Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-08-09
|YANKs CAPTURE
8,400 PRISONERS
IN GREAT BATTLE.
General PersHlay Tells of Y. S.
vistors Over Huns.
FOE F0RcE3 OVER THE vEsLE
Says "Thk Full Fruits of Victory Were
Reapec by Franco-American
71~csas Saturday When Enemy
Was Driven in Confusion
Beyond Line of River"

Washington, Aug. General Per-
shing's communique for Saturday
says:
Section A-The full fruits of VIC
tory in the counter-offensive begun so
gloriously by Franco-American troops
On July Is were reaped Saturday when
the enemy, who met his second defeat
On the Marine, was driven in confusion
beyond the line Of the Vesle.
1.-THE enemy, in spite of suffering the
severest losses, has proved incapable
Of stemming the onslaught OF our
troops fighting for liberty side by side
with French, British and Italian vet
Grams. In the course of the operations
s,400 prisoners and 1873 guns have been
captured by our men alone.
Section B-There is nothing to re-
port in this section"
Foe Retreats on Ten-Mie Front.
London, Aug. 5.-On the British
ront the Germans have withdrawn be-
tween Montdidier and Moreuil, dis
lance Of the miles.
The French hold the slopes down to
the western side of the Avre river.
Two Towns Captured.
The situation around Albert is some
what obscure, but the British have
been closely following the enemy and
t is probable that the Germans have
by now evacuated the eastern bank of
the Avre.
The villages of Hamel and Dernan-
court are in the possession of the al
des.
Stand at Chemin Des Danes.
The situation is generally considered
highly satisfactory and the indications
seem palmer that the Germans do not
intend, farther south, to make per-
manent stand on the banks of the
Aisne, but that they will retreat to the
Chemin des Danes ridge, which is one
Of the strongest positions in France,
and for the moment will try to hold
the French while getting away with
their great accumulation of stores of
munitions.
The allies captured the Chemin deS
Danes once and may do so again.
U. S. Men on Front.
The retirement Of the Germans be-
tween Montdidier and Moreuil is over
front of approximately ten miles. On
the southern half of this front Ameri-
can contingents have been stationed
for some time.
Along the northern half Of the line
the French, on two occasions, have
d,,{x, ip+o A.
their front before the present German
withdrawal began ran along the hills
dominating the Avre river from Castel
to AubvillerS.
This withdrawal, taken in coniunc-
ion with the German retirement
across the Ancre, from Dernancourt
to Hamel, about fourteen miles to the
north, may mark the beginning of q
German strategic retreat Which NAV
have been planned to forestall a Brit
Ssh attack which dispatches had indi-
Gated was imminent in this sector.
British Statement.
The text of the official statement IS
sued by the war office reads:
"Our patrols have reached the Ancre
river between Dernancourt and Uamel
and are in contact with the enemy ON
this line.
"The hostile artillery showed some
activity during the night in The sector
north Of Bethune and south of Ypres.'
On Saturday it was announced from
London that the Germans had carried
out local retirement to the east bank
of the Ancre in the region of Albert
over a front of three or four miles.
The British official statement indicates
that the German withdrawal was over
wider front than was shown in the
London dispatch of Saturday.