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New-York tribune., 1918-07-08

thought sure the poor fellows were
done in, but in a minute / heard one
Of them call over to his pal, Hey,
John. are you dead?'
"From down among the churned up
ground nearby came the response: No.
Are you?' 49,, IT,
line trenches. They were thinly held
and we cleared them out with bombs
and rifles on the jump. We hardly
stopped here at all, but passed over
toward the village.
"You understand that when / speak
of we l am talking about the Yam
KEGS and the Australians, for we were
only helping in the show.
"The support trenches, which had
dugouts, were more strongly held, but
we cut our way through without much
killed or captured by this time. From
the direction of Hamel the German
machine guns and rifles were working
hard and there was plenty of stuff com
ing our way.
"When we reached Hamel we found
a lot of dugouts filled with Boches
and their snipers up trees with machine
guns. We cleaned them all out sys-
tematically. One of our sergeants, with
an American private and an Australian,
came upon 3 dugout containing four
German officers and some men. The
officers started to come up and one Of
them pulled revolver. The sergeant
shot him through the head and two Of
the other officers, who started to fight,
were killed. The rest surrendered.
"In another dugout one of our SER
geants and three privates captured six
teen Germans"
"In the centre of Hamel we captured
q company headquarters. | saw a
mighty fine thing in Hamel. A dare
devil Australian officer climbed to the
top Of building and raised big
French flag from the flagstaff under a
heavy shellfre. The German gunners
tried to shoot him down and succeeded
in tearing away corner of the build
ing while the Australian was still
working. He got the flag up finally.
The last I saw it was still flying, with
the German guns on it.
"There was lively battle southeast
some strong machine gun posts. Aus
tralians and Americans got in back of
these posts, and the Germans sur
rendered when we charged with the
bayonet.
1--WE worked around the Vaire and
Hamel woods, which had been pretty
we'll cleared of the Boche by gunfire.
Just in front of Vaire Wood one Of
our boys, whom we call 'Scotty," had
a great experience. He came to dug
out filled with Boches, who had been
left behind the American advance. He
naturally thought some of our men
were there and went down 1t was
dark, so he called to his supposed pals.
The answer was a crack on the head
He knew then that they were not
Yanks, and opened fire with his rifle
in the blackness. Finally a Boche
began to yell 'Kamerad!' When the
fight was over it was found that he
had killed five Germans, and he took
nine prisoners.
"We got through to our final objec-
tives all right, and carried out the con-
solidation without much interference
from the Boche, who did not recuper-
ate quickly"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Aviators Fight Fire in Air

HARTFORD, Conn, July 7. Lieu
tenant F. H. Bentley. of the aviation
service. and his mechanician, Sergeant
Harold Atkins. had thrilling ex-
perience while flying over Hartford
late to-day when their airplane took
fire while about 1000 feet in the air.
The, landed uninjured, having put out
the fire on the way down before the
machine had been seriously damaged.
They were bound from Middletown,
where they had spent the Fourth, for
Mineola, l.. l.
AS they reached Hartford the oil
lead broke, scattering oil over the ma
chine and on Bentley's face. The ma
chlne caught fire immediately He
shut off the engine and volplaned to
earth. The fire was put out meantime
with an extinguisher and the men
made an easy landing in Goodwin
Park. A small section of one of the
wings was burned. They expect to
leave for Mineola tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Austrians Driven
From Stronghold
In Albania Heights

LONDON, July 7.--French and Ital-
ian troops in violent fighting have
driven the Austrians from the crest of
Gjasperit, between the Devoli and To-
morica rivers, west OF Goritza, In AL
bania, Paris announced officially to-
day.
Attempts OF the enemy TO recapture
the lost ground were repulsed. Some
prisoners have been taken.
Vienna's account Of the engagement
admitted that the Allies had gained ad-
vantages at two points, but assorted
the territory taken was immediately
won back by counter attack.
The French official statement fol-
lows:
Eastern Theatre, July s.-There
were reciprocal artillery actions in the
Vardar and Cerna Bend regions. En-
rmy patrols have been very active in
the neighborb ood of the Strumnitso.
"West Of Goritza French troops. CO.
operating with Italian units, attacke d
the heights between the Devoh and To-
morica rivers for the purpose of i'm
proving their position. They seized
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
People of Mur,1an
Coast .Secede to
Join the Entente

COPENHAGEN, July THE entire
people of the Murman coast ION the
Kola Peninsula. bordering the White
Sea and the Arctic) has broken with
Russia and joined the Entente, accord
ing to dispatch from Vardoe, Norway
to the Christiania "Tidens Tegn."
A supply Of provisions from the
the dispatch adds.
British and French troops are report
ed to have landed at Murmansk, on the
northeast coast of the Kola Peninsula
early in April of this year and to have
been cooperating with the Council of
Workmen's end Soldiers Delegates in
the defence cf the Kola and Murman
coast Sat and railway against attacks by
FINNISH White Guards. Russian Red
Guards were also acting with the Brit
lsh and French troops, under the direc-
ton of the Murman Soviet War Coun-
Gil, which consisted of one Englishman,
one Frenchman and one Russian.
The ports of Murmansk and Archan-
gel are the two main outlets in the
north. At both these bases large
quantities of supplies, some of which
We're shipped from the United States
before the Russian revolution, have
been assembled
In June of this year the Finnish gov
ernment gave assurances to the Rus
sian government that it had no inten-
ton of occupying the whole Murman
coast, but only that part promised to
Finland at an earlier date by the Rus
sian government; but in the latter
part of that month it was renorted tn I
Firms and Germans were steadily ad-
vancing toward the Murman railway by
two routes--along the Torneo and
koeda rivers toward Kandalaska and
from Kopia by the KEN River toward
KEN. They were then building a mill
tary railroad along both routes.
1t was reported a few days ago that
the people of Murmansk had asked the
Entente consuls at Archangel for
Allied protection.
The population of the Murman coast
is small. Murmansk, grown from few
fishermen's houses to a town since the
war started, has 5000 inhabitants.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Poles, Allied With Czechs,
Capture 5000 Germans

LONDON, July S.-Polish forces are
fighting the Germans in cooperation
with the Czecho- -Slovaks, according to
THE Mails" correspondent at Copen-
hagen. He quotes Polish newspapers
as saying that the first Polish corps,
under General Muonitski, is engaged
against the Germans and that the
second corps, under General Michaelis,
has crossed the Dnieper and joined the
Czecho-Slovaks.
This latter force was surprised at
night by the Germans and four-days'
night followed. the Poles capturing 5000
prisoners. The date when this battle
began is not given.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
"Good for Russia,
Kerensky Exciair1,s
When Told of Murder

PARIS, July 7.-As soon as the news
of the assassination of Count Won Mir
bach, German Ambassador at Moscow,
Foreign Minister, he and his associate.
NJ. Karakhan, called at the German
Embassy and expressed the regret and
indignation of the government at the
occurrence, says Berlin dispatch, for
warded by the Havas correspondent at
Basel.
The identity of the assassins has not
been established, nor have they been
arrested, the message states.
1t appears, according to these ad-
vices, that with Count Won Mirbach
when he was attacked were Herr Ritz
ler, the counsellor of the embassy, and
German officer. Neither was injured.
Alexander F. Kerensky, former Pre-
mier of Russia, when informed by The
Associated Press of the assassination
Of General Count Won Mirbach, Ger
man ambassador at Moscow, declared
thai while he could not "feel elated
a. the death cf q human being" he
could not help saying, at is a good
thing for Russia"
NJ. Kerensky seemed reluctant to be-
lleve the news. asking repeatedly, "Are
you sure? ?" When informed that the
news seemed perfectly reliable, as it
originated in Berlin, he said:
"This may be the beginning Of the
renaissance Of Russia"
But now the Germans will surely
go to Moscow" he added, sadly.
1t was only few days ago that
Kerensky, in talk with the CORE
spondent, expressed his opinion that
the only reason German troops had not
yet appeared in Moscow was because
Won Mirbach had not required their
presence there
appearance of German troops" said
the former Premier on this occasion,
won Mirbach, the real ruler Of Russia,
will surely call upon them. His abil-
ity to govern without the help Of
German bayonets has alone prevented
the appearance of German spiked he'll
NETS in the ancient capital Of the Mus
cOvite Empire"
When asked about the prospects of
Il rerolution breaking out in Moscow
the former Premier was non-committal.
cone never knows what the Russian
mind will conceive or what the Rus
oidu WIZ Will cNcCutc, lie SalQ. But
from Moscow Will come the initiative
for movement against Germany"
In their comments on the assassina-
tioN Of Count Won Mirbach the Paris
newspapers are unanimous in express
'ng the opinion that the event will
he. likely to cause complications, the
Importance of which cannot be gauged.
"The first awakening of the ven
geance Of Russia against German ty-
nal" views 1t, while the "Petit ournal''
wonders if it will not open new
phase of Germany's difficulties in the
East"
"In the state Of tension existing be-
tween Russian and Germany" says the
Figaro" "this assassination may lead
to the most interesting complications. u
"Humanite" considers the act not q
vulgar assassination, but "an act of
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Ne,U Victory Tactics
Developed by Tanks
In Battle at Ha,nel
(Bu The Associated Press,

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, July mo further ATTEMPT
by the Germans to retake the ground
wrested from them Thursday by the
combined Australian American attack
had been reported to-day Not salts
fed with the positions acquired from
the enemy in the initial attack, the
Australians Friday night again drove
forward just south of Vaire Wood and
damned the Boche back some 400 yards
The operation was entirely success
full and has made the new line much
stronger.
Several officers have said since the
battle that the prospects for victory
never seemed so bright as now. The
latest work of the vanks had really
opened their eyes to the possbilities
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
The Great War-1434th Day
Of causing the Germans heavy defeats,
with slight casualties to the attacking

of causing the Germans heavy defeats,
with slight casualties to the attacking
infantry.
Details are now available concerning
the work Of the large fleet of tanks
which participated in Thursdays bat
tie. The tanks rendered invaluable as
sistance to the attacking infantry. Of
ficers say that this was one of the most
economical assaults ever undertaken on
the British front owing to the fact that
the tanks saved casualties among the
infantry by mopping up machine gun
posts and strong points in advance.
In numerous instances whole machine
gun crews, with their rapid-frers, were
literally ground into the earth by the
tanks, which swept over the enemy
posts like steam rollers.
One group of tanks alone destroyed
or captured more than thirty machine
of at least 200 Germans. In addition.
many Germans we're slain by these
great engines.
Other tanks were doing similar work.
Taken as a whole, the Boche infantry
surrendered or bolted on the approach
of these monsters, the appearance of
which in itself is terrifying. The Ger
man machine gunners, however, fought
to the last in many instances.
numerous tlmcS the Australian ana
American infantrymen communicated
with the tank crews and gave them the
direction from which hostile machine
gun fire was coming. In every case the
tank was able to deal with the rapid
firers and thus allow the infantry to
advance.
One tank, which was 200 yards in
front of the Allied infantry, destroyed
nest of six machine guns by running
over it after the gun crews refused to
surrender.
Another tank crushed three rapid
firers, but a fourth machine Gun con-
tinued firing at distance of five or six
yards. This gun in turn was run over
and destroyed. together with its crew.
At one point q tank moved against a
mound which seemed likely place for
machine gun. No sign of the enemy
was to be seen at first, but after the
tank had circled the mound once about
forty Germans came out of camou-
tagged trench and ran toward the Allied
infantry to surrender
During the consolidation of the new
lines the tanks patrolled the front for
nearly half an hour for protection.
On one sector, when snipers in a
corntield were making things uncom-
Portable for the men at work on the
defences, a tank advanced across No
Mans Land and fired several shells
into the corn. With the explosions
many of the enemy jumped up in vari-
Gus parts of the field, and all were
killed by the fire from the tank.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Guard Is Thrown Around
Entire Embassy District

LONDON, July 1.-THE whole quar-
ter in Moscow where the German EN-
bassy is situated was Immediately sur
rounded by troops after the assassi-
nation of Count Won, Mirbach, accord
ing to Russian government message
received here by wireless. Severe con
troll has been established over all per-
sons arriving at and leaving the city.
An envoy extraordinary will be sent
to Berlin to express to the German
government the indignation of Russia
over the criminal act.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Branting Is Hopeful
Of German Revob

PARIS, July 7.-Hjalmar Bran.h:
Socialist leader in the Swedish Seesal
Chamber and former Minister Of +
nance, before leaving to-day for Wis;
to the front, granted an interviey i
the Havas agency. He urged Soai,
ist conference as having q grE
moral value, in that the German pr
letariat could be induced to rero;
against their masters if they unds
stood that that universal court CO..
demned Prussian militarism. NJ, Br,n
ting is in France to attend the cts
gress of the French Socialist party y
July 2S.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Typhoon in Philippines
Damages Ports and Ships

MANILA, July Wires were blown
down and other damage was done by a
typhoon. which struck the Philippines
yesterday.
Japanese steamer, bound for the
United States by way of the Philip
pines, was blown on the beach of
Philippine port and imbedded in the
mud.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08

would, of course, add great deal to
its effectiveness.
1t is subject matter for comment
here that the decision of the United
States to participate with the Allies
on military programme in Russia
comes at just the time when certain
propagandist representatives of this
country who have been in Russia have
returned to Washington after an un-
successful attempt to keep Russia in
line by literary efforts.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
. S. Troops
Throup11 Back,
Says Berlin
Continued from page i

statement terms brilliant" took
sixty-six prisoners and two ma
chine guns. The enemy was driven
back in two attacks between the
Frenzela Valley and the Brenta
River.
Vienna declared hand-to-hand fight
ing east of Mt. Pertica, between
the Brenta and the Piave, ter
minated favorably to the Aus
trians.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
ROGERS PEET COMPANY

the crest of Gjasperit, in spite Of Il
violent resistance of the enemy, 81
have repulsed counter attacks. Son
prisoners have fallen into our hard.
The Austrian official statement ssid
"In Albania French and Italian troo,
attacked our mountain positions b.
tween Devolin and Osum. In the cours
OF the fighting the enemy succeeded il
obtaining advantages at two point
which, however, again were immediaiF
ly wrested from him by counter At
tack"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Czecho-Slovaks i'm
Vladivostok Disarrn
Bolshevik Garrison
Action Follows Failure of
Local Government to Obey
Half-Hour Ultimatum

LONDON, July IA dispatch from
Vladlvostok, dated Sunday, June 80,
to Reuters United. says that the COM
mandant of the Czecho-Slovaks there
sent an ultimatum to the local Boil
sheviki. The commandant declared
that, as the Bolshevki, assisted by
armed Austro German prisoners, were
opposing the cassage of Czecho- -Slovaks
from Western Siberia to Vladivostok
and the local Bolshevki were showing
signs of action in an antagonistic man
ner toward the Czecho-S -Slovaks, he con-
sidered it his duty to take such steps
as lay in his power to assist his fell
low countrymen, and as preliminary
measure he had decided to disarm
the local Bolsheviki.
The commandant allowed half hour
Tor a reply and on receiving no an
swer, the disarmament proceeded
forthwith and was carried out virtu-
ally without resistance. Six hundred
sailors gave up their arms and the
other Bolshevik elements dispersed or
surrendered.
Old Administration Restored
The only fighting that ensued was
in building near the railway station,
which the -Slovaks captured in
the evening after suffering severe cas-
ualties. A considerable number of the
Bolsheviki were killed and wounded.
including several Magyars.
The duly elected members of the old
local administration, who had been
elected from Office by the Bolsheviki
nave resumed control, but the ques-
tion of the future government is un-
decided. Order now prevails and gen
eral relief and satisfaction is mani
fest at the overthrow of the Bolshevik
regime.
Dispatches from Shanghai on July /
reported that the Czecho-Slovak forces
at Vladivostok had defeated the Boil
shevik forces there and had dissolved
the Bclshevik Council of Workmen's
and Soldiers delegates in the city
Advices from Vladivostok reaching
London on July 6 stated that the com.
bat had taken place on June 80.
General Semenoff Near Chita
1t was reported on July 5 thai
Czccho-Slovsk troops had inflicted ;
severe defeat on the Bosheviki a.
lrkutsk, Siberia, and that the Bolshe
Wiki had retreated eastward, taking
large quantities of provisions witt
them.
Between Vladivostok and Irkutsk ,
body OF troops under General Semenof
| is believed to be fighting the Bolshe
wiki. At last reports General Semeno Of
was near the town of Chta, on tht
Transs iberian railroad, about thrc.
! hundred miles east of Lake Baikal ant
between the forces fleeing from Irkutsl
and Vladivostok
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
1O3 u. S. Wounded Identified

The American Fund for French
wounded announced yesterday that it's
workers in France had identified 1903
American soldiers and marines last
week in the French hospitals they Wis
tied, and had communicated with their
relatives In this country. Some of the
men were in hospitals where. no Eng
lsh was spoken. and their greetings
to the American workers were most en-
thuSiastjc.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Will You 20 to
France??

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strong physically, strong
mentally, strong morally.
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New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
Anglo-Japanese Troops
On Guard at Vladiuostok

LONDON, July 7.-English and Jap
anese landing parties entered Vladi-
vostok and patrolled the streets and
enforced neutrality in the area where
the consulates are located during the
lighting between the Czecho-S -Slovaks
nnd the Rolsheviki, according to dis
patch from Vladivostok.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08

LVcIl Ill Wal times!
1869 pairs of shoes tax.
to their heels!
House cleaningl Dieo,.
tinuing the superauou,,
Standardizing on the necs..
sary-leather conservation
Not all sizes in eyer.
thing, but something in ii
sizes. Mostly black and
tan oxfords.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08
open rebellion by exasperated patriot

ism"
The assassination, as the "Matin"
views it, "shows that there are still in
Russia men concerned with the dig
nifty of their country and imbued> with
patriotism" and the "Petit Parisien"
comments that it twas probably patri-
otto indignation caused by the ap-
proach of the German invader which
provoked the killing"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08

The above map shows the sparsely
settled, but strategically important,
Murman coast, which Copenhagen dis
patch says mas declared its adherence
to the Allied cause.
The harbors of Kola and Murmansk
are ice free all the year around, and
are therefore coveted by Finland and
her German masters.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08

$b.75.
No, *"Westpointers" ar
not included. They con-
tinue to sell, however. a
last years price-$7.50.
'The last officially approved for ".
Point Cadets.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-08

"These were some things l heard him
yell, with lot more less compliment
ary. He finally got out, but his uni
form looked as though he had been
run through a threshing machine
What he did to the Boche after that
was plenty.
"About this time German she'll ex-
ploded near us ard two of my men
went hurling through the air. I
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
HOUSE IF LORDS |S
 DIVIDED ON VOTES
 FUR RENCL|SHWOMEN
Republican A. p. Leased Wire]

LONDON, Jan. 10.-The house of lords today rejected Lord Loreburn's amendment to the representation of the people bill by which it was sought to exclude women from the suffrage. The vote against the amendment was 134 to 69.
 The new franchise bill before the house of lords revealed strong opposi- tion to woman suffrage Lord Lore burn moved to omit the clause from the bill giving women the parliament tary vote. After a two days debate the amendment was rejected.
 The debate showed one important convert to the Womens cause in the Bishop of London. But Earl Loreburn, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Baron Finlay and Earl Curzon strongly op- posed placing the names of six million women on the voting register. They al gued that the present house of com- mons, which had been extended beyond it's natural life owing to the war, had no mandate to decide such a momen- tous question. However, it was illog- ical, if the vote was given, to stipulate the age of 30 years as a qualification. Lord Curzon argued that wherever women had been granted the vote a stimulus had always been given to socialism.