Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-08-07
fOCH'S ARMY WINS
z MILES, s TOWNS.
33,4OO CAPTVES
Allies Pound Foe on Ten.NiIa
Front in Thrust.
U. S. TROOPS DRIVE AHElD
Americans Clear Woods Soutbs.s. =.
Fere-En-Tardenois, Despite HEAVY
Hun Fire-AIIied Troops Dom.
mate Crown Princes Lines.

mate CroWn Princes Lines
Paris, Aug. 2.-In an advance =.
about two miles on the AisnA.,rorna
front the allied troops reached w.
moiselle and Granville, on the south
western part of the salient, canturir,
600 prisoners, according to the war 80
fee announcement.
Cierges and Mauniere wood havo
also been occupied and the village ~
Romigny, north of the Dormans. Raim.
road, was taken.
From July 10 to July 81 the nrisor.
ers captured by the allies Numbered
33,40O.
Ten Mile Advance.
London, Aug. 2.-The allies deliv.
cred new stroke over a ten mile
front between Buzancy, about four
miles south of scissors, to Seripges
north of Fere-en-TardenOis. The re
suit was a considerable advance and
the wiping out of the elbow in the line
at Oulchy-le-Chateau, according to adj
vices to the Evening Standard.
For the first time since the opening
of this years campaign March q the
fresh reserves at the disposal of the
allies considerably Outnumber the
fresh reserves at the disposal of the
enemy, notwithstanding the fact that
the enemy still holds a substantial nu-
merical superiority on the whole Of
the front, according to the view in
military circles here.
Throw in New Army.
London, Aug. "a new German
army under General Won Eben has
been thrown into the SossOns-Reims
pocket. it was learned.
Use Forty-FiVe Divisions.
Paris, Aug. 2.-In the fighting on
the Soissons-R eims front July 10 to 81
the Germans used 40 divisions, accord
ing to the Echo de Paris. Many Of
these divisions were used several
times, being brought back into the
fight after a rest of only one or two
days.
Praise for Scots.
With the French Army in France,
Aug. 2.-Gallant work was done by the
Scottish division which participated
with the French and the Americans in
the attack on the western pivot Of the
German line below scissors. This d.
vision, composed of famous Highland
and Lowland regiments, entered the
line to relieve an American division. IL
took les place on the front after three
days and nights of incesSant travelling
in lorries and a march OF ten niles
with full packs. The Scots immedl-
ately launched an attack and drove
back the Germans on their front.
The conduct of the division has
called forth high praise from the
French general.
Americans Drive Ahead
With the American Army on ln0
Aisne, Aug. 2.-American forces nave
smashed forward clear to the nOru-
ern fringe of the MOuniere WOOD
After artillery had pounded 'ns
wood throughout, American infantry
men swept through it. The WOOD wa"
full of German machine gun meA
Mouniere is southeast of Fere-eh-l~
denois.
The Franco-American forces nave
pushed beyond Sergy to Wlthln l"O
kilolneters Q.24 miles, of ChamerE
The allied forces effected their pfos
ress against stubborn German feS'''
ance. .s
American and French uOVp'
launched an attack "Wednesday a,s,
noon from Seringes to CiergeS vi ~
center of the Marine front, for the ~.
pose of Strengthening the line anu "
molishing barbed wire entangIeinoD'1
which the Germans have pa
through the hills, forests ana 0p'A
places.
German Pocket Cleared L.
The doughboys drove for~aru ,,U ~
hind an American-made smoke u0 ~
They were preceded by a Sei'''
heavy, rolling barrages' ,s,o Nv
The advance was made poSS ,,',tly
an allied attack in the sector ul ,oorod
east of the Americans, whlcn 'i'''
out a small German pocket uoss
A deserter who came into the .. nn
declared that orders had oeen .r,onts
for a series of retrOgrade mo's s boeo
until Fismes, on the Vesle' hau wv
reached. nos haV-
ing a white flame and SMOKE