Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23

February u these SHIPS vent 10 anu
from Falmouth and followed z pre-
seribed course going and returning: II
| the steamers were painted in a spec
fed way and carried specified Hags
If one steamer a week each way we're
! sailed. and if the United States govern
rnenf guaranteed that 10 eontraband
was carried
The immediate answer Of the Cni.ed
States vas given February 31he sev-
| ersnce Of diplomatic relations with
Germany. April 8 the president signed
joint resolution Of the two houses
q congress declaring & state 0f WEI
70 exist with Germany In quick Sc
cessien came the seiective service a. .
foE the raising Of Al army: w.
appropriation Of 100000 HD; T..
sending Of an expeditionary force q
regulars to France under Geoer
Pershine: the registration Of neAr.-
1C-GJ,0U men for military service
he closing Of the first Liberty loan
with large oversubscrp,ior: THE
. drafting Of the state militia into tn
federal service. Occbe. p formal an
| nouncement vas made that American
troops II France had fred their first
shot Ia rer
Nevertheless. the spring Of 1918 saw
.hree huge drives Oh Paris b! TAe Ger
mans By June ! the Germans we're
within IS miles II the French capital.
il Chateau-Thisrry. CHESS they were
speedily stopped Paris would b. under
,heir guns. The plan Of the French
Ess - de,ay them as long as p4>sifle
~ ree--xua-d actions Until reserves
could ~ brought NJ
Yankees Stop Huns.
Ard rhe. took place the tili- :
which al good Americans were prsyc:-
fully expecting: American soldiers
20. ioro action in American fashion.
uoda. American leadership, WIKI
American artillery and machine guns
Tie F-ench commander sen 20
Ct4atsau-Thi---y Fl American division
made up q marines and ~ infan-r:
from the middle West June : IL
,sa-he-n-cks a1d doughboys InnTl'7
.--o support positions back u season
q French troops. Tie French were
forced bach elG filtered through he
-A.nerirf Is -h= support positions soon
became -iie front
Jure Z about fire o-cltci. II -hs aft
errDnn. H. Germans attacked Il force
through z What field. il platoon cni-
prnns il perfect order, supreIneiy cox
fde,- TIE Americans -aieIl rhe-o
vi. sflrapnel anG machine gus Then
-:lly or5ln.5 with rife trs Cnni. IN
hurried, they pica-c rho:- shots &c i
d target r-ac-icl. Military experts
xii eel you thar he American M
---As are the -ncS- effective fighting
men IN al IL II; < Of rhe word: GER
-ei.-l: they have 10 equals with TIE
rife.
TIE Germans "a-eret. chen cane
On again Twice more they stopped
--,lce more advanced Then they broke.
Flesh and blood could nor stand thai
-;::.- fr-. They c-anie.i Of through tfe
Standing grain. Tie Americans sent
bullets wherever t:ie wheat stirred.
That was t:.s end.
Days and nights q heavy bcinbsr.i-
5uenr followed Sleep was Impossible
IT, Americans liv-d o. monkey
meet, brsaG ind n1--r. Than rhAT
-~e:.. o.: aad took he TOWN If Bnur-S-
-lsS. clea..ing our the nests n M chine
-urner. viii. rife FIRE. bayoner and
grenade.
What They Have They Held.
Mex. they took rhe Eois de Beiieau-
II va= !: jungle. II was every man fc-
himself. Indian fashion. from tree -
tree. from rock 10 rock. The battol-
ion # .ea,I,ernecks which took ,he
wood ven. il. with tts men and -
officers. They came out with $40, rEen
tie wood Then they dug themselves
in and tough, Of counteratrachs for
five days until relieved. constantly
Shelle.. and gassed, 10, one hot meal
al rha. time. What the leathernecl;s
have they hold.
This one division used Up FIVE crack
divisions Of the Germans.
There are those among the allies
riiD say that the Americans AZ Cha
.eau-Thierry saved Paris, just as the
Canadians saved Calais. When the
military history Of The Great War is
written Chareau-Thierry is likely TO
Be called the turning point Of the
struggle. For It's moral force was ne
yn,d estimate. II pur new heart into
The war-wnrn French and British. All
France famed Win Joy. The Ame-i-
cans ha ds-rpped The Hun. had driven
him beck. had beaten him oF. And
thousands upon thousands If jus. such
Americans were il plain sight pushing
70 'hs front.
General ECcll in supreme command
Of NE allies Oh 'he western front. soon
aftcrward launched the allied offensive
and victory followed victory all along
The fighting line Of go miles from the
Norri. sea u Eerdun II was The he
ginning Of III. end.
BIZ early October the Hun WIS beat
en 10 his knees and asking for peace.
October 81 the Italians utterly rGu'ef;
the Aus.riaas The same day Turkey
SURRENDERED November : Austria
signed an arrnistice virtually amount
ing 70 unconditional surrender. No
yernber 9 Kaiser Wilhelm abiicatei
and Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
the throne both fleeing to
Holland to escape a people in reyolu- !
ZION.
50 the mad ambition Of Emperor |
William II Of Germany to conquer the |