French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-07-25

troops broke EpIO the GoE01ah AhOnS
infantry and artillery lines at "isolat-
ed" points between the Aisne N the
Marine and forced back the German
line.
Drouth, early frosts and labor short
age in England threaten to reduce
| somewhat previous estimates OF o
production. However, the food situa-
ton is described as better than last
year.
General Pershing and General Bliss
Of the American army have been
knighted by the British government
the former getting the grand cross OF
the Order of Bath and the latter the
! grand cross Of the order OF SITS. Mi
| chael and George.
From the region west OF SCISSORS
to the northwest of Chateau Thierry
American and French armies have be-
gun a strong offensive against the
Germans, which possibly may have a
marked influence on the future Of the
world war. The movement has been
| rewarded with great success in it's mi
tial stage.
To the Americans alone in the re-
gion west of scissors came 1000 pris-
oners, 80 guns and much war mate
] rial. Additional large numbers of cap
tives and further greater store OF
guns, ammunition and other war ne
cessities were taken by the French.
Nowhere, according to last accounts
from the front, has the enemy been
able to stay the progress Of the al
lies.
The Japanese government has reach
ed a decision for joint American,Jap-
anese Intervention in Siberia. The
American proposals differed from
those made by Great Britain and
] France.
Notable work has been lone by the
allied aviator during the progress OF
the new German offensive.
The allied air forces took an effect
i've part in the actual fighting with
their machine guns and aerial torpe-
does, and constantly harassed the at
lacking columns of the enemy, as well
as supplying information to the gen
! eral staff.
1t is accepted now that the long
days Of purely defensive allied opera
/ tons are ended and that General
Foch has decided to begin aggressive
tactics. This is due largely to the
incoming American soldiers.
Southeast of Villers Bretonneux, to
the south of the SOmme, the British
line has been advanced on a front
Of more than one mile.
The British positions to the east Of
Hebuterne have been greatly improV-
| ed, and the enemy driven back.
German prisoners taken by the Brit
ish refused to believe that the Ger
mans had not captured Rheims and
Chalons.
In the pocket which the Germans
have created south of the Marne, their
losses have reached not, LESS than six
ty thousand in two days fighting.
French Premier Clemenceau, who
has just returned from the front,
where he has been witnessing the lat
est German drive, expresses the great
est satisfaction with the progress Of
the allies.
Sergeant ]. F. Brown, with the
American army in the Champagne sec
tor, is the hero of all France. He cap
tured 159 prisoners and walked into
American headquarters, sorry that two
I of them died on the way.
Fighting in the fields and woods in
the present battle of the Marine is
most unusual. Companies, plateons
and even groups Of two or three men
are waging their own warfare in clear
ing out the terrible Huns.
German air raiders bombed an
American Red Cross hospital at Jouy,
killing two men and injuring nine per-
sons, including Miss Jane Jeffrey.
The Japanese battleship Kawachi, of
21,420 tons displacement, blew up and
sank in Tokoyama bay, $50 miles to
the northeast of Nagasaki, on July II,
and fve hundred members of the crew
lost their lives.
Comparatively large forces Of Amer
leans have been engaged, especially in
the region Of Descrivec, where they
were brought up to support the at
lacking French. Within a short period
the Americans were holly engaged in
the fighting.
West Of Chateau Thierry, between
Vaux and Hill 2O4, the enemy launch
ed a small local attack against the
American forces, but was speedily
beaten of with losses. This operation
subsidized quickly and the enemy con-
tented himself with the laying down
of the heaviest bombardments over
the positions. which aVailed nothing.