The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-08-01
Enemy Gives Fight Along Whole
Front, But Allies Continue
Gains.
RESISTANCE IS STRONG
American Troops Lose cierges and
French Reported Elected From
Beugueux-AIlied Forces Adj
vance Near Rheims.

London, July 31.- American
troops fighting north of the ourcq
river In the Soissons-Rheims sa-
iient have enlarged their brilliant
victory of Monday at Sersy where
they cut to pieces divisions of Ger
many's picked troops and took and
held the village against counter
attacks.
Notwithstanding heavy opposi-
tion by guns, machine guns and
large numbers of the enemy, sold
iers from the Middle Western and
Eastern states drove their line
northward from Sergy for dis
tance of about two miles and were
resting on the slopes approaching
the woods beyond the town of
Nesles. Where they stood at the
last accounts the Americans
formed the apex of the long line
running across the salient. The
Americans are, now within seven
miles of the Vesle river.
While the bitter fighting was In
progress between the Americans
on both sides of the fighting front
also moved forward for goodly
gains northeast of Fere-en-Tar-
denois and east of sersy.
With the French Armies in the
Field, July S1.-Desperate resistance
is being made by the Germans along
the whole line of new positions estab-
lished by them in their retreat.
1t is impossible to tell yet whether
this is the place they have chosen to
make stand, or whether they are
sacrificing a great number of men
merely to save vast quantities of ma
terials. The hardest fighting is be-
hind Beaugneux, {where, the French
are reported to have been ejected) be-
hind which there is an elevation from
which Fismes, IL miles distant is Wis
ible.
Counterattacking.
London, July 31.-The Germans
have thrown nearly a million men into
the gigantic battle between scissors
and Rheims and have been viciously
counterattacking all around the circu-
lar line that stretches from Scissors
to the neighborhood of Rheims.
Even this formidable force, however,
appears to have made not more than
a dent or two In the Allied front in
it's latest effort, while at various points
progress for the Allies, slight, but i'm
portant, is reported.
, Nearly Million Men Used.
! Unofficial advices state that there
are II Teuton divisions engaged in
this struggle. The strength of Ger
man division is about 1880 on nor
NAL footing, so that If all the units
resisting the Allies north of the
Marine have been kept up to standard
there are 958,500 men trying to hold
the line until the situation is relieved
OF these divisions there are 10 drawn
from Crown Prince Rupprecht's army
in the north.
The German crown prince had in
the neigh borhood of 100000 men be-
tween Rheims and Chateau Thierry
when the attack across the Marine be-
gan on July Is. The increase in the
number of divisions engaged in the
battle would appear to indicate that
he had since drawn heavily on other
army groups. 1t would also seem, that
this action on his part reflects the inn
portance of this battle in the eyes OF
the German high command
Yankees Lose Town.
Through the German counterblow
the Americans were driven back from
Cierges southeast of Fere en- Tarde-
fois, while to the northwest of Fere
the French have also been forced out
of Beugneux, into which they had pene-
trated after passing through Grand
Rnzotr -.