The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-08-03


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dARough the always unreliable 0ezzaeAI
sources u news. were given Mtt1sI
credit. but II appears 10 be the truth
that Grand Duke Michael Il ce-opsrat-
ing with the Csscho- Slovak forces N
siberia and that they are sstaAliahingl
their RIDE In Tat sevntry, Ths Ukxsin-i
In telegraph bufsas at Kisv says M
eAMsa has been pressaimsA czaY and ~
marching toward Moscow.
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WsshiAgtsA passived ofdctsl reports
confirming the news that the czsehe-
Slovaks had whipped tie bslshsviki
u q bloody ba&tis at vladivostok and
taken ever the administrator a that
port. II may DO they win foS@ ths
nucleus for the gathering Of ths cls-
msnts that have FeveltsA against ths
bolsheviki ana before long be reco9-
nissd by the allies a. Q stable govsrA-
menk and given aid. II 10 Aow ADMIT
ted In Germany tAat the German and
Austro-H Hungarian war prisoners In
Russia are fighting ON the side OF the
belshsviki.
Up ia the provtnee Of Archangel.
which extends across Aoztherly Russia
In Europe, there u new trouble brew
Ing. At Kola and along tAs railroad
soWthward from that port are great
stores of war supplies now guarded By
American and allied marines and bi1e-
jackets, and moving toward that region
Is a large force Of Germans and Finns.
Submarines already are reported to be
in the White sea. II may b. the allies
will And 1t necessary to seno troops up
there. Delegates from the Thurman
and White sea coasts already have
asked them for protection.
The Swedish press says the kaiser
has ordered the Finnish diet to intro
duee monarchtal rule withoxt delay,
threatening that II It does not comply
Germany will SGT up military die
tatorship. ...
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Having discovered extensive move
ments Of troops and materials behind
the German lines In the Chateau Thier-
ry region, indicating coming attack,
the Americans stationed there took the
Initiative and, in the NEST important
operation they had thus far under
taken by themselves, they captured the
village Of Vaux and the Bots de 10
Roche, advancing their lines on a front
Of several kilometers and occupying
strong strategic positions. Previous
to the attack the American artillery
utterly demolished vaux, and the as
sault which followed was equally et-
ficlent and complete. The enemy lost
heavily In killed and wounded and sew
eral hundred prisoners and consider
able material were taken. All next
day the new American positions were
subjected to heavy bombardment and
then the Huns made fierce counter
attack, but did not regain foot OF the
ground they had lost. The American
machine guns and artillery moved
down the enemy In heaps, and our
losses were comparatively slight. A
complete American army corps Of 22O,-
600 men under command Of Gen. Hunt
er Liggett now holds the Chateau
ThlsraS~S@12tor
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The French started Off the week with
an important advance between Sois-
sons and Chateau Thierry. capturing
commanding ridge and other points
that the Germans had organized as the
jumping off place for their next attack.
The British moved their line forward
northwest of Albert, but after several
counter-attacks they were compelled
to withdraw to their former positions.
On Independence day the Austral-
ians, assisted BY some Americans, took
the town of Hamel and neighboring
woods, and the French cut through the
enemy lines near Autreches.
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Observers at the front believed the
Germans were about ready to launch
another great blow, perhaps the great
est Of all, despite their terrific losses
since the beginning Of the offensive
on March II, estimated at 100000. The
opposing forces there are now nearly
or quite equalized by those losses and
the arrival Of more Americans, and the
allied commanders and troops have
not the least doubt Of the solidity OF
their lines of defense.
The Italians continued their bril-
liant work last week, and the Austri-
ans suffered accordingly. The latter
were gathering their forces for new
attacks in the mountain region, but
General Diaz struck there first, and In
a fierce battle won the formidable
heights Of Monte del Rosso. Monte al
Val Bella and the Col di Chelo. These
mountains on the northern edge OF the
Asiago plateau and just west of the
Brenta river are Of great strategic I'M
portance. Their capture put the 1tal-
ians. in the strongest possible position
to meet the expected offensive, In
which German troops were expected
to take part. The Italians also kept
mp continuous series Of attacks on
the enemy along the Piave. and on