The Springdale news., 1918-08-02
PARTICIPATION OF 1.S,,pr U, S
 oo or WAR ANNIVERSARY

oas, .;o declared war on oei
 ginning +ss fas ast twelve months there ema have ss been sspe besn of greater 9 import +sin in pests' Ies;s influence upon the "a ~pf'' ''N' those in the sd1ssss 15ssss'4shb the Italian defeat
 Russia las,p '0ti the stupendOus drives of the Gsrn4,o thn wonderful defensive opera opera and and. tds tb.t have again and again fo check sim ad alV'll tbe enemy when success ssa held aGL tbe ed l 1ns near at hand have heid 'he world st O+sassc transcending in significance n,
 but, z.ut .t in the actual theatres of the ne @sr amy Americas full partl'lpas,on pasnsnor' Fl, Msi' sne conflict, involving the transpor, :,7;"r the e0il" xsaas of more than million tatl0n s,"st U,s remain the outstandlne ..',ra mea' of the fourth year ot the struggle. .,o..ted
 ooo the number of American
 ss s'1, "oing to Europe had not begun .l0.s u .ssnme large proportions. A ie" reyalars re and some National ' e.'aras, :. a,sos, ~, won had been sent to France ea' most n.'. ..o hY military training camps a ol .a' ,till m Icing built and the raen se- ,aetsd Se as the first contingent to be called to the colOrs were still Ill ei''- 1' mntil the first day of August of 1917 the total number of AmerieaA sold;ers taken overseas was 2o'9oo.
 Soon after that date the movement # troons was accelerated. Thous- onds were dispatched across the AL lartic during the winter months; but + was not until the great German of- fansive was started late in March of 1o1s that the movement began to as sume really noteworthy proportions
 The figures for the months from August 1. 1917, to July 1, 1918, follow Apenst 1s,323, September 32, 1923, Dc tober 3s 259. November 23,016, Deeem- her 4S,212, January 46,776, February 48027 March 83,Sl1, April 1l7,212, May 244,345, June 276,382.
 July 1, 1918, 14,644 American ma rines were in France, bringing the to- tal number of American troops Tn that country and Italy up to 1,019,1l5.
 Yankees Brilliant Work.
 During the recent fighting Tn France the work of the American sol diers has compared favorably with that of other fighting men in the world. For months they have held sectors here and there along the front.
 In the present offensive by the crown prince the Americans brilliant ly have done their part in driving the Boehes back across the Marne and in pushing them back toward whence they came
 The allies have been called upon to face two great offensives in the last year. The first came last October in Italy and the second, in France, began March q.
 The German drives in France, while separated by periods of from a few days to several weeks have been con- sidered as different phases of the same offensive. The abortive Aus trian attack against Italy in June al- so IS looked upon as merely another attack against the western front and not as distinct military operation.
 Blu these offensives, perhaps, never would have been begun had it not been for the collapse of Russia last winter. German and Austrian troops, released from the Russian front. were taken to France and Italy to swell the masses Of men hurled against the aiiies In the western theatre of opera tions.
 Attack Begins at Arras.
 The period between December l, lslI and March 1, 1918, may be call GU tne period of peace tentatives. Last winter 1t became known that the Ger mans Were massing forces on the western front.
 reports came that large units were ''ainlng behind the lines, and that ne" and more terrible engines of war ''ah mad been known before were to Dv used Tn German effort to break the siiieo mes, crush their armies and force re them to make peace.
 me drive was well advertised and even the place where it was to be M .au,'ched was known with comparative certainty.
 ."e morning of March 2l the Ger o;n;. s began their attack from the vi Eaa s oi Arras, on the north, to La baa'., e, on the south, and eentering their fo,oaS .oiumns agamst the British ees tin under Gen. Cough at St. Quen- h,a''. staggering :, before the impact of the id,v s' the n British Army fell back rap 'Hy. For eight dn.