Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-13

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inent part and won the warm praise
of the French and British by their gal
lantry and valOr as well as by their eX-
cellent craftsmanship. The Americans
were called on to hold bridge head
near Chateau ThieTy Immediately on
their arrival after thirty hours on the
road in motOrtrucks. They took up
their positions quickly and slaughtered
the Huns who tried to cross. Under
cover of this fire Yankee engineers
successfully dynamited the bridges,
and the machine gunners have since
held the south bank and repulsed all
attempts Of the Germans to build new
bridges. 1t Is reported the Americans
killed about 1000 Germans at the
bridge head, having themselves only
one man killed and few wounded.
In the Neuilly wood, northwest of
Chateau Thierry, the American infan-
try had their chance, and three times
they drove back desperate attacks of
the Huns, their rifle fire being deadly.
On the third assault they met the Ger
mans in the open and put them to
rout with the bayonet.
In what may be called their own
sector, In the Luneville region. the
Americans carried out some highly
successful operations.
The allies frankly admit that they
ARE counting Un-tiIs Umfed STATES
troops to save the day, and the tests
to which the Yankees have been sub
mtted show the trust Of the British
and French Is not misplaced,
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Failing to make further progress
southward, the Germans turned the
main force of their attacks on the
western front Of their salient, between
the Aisne and the NIarne. Here they
found any advance still more difficult,
and indeed at many points they We're
driven back some distance by The I'M
petuOus attacks of General Foch'S
troops. In that region the dense for
ests of Villiers-COttcrets and Neuilly
offer the best of defensive positions for
the allies, enabling them to move and
{ concentrate their forces unseen by the
enemy aviatOrs. The allied artillery,
too, has been brought up with remark
able speed and is pouring devastat-
: ing fire into the Germans from well
( selected positions day and night. Along
] the line from the Marne nOrtheaStwnrd
: to Reims the allied line was holding
strongly, and the ancient cathedral city
was still, rather unexpectedly, In Che
possession of the British.
The Germans made no claims to def
mite advances during the week, and
their losses were growing so appalling
that government officials In Berlin fell
II necessary to speak Of them apollo
getlcally, asking the people to consider
the magnitude of the operations ant
Of the stake.
Toward the end Of the week ther,
were signs that Won Hlindenburg WA
preparing for renewal Of the driv,
on another part Of the line, possibly
In the Amiens sector, but the allied
military authorities expressed SatiSfac
tlon with the situation and conildenc,
In their ability to meet any new at
tacks.
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The German press was almost {
unit last week in Its calls for peac,
Offensive, hut the papers and the fac
tlons they represent were as far apar
as ever on the question Of what Ger
many should state ms her peace aims
The radical press still insists On III,
no annexation and no Indemnity pro
gram, while the organs Of the pan
! German party batautly insist that tn
central powers are now In position
: to make demands and to enforce then
. and that though Germany entered tn
war In 1914 with no predatory puT
: poses. Il Is now entitled to take wha
. II desires to make up for Its losse
and to insure Its future safety,
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There Is no longer amy prctenslon
IN Gcrmany's part Of treating tn
. Russian provinces as any other tina
: conquered territory, the treNty a
! Erest-Lltovsk being now ignored. Ne
thcr is there any evidence that GeI
many Is getting any benefit from thos
} lands. for the food question Is sti
driving the civilian population TO dis
traction; and In Austrlu.Hungary tn
l situation Is far worse.
Greater Russia Is actually starving
for the soviet government can pr,
cure no more food from the Ukraln,
and In the Kuban and Don region
there are counter.revOlutlonury band
that keep things In n turmoil. Th
counterrevolution plot, the govern
: mcnt says, spreads throughout III
country and In consequence Mosco
has been declared In state OF sleg
: II ls reported the American goverl
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