Gilpin observer., 1918-07-25
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About the War
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est in several months.
The French troops in Champagne,
between the River Suippes and Mas
siges, Monday regained all their old
front line
American troops Monday crossed
the River Marne between Charteves
and Gland, east of Chateau Thierry,
and captured the wood of Barbillon.
The Germans are burning villages
inside the scissors Rheims salient and
are believed to be preparing for a gen
eral withdrawal to the Vesle river
line.
Italian troops have wrested from
the Austrians Monte Stabel and have
completely reoccupied Como di Caven-
to, in the Adamello region of the noun
tain front.
An enemy submarine attacked tow
off the easternmost point of Cape Cod,
Mass. Sunday, sank three barges, set
a fourth and their tug on fire and
dropped four shells on the mainland.
Moscow newspapers report the cap
ture of the town of Brisk by Czecho-
SlOvak forces, according to telegram
received at Amsterdam by way of
Berlin. The soviet troops were re-
ported in retreat.
French troops entered Chateau
Thierry Sunday morning, according to
an official statement issued by the
Paris war office. The French hold the
entire southern bank of the Marine.
More than 10000 prisoners and more
than 400 guns have been captured.
The efforts of the Germans to retard
the Franco-American forces were par
of Grisolles and Bezu-St. German, re-
spectively northwest and north of Cha
teau Thierry, and to the east of Chat
eau Thierry, where the Americans are
giving battle. On all three sectors the
enemy lost further ground and his
forces in the Chateau Thierry pocket
were therefore placed in greater jeop
ardy.
Realizing the seriousness of his pre-
dicament, the German crown prince is
said to have sent out distress signals
to his cousin, Crown Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria, whose men are facing the
British In France and Flanders. Rup-
precht dispatched several divisions of
reserves. To offset this, Field Marshal
Haig Immediately detached an equal
number of divisions of picked British
troops from Picardy and moved them
into the battle area southwest of
Rheims.
Western
The new Salvation Army hut at
Camp Cody, Deming, N. NJ, where sew
eral hundred Colorado boys are In
training has been furnished and occu-
pied
Jesse o. Starr must hang July &c for
the murder of Sheriff Dwight Stephens
of Luna county, New Mex. His fate
was sealed when Governor Lindsey re-
fused to commute his sentence, after
an investigation and visit to the
scene of the shooting
Lieut.. Robert Snyder of Elmira, N
Y, and Lieut.. Olaf ]. Tanner of Moore
head, Mimi, both of Carruthers field,
were killed when their airplane fell in
a 1,000-foot tail spin near Fort Worth,
Tex.
Two Americans were captured by
Mexican bandits headed by Felipe
Muquiz. it was learned at Eagle Pass,
Tex. One of the men is Nat Malone,
foreman of Pedra De Blanca ranch, for
whom $4,000 ransom is asked, and the
other is Sam Barksdale, taken at Va
cienda San Miguel. Mexican troops
pursued the bandits into the Sierra
mountains.
Washington
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has issued call for 10000 registrants
for limited service to entrain July 25
to Aug. 2.
Germany has rushed 100000 troops
into Rumania to put down uprisings in
the conquered Balkan country, accord.
ing to official Rome cables.
Honduras. which broke diplomatic
relations with Germany on May 49,
followed that action last Friday by de-
claring war. The State Department
was notified of the action.
President Wilson committed to life
Imprisonment the death sentence i'm
posed by military court-martial upon
Private Albert Il. Beauregard of Com
pany II. Sixteenth infantry, American
expeditionary forces. who was charged
with deserving in the face of the en-
envy.
Names of 1876 Americans reported in
prison camps by the Prussian war min
istry we're announced by the War De
partment.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Franklin Roosevelt has arrived In
Europe aboard a destroyer.