Licking Valley courier., 1918-09-19

fin was the goa' Of race between the
Rritlsh and the French, the former
winning Vermand, Attllly and Wendell
les aud closing in on the important
city from the northwest, while the
French southwest IF the objective
crossed the Crozat canal and took
number Of villages. A little farther
south the French forces captured
Travecy on the Disc, just north Of La
Fere, and from its heights were able
TO dominate the latter town, which was
reported to have been burned by the
Germans This operation, together
with the French advance eastward
from COucy-le-Chateau, threatened to
flank on both sides the forest and mas
slf of st. GObain, the chief defense of
LaOn. Withdrawal Of the enemy from
that forest, which is full of guns In
strong defensive positions, might thus
be compelled without direct attack,
which would be expensive and diff.
cult.
At the western end of the Chemin
des Danes the Germans were fighting
furiously in the region of Lalfaux,
where they were trying to regain pos
session of the dominating ridge which
the French and Americans had taken
tthfe a-IstTIJ tsoUps
used in these attacks, but their efforts
were all in vain.
III
Although the stupendOus German re.
treat of the past eight weeks has been
conducted skillfully and the enelly line
has not been broken through, his ar
mics maintaining contact with one an
other, II has been in every way II most
expensive operation for the Huns. In
addition to the loss of great numbers
of guns and immense quantities of ma
terial, captured or destroyed, they
have lost more than 100000 men, the
majority Of whom, fortunately, were
killed. The morale of the army is
being gradually broken by relentless
continuous and successful blows de
llyered by the allies. the supply ol
fighting electives is getting low, ant
the people nj nOme are becoming dali!
more dissatisfied and restless. Cap
tured orders reveal that tile wounded
men are put back in the ranks befOr,
they are cured, and prisoners released
by Russia are not given time to re
cover their strength and health. Aus
trla has reluctantly responded to tn
call for aid and In the quleter sector
Austrian divisions are placed betweel
/ German divisions, or Austrian soldier
( are used to fill out depleted GermN
regiments. This is taken to mean tina
there will be no renewal of the Teu
tonic offensive In Italy this year,
ever.
A considerable advance made las
week by the Belglans In the secio
north of Ypres was significant, ina'
much as some military critics eXpe,
that Marshal Foch will strike ther
In force before long.
La
The war department announced tia
] Americans have been landed nt Arel
angel to take part with the other Il
lied forces there In fighting the bolsh
Wiki and establishing order In mort
ern Russia. These troops are fro
some of our northern states and mar
of them speak Russian. Hitherto Il
only Americans there were marin,
and sailors.
In Petrograd, Moscow and 9th,
) cities of Russia proper the bolshev
government is struggling desperate
against the ever-lncreaSing cOuntc
revolutlOnarles, slaughtering the latt
mercileSsly whenever they fall In
E their hands. PetrOgrad is reported
be given over to musSacres and llam
= and to have been captured by revO
ing peasants; YaroSlav and VolOg
$ have been burned by the soviet trool
- and Moscow Is threatened with I
Y same fute by Trotsky, Two atteml
y were made On the life of Doctor lie
Y ferich, the new German ambassador
e Moscow, but he fed back to Berlin,
>. The soviet rulers, persistent sho
u rs for peace without annexations II
v lndemnitics, have just paid to q
/. many 250,000,000 rubles, the first
/. st0llment of the indemnity eXuct
D. from the unhappy country by
l. Huns.
d In Siberia the allies, with
Il C2ech0-Slovaks, Cossacks and 10
T. Russians, have been making sutisr
:. tory progress, hut the AustrO.Gem
y. eX.rrlsoners and the bulShevlki
g. putting up so obstinate Il reSlsta
=, that Japan is contemplating send
" much stronger force in order to
ri sure the safety of the expedition
In its allies before the winter sets
Of rhc japanese government Is cOnvin
n hat the American government