planes, and it
shows that the army in France has
/ gained HOO during the past month.
A still larger plane, the De HavilaRd
eight, is now being made and ship
ments will soon begin. The De
Havilands are driven by Liberty
motors.
Registration day for those from
f18 to As inclusive has been set by
/ President Wilson on Sept. IL.
! Where the present fighting is TAX
| ing place is nearly five hundred miles
from Berlin and 189 miles to the
+ Rhine. Where most of the American
forces are stationed is 400 miles from
/ Berlin, and in one place they are
within eighteen miles of the Rhine
river.
/ The fighting of the past week has
| been the most successful of the whole
war. One hundred miles is included
in the present fighting, with the Ger
mans giving way at all points.
Amongst the important points cap
tured in this period are Noyon, Nelse,
Roye, Chaulnes, all of the old Somme
battle field, Bapume hill, Mont QUEEN
tin overlooking Peronne, which has
most likely been captured by now;
KENNEL hill, which was the scene of
desperate fighting in April, and part
of the Hinderburg line. By the end
/ of the week, it is reasonable to expect
that the Germans will be thrust back,
entirely, to the Hinderburg line, and
if the allies are able to break the line,
! the Germans will be out of France
! before cold weather sets in, but they
have job before them. The next
two weeks are liable to see some des-
perate fighting, and it would not be
surprising if very large American
forces, thrown into the battle.