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New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Allies Capture Several Towns;
Now Hold Half of Salient
ALI of Riz and Fere Forests Are Taken in
Rapid Entente Drive; Teutons Believed
10 Be Headed for River Vesle,
and Losses Are Enormous

The Allies in the last twentyour hours have advanced
three miles norhward broad the western half of
he ane salient have crossed the Ourcq River and have
aed the great German supply base of
American troops crossed the Ourcq just east of Fere and
locomotives the Germans had been unable to remove Alto
geher the Americans have advanced five miles and taken SOW
era towns.
10 the east the northward been onv SLIGHTLY
less rapid The Allied troops nearly passed the Fere
Forest memorable for the heroic of American
troops taken ell of Rz Forest occupied Champvosy Anhenav
and Olizy-etV Vioaine, and reached Goussancourt
The German retreat is becoming more precpitate cor
respondents report The enemys losses Cavalry
tanks and arplanes creating havoc among the retiring
masses constant of goes on between
the enemy rear guards and the Allied parols
Flghtlng OF an even desperate character taking
place on the two TANKS of the salient Here Germans in
an attempt to prevent the Allies cutting and envelopng the
etreatng troops have forces including great
amounts OF artillery, which being heavily attacked m
ahgn men south OF Sossons and Berheos divisions south
west of Rheims.
SO long Ludendorf hold lanks he will escane
oedan but 1t IS clear the reatleat is yet over.
Ihe Allies have taken the position prisoners had nd
Gated the Germans would attempt hold which ran through
Fere-e ardeno They have the whole salient
ne enemy probably Will try to stand along the Ves some
observers think he will have retire still further
Berlin to-day for the first time in a hating manner
admitted ITS retreat from the Marne saying that assaults on
our new positions" had been repulsed
The Allies already realizing one important benefit from
their victory for they able to the great Paris haons
railroad line in operation again first time since the
enemy advanced to the north bank the Marine This trunk
line feeds most of the front from Rheims Verdun and south
ward to the Vosges
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Americans Brilliantly Capture
Villages Despite Strong OPPOSITION

10 Rheims. On this side, also. the
Germans have assembled great fore.
of artillery in the neighborhood of St
lhlcrry, northwest of Rheims. These
guns cover the German left flank and
consequently make the progress slower
for the Allies.
French and American troops are
marrying the retiring forces on the
centre while French and British troops
are hammering at both fanks.
Cavalry and tanks in considerable
numbers have succeeded in getting in
among the retiring Germans. while air
planes are bombarding their columns
on the march
The incessant smashing blows, night
and day, of the Entente Allies lett the
enemy nothing else to do but to retreat
or die in his positions. Even their
sudden retirement has not relieved the
Germans from constant marrying.
In addition to the slashing of ths
cavalry and the pounding OF the tanks
the lives or the German rearguards are
being made precarious by Entente in
fantry patrols. Meanwhile Allied avia-
tors daringly fy few hundred fee.
overhead, bombs riding and machine
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
U-Boat browns Five
Captives as 1t Dives

LONDON, July 2S.-The survivors of
two sailing trawlers, Britis and Bel
CLAN, just brought into q British port,
tell a terrible tale of German cruelty.
The British trawler was sunk before
dawn on Friday by bor1b and the crew
was, taken aboard the submarine. Three
hours later the Belgian trawler was
sighted and sunk and the crew, consist
ing of father and son, also was taken
aboard.
All were kept on TIE submarines
deck near the coming tower, and when
a patrol boat appeared the submarine
submerged without warming, leaving
the fishermen to drown. The Belgian
skipper his son and three Englishmen
persisted and only two of the English
crew were saved.
The survivors say the Germans ran
sacked the trawlers and carried off
everything OF value. The German sail
ors, according to the survivors, ate bis
cults and fish ravenously, as if starv-
ing. All of the Germans appeared to
be youths, their commander being
about twentysix. The survivors were
in the water for three or four hours
before they were picked up.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Kaiser S Visage
Kicked Off Gift
T.R.Didn' ant
Autographed Portrait of Will
helm Destroyed by Oyster
Bay Committee
Especial Dispatch to The Tribunc)

Especial Dispatch to The Tr,buncl
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 28.-This
story has to do with the decline and
fall of royalty. He who reads will learn
why the life size portrait of himself
that William Hohenzollern gave to
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt now wears
footprint where it's face used to be-
He will also understand why there is
wrath in the heart of C. H. Collitz, a
naturalized citizen, and a vacant space
on the wall of what is left of his
home
These are the steps in the downfall
of the Hohenzollern. The painting
came across the ocean to Oyster Bay
with the Kaiser's own autograph at
tached-a gift to the Colonel. Later
it was presented to the Oyster Bay
library. Still later, when the portraits
original was shooting up the maritime
universe with torpedoes. it was removed
and sold to Mrs. Collitz.
Sailors Make Objections
For several years, while the ange,
the face of Wilhelm beamed benignly
down from the walls of the Collitz
home. Early this morning the final
degradation occurred No longer will
the Collitz family see that face, for
there isn't any. Instead there is
large hole, the same having been made
by the fiat foot of a sailor on leave
one of the committee that called upon
Mr.. and Mrs. Collitz at an early hour
to-day.
In that committee were many of the
best known citizens of the town. Mr..
Collitz says he knows 'em all and that
just as soon as Justice of the Peace
Duval returns from a fishing trip he's
going to have them arrested.
This is what made Mr.. Collitz peev-
ish: The committee awol.e him and
his wife at 5 a. m. Mrs. Collitz went
to the window when the rapping at the
door promised to cave it in.
"We've come fo- t.iat picture of the
Kaiser" said the spokesman. Bring it
down."
eve haven't got it any more the
woman is quoteo as saying.
Want Kaiser's Picture
"If that picture isn't here in three
minutes ran the ultimatum, she re-
ceived in reply, "We're coming in to
get it."
When the stated time had elapsed,
the committee started to enter. They
battered in the front door with porch
fourniture and shattered one window,
when strange sounds rose on top of the
veranda.
The dawn's early light shone upon
Ny. and Mrs. Collitz, arrayed IN cos
tunes never intended for a porch roof
on summer 1t also cleaned upon the
SNUG and naughty face of Wilhelm
Hohenzollern, which the man and
woman held between them.
Throw it down, beloved the COM
mttee. "Quick!"
They threw it down
Quick Fall of Wilhelm
Flat on his back on the dcwy grass
lay the War Lord Out Of the score Of
men that gathered about him one
stepped forward with heavy stride His
feet weren't built for any other sort of
striding. One foot hovered above the
royal visage for a moment
"Plunk." The decd was done.
Down Oyster Bays main street the
procession marched, bearing the face
less portrait of the Kaiser Where it
now rests IS asecret that wrathful Mr..
Collitz says will be solved just as soon
as Justice of the Peace Duval gets
fishing and comes home to
issue warrant-se several warrants.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Our Men Rout
Foe in 4-Day
Woods Battle
Green CARRIED Germans
Posted in Trees With
Machine Guns
lRy The associated Pressl

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT,
July 2s.-The Battle of the
Woods has ended and the Ger
mans have been swept from the
forests of Fere and Riz. Toward
the last of this four-day struggle
the Franco-American advance be-
came SO rapid that the retreat of the
Germans was greatly disorganized.
The edge of the German salient
to the south and southeast of Fere-
en-Iardenols was ground down by
the whlrl of the Allied troops and
dulled to an extent that German
weakness was indicated at MANY
points. The first indication of this
was seen Saturday, when the enemy
retreated so rapidly that the Franco
American troops entirely lost con-
tact with him.
Gun Nests Are Thick
~ ''iS Deette VI tne w OOQS, however,
the stitfest resistance the Americans
ever experienced in this kind of war
1are was encountered. Here the Franco
American troops were compelled to
contend constantly with a rearguard
action consisting principally of machine
gunners, most of whom, dressed in
green clothing, had nests in trees. Day
after day during the fighting the Allied
troops bucked the German machine gun
nests, using artillery and machine guns
and some gas against them
In the rearguard fighting which was
earned on to permit of the withdrawal
OF the heavier German guns the enemy
resorted to numerous tricks, such as
carrying machine guns in stretchers
when endeavoring to reach some points
under the Allied fire When they
realized that their stIetcher trick had
been discovered, the Germans resorted
TO other means to deceive
Foe in United States Uniform
The Franco American infantrymen
and machine gunners were notified by
their commanding officers to be on then
alert for Germans wearing American or
French uniforms, several instances hav-
ing been reported where the Germans
did this. On one occasion the soldiers
were notified by field orders that Ger
mans had appeared in the tuncs of the
French and American soldiers. Rush
ing across an open place in the forest
when the German nests had been dis
covered, one German, acting as
leader and speaking perfect English, /
yelled to the American machine gun
ners: Don't shoot; there are Ameri-
cans IN that thicket."
The Americans were at the edge of
the forest peppering wood opposite. /
They ceased when the detachment ap- /
peared. The detachment entered for
est to the right of the Americans, and
in few minutes hail of machine gun
bullets came from that direction.
Wipe Out Impostors.
The Americans quickly realized that
they had been duped and turned their
machine guns upon the impostors, wip-
ing them out in short order.
Intelligence officers in the American
army say numerous cases have been
reported by soldiers of encountering
individual Germans wearing American
uniforms and of some cases of Ger
mans wearing merely an American or
French tunic, presumably having OBJ
tanned them on some other front. The
Allies have lost few prisoners in the t
Battle of the Woods and the Germans
were unable to obtain uniforms from !
The dead, owing to their retreat
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Capture Sergy and Other
I Gowns in Bitter Street
Fighting
Pershing's Men
Take Locomotives
Germans Give Up Forest
Positions Only After
Desperate Battle
(By The Associated Prcss)

WITH THE AMEPICAN ARMY
ON THE AISNE-MARNE FRONT,
July 2S G. p. M .).-The German line
is again north of tfe Ourcq River,
and Fere-en-Iardenois, which has
been entered by French troops, is at
the mercy of the Allies The tight
ening of the f1anks holds promise
that the retreat will be continued.
The line along the greater part of
the bottom of the Soissons- Rheims
salient has been pushed forward in
some places as much as five miles.
The Germans are bringing into
play their artillery in force la. check
the plunges Of the Franco-American
troops. Thes Americans have played
a brilliant part in the advance,
which included the occupation of
Sergy, on the north bank of the
river, and a number of small vii
lagos.
The line tonight follows the
Ourcq River to Sergy and to Gous-
sancourt, the latter place lying
about six miles north of the Marne.
The Germans offered bitter resist
ance, but not to compare with
that which began late to-day for
the retention of the higher ground
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
franco Americans Fight Way Across
zhe Ourcq in 3-Mile AdDance; Penetrate
Fere, Chief SupplV Base of German
tanks Always in Hottest of Fight;
Silence Foes Guns in Rain of Fire

PARIS, July 2SA tribute to the work If tho
tanks IN the Allied counter offensive,
variety has figured prominently paid to-day by the French War
Office, which ~ w.
Since the day the French
nave taken glorious enen,
es ana enabling the infantry enter the hey have not
ceased to accompany precede the troops
Throughout the tanks have oven nroof of +ho
ability to man@uvre and of their audacitv The crews
drove the tanks into the hottest battle and recoIed from
no OBSTACLES They attacked the
terles OF the under terrific guns and sn
German - ~r
liner gallantry attained the Each
accounted tor fifteen twenty
'S charged the German batteries putting gunners out Of
arl 'e @ 'ap..ie oi 'ne cannon and material
The losses sustained by Germans as result If tho m
saught of the tanks high according to the ren m
prisoners. ~ Np "
From July 18 to % the tanks
Most of them in ACTION some returned +,o
night tour or five times the day tank comnanes
fought for three full
hours in the twoday period of July and 49,"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
Preparation for Retreat So
Thorough Line Is Likely
to Hold
All Signs Indicate
Big Battle Is Near
Political Unrest at Home
Expected to Force Enemy
to Risk Decision
By Arthur S. Draper
Especial Gable to The Tribune,

Copyright. 1918. by the Tribune Assoc,ation)
LONDON, July 28.-The Grown
Princes army, under the vigorous
pressure of the Franco-American
troops, has fallen back upon line
which reduces the salient between
scissors and Rheims to a quadrant.
In the last twenty-four hours the
Allies have made considerable prog
ress northeast of Chateau Thierry
and north of the Marine, while the
Franco British forces have drawn
close to the Dormans-Rheims road.
Tanks and cavalry have played an
important part in the advance and
have exacted a heavy toll from the
retreating troops, who, however.
have offered stiff resistance at all
points.
BY the use of large numbers of
tanks Foch has kept his losses un-
usually low for a battle of these
dimensions, and his armies to-d.y
are in fine trim.
1t was apparent two days ago
that the Germans would evacuate
their river positions and shorten the
salient which measured only seven
New-York tribune., 1918-07-29
WEATH E r

Partly cloudy to-day. Thunder showers
tonight or tomorrow. Somewhat
cooler tomorrow. Moderate south
and southwest winds, becom-
Ing northwest tomorrow
Full Report on PaKe
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
Mdrne, Battle Shows Yanks
Hold War Power Balance

OF requiring long periods OF training, no
had shown that with me instruction
he had received at LONE. when he
stepped from the transport TO French
soil, he was ready.
On the Marine the American proved
his worth as a stout hearted open field
lighter, either on defense or offensive.
AT Cantlgny he displayed his qualities
as a storm troop"
There was a vast difference between
the lighting at Cantlmy and about
Chateau-Thierry. On the Marne II was
nrst, resistance against wave after
wave OF advancing Germans coming
acros open country, through waving
whtat fields or woods. Every third
man carried machlcne gun. The
American was forced to ind such cover
as he could, also in the open. From
behind a rock or from a hastily dug
hole in the ground he poured his rifle
and machine gun fire into the Boche
lines. Then Le fought his way forward
and drove the enemy from his advan-
tageous positions in Boursches and
bois De Bellear. Behind the fighting
man the munition men and wagons
worked tlrelesly to keep b m supplied
Positions were constantly being
ch iged. Food was uncertain. But the
American hung gson. And It there to-
day.
AT Cantgny the American showed his
adaptbility to carefully 5lanne, move
ments. / witnessed a CO no etc 81 oar >
al OF the attack on Bantisny days be-
fore Il actually took place. II was in
great open field back OF the lines.
French machine gunners played 'he role
OF Germans They had their msJhine
guns hidden in pits and elsewhere in
the field. Other soldiers. forming a
long line, waved green branches OF
trees TO represent the artillery barrage.
French tanks wsddled across the field
and took up positions corresponding TO
those they were TO take in the actua'
Tight. French and American officers
carefully instructed the men who were
to make the attack as to Just how they
were TO follow, the barrage, how ma
chine gun nests were to be cleaned out
and how they were TO work in coniunc-
tion with the tanks. Then came the
signal, the soldiers carrying" the
barrage began waving the green
branches, the infantry and tanks moved
forward and the German" machine
guns began firing. As the barrage
moved forward, lines were reformed,
and the advance continued. The ma
Evening journal., 1918-07-23

chine gun nests werc cleaned out in
good shape, but tho clover French ma
chine gunners put over" one on the
Americans that they did not forget
when II came to the real battle.
rrcnchmen In Tree.
In the center OF tho mimic battle
ground was u tree. One OF the tanks
waddled slowly by and a detachment
OF infantry dashed forward. Then,
from apparently nowhere fierce rat
tie OF machine gun fire burst on the
Americans. The officer in charge Of
the detachment knew that he was the
oretlcally wiped out Everyman drop
ped 10 the ground for cover, as he
would in q real engagement and then
looked for machine gun. Ine French
men had mounted It in the tree. They
had also withheld their fire until the
tank had passed, and made their play
for the men-and got them. The tank
was slgnalled to come back 20 put a
cannon shot into the tree. This done,
so that they were theoretically de-
stroyed, the Frenchmen climbed out
Of the tree In slee.
When II came 10 the real Tight, the
Americans were as cool as In the re-
hearsal. They followed the tanks over
and ran ahead Of them in their enthu-
siasm. The wlthering artillery prep
aratlon had demolished the German
trenches, but the Americans went at
the Job OF "mopping out" and clearing
the village OF any remaining Boche in
a bushes like fashion. Then came the
lob OF holding on.
Cotmter-attack after counttr-attack
was hurled against the new American
zine. The srtillery FIRE was so hot ra-
ton parties could not come Up, there
being no communicating trenches. For
three days men and officers hcd little
sleep, food or water. They lived IN hard
tack and raw bacon. But they held
on. And as the Americans on the Marne
they are there today.
The confidence OF the American sol
der in hir officers, in the organization
that IS going TO keep him fed and cloth
ed, and in the doctors who are going
TO care for aim when he Is wounded, Is
Joundless.N
A wounded man arriving at a field
hospital or dressing station displays
child-like confidence in the doctor w--o
bends over him II unspoken. written
on the boys face. there Is always:
"Now everything is all right. Msybe
my wound Is alm5st unbearably pain
full. Maybe have been wiehout sleep
and maybe / am tired, that's all over
now. Here's the man who will take
care OF me-"
His wound dressed, his blood again
sent courslng warmly through his veins
the boy drops Off TO sleep.
This confidence OF the fighting man
Evening journal., 1918-07-23

in the organization behind him must
not be shaken. As the number OF men
in Franco Increases, the problem OF
iood, clothing and medical attention
muitplles. The ground work OF meet
ing all OF those problems has been laid
In France In the shape OF gigantic ware
houses. railway lines and vast docks at
The seaboard. Upon the war Organlza-
tion at home falls the burden OF keep
Ing them supplied.
Not All May Fight.
Insofar as manpOwor Is concerned 10
should also be remembered that i.OO0.-
900 men In France does not mean L.
OO0OOO lighting men. Taking a division
as unit II requires approximately 49,
600 men and from G.0OO 10 5000 horses
to keep 1900 bayonets and artillery IN
the line. Multiply this by the number
Of times 1900 you believe II Will take
to win the war, and you can estimate
the total number OF men VINO must be
transported and cared for.
Americas infantry and artillery that
has been In action has made good. The
American fllers now on the front are
using French machines chiefly They
have taken quickly to the game. Ger
man machines have been brought down
and German towns have been bombed
But there are aeres and acres covered
with French and British hangers and
sirplanes In France. on a single night
saw more than 400 French planes
leave one field on a single bombing ex-
pedltlon. This Is nightly occurrence,
not only from this field. but from
scores Of others. We have yet to show
our power In the air.
Evening journal., 1918-07-23
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relief Tor sweating, callous, tired, aching feet
Always use Aliens Fooi-kase to break ln new
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heaped upon your heads; but to me, the greatest achievement of all was not begun until the war had ended Then, you came home and quietly and modestly set about the duty of be- coming an important valuable part in the life and welfare of your city, state and nation. When we consider that
 you had no accomm Odations, no com-
 forts, crude surgery, scant medicine,
 the bare ground for your bed and
 the blue sky your canopy, and now
 we see you, 53 years later. standing before us to do honor to the memory of your departed comrades, I am
 moved to say, truly, you are wonder full men.
 Tn 1776, thirteen states, without name, fought the greatest power in
 the Old World and won liberty. In 1912, this country engaged again in a short battle with the Mother Coun-
 try, and by that victory sealed and cemented the claim on that liberty and independence. You veterans of '61 and '65 fought for the freedom of the slaves, to save the Union. Today
 in France, are some 5000 boys
 your sons and the sons of the men
 you fought against in those days
 fighting shoulder to shoulder for the
 freedom of the world. There is no
 North, no South no East, no West.
 They are all Americans Sixteen New