Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-08

to Chamery, the town where Lieut..
Quentin Roosevelt fell 10 his death
with his airpiane.
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Betwee1 Fere and scissors the
French, with the assistance Of certain
Scottish units, made some progress
toward the north and east In the face
of powerful resistance. The Scots
captured the park and chateau in the
outskirts of Buzancy and held them
against repeated counter-attacks; and
the French occupied Grand ROzoy and
Cugny and, in a brilliant operation
took by storm the Butte Chaulmont,
commanding height.
On the eastern side Of the rapidly
diminishing salient the Preach and
British moved steadily northward I'M
til the entire Dormars- Reims road was
in their possession; Romigny, Bligny
were occupied and Ville-en-Tardenois
was reached. Along here the Huns
put up some of their most stubborn re
sistance and strongest cOunter-attacks
and infantry operations there came al
most to a standstill, though the artil-
lery continued its activity, az II did
on all other sectors.
IA
In the early days Of the allied Of
fensive the Germans were vastly In
ferior In the air, but last week many
Of their best pilots were summoned
and their machines swarmed over the
allied lines and communication roads,
fighting with remarkable daring and
doing considerable execution. The al
lied aviators we're by no means lack
ing and there were innumerable stir
ring cOmbats in the air.
When General Foch relaxed some
what In infantry action, perhaps to
give his troops a bit Of rest, perhaps
in preparation for further important
operations, 1t was expected the Hun
would seize the opportunity to attack.
But he did not do so, evidently not be
ing anxious to meet the allies oftener
than necessary Observers thought,
from the movements Of the enemy,
that he would not stop long on the
VeSIe river line, but would retire to the
plateau between that stream and the
Aisne This might be rendered com
puIsory by the capture Of Ville-en-
Tardenois. which would open the way
for the allies to advance down the
APdre valley to Fismes.
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Up to the time of writing, according
to French estimates, the Germans had
used As divisions on the scissors
Reims front, some of them having been
brought into action several times. Ber-
lin claimed to have taken $4,000 prls-
olers, while those captured by the
allies vef9 said to number $4,000.
The object of each army has been to
kill as many as possible of its Oppo-
nents.
German prisoners. it is said. are
deeply depressed by the failure Of the
crown princes drive and the success
Of Foch's offensive. They now realize
the strength of the American arms,
and the people in Germany also are
beginning to learn the truth about
that, despite the attempts Of the lead
ers and the press to minimize it and
! to excuse the army's severe reverse.
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On the other fronts there was not a
great deal Of action, though the Brit
ish struck a swift blow in the north,
surrounding and capturing the town
, of Merris and taking prisoners.
There was little change In the Alban-
ian situation, though Vienna claimed
the Franco-Ttalian forces had met with
a reverse The Austrians are very
sore over the repeated bombing of
Pola and other bases and are threat
ening retaliation on Italian cities, espe-
cially Venice.
, American troops arrived in Italy
last week and were received with JOY
! that was almost hysterical.
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In the near East the best news
came from Ukraine where the peas
ants are reported to be in full revolt
against the Huns Field Marshal Won
Eichhorn, the German commander in
u Ukraine, who had treated the people
like slaves, was assaSsinated by a
young Russian social revolutionist in
Kiev, and it was said the life Of
General Skoropadski. the hetman-a
| tool OF Germany-also was threatened.
German correspondents who have
been travelling In Russia report that
| the feeling there again Germany is
! very strong and widespread and that
! the business men are all anti-bolshev-
TX. Lenine and Trotzky admit that the
, bolshevik government is IN peril and