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The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-27

With the British Armies in France. July 26-The Germans, having tnel. hands full on the Marne are content Ing themselves along the British froA, in Flanders with attehpting to carry out local operations at points where they have suffered small, but never theless important defeats during the past week.
 Last night another attack devel- oped between Bucquoy and Hebur- terne. New Zealanders completely broke up the German attack. drove off the enemy with heavy losses and in addition captured 30 prisoners.
 At several places along the front the nature of the artillery fire inui- cated that the Roche was jumpy and nervous.
 The German attack this morning near Meieren had even more disas- trous results for the enemy than was at first believed It proved a com plote failure. 1t appears that the Ger mans intended to reach the Gaza road to the south of Meteren from where they could menace the town. Ac- cordingly they sent over two com panies from each regiment of the 120th division which has just replaced other troops who had been badly mauled during the month. The 120th division came up from Italy. One regiment wears special Kaiser Karl" shoulder straps, won for it's services in tn eltalian theatre.
 This regiment, however, will get no decorations for the deeds 1t per- formed. Scotch troops met it and in flicted heavy losses and prevented the Germans from getting anywhere near their objective.
 The Germans managed to get one s:rall outpost; that was all
 In tho same locality the Australians are busy knocking the. Germans about Their shells have chewed up nearly all the cross roads, dumps and all other targets within range. The rain of the past few days has muddied this front of swollen rivers and streams mak- ing the low land extremely soft ana mushy. If the Germans have planned an attack to the north 1t will not re- quire much more rain to require change in them.
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GERMAN WAR PLANTS
 ARE REPEATEDLY BOMBED
TWENTY-FIVE SEPARATE RAIDS
 HAVE BEEN MADE BY ALLIED AlRMEN.

London, July 6-Throughout the week the air fighting on the western front has been of a violent character. From a trustworthy source it is learned that during the week the British downed 76 enemy machines and drove down 15 out of control. Fifty-one British machines are miss ing. One hundred and fifty tons of bombs were dropped during the week. The weeks record for long distance bombing attacks was the heaviest of the war. Twenty five separate raids were made into Ger man territory Thionville was bombed four times and the famous poisCn gas factory and munitions works al Mannheim. twice. The blast furnace at Burbach and the railway and factories at Offenburg also came in for shellings twice.
 Aerial attacks on German naval and submarine bases on the Belgian coast continued day and night. Up- wards of 20 tons of explosives were dropped on Zeebrugge and Ostend.
 On the Italian front the air fight ing resulted in the downing of 19 en- emy machines without the loss of a single British aircraft.
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cinity of Meren. The enemy in both sectors was repulsed with heavy cas- ualties.
 On the other battle fronts the mili- tary activity is nominal, although considerable fighting continues in Macedonia and Albania, with the al lied troops holding the upper hand.
 The British navy lost the armed cruiser Marmora through a subma- rine attack. while torpedo boat de- stroyer has run aground and sunk.
 Warning has been sounded by the British premier to the striking muni- tions workers that they must return to work by Monday or become liable to the provisions of the military service act.
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lBN iHe ASSOCldlcu IItSS.t
 The ninth day of the allied offens- i've in the Soissohs Rheims salient saw lessening in the intensity of the hattle along the western side of the salient. where only mutual hom5ard- ments were in progress. Aiong the MaYne. however, and southwest 0t Rheims, the Franco-Americans. Brit ish and Italians were at deadly grips with the enemy on various sectors.
 The Germans stroye hard in the for est region north of the Marne to hold back the FrenCh and American troops, debouching from the woods in strong counter attacds. The enemy, how- ever. everyw here was forced slight ly farther back to the north. and the forests now have been almost entire ly cleared of Germans
 Southwest of l;homs heavy rein forcoments evidently have been thrown along the front, where the British, French and Italians are fight ing In the immediate region of Reuil, where the battle line turns sharply toward Rheims, the French have captured several important points of vantage, including the yil- lage of Reuil and also advanced their line northNard, notwithstanding the violence Of the German counter move.
 To the northeast, where the Ger mans are facing the British, the Ger mans have captured Merry and Hin 2C4. but the British have retained their hold on Vr.gny and most of tne other territory taken in that region
 Eastward from Rheims, in Cham paigne, the French have now regained nearly all their old line positions and daily are harrassing the Germans with counter attacks.
 Before the fighting died down along the western side of the Rheims SDissons salient the villages of Oulchy- -le-Chateau and Villemon- loire were captured by French anl American troops who advanced their lines eastward of O1lchy. The fall of Ojlchy gives the allied forces the key to the heights dominating Fere- en-Tardenois, which lies only short distance 10 the east.
 At Oulchy forty guns and hundreds of prisoners Neer captured.
 Big allied guns have been pulled up in this region and are heavily shelling the sectors before them over which it is purposed to push for ward for the capture of Fere-en-Tar- denois when the time is ripe. Meantime allied big guns over tho entire salient continue to throw shells into the German forces inside the biz bag.
 While there has been no attemp by the Germans at general retrea from the salient the belief prevaih along the battle front that an incli- nation to retreat is proposed i' shown by the fact that the enemy | using comparatively small forces Q infantry on various sectors under al tack. depending mainly on his ma , chine eunners to retard the progress of the allies.
 In France and Flanders the Britist have been compelled to withstand several violent attacks by the Ger. mans. near Heburterne and in the vi
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BRITISH TANKS BLAZED
 TRAIL FOR THE FRENCH

With the British Army in France, July 26.--British tanks blazed the trail for, and co-operated with the French infantry in it's recent ground gaining assault north of Mont Didier The victory was important for both hurling the enemy lines west of the Avre river, from the high ground be- tween Morisel and Mont Didier, into tn evalley on front of more than two miles thereby compelling with drawal from other positions, the French somewhat relied on the press ure on Amiens and the surrounding territory and in addition captured some high ground which gives excel lent observation over much enemy territory. British tanks co-operated.
 Out of the early morning storm the great numbering monsters, spit ting deadly streams of bullets, sud denly appeared before the German out posts They promptly proceeded to crush the machine gun nests and then to chase and run to earth stray ene- my groups, the French gaining ground all the while. The Germans had a perfect horror of the tanks, according to prisoners taken.
 During the engagement two tanks were slowed up by artillery fire, but the crews emerged, set up guns in the open and reaped little harvest of Boches in conjunction with the French infantry.
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BOLSHEVikt CRUSH
 COUNTER REVOLUTION

London. July 26.--The counter revolutionary movement at Jaroslav have been completely crushed. ac- cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Central News quoting d Moscow telegram to Helsingfors. The white guard staff and all the leaders of that faction together with over l,5 Q men have been arrested, the dispatch adds. It Is said that 9S of the pris- oners including Generals NorCkin and Karpov, have been shot
 The Bolsheviki, the dispatch says. ing the plans of the counter revolu- tionists
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RUMANlA ORDER ED PLACED
 UNDER MARTIAL LAW

London, July 26.---A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Am sterdam says the Weiser Zeitung Of Bremen learns from Bucharest that the king of Rumania has been order ed to place all Rumaiian territoi y under martial law.
 In semi-official quarters in Berlin the dispatch adds, this report has not been contradicted and it was said nothing could be vouchsafed regard ing the significance of the measure.
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EMPRESS TO ENTER CONVENT

London, July 26.-A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Am sterdam says the Berlin newspapers publish a telegram from Moscow say ing that the former Russian empress has asked the Lenine government to grant her permission to enter a con- vent in Sweden and take with her her daughters. The dispatch says permis- sion has been withheld for the time being
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S,BERaA'S INDEPENDENcE
 HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED

London. July 26.--The provisional government at Cmsk has assumed supreme authority in Siberia and proclaimed Siberias independence, according to a Reuter- dispatch from Picking under date of Tuesday. The provisional government has annulled all Polsheyiki dccrees and re-estab lished the Siberian duma Approval of these actions has been requested of the Vladivostok government.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-27
BRIT ISH CRUISER SUNK
 BY SUBMARINE

London, July 26.-The British ar mored cruiser Marmora was torpe- doed and sunk by German submarine Tuesday, according to an announce ment made by the British admiralty tonight. Ten members of the crew of the vessel are missing and it is presumed they weer killed.
 The admiralty also announces that d British torpedo boat destroyer ran ashoer Wednesday and late sank. Thirteen of her crew rre missing, and it is presumed they were drowned.
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tc be particularly favorable. The en- tente allied progress, it is believed, has not yet come to an end.
 Despite stubborn resistance the Germans have been obliged to give up OGlchy-le-Chateau and it is thought that the Teutons cannot long hold Fere- re-en-Tardenois
 Le Liberte says the Germans must be considering a retreat to tho banks of the river Vesle as fires sni eN plosions are multiplying in the Ger man lines and the Teuton provisions and other stores are in flames The Germans, the newspaper adds, either must retreat or face disaster
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2,OOO DEAD HUNS ARE LEFT
 ON MARINE BATTLEFIELD
NEPHEW OF PRINCE
 V0N BUEL0W CAPTURED

Paris, July 26.-Among the prisoners captured in the Aisne- Marne battle, according to the HsVas Agency, was a nephew of Prince Von Buelow, the former German imperial chancellor. The officer, who was a battalion com mander, was astounded to hear that there was a large American army in France. He said he had been convinced, as had all Ger mans, that the American soldiers in France did not exceed fifty thousand.
 Among the heroes decorated by President Poincaire in his present visit to the battle zone was a nephew of Premier Clemenceau.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-27

With the American Army on the Aisne Marne Front July 26.-The Americans advancing on the Mar1e have discovered hundreds of dead Germans.
 The victims fell before the heav' machine gun fire of the Americans during the retreat In one horse shoe area, the ground was covered with dead. Tine Americans buried as many bodies as was possible. It is esti- mated that 1000 Germans fell there. Farmers along the Marne report hay floating down the stream. The mil ltary authorities are plannig some sys- tenn by which they can clear the river of bodies.
 Three days after the Germans eva cuated Chateau Thierry the Amer jeans found a lone German on Mont St ierre, hiding in a cellar The prls- oner said he was tired of the war anu was determined to secret himself. not withstanding the fact that he had no 
 rendering to the allies. He asserted that the German soldiers were dis satisfied with the way affairs were going and that the general opinion among them was that the crown prince was unable to bring sufficient endorsements or food supplies to aid the forces being attacked from tae south.
 The American soldiers watched the prisoner with pleasure appease hia appetite after his three days fast.
 The allied offensive had slowed down, hut has not been checked Franco American troops today forced back the Germans a bit further north The greater part of the fighting is taking place in the big forests north Uf the Marne and along the western flank of the salient
 The Germans with artillery and machine guns and strong infantry attachments left the northern edges of the Fere, Tarnelle and Ris forests and battled cleverly and stubbornly to hold the advancing allies until more progress could be made in the transportation of their supplies, guns and general stores. But despite the opposition some ground was gained
 The woods tonight have been freed of Germans. The Fere- En- Tardenois road extending from tho front already is under such a fire from the artillery as 10 make it use less as supply artery. With a fur ther slight push forward by the allied troops Fere- en- Tardenois will be come untenable
 Villenmontoire has been restored to the allied lines, and from it the allied artillery can easily reach the Germans near Fere en Tardonois.
 For the second time since the big Asttle begun the weather today in terfered with operations, especially in the air. The afternoon was cloudy with local showers frequently drench ing the fields and forcing the aero planes to descend. Before the work of aerial observation and bombing was ended, however one American aviator. Lieutenant Avery. succeeded in forcing down alive within the American lines a German captain who had a record of 16 victories over all' ,d aviators.
 Another American near Villeneuve also brought down German aero plane.
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BRITISH OFFICIAL REPORT.

London. July 26.-The British off, cial communication issued this even- ing says;
 This morning a hostile attack up on posts held by us in the Aveluy wood, north of Albert was repulsed. A raid attempted by the enemy dur ing the night in the neighborhood of vieux, Berquin also was driven off with losses.
 "A few prisoners were captured by us early this morning in the course ot the enemys unsuccessful attack upon our positions at Mcteren."
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TREMENDOUS BATTLE MAY
 BREAK OUT SHORTLY
There Is Some Evidence of Feeling Among American Army Men That the Time Has Not Yet Come for the Allies to Assume the Offensive on a Scale for Decisive Battle.

Washington, July 26.-Behind the apparent Hull in the struggle around the Aisne-Marne salient today, the high command of the allied and Ger. man armies may be setting the stage for the decisive battle of the war In that event 1t seems more than likely to observers here that the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the world conflict will see a flame of fighting raging from east of Rheims to the North Sea, but with crucial conflict in progress some where just north of the historic Marne, where the Germans have twice tasted the bitterness of defeat
 There is nothing as yet in unoffi cial reports, however, nor in the off cial advices, so far as known, to show the plan of General Foch.
 Flickers of fighting have occurred to the north that may have more than local significance behind them. There is some evidence of feeling here that the time has not yet come when sufficient army has been assembled in France to warrant passing defi- nitely to offensive tactics. 1t was re- called today that General March re @ gently indicated to members of con- gress that this was not to be ex- pected until later in the year.
 The situation has changed greatly at the front since then, however, and only developments there will show what decision has been made.
 Officers here have watched the battle Of the last eight days closely for it's wider significance. At first it appeared that the fierce counter attack launched by General Foch on the western side of the Aisne- Marne salient was intended only to offset the German effort to encircle Rheims and exploit the menace to- ward Paris, AS success followed success for the American Franco troops, however, and as first the Italians and then the British joined in the struggle, the nature of the op- erations changed It was clear that the tables had been turned on the enemy and that the nut cracker tac- tics he had attempted to apply to Rheims were in turn being applied to his armies within the salient.
 The enemy was quick to realize his danger Behind a stubborn rear guard he drew back across the Marne and today was apparently still struggling northward out of the depth of the pocket in which he had been caught. To save his advanced forces
 here reserves have been called to hold apart the jaws of the great trap until the armies or the crown prince could escape.
 Yesterday the advance of the Brit
 ish northwestward from the region of Rheims aroused hope among offi- cials here that the allied forces
 might be able to spring the trap. The lull today, however, seemed to indicate that General Foch was not prepared at this time to press his advantage to his full power in that direction.
 The pocket is not as yet suffi- ciently narrowed at the top to pre- vent withdrawal of the German ar mics falling back from the Marne,
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many officers believe. That the main pressure of the allied troops today was rather against the blunt apex than against the extended sides of the salient, was taken as an inrica- ton that the supreme commander was bent upon forcing his opponent out of his position, rather than to trap him
 At first the general view of the battle by some officers drew the con clusion that within another day or two at most, events would show clearly the purpose. If he is conf dent that he has the men and re- sources at hand to warrant challeng- ing the enemy to fight it out to a finish, they expect to see a new and tremendous battle break out on both sides of the salient south of Sois- sons and of Rheims. The lull today might cover the shifting of allied reserves for development of this success already won.
 On the other hand. il was pointed out, should General Foch feel that he still awaits the coming Of more American troops to give a decided preponderance in numbers these off. cers anticipated that he would con tinue to harry the retiring enemy flank and front, exploiting his pres - ent victories to the fullest possible extent and forcing the enemy to de- eide upon making a stand.
 When that line was reached or ap- preached, however, sudden transfer of allied offensive tactics to the Picardy or more probably the Fland . CTS front would be natural, it was said, while the fighting on the pres ent active front below the Aisne would lie down to raids and local actions.
 That the enelny has it in his power ii refuse q decisive struggle and to continue his withdrawal until his line has been straightened out and his Hanks protected, most officers who discussed the situation today be- lieved. They were equally confident that he could bring on pitched bat tie by halting on a selected line. The present withdrawal. 1t was thought, probably was directed toward Q ten tative line, where d sufficient stand would be made to test out General Foch's plans and that line should be reached and defined in the fighting of the next day or two.
 As the situation now stands, the vital necessity for the Germans is to protect their exposed Hanks at Sois- sons and before Rheims. Massed re- serves are now holding these fronts
 If the line is withdrawn suffi- ciently from the Aisne-Marne salient front, however, to flatten out the front, the danger of flank assault will pass and new dispositions could be made.
 Similarly the advance of the Franco American forces in the re- zion of Soissons, or the Franco British west of Rheims, it Is argued, must be made upon a wide enough front to insure no exposure of flank to sudden enemy blows that might upset the whole scheme.
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dividuals and partnerships will De sur tax provisions of the income tax law. The committee decided to retain substantially the same text of "cap- ftal invested" and other definitions as are in the present law. There had been suggestions that invested capital should include borrowed money and good will and other considerations.
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1OlSHEVIkl EVACUATE
 TOWN OF STAVROPOL

Amsterdam. July 2G.-According to the Russian newspaper Russky Go- los, of Kiev, Bolsheyiki troops have evacauted the town ot Stavropol, in Ciscausla, and the place has been occupied by a volunteer army.
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The Victims Fell Before the Heavy Machine Gun Fire of the Americans During the Retreat.

German Who Had Hld Himself Away in a Cellar for Three Days Was Found By the Americans--H De- clared the German Soldiers Were Dissatisfied and Felt the Crown Prince Was Unable to Bring up Sup. plies.
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HUNS ATTEMPTED TO REACH THE GAIA ROAD WHERE N THEY COULD MENACE THE
 TOWN OF METEREN.
TROOPS RECALLED FROM
 ITALY WERE IN ATTACK

Scotch Troops Met the Enemy and They Will Get no Decorations for the Deeds Performed Such as They Did in ltaly-Rain Has Upset Any Extensive Plan of Attack bv Ger mans.
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THE FRENCH ADvICES.

Paris. July 26.- Latest news from the Aisne Marne battle front is con- sidered by the afternoon newspapers
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HEROIC ATTEMPT IS MADE BY THE GERMANS TO HOLD UP THE BRITISH FRENCH
 AND ITALIANS
FRENCH AND AMERICANS
 ADVANCE THEIR LINES

Allied Big Guns Over the Entire Sa. lent Continue to Throw Shells Into the German Forces Inside the Big Has--iAt Ou!chy Forty Guns and Hundreds of Prisoners were Cap tured.
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Forecast for Arkansas: Saturday and Sunday, generally fair,
The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-27

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