The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-08-16
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
STARTED new ATTACK
FIGHT IN WHAT Is KNOWN AS
LITTLE SWITZERLAND
Many Captured Huns Freely
Admit to Allies That Their
Cause Is Lost
LOWELL MELLETT.

'front.'. Inc nghtlng is in the hilly
section of this part of Picardy which
is known as Little Switzerland. The
| allied forces are filling in the valleys
and holding all the high spots aIons
this line
Plessier Taken BY French.
Plessier has been taken by tbs
French forces. The advance, how
ever, is made carefully and steadily
The advancing troops must watch
carefully for muster gas and poison
GUS fumes which often settle in
clouds in the deep valleys. The
French line is in sawtooth shape al
all points on the line. The operation
or pinching out these little salients is
expected to start soon.
Teuts Admit Their Loss.
PRISONERS taken tell readily of the
German moves. One hundred and sew
enty- seven men and five officers were
taken last night, and they readily adj
United that their cause was a hope
less one. There seems to be a gen
eral inclination among the men m
confess they are fighting a losing
Teuts Are Very Nervous.
UNITED Press Dispatch
PaIls, August 14.-For the present
the Germans seem to be holding alono
the Bray Noycn- Lassigny front. con-
tent to stem the tide at these points
without endeavoring to push their
lines back over the territory thew
lost. A nervous tension is manifest
ed all along the. boche line. 1na
.Ieutons are admittedly afraid ,of the
point at which the next allied blow
will fall.
Afraid of New Dose.
Ihey are afraid of the new doso
General Foch is mixing for them and
are awaiting the allied move with tbe
greatest apprehension. The allies no
longer are fighting on the defensive
they are on the offensive and have
inc Germans guessing at every turn.
IS DeileVed that Foch's new punch
WIN De on different front, SO that
.he Germans will be kept running
IRON one place to another until thew
are completely worn out
S'o"aks Versus BoIshe.
UNITED Press Dispatch
amsterdam, August 14.-Fighting
between the Czecho- Slovak forces
and the bolsheviki is now raging in
the vicinity of Simbirsh, one hundred
miles west of Moscow. The soviet ar
my is reported to number a f,,ll 15o
600. The bolsheviki have seized all
Czecho- Slovak vessels in the Black
sea and have converted them to their
Paris, August 14.-The French war
o11ce reports that heavy artillery fir.
ing is in progress along the valley of
the Disc river.
Americans Like King George.
49,, limited Press Dispatch
With the British Armies in France
l4-Ame1icans are strong for
klng George. The king was at the
front for a week at the beginning of
the present drive. He chatted and
shcok hands with number of Amer
lean soldiers and made a decided hit
with the boys.
French Keep Advancing.
Associated Press Dispatch.
french Front in France. Tuesday
August 13.-The Germans are com.
Datlng the French in the Lassienv
area with machine guns which seem
as numerous as soldiers. The val
leys and woods which the French
must traverse are flooded with gas
me French are advancing and the
German tactics indicate that the main
lorce is retiring to the defense line
not far distant.
No Change in Situation.
Associated Press rtspatcb
BRITISH Army in France. Aup,,st ii
There is no change in the sftuatio,, |
en- the Somme front since morning
eAcept that a considerably decreased
artlilery flre which indicates that the
enemy hnally has decided to bring up
more guns. The British are active
y strengthening the line in the BRAY
region. Northw est of Bray the Brit
lsn ralded the German lines and fonnd |
them unoccupied.
Recognition For SIovaks.
limited Press Dispatcb.1
Amsterdam, August 14.-Recogni-
ION Of the Czecho Slovak forces IN |
Eussla as force battling against thej
Germans is expected ere long. The
allies cannot fail to recognize such q
-ore or assistance, the general belief is
More Difficulty For Teuts.l
Limited Press Disnatch
with the British Armies In Franco /
august 14.-German troops are eXper,
encing more and more difficulty in hold
ng TO the west bank of the So,nrne riverl
me-. Their positions are decidedly nm
comfortable and a i1aii of American and
rrencn shells are slowly breaking the
:pir1t of resistance
Horsemeat For Boches.
limited Press Disnatch
With the American Troops In France
August 14.-Allied prisoners who resist |
,Ilffer short shift at the hands of the
Ieutons. Two British Tommies who
escaped imprisonment state that thew
saw men repeatedly dubbed senseIess in
his means. They told narrowing tales
If the cruelty to prisoners.
Little Care In Hospitals.
Those in hospitals receive little care
md most of them die in the end even If
heir wounds may be slight when thew
ire first picked up. Food is exceeding
Y short All the men get is potato
,read of poor grade, then soup and
coffee made of acorns. The Germans gel
he same food but a little more in
quantity. Some horsemeat- taken from
lnimals killed by the shells is eagerly
'aten by the boches. The prisoners get