The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-07-25
European.

Admission is made in the German
official communication that the allied
troops broke into the German front
infantry and artillery lines at "isolat-
ed points between the Aisne and the
Marine and forced back the German
line.
DrOuth, early frosts and labor short
age in England threaten to reduce
somewhat previous Estimates of food
production. However, the food situa-
ton is described as better than last
year.
General Pershing and General Bliss
of the American army have been
knighted by the British government
the former getting the grand cross of
the Order of Bath and the latter the
grand cross of the order of SITS. Mi
chael and George.
From the region west of scissors
to the northwest of Chateau Thierry
American and French armies have be-
gun strong offensive against the
Germans, which possibly may have a
marked influence on the future of the
world war. The movement has, been
tial stage.
To the Americans alone in the re-
giOn west of scissors came 1000 pris-
oners, 80 guns and much war mate
rial. Additional large numbers of cap
tives and further greater stores of
guns, ammunition and other war ne
cessities were taken by the French.
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from the front, has the enemy been
able to stay the progress of the all
lies.
The Japanese government has reach
ed a decision for joint American-Jap-
anese Intervention in Siberia. The
American proposals differed from
those made by Great Britain and
France.
Notable work has been done by the
allied aviator during the progress of
the new German offensive.
The allied air forces took an effect
i've part in the actual fighting with
their machine guns and aerial torpe-
does, and constantly harassed the at
lacking columns of the enemy, as well
as supplying information to the gen
eral staff
It is accepted now that the long
days of purely defensive allied opera
lions are ended and that General
Foch has decided to begin aggressive
tactics. This is due largely to the
incoming American soldiers.
Southeast of Villers Bretonneux, to
the south of the SOmme, the British
line has been advanced on a front
of more than one mile.
The British positions to the east of
have been greatly improv-
ed, and the enemy driven back.
German prisoners taken by the Brit
ish refused to believe that the Ger
mans had not captured Rheims and
Chalons
In the pocket which the Germans
have created south of the Marne, their
losses have reached not less than SIX
ty thousand in two days fighting.
French Premier Clenenceau, who
has just returned from the front,
where he has been witnessing the lat
est German drive, expresses the great
est satisfaction with the progress of
the allies.
Sergeant j. F. Brown, with the
American army in the Champagne sec
tor, is the hero of all France. He cap
tured 159 prisoners and walked into
American headquarters, sorry that two
of them died on the way.
Fighting in the fields and woods in
the present battle of the Marine is
most unusual. Companies, platoons
and even groups of two or three men
are waging their own warfare in clear
ing out the terrible Huns.
German air raiders bombed an
American Red Cross hospital at Jouy,
killing two men and injuring nine per-
sons, including Miss Jane Jeffery.
The Japanese battleship Kawachi, of
81, 42O tons displacement, blew up and
sank in Tokoyama bay, $50 miles to
the northeast of Nagasaki, on July II,
and five hundred members of the crew
lost their lives. i
Comparatively large forces of Amer
leans have been engaged, especially in |
the region of DESERVED, where they |
were brought up to support the at |
lacking French. Within a short period |
the Americans were hotly engaged in |
the fighting.
West of Chateau Thierry, between
Vaux and Hill 2O4, the enemy launch
ed small local attack against the |
American forces, but was speedily |
beaten Off with losses. This operation |
subsidized quickly and the enemy con
tented himself with the laying down
Of the heaviest bomba1,iments over
the positions. which availed nothing