The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-09-26


tin was the goal Of a race between the
British and the French, the former
winning N"rhand Attily and Wendell
les and closing in on the important
city from the northwest. while the
French southwest OF the objective
crossed the Crozat canal and took a
number Of villages. a little farther
south the French forces captured
Iravccy on the Disc, just north of La
ferc, and from It's heights were able
10 dominate the latter town. which was
reported to have been burned by the
HerlllahS. This operation, together
win the French advance eastward
from Cnucy-lc- Chateau, threatened to
flank on both sides the forest and mas
SIT of ST. Gobain, the chief defense of
lhon. Withdrawal Of the enemy fro.
that forest, which is full of guns i'm
Strohg defensive positions, might thus
be compelled without direct attack,
which would be expensive and diff.
cult.
AT the western end of the Chemin
des DANES the Germans were fighting
turiously In the region Of Latfuux.
where they were trying to regain pos
session OF the dominating ridge which
1he French and Americans had taken
from them. Many fresh troops were
used In these attacks but their efforts
were all in vain.
Although the stupendous German re.
treat of the past eight weeks has been
conducted sxllfully and the enemy line
mas not BEEN broken through, his ar
mics maintaining contact with one an
| other 1T has been in every way n most
expensive operation for the Huns. In
addltlon to the loss of great numbers
Oh guns ana immense quantities of ma
tcrlai, captured or destroyed, they
nave lost more than 100000 men, the
majority Of whom. fortunately, were
killed. The morale of the army is
being gradually broken by Telentlss.
continuous and successful blows de.
nNered by the allies, the supply OF
hghtlng efcctives Is getting low, and
inc people at home are becoming daily
| more dissatisfied and restless. Can.
tured orders reveal that the wounded
men are put back in the ranks before
they are cured, and prisoners released
by Russia are not given time to re-
! cover their strength and health Aus.
IRA mas reluctantly responded to the
! call for AID and in the quieter sectors
austrian divisions are placed between
GERMAN divisions, or Austrian soldiers
are used to fill out depleted German
regiments. This Is taken to mean that
thcre VIII be no renewal of the Teu-
| In, Tf,I,, 10
| ever.
a considerable advance made last
week by the Belgians in the sector
north of ipres was significant, mas
1nuch as some military critics EXPECT
that Marshal t'och will strike there
in force before long.
-Ra-
The war department announced that
Americans have been landed at Arcr
angel to take part with the other Al
hed forces there In fighting the boshe-
WIKI and establishing order in ,orth'
erh Russia. These troops arr from
some OF our northern states a,d many
OF them speak Russian. Hnerto the
only Americans there wee marines
and sailors.
In Petrogrf !, Mosc@ and other |
cities of Russia prope| the bolshcvlk
government is struggling desperately
against the ever-tcrcasing coulter
revolutonarics, slgdghtering the after
mcrclcssly whoever they fall into
their hands. Istrograd Is reponed to
be given ovcrfo massacrcs and Games
and to have'becn captured by revolt
ing pcnsays; Yaroslav and Vo!ogda
have hccyburncd by the sovit troops,
and MJcow is threatened with the
snmc Cite by Trotsky. Tw. attempts
werdnadc on the life of Dctor Iclf-
fcrfh, the new German alnassador to
Ae'scow, but he fled back o Berlin.
| The soviet rulers, persistent shout
Jyers Tor peace without anexati0ns and
lhd"inhiiirs, have just paid to Ger
many 25OOOO,O00 rubls, the first In
Stallmcnt of the indmnity exactrd
from the unhappy ountry by the
Huns.
In Siberia the allies, with the
CZccho.Slovnks, Cssacks and loya)
Russians, have ben making satisfnc
tory progress, buthe Alstro.German
eX-Erisoners and the bolsheviki are
putting up 30 estimate resistance
that Japan is contemplating sending
much strongt force In order to in.
sure the safe of the expedition and
It's allies befre the winter sets I'm.
The apanesgovernment is convinced
that the Aerlcan government will