The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-08-05
PRINCE LEFT IN
GREAT HASTE
Forgot Royal Shaving Soap
and Tooth Brush and Per-
sonal Letters.
MENACE TO PARIS PASSES
Penetration of Evacuated Ter
ritory Shows Enemy Must
Have Retired Suddenly.

with the American Army on the
Aisne- Marne Front. Aug. +.-tp p.m.)-
The German menace to Paris has b,'n
definitely thwarted by the German re-
treat beyond the Ncsle. The German
drive has ended In complete failure.
on July Is II was believed and hoped
tina, the enemy's designs towards Paris
had been smashed, but with the foe on
the Marne there was always "the sword
OF Damocles' overhanging the capital.
The penetration OF the region Just
evacuated by Gen. Won Boehm's army
shows the suddenness OF the German
decision to retire from the salient and
the evident inability Of the enemy
stalf to decide where Is was possible TO
make a stand.
II seems probable that the German
crown prince selected three successive
lines, but these lines were smashed by
the determined French and American
attacks.
The huge amount OF supplies LETT be-
hind oy the Germans betrays the dis
arranged organization. Piles OF cop
per. rubber and brass that had been
collected by the Germans In captured
villages or shipment into Germany
were found as the fleeing bochs had
left them. In the wheatfelds the grain
hna been cut ready for shipment Tor
homr consumption.
Miles OF light railway lines had been
laid by the Germans.
There were many locomotives ana
much rolling stock.
1 visited the Headquarters OF Prince
Eitel Friedrich, of the First imperia'
prusNan guards, at Rudy farm. north
.sa
unmistaknble evidence that 1t had been
suddenly evacuated, Eitel Friedrich
leaving behind the royal shaving soaI
and tooth brush in the bedroom an'
personnl letters and photographs wer'
! TO ind in a desk in the stan room.
Outside on circular bench that nae
! | ,cn built around n walnut tree, piace'
! had been set for the royal mess ant
/ there wore wine dccanters on the mon
orrammed tablecloth when the Ameri
| can patrol arrived.
The Headquarters OF Gen. Won Wich'
urn Mt Cicrges, nearby. presented
similar appearance, ana there Wcre
identical symptoms Of hasty de-
parture. The staff officers even for-
got TO carry Off highly interesting
maps. In the drawer In the general
desk was found roll of clippings from
allied newspapers recounting the ex-
uloits of the American army. All had
been carefully translated into German
for the generals personal use.
with the American Army on the
Aisne- -Vesle, Aug. s S a.m.) .--Amerl-
can troops reached Fismes with prac-
ticalIy no resistance on Saturday eve
ming, infiltrating the town during the
night.
On Sunday morning the Germans
launched an attack from Peries
through Fismctte, sweeping back into
Fismes over the Vesle bridges, which
they had not had time to destroy.
Only a small advance guard ot
Americans had been posted In Fismes.
owing to the mustard gas. Pioneers.
following the German shock troops.
were preparing to dynamite the
bridges, but were hotly harassed by
American machine gunners and tne
artillery. The Americans
then attacked on Sunday morning. oe-
bouching along the Rheims Soissons
highway.
The imperial guardsmen were driven
ont Mt the point of the bayonet before
the German engineers could blow up
the bridges.
A bunch of documents taken from
American prisoners was found as wc'i
,s tvpevrittcn transcript Of questions
and answers to and from American |
prisoncrs. The replies made by the I
Americans were soberly handled by the
nncmy's stHff, although they were nw-
full balderdash. especially when tne
were asked to estimate the
number OF troops that had arrived IN
France. The lowest estimate was
Q. 600. 900. When asked how they knew
10 MANY were here the doubhboys IN
rariably answered:
81 know all my friends are hero"
The never ending stream of Ameri.
ANS going forward is wonderful
,ight Those that were riding were
nva rial bly, stripped TO the waist because
II the warm sunshine. Those march-
ng wore high hats, silk hats. opera
,ats. straw hats, frock coats. women
,ats and everything that they picked
IN in tho shell shattered villages where
hey had been billcted. thus presenting
IN Incorgruous sight. When the or
iccrs ordered the men to nut on their
teol helmets manv clapped their weird
nd curiously fitting hcadgear over tn"
clmets. Many picked up abandoned
,erman machine guns and cartridge
clts along the roadside. Some were
nountcd on artillery caissons and mo-
or trucks, and the men blaZed away
,honever a boche airplane appeared on
he scene.
AT meal time the troops cooked and
to thoir food unmirdful Of the German