Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-02
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u.. ursl UiiiciaI reference To Gen.
rOCn as DrInS ia supreme coiIHiahu
OF the Allied forces on the western
front Is Contained III cabiesFaHi
,.resIdcnt W iIson scnt the general con-
gIalulatIHs hIu Ola his ne" au-
tI.orlty." Ihc presidents messaSe
s;.d May / not convey 10 You my
sincere congratulations ON your ne"
authority, We are following WITH pro-
luuuI interest me bold and briiIiaht
action OI your forces.
Ihclr came :, report last week tha'
th. i;ussIaIis. unG,T the lead Ot lIot-
skI huu arisen against the tCiiiidhs
ana rcCaptuT,u Ducosa. the great gram
DUIt ON the BiaCh sta. lhcic mas slitSc
been uOlhinS 10 indicate the contrary
hut rather all information obtaihaDi'
Is III continuation of the news lHe
CItS Ol NInOlIIcN, ia wIiCh IL loSalcu
a great Submarine builulHS pant has
also been LaptuIcd. Ihr cause oi thI
Russian UprIsIns IL that the Germans
uIsIcgaIucd tnCIr Su-CaIl'u peace
tr,aty and coruIncnccd going after the
l:i.ssi.,n gram III ii way tnal promised
To leave nOlninS iOr the russians
themselves. IIUiSkS Is said 10 be 40
ing all ne can to re-OrydilZe the shat-
tered i;uSSIan array, ANA iiiany On
p,rIcuccd commanders az" \oiuntccr-
Iny; then scrN Ices.
The enemy Will not conquer our
resistance. +, SAID Premier tlemcncau
when surrounded by deputies at the
bourbon l;tlacc upon his return 10
Paris. from the front Friday after
noon. II 40 not wIsn 10 pose as pro-
phct. That ~ not my habit, but, come
What may. they VIII not preah
through. Anecdotes showing tile
wonderful morale Of the French troops
were related by the premier. a bat-
TALON OF territorial troops. arriving al
the front line Thursday, were found
awaiting the order for counter-at-
tack sittlng unconcCrnedly In mud
field within range OF the German
shells. which were breaking IN the I'M
meulate vicinity. What are you DO
ing here" said NJ. Clemenceau. we
are at rest, responded soiuie'
quietly.
- Women drivers Of the American
fund Tor French wounded. have been
doing splendid service tor refugees
from the I'Icardy battlcfIclds arriving
IN Paris. II should be understood that
the territory over which the Germans
advanced last week IL the same over
which the Germans had been driven
back Il year before. When tne uer-
mans rrtrcatcd before the British and
French they left the country behlhu
them little better than II desert. French
families who have previously been be-
hind the German lines. and VINO were
set free 10y the German retreat, tt
once set to work To rr-cStabllSn thclI
homes and they were making hnc pro-
grcss. They fled before this last Ger
man advance, however, and came ~
Paris in large numbers. Here the Wo-
men drivers of American autoinoDllcs
gave the refugees splendid service III
taking them To the homes OF relatives
or acquaintance and to other places
To which they desired To 20.
-- The Morning Posts correspondent
in France draws u gruesome picture
of battlefield conditions, according TO
"A dispatch of saturday. prisoners
state that the countryside Is filled
with bodies and that the air, Is hor-
riblc with the odor oil death. nc
writes. Wells cannot be used. The
ruined villages are impossible as BILL
let's because they are strewn with Ger
man dead. There are great piles OF
bodies along the roads and between
them. The enemy has only recently
found time to bury any OF his deau.
The spectacle of the battlefield car
peted with the bodies Of their com,
affccev6-fr VINO
In this way discovered to their sur
prise that the British are not too weak
to fight. Prisoners say that the Brit.
ish endurance and skill in fighting Is
DELAYING the progress OF the German
army, Among the featS of this Brit
ish endurance may be mentioned thai
of Il detachment which marched Is
hours, fought throughout one night
and half OF The next day, repelled
three attacks. twice recaptured GER
tain village and dug trenches
-. Great preparations, writes an AS
sociated Press correspondent from
the French front are being mado in
Germany for fighting i'll the air
Many pilots are under instruction IN
the German aviation centers and air.
planes are being built faster than ever
before. Many student aviators have
been passed from the infantry and ar
tillery into the air service. Until
few months ago German aviators
were recruited almost exclusively from
the ranks of officers. Now they are
accepted from the lower ranks also.
Still the proportion Of officers Is al
most overwhelming. many having been
transferred from cavalry regiments TO
be in a branch of service in which the
activity Is constant, instead OF remain
ing with mounted troops whose sphere
of usefulness has been much restrict
ed. The increased pay and allowance
OF flying men have also attracted many
infantry officers from the ordinary
line regiments. Others see greater
chances OF being decorated. Most OF
the instruction camps are In the lnte-
rior. some OF them being government
institutions and others run by airplane
manufacturing concerns. After pre-
liminary training pupil pilots must
pass a series Of examinations which
become more difficult as training pro-
gresses. The instruction period is
about six months for pilot.
The Allied army continues 10
make steady progress III Mcsopotanla'
according To ] statement of the Lon
don war office. \ statement issued
Friday. says: On March 26 highly
successful operation was carried out
BY our troops operating on the Eu-
phratcs northwest of Hit, which re-
suited in the capture or destruction ol
virtually the entire Turkish force In
that area. Early In the morning our
columns advanced to attack the Turk
ish positions about Khan Baghdadi,
- miles northwest of Hit. Our cavalry
MADE a WlUe movement tIpttHu 'iN
Turkish position to Aleppo. i'll the
rear of the enemy. by nightfall the
encmy's main positions north OF Khan
Baghdadi had been carried by assault.
The main body of the enemy. at
tempting 10 break to the northwest,
was intercepted by our cavalry and
repulscd with heavy losses. SO far II
has been reported that about 5000
prisoners have been taken. including
q divisional commander. two regiment
al commanders. about 100 other Turk
ish officers. one German officer and n
few German non commissioned Of
ticers. In addition ten guns. 1000
rifles. many machine guns. 500 ami
mails and a quantity of other booty
have been taken. Pursuit Of the re-
naming fugitives has already been
carried beyond Hadith 10 miles
northwest OF Hit. Our casualties were
very slight"
II am delighted at General PERISH
ing's prompt and effective action in
placing all the American troops and
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