Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-08
Straps and fats.

tiCeIS went uO"H WIN ~ -. a
WAS al the time helping u IN,
fleet of transports or NtSSe'> ~,
ir,, war cargo.s Of some KIND ana iiT.
't,, ne -. uufor,unat, end aS the resuI.
-, .xing proceeded too far aheac Oh
i,. cons1rty. This Tampa lorineri!
a., ..r,.ice - q coast guard Gutter IL!
the gulf oi Mexico
American soldiers hereafter wiz "
allowed to write Tor puh!l'atlOh ''
r.c.iy. Jay Tor their WORN: ~ s
.r,I starr announced at NaShunbtoi
I,., Friday that the order prCh'Oit"6
- u.ritine, has been modified 10 Keep
liz. interest in individual achleNt-
,n.n, al the front and IN view Vi III
ear, that practically all oil the il'e'3rS
ABILITY in the country has r'h r"'' .','.
into IN. service by ~" diait i"M'
Snldirrs Will not bc p'rinlll'"' ''"
eyer. To act as regular newspaper WI
rcxpUnurntS. moi wrIt' '''tln'S.i ~,
,lrTI,i|,s and activities. Writing OF
nc,tnn ar letters for publication VIII pe
allowed provided the work contains
,,.,tir, rrl,tin. To the military pro-
r,ssiun S;u OF TO current events.
Th. jrrurrns.. shell loading plant Oh
ria, r. \. Gill"spi" company. al NOR
,c,r near SUnth Perth AmhOE, y. d.
60. J,s,ruvrd by fire and explosions
durirp last Friday might and Sat"i
I., The, plant occupied an area lou,
miles long and two miles wid'' ht'',
.,n,loycd several thousand men an"
women. The origin Of tn" eXpl"si"i' u
moi known; but IL L. believer w "n,
been IN the mixing tank OF !, y, -,
49,, u.h.,hnr us a matter of accident or
I,..irr il not known. Th"r" Was one
.xrlosion after another. all h'iIlIS W.
nigh, and far AZ into ShtHi"aN' ~
first Il was Thought that hllhdT""S n','
h,..n killed: but later estimates P"'
the dead at so and the %rlousi!
rurcd at $50. The property t'NS Iu.tS
,,,, IN something lik" $lj.OOD.OuO. nun
IL, az houscs were demolished. some
-, ,h.,n miles AWAY. Thousands ana
,housantlS Of big eight linen srt'',
hur1I,,i through IN" air ana '"rr",i"'" <',,
IN, surrounding country. ABOUT '''Y'
,,.orI,. ur. said To hav" been tl"''
homeless. 49,,
.Th, desperate natur" OIL ahe
Hrh,inp ON tn" Western lrohl o'l''''
iii attempts at description 10y Gull S"iii
,.,risnp. hut OF course some 'N"H''
M il are worse than others - S"H'
in ,nint occurred last "Wednesday aS
th, british were about TO bT'ah ~
thc German lines at II vital p"ih' ~ ~
Itri,ish had effected a breach ann t''
',,,,,,rs were h"ing beaten htch'
,,,i,.uJorf saw through his CSuIl'IS
wh,i was happening and r"li'"eu VIZ
,h,. instant that u break NJ 'h'it P",
,irtInr place would mean inc SP'
,,IIons,. of his whole line. ANA "a u'CIH.
;y,. virtory for the Allies. Tie ~ no,
believed TO have had any surplus VI
reserves anywhere: but the ilhs
,xrrn AmcnticrCs and Lens hh"
b,,.n severely engaged up 'o l,''' -
and IN" German r"ncrlI S'n'
,n,. ,,.inrorCrmrntS. .NS uuicklH az
,h,., ronld hr brought up. the ne"
,rnGus were thrown into IN" "I'HN''t7
Ii,,. in - mighty mass attack ana az
,.., :, most fearful hour during WhIS"
~ ;,S,,, WAS IN the SraNCSt houn''
49,, Uritish were At length r"puiSc",
I'm, II IL said that the gap was "i''"S'
,Ins,d with a wall or ''ctlh'h -, -:
.rh,.r,. was no break in the German iihr
81 tbis place hut an hour or wv" .'
General uaig had tn" rNtr'ih' So
faction OF advising the hrltl"h wal
Nee that the Germans W'i' ..'r,,,,',
from Vimy ridge. IN" mex. ,h,' rcr.
,snsition i'm the possession Oh lhr
l,'',,, .,rd -, position which could ho'
,,'' ,,rrn except at tremendous cost
When the story of the Aillcli''ti' -,
.dxnnc. though the ArSonhc lottS'
fuIIy told. IL will contain S"'hS
,hni viii paraIlel the most heroic "
-, int hay, been recorded III th'
his,nrv Of warfare. Up to this tnnc,
Ill. n few of the details are coiiiii,S
ont such details as the correspond
cnts have been able TO gamer ons wa.
- another. and have fhana gcc ~,
nmb,ished. This story was carrIeo
,ha disnotchcs OF q few days ago. anu
Will, unsatisfactory as 10 -,
icayes nothing To hc wished Tor III Wv
',..,, of results. \ company OF NV
Vorkcrs having fought its va! up ="
tho outskirts of the town Oh .>i' "
saint Louis. hundreds oil HcIiilti,H
surd from their trenches, ana w.. WIN VI,
raised hands began SrE'"E 'r;'.ars
rd, We surrender. Thc Nn.,i N'", I,,
iu ,,,r,IIy accented the situation III
,,ood faith. but IL turned out To oc on
IL , dirty trick. so far as the eh''.'!
,yus concerned. for as soon aS l", ~,
,',.n.,cbipr Americans appeared !"
bavr relaxed their vigilance, the ''''
-, ,.In hack to their trenches anu
,,'n I'm throw bombs. But was
IL for an instant that the QUICK
,,,ittcd americans were nj 4 loss "H
In what to do. Guarding lhvir "
nnrary retirement with fihcS "l, '
hand -,rcnadcs. they went h.Ch. E".
trench mortars and ha'he lr''M.,n w..
and came again. There was son"
bot work during the next fifteen MN
,,,rs after which the Americans w'mt
an All OF the Germans were sun
u.b,re thcy had pulled of their uit'H
trick very still. They were o'a"'
-.Or the more tran 100000 Aih'r,-
can soldiers transported I" r'u'"r d" ,o" m
,h.,. cpd az Scptcmhcr. nearly l,Vo"'oo"
80, @ ,..,rri,d i'm British or British con
,roII,d ships. American veSscls car
mod TS6. 900 and the remainder were
,,Lrn across the Atlantic on frcht'
nnd Italian ships. To insure IN" SAY
~ nr this enormous force has cnlau'"
:. tremendous amount of work tor IN"
,ni.,i ar,t The British navy has
done 20 per cent Of the convoElhE' tn'
american fleet - per cent ana 'h'
Errnrh fleet 3 per cent. nurinE SCp
t,mhcr 3ll.2lS American troops ~"
United States hlucJackCts ana ''u"'
Canadian troops were taken a'r"SS s''I
Atlantic American vessels Carreu
,Sis1- o, 20 par cent OF the total ol
ImrriroR troops. British and British
controlled ships were rcsponSinlc i"'
e per cent. or l75.72l. while French
~,.ss,ls TRANSPORTED 1881. or per
conf of the total. OF the Bills Amer
loan troops reaching Europe in sep
trmier. 1895 landed in France. The
remainder went to London. July was
a hir month. with $4,000 arrivals, nut
Srptcmhcr runs il close second ahu
actually ovcrtops il when the lanadiah
troops and the American hlG"lack"'S
are taken into account. Thf Iarg'S'
single CONVOY reaching France from
the United States last month nunlncr-
al aS.S73 The figures help t" "mpha-
size what is being realized more IuIlH
in London and doubtless i'll Germany
also, the enormous contribution Amer
ra IL making to the common cans" OF
the Allies They also bring out the
strength Of the British naval arm ana
the failure OF the GeTRan submarines
TO prevent the arrival Of an American
army.
- American regiments fighting in the
Hindcnburg line along the Rheims
Champagne sector have seen some ot
the hardest fighting Of the war II was
a furious. desperate struggle INTO
which they plunged. They fought day
and night in groups and single handed.
i'm and out OF shell holes. They show
ed gallan,ry. self sacrifice and devo-
l,Ns ~ NJ hRr