The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-17
Enemy Held every W ZY|lRE BY ALLIES TODAY
UnIl~ \ Press
War Summary

1,445th day Of the war; 18th day
of the big offensive.
Champagne Front: The allies to-
day continued to block the German
drive in the Champagne region. Fu-
rious fighting is under way, but it
is limited to scattered sactors along
the whole fifty mile front. At no
place has the enemy enlarged the
small gains made in the first few
hours of the push.
Americans east Of chateau-Thierry,
having cleared the Germans from
the south bank of the Marne on their
sector, are now cooperating with the
French in battling the Germans on
the adjoining sector to the east. The
Boches have thrown great additional
forces into the fight there, but have
been unable to take the heights which
dominate the river, three miles to the
southwark.
North of the Marne, in the direc-
ton of Rheims, the Germans are
striving desperately to debouch into
the woods fringins the great forest
of the mountain of Rheims, but are
unsuccessful. To the east of Rheims,
tho enemy is meeting with stubborn
and successful resistance.
The huns have repeatedly stormed
against the Franco-American lines
between the Suippe river and Main
de-Massiges-the eastern limit Of the
drive-wfthout gaining an inch.
German losses are now estimated
at nearly 100000 including great
numbers OF prisoners. Allied losses
are said to have been unusually small.
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt, youngest
son Of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, is
reported in delayed dispatches to
have been killed in an aerial battle
Sunday, near chateau-Thierry. Il is
positively established that his ma
chine fell behind the German lines,
but his death has not been confirmed
Pcardy Front: British troops con
Quoted successful operations east O
Viliers-Bretonneux Hostile artiller,
was active along the Sonme, the An
ere and the Scarpe rivers.
Albania Front: italian cavalry
continues to harrass Austrians along
| the coast
France: M. Duvai, former director
OF the newspaper Ronnet Rouge, anc
| one of the Boo Pasha clique, WIS
executed by a firing squad early to
day, having been convicted OF trea
SON.
| Russia: German newspapers re
port that Premier Lenine is about te
break with the allies because of theiI
operations on the Murman coast.
Belgium: Airplane sheds, said tt
have been set afire by revolutiona
ries in the German army, were de
stroyed at NiveIles, with twenty-five
machines.
/ Austria-Hungary: Emperor kar
has dismissed Field Marshal vor
Hoetzendorff, who commanded thu
Austrian armies in the recent ltaliar
offensive.
Germany Cannot Win.
rBy ]. w. T. Mason, United Pres
War Expert.l
NEW YORK, July 17.-Irresolutiol
and timidity to an extent not nth
erto shown by the Germans since tn
beginning of the war are now appar
ent in Won Hindenburg's new often
l sive.
The increasing hesitancy of tn
German assaults and Won Hinder
bure's failure to press even for loca
successes, except in Isolated cases
strongly indicate a serious division
or Judgment dI IlCdu4uthi tCA
The present drive may well be tn
most fateful in its influence upo.
German opinion at home that vo
Hindenburg has ever undertaken.
Won Kuhlmann has been but IT
Gently dismissed from the post c
German foreign minister because h
offended the kaiser's war lords b
declaring peace could not be won o
the battlefield. Following upon thi
arrogant display of the power OF tn
miIitarists, the present offensive wa
ordered It has failed ludicrousl,
, Won Hindenburg now finds himself
position of deep humiliation.
, Won Kuhlmann has been prove
, right Germany cannot win peace @
, the battlefield.
Nevertheless, if Won Hindenbur
!. openly confesses his failure, ii
, thumbs of the German populace ma
suddenly be turned down. This blood
gladiator must still rattle his shiel
;, even though the rattle comes fro
fright. So the fighting is contin
, ing, but in desultory fashion, ar
= with growing despondency. Gener
Foch has not been compelled to ca
!, upon his reserves to stem the Ge
:. man rush. This all important fact
: known definitely, because the &c
mans were checked long before Il
i allied reserves could possibly ha'
t been transferred to the eastern sit
of the Aisne-Marne salient.
= To use reserves in an advance eas
; ward. away from Paris and the cha
g mel ports, would be the gravest blu
, der van Hindenburg now can col
|. nit. Thanks to American reinforc
o ments. the allies are in 7ositic
where they can give Won Hindenbu1
all the time he wants to kill off &c
i man man power.
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