The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-23
Prince Rupprecht's Armies Are
Driven From Amiens Salient
With Heavy Losses.
FocA's SECOND GREAT BLOW
Allies Force Crossing Of the vssie RIv.
er In Face Of strong Resistance
Plans for Siberian Expedition
March States American
Army Program.
BY EDWARD w. P,ckARo.

Having thoroughly whipped the
armies Of the German crown prince
and driven them back beyond the
vesle river. Foch. now a marshal Of
France, turned his attention In the
middle of the week to the forces I'M
der the Bavarian crown prince, Rup-
precht. At dawn on Thursday the Brit
ish Fourth army and the French First
army, under command of Field Mar
shall Haig. began an offensive on
wide front In the region east and south
east Of Amiens. The front under at
tack was about twenty-eight miles In
length, from Albert south to the vicin-
ity Of Montdidier.
Within "a hours the allied forces had
penetrated the enemy lines to points
from six to seven miles beyond the start.
had taken more than 10000 prisoners
and great quantities Of material and
many guns. and had occupied numerous
towns. Their own losses were remark
ably light. Tanks led the infantry In
the attack and did wonderfully good
work.
On Friday Haig's forces drove rapid
~ forward south of the Somme beyond
Chaulnes and its very important rail-
way junction. North Of the river the
Germans put up their stoutest resist
ance the British, with whom an Ameri-
lean division was operating. had a
bitter fight. However. they finally
smashed through the enemy and took
the whole of the Chipilly spur, driy-
ing the Huns toward Bray. In this
struggle the Yankees acted with the
gallantry that has characterized them
In every fight they have had. They
had to make forced march to go over
the top at the appointed time, and
went into the battle on the run. The
days operations brought the number
| OF prisoners to more than 1900
By this time the two German armies
| In the salient were in grave danger OF
capture or humiliation. and General
Won Hutier was making every effort to
extr1cate them from the trap. Then.
Friday night and Saturday morning.
Marshal Foch delivered another great
blow. The French First army launched
a tremendous attack south OF Montdi-
der and that town. which had been a
| German base of supplies. was soon en-
veloped and captured, together with
many prisoners and great quantities OF
material. The First army did not stop
there, but, In conjunction with another
| French army on It's right and the
British Fourth army on Its left. fol
lowed closely after the retreafins
Huns. BY Saturday night The Amien'
| salient had been reversed so that liz
point was directed toward the Somms
south OF Peronne. Roye was imperiled
| IL not actually taken. and the armies
of Crown Prince Rupprecht were IL
full flight. Also the fighting has
spread porthward from Albert almos
TO Arras. with decided gains there FOL
the allies. In the three days the al
lies lad taken some 5000 prisoner
and quantities of material so vas
they had not been estimated. togethel
with more than 400 cannon. and hat
recovered large territory and man,
towns. Perhaps most important OF all
they had regained possession of vita
lines of communication and had re
lieved from menace and the Paris
Amiens-Calais railway.
| n
An outstanding feature 81 the onen
siye was the great use made OF tank
and airplanes Instead Of long bon
bardment which would give "arnin
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