The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-08-06
tide HAS SET
AGAINST KAISER
Allied FORCES ARE GRADUAL
ny REGAINING ASCENDANCY
ON THE WESTERN FONT.
Wv Or
IIJDENDORFF'S GIGANTIC PEACnn
OFFENSIVE HAS BEEN SMASHED

The Harried Teutons Abandon Vital
Points and Make Hasty Retreat.
Foch's Victorious Army Penetrates
Long Coveted Strongholds. Allies
Pushing Forward.
The second battle of the Marine
has been a signal victory for the al
lies: for the Germans it has been a
defeat, just how severe future weeks
will tell.
The battle began as the fifth phase
of the great German offensive cam
paign on the western front. 1t ended
in a German retreat by which they
lost nearly all the princes group of
armies, in the wrecking of Luden-
dorff's gigantic scheme to capture
Paris and to end the war this year,
and in the lowering of the German
morale, both army and civilian, to a
point where it has not been in years.
In word it has been a defeat which
has given Germany a bad case of
blues" and has cast doubts on the
fine promises of the war leaders.
Both TANKS of the German forces
between Rheims and scissors appear
to have been turned. The French
have forced a crossing of the Vesle
west of Rheims.
Through Veritable Charnel House.
Allied forces in pursuit of the
Germans have passed through verita-
Bile charnel houses, strewn with the
debris of war. Bodies of men and
horses are mingled with broken down
vehicles alongside of monster ammu-
milton dumps, some partially explod-
ed and others intact. Bodies of Ger
mans found in clusters beyond the
range of the allied artillery indicate
that severe punishment was inflicted
on the fleeing columns by the French,
American and British aviators.
Allied troops have crossed the
Aisne at several points between Sois-
sons and Venizel. The German re-
sistance is faltering on the left wing
Of the allied advance, while it is
growing stubborn and desperate on
the right wing, where the Germans
still retain a foothold on the south
ern bank of the Vesle between Cham
pigny and Jonchery, northwest of
Rheims.
Thousands of Prisoners Taken.
The number of prisoners captured
by the allies will thrill the allied
world when announced. The Vesle
river, which was flooded owing to
the recent heavy rains, has hampered
the German rear guards, which were
unable to ford the stream and had
to fight for their lives. The most of
these Germans were killed and the
rest were made prisoners.
General Pershing, in his communi-
cation, says Americans alone have
taken 8,400 prisoners and, in addi-
ton, 1873 guns.
German achievements are report
ed arriving in the Scissors sector
from the north. The allies continue
their advance, according to latest re-
ports although it is held within pru-
dent limits. The allied left wing has
moved faster than the right and
further progress in the Scissors re-
glon might expose it to a counter at
tack from the enemy.
Ground Desperately Disputed.
This ground has been a desperate
y disputed battlefield for weeks. 1t
mad been swept by the German heavy
guns from the north of the line and
from the east and probably was the
3 front.
Altogether, viewed from the war
maps the situation for the allied
IoopS at present is a most promising
QIe Ior complete success in Kidding
I5e Solssons-Rheims salient entirely
OF the enemy.
Both Sides Mark Time.
~, Inc situation, therefore, is that of
S"o armies of approximately equal
I;oe"gVn facing each other. The al
n nsS, II Is believed, have no intention
r NJ aVCacklng Immediately, save as
means of defense. AS yet they have
WV NV. me preponderance of men and
n rr"yIeI II necessary for the "big
b oSJ The Germans, on the other
os OF are IN position to resume the
o omenSlVe, yet must fear to do so,
ro preS!aliy after what happened to the