The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-09-07
HUNS RESIST BUT
YANKEES MOVE ON
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/ Ian Francis Donnalie, 81, OF the avia-
ton corps for splendid conduct In a
successful fight with six German Fox
ker planes. was announced by British
Off Gals today.
Lieutenant Donnalie's address Is %
Mission street, San Francisco.
The military cross was awarded
Lieut. Glenn Dewey Ransom, Of the
medical corps. 1873 Sanborne Ave,
Grand Rapids. Mich. for his devotion
to duty under shell fire at Merckem in
July.
A distinguished conduct medal was
awarded Corporal John Johnston, who
beat off enemy raiders opposite Boy
elles on August Is.
Military medals also went to Private
Lawrence BARLEY Collier for his fine
example to Others whereby raid was
repulsed at Boyelles and to Private
Herbert Hall who killed three Ger
mans with his bayonette at Bebutern
July 2s, extricating a patrol from a
dangerous position
Continuing to Advance.
CBy Webb Miller, United Press Stan
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE
AISNE, Sept. T.-(noon) THE Ameri-
cans on the right Of the line are con-
tinuing to advance toward the Aisne at
some points At other places heavy
machine gun fighting is in progress.
Between Glennes and Romafne
(where the line runs north and south
from the Aisne to the Vesle) the
out machine gun nests. Forty one
sro of
taken There is considerable German
artillery fire on our right and against
our positions on the plateau.
American Casualty list.
By Carl D. Groat. United Press Staff
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. Twenty
thousand slight American casualties
had not been reported to the war
department up to August 20, accord
ing to information from General
March today. These cases are all
listed on medical records as slight
and not worrisome. General Pershing
has been asked to forward them by
courier, and hereafter the war de-
partment will give full information
about all casualties. Heretofore Per
shing has had permission to withhold
the minor casualties The theory be-
hind this was that publication of
them would tend TO create unwar-
ranted anxiety.
Adding these 10000 casualties to
those published to date, the total
American casualties have reached
&c $50, a great percentage of which
were suffered during the great
American smash at the Marine.
Cd he vi
today, however, that the nation would
face with determination and courage
whatever casualty lists might appear.
For this reason he will have the
wounded lists from medical records
sent by courier twice week from
General Pershfng, and complete in
formation will be available to reia-
tives Pershing had been instructed
TO forward by cable only dead and
missing.
Good news revealed by March to-
day included the following:
Our forces. pressing on. reached
the yesIe-Aisne ridge on a ten-mile
front last night. The 9th division
New York national guardsmen-is
now on the line In Flanders; the
92nd national army division is now
in the line in the Vosges.
Three new American dfv1s1ons-I
making fifteen in all since July
have been ordered organized at
Camps Sherman, Wadsworth and
Cody.
They will be numbered respectively
the 95th, 96th and 9th. Over ninety
per cent of the American forces now
in France are in the American sec
tor under United States command
CSenators this morning said they
were informed the exact percentage
was nirety-three.
St Quentin is only eight miles dis
tant from the allied advance. and the
Hindenburg line is only ten miles
away al its furthest point. The Ger
man retirement the past week COW
cred line 100 miles long from the
Arras-CambTai sector almost to
Rheims. The Hun is now sixty miles
distant from Paris, compared to
forty miles in July.
Responding to specifice inquiries,
March stated that the 330th infantry
OF the S3rd division is not on the
line; the 104th infantry (Massachu-
settsD is not being brought back to
this country; the 69th division has
been in the line north Of Toul since
last month the Berne convention
SeDte mber % viii determine the mat
ter OF returning German prisoners to
this country or leaving them in