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New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

! Their movement was quick and con-
certed. The enemy had little time to
remove his guns
1T IS reported that all along the
llne field guns were overrun, and a par
tlcularly large group of them were
captured north of the Somme, near
chipllly, where escape was impossible,
owing to the sharp bends in the Somme o
River
II believe that more guns, and, of
course, machine guns, were captured
than can be catalogued in a day or two.
Some few of them were used against
the enemy quite early in the day"
German Guns Silenced
"The feature of the day was the ex-
tinction Of the German artillery. It's
answer to our barrage was rather
slow and patchy. 1t was up to the
very short time in the first degree
of excellence.
"One isolated shot deserves men
ton. 1t hit one of our ammunition
lorrie's engine, but it did not explode
a single shell or hurt the driver.
"Such partial successes were few
and as soon as the infantry was we'll
on the move the enemys gunners be-
gan to pack up. Many of them must
have had little chance Of saving their
batteries.
"As the sun conquered the mist our
airmen saw scenes of complicated con-
fusion much further ahead. Batteries
and strings of vans scampcred off, and
in the middle Of the hurry our airmen,
with machine gun and bomb, took all
advantage possible.
German Defences Inadequate
"All the prisoners agree that the at
tack was an overwhelming surprise and
that full advantage was taken of it
by the assaulting troops.
"The German defences, at any rate,
behind the front line, were for the most
part very inadequate. The old zeal
of digging in and going to the ground
seems to have been lost. Nor did most
Of the Germans fight we'll in the centre.
"The prisoners were very numerous,
though an extremely few were taken
on the front lines, owing to the de-
vastating effect of the four minute bar
rage on the indifferent defences. The
proportion of men killed was. large,
and at one place the numbers were
quite unusual"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

low Moreuil the operation was of a
holding character. The main pene-
tratlon was up the south bank of
the Somme, up the Luce River Val
ley and northeastward from Mo-
reuil. In this area there was maxi
mum advance Of eight and a half
miles, from the Villers- -Bretonneux
plateau east to Framerville, which
lies a couple of miles north north
east of the important railroad juno
tlon of Rosieres-en-Sa -Santerre.
The Allies have driven huge
wedge into the German positions. 1t
is in the form of right angle. The
southern tip rests on the Avre
River at Breaches. Thence the line
runs northeast, through Plessier-
Rozainvillers to Beaucourt, which is
four miles east of Moreuil; then to
Calx, which is two to three miles
west of Rosieres- es-en-Santerre; then
to Framerville, at the apex, two
miles north-northeast of Rosieres.
From this point the upper leg turns
northwest toward the Somme, pass
ing through Chipilly, just north of
the river, and bending back to the
old Allied line west of Morlancourt,
a little below Albert. 1t is a
formidable wedge, representing
more progress for the first day than
has been attained by any other Of
fensive-German or Allied-on the
Western front. 1t needs only to be
driven in and widened to the south
to put the whole German line from
Montdidier to La Fere in peril.
AS in the case of the offensive
against the west side of the Marne
salient, the Allied objective was a
railroad-the north-and-south line
coming down from Albert and Brav
to Montdidier. This is the main rear
supply line of the German front be-
low the Somme. 1t makes a curve
to the east around Rosieres San
terre, where it crosses an east-and-
west railroad running from Amiens
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

~ NE thing Ludendorff will not
q have to do this morning.
He will not have to ask
General Baron Won Ardenne, the
distinguished military critic of the
"Berlner Tageblatt": "Well, gen
eral, have we recovered the Of
fensive?"
Ludendorff hasn't recovered the
offensive. And it looks as if recov-
ering the offensive is the last thing
that will worry him for some time
to come. With him it isn't a oues-
tion of driving any more salients
into the Allied lines in France, but
of extricating himself from the
salicnts he has already driven.
The Marne salient played him a
shabby turn. Now he is in equally
serious trouble in the Montdidier
salient. Foch shot again yesterday
bolt out of the blue very like that
with which just three weeks ago he
smashed the exposed German right
wing between Scissors and Chateau
Ihierry. Under the command of
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig an
English army and a French army
broke through the Grown Prince of
Bavaria's lines south of the Somme
and IN one day attained detectives
which put them on the flank and
rear of the German forces holding
all the lower part of the old Mont
Older salient and the smaller salient
created early in June by the third
German drive-out of Lassigny for
Compiegne
The initial success of this stroke
was even greater than the initial
success of the Franco-American
drive on July l8 last from Villers-
Cotteretts Forest. The front at
tackled yesterday was between Nor
lancourt, a short distance north of
the Somme. to Breaches. below
Moreuil-a stretch of over twenty
miles. North of the Somme and be-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Former Bellevue Inferno
Gets Croix de Cuerre

First Lieutenant Max Philip Cowctt.
Of Chicopec Falls, Mass, who was an
inferno and house physician at Belle
vuc Hospital from 1915 to 1917, has
been awarded the Croix de Guerre for
conspicuous gallantry Word of the
honor paid the young physician. who
was called into the service last fall.
was received yesterday in n letter to
one OF the present staff at the hos
pital
pr. Cowctt was graduated from
Bellevue Medical College in 1915 and
was Immediately assigned to Bellevue
Hospital
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
338 Planes Downed bv
French Airmen in Julv

PARlS, Aug. S.-"Durng the month
of July, lS4 enemy airplanes wnro r.,
uo"ncd' says statement by the
rrcnch War Office. Zone hundred and
hlty-tour were seen falling out of con-.
trol inside the enemy lines. of which
numoer .n per nfteen had been damaged by
me me hre OF our anti-aircraft guns. Thus
338 enemy machines were destroved ~
badly damaged. VI
IN addition our airplanes set on
tre forty-nine enemy captive balloons
Durlng the same month our bonn
pardlng squadrons during the DAYTIME
cropped 'o4 tons Of explosives and in
.hc nighttime more than 1856 tons.
mus making a tota of 800 tons dropped
on bridges in the Marne VALLEY
on enemy troops that had advanced
south of Aisnc, and on railroad stations
IN II the region of Laon. Hirson and
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
German Vandalism
Spurs Americans fo
Fight More Fiercelv

LONDON, Aug. 8. Colonel Roose-
velt's advice of not to hit soft is hard
ly needed by the American troops be-
tween Soissons and Rheims. saws
Reuters correspondent on the Amer
lean front. There has been no soft
hitting on the part of the Americans
thus far nor any inclination in that
direction
"The Germans asked for "A roupb
war, and by heaven we are here to
see that they get it," is the remark
Of one American soldier reported bv
the correspondent, who says the Ger
mans who fought in the Marne salient
doubtless realize thnt fact.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

Dodo Wood and Hamel Wood and the
nearby high ground
Slightly north of here the British
batteries moved forward so rapidly
that they. were up and firing in their
new positions thirty minutes after
midnight when the infantry went over
tlcuiar case, by the tanks 1000 yards
to tho rear.
Heavy Mist Covers Field
At 6 O'Clock the weather was so
thick that objects twenty yards away
hardly were visible, and the British
were not slow to take the opportunity
TO plunge through under its protection.
About 6:45 the first prisoners BEGAN
coming back. They were unwoundcd
and looked clean, as if they had lust
come on parade, showing how COM
plete had oeen the surprise. The Brit
lsh bounced on them before thew had
the slightest chance to give battle.
The prisoners that arrived later wore
not so clean and they came rearward
and carrying wounded on stretchers
Inc British army, which had started
with thunderous roar, by Z o'clock
nad quleted down to a virtual silence.
This was because the artillery had
ceased firing while it was being ad
vanced to keep up with the infantry
ana the tanks. 1t was the tanks which
by o'clock had rolled pondcrouslv
into Cerisy, driving out the enemy. and
few hours later in difficult mannu-
vre took the woods opposite.
Tanks Cross the Avre
The tanks crossed the Avre and did
excellent work here, too, with the in
iantry. On the peninsula between the
Ancre and the Somme the British can't
ured many guns.
Reports from the south saw that
things are going in splendid fashion
there and that the French have been
equally as successful as the British.
Hastily organized counter attacks have
developed here and there along the
line, especially north of the Somme.
but so far all are reported to have
broken a1: down under the hot fire of the
1t may be taken for granted that
further enemy counter strokes will de-
velop, either organized from the forces
now in front Of the Allied troops or
from fresh forces that Grown Prince
,Rupprccht undoubtedly will try to
hurry up from other sectors. Further
reports of heavy fighting, therefore
may be oXpectpd
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Enemy Destroying
Bridges Ouer Aisne;
May Quit Vesle Line

LONDON, Aug 8. = News from the
Soissons- Rheims front In that the Ger
aaax ere holding the northern bank
q IL vsala In considerable strength,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

proceeded Hagcourt and
The Allies railroad
line and August and further
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
The Great War-1465th Day
Americans at Our Side, Victory
Is in Sight, Petain Tells French

PARIS Aug SGmerol Peton commander chief Of the Fre"c
the toong the the French troops
Four anch allies; of trials
socaly endured. begin o bear fruit
His fifth in his
decreases while
American brothers than they have made
bafled feel the weight Of their blows
lnceantly the guard of the Allied peoples
have prepared the triumphs Of to-mo
Not Isadt to
ABNEGA T1ON PATIENCE, YOUR COMRADES ARE ARRIVING.
To-day
TENACITT, ALDAClTY; YOU SHALL FORCE VICTORY.
Soldiers of your
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
FRENCH

PARIS (NIGHT. The attack
made this morning by our troops
southeast of Amiens, in conjunction
with British troops, continues in
good order. The details are given
in the British communication.
PARIS (DAY).-At 5 O'Clock this
morning CThursdayl French troops
in company with British forces at
tackled in the region southeast of
Amlens. The attack is developing
under favorable conditions.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Foe in Panic
Quits Guns as
Tanks Charge

Continued from page l
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

fresh division which has just arrived
from the German front in Flanders.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Official Allied Statements

Gel fman infantry and gained their
OBJ aactives.
South of the Somme the gallantry
of $he Allied infantry and the dash
and vlgor of their attack had gained
du1ng the afternoon the final OBJ
iecaves for the day on practically
the whole Of the battlefront.
Assisted by our light tanks and
armored cars, cavalry passed through
the infantry and beyond our OBJ
jectives, riding down the German
transport and limbers in their re-
treat and capturing villages and TAX
ing many prisoners.
The general line reached by our
troops runs from Plessier- Rozain-
villers to Deaucourt. to Caix. to
Framerville, to ~Chipilly and to the
west Of Morlancourt.
No accurate estimate can be given
concerning the number of prisoners
or guns or the amount of material
captured, but it is known that sew
eral thousand prisoners and many
guns have fallen into our hands.
LONDON (DAY). At dawn this
morning the British 4th army and
the French lst army, under command
of Field Marshal Haig, attacked on a
wide front east and southeast of
AmienS RepOrtS indicate that the
attack is progressing satisfactorily
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09

NE will Moreul of
q to holding pen
He will have tration the bank c
New-York tribune., 1918-08-09
Military Comment
By William L. Mcpherson

Copy gh 1915 by The Tribune soctaou (The York
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

and got one for him; also got my
Colts 45 and lantern, and off we
went. The dogs had treed up three
small trees which were very close to
gether, and after maneuvering around
them for quite awhile we could locate
nothing, but could hear a very low
growl every now and then. | looked
up and saw something white about
20 feet over US. ! thought it might
be limb, but decided to take a shot
at it anyway, so | got out about Is
feet from the tree and cracked down
at what | thought might be a small
varmint. hit him but did not wound
him ve-y badly, and he jumped for a
limb on the opposite side of the tree
from US. 1t swung straight down,
broke, and limb and varmint would
have fallen on top of both Of US, but
| jumped back in the clear and fired
one more shot at him just as he pass
ed me; but he had to make only about
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

books contributed by die American
people the ASSOCIATION bought 5G0,2Tl
books mostly technical. of which 1885,
26I were sent overseas. More than
100000 books of all kinds have been
assigned TO libraries in y. II. c. A..
X of c. or Salvation Army huts In the
war zone, a similar number being dis
tributed in American training camps.
while half million are or warships
or transports. The association has
erected and operates forts one library
buildings
The Salvation Army. with 1.210
workers. principally women. overseas.
has won The affection of the lighters.
Is sol huis. resi- and reading rooms
are popular gathering places for the
soldiers. The doh-hnuts fried by Sal
walton tassies IN hnts or trenches and
given 10 the men have hecome lannon's
around tho world Tic Salvation
Army gave forty amhulsncas 10
The American and AUaes' armies ana
In many other ways gives constant ml-
selfish service
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

one more leap before he disappeared
in the underbrush."
"The dogs chased him again for
about quarter of mile and then
treed. We heard very vicious growl
and upon looking just over and back
of US | saw him very plainly, and hs
was not more than Is feet up. 1t
vas about o'clock in the morning
then, so we decided to wait until day
break because we felt he was wound
ed and another wound, if not fatal,
would likely cause him to attack US.
when daybreak came | picked out
a place where it was open all the way
TO the tree, SO | could continue to
shoot after he hit the ground, then l
aimed just above and between his
eyes and bullet never truer to
its mark, because i did not miss the
place where | aimed more than a
quarter of an inch. He crumpled,
gave out an awful scream, but did not
fall, but / shot four other shots in
rapid succession, and he tumbled.
1T proved to be large mountain
lion Just seven feet from tip to tip"
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07
OLE MISS MAN KILLS LION.

The following thrilling story of
the killing Of a big mountain lion,
which was the actual personal ex-
perience of the writer, was written
by Lieut.. E. f. Mccall, of Blue
Mountain, Miss, who is now stationed
in a camp in the state of Washington.
Lieut.. Mccall, who is a graduate of
the University of Mississippi, was
formerly a football star:
"The other night some stray dogs
kept trailing something near our
camp, so l got me a man and we kept
in touch with them until about 1O:3O.
then we went TO bed because the
dogs had gotten out Of hearing. Then
a little after two. the next morning
one of my men heard them raising
quite bit of sand near our camp and
came up and woke me up. got
dressed pretty quickly, got my 1890
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

Corps up to authorized strength a
pending completion of new systs1
for recruiting these sections, L
committee on education, and speci}
training Directs that inStitutio.}
where present number of inducts|
men less than their authorze|
quota, may certify for inductio|
such students who do not have IN
prescribed number of units, but whom
the head of the institution and tn
commanding officer, jointly believ
to be competent to pursue one of tn
programs prescribed"
"In determining this competence
commanding officers and colleg
authorities should cooperate and Sc
lections should be based on the
joint judgment"
Consideration is to be given to stu
dents, previous high schoel- -.-~iliint
also to business experience, militar
training and personal qualification
relevant to making an officer. :,
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

SURGEONS agree that in cases Of
Cuts, Burns, Bruises and Wounds, theI
FIRST TREATMENT is most in1
portant. When an EFFICIENT anti
septic is applied promptly, there is nd
danger of infection and the wound be-
gins to heal at once. For use on man
o. beast, BOROZONE is the IDEAL
ANTISEPTIC and HEALING
AGENT. Buy it now and be ready
S1.00 and s1.50 Sold by A. H. Ken
del. Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07
REQUIREMENTS FOR
ENTRANCE REDUCED

An order from Washington given
out makes important changes regard
ing the entrance requirements for the
Students Army Training Corps. The
order says:
"In view of the fact that existing
educationaal requirements have pre-
vented induction of men in collegiate
sections Students Army Training
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07
PREPAREDNESS.

This is the slogan of the wise man.
Stock are continually exposed to
cuts, wounds, scratches, etc. The
man who is prepared has his healing
remedy on hand to stop all chances
Of blood poison. Farris' Healing
Remedy is highly Antiseptic. 1t is
economical. One SOC bottle makes
$500 worth Of a healing oil or oint-
ment. Money refunded if you are
not satisfied. Sold by Carriers Drug
Store. Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07
Y. w. c. A. NOTES.
(By Douglas Olsen.)

A most interesting program was
carried out at the meeting of the Y.
w. C. A. on Sunday afternoon. The
president, Miss Foster, presided. rhe
speakers of the afternoon We're Mrs.
A. L. Bondusant and Mrs. r. II. Le-
gate.
Mrs. Bondurant is chairman of the
United War Work Fund workers for
this county. In her meeting which
was most pleasing to the girls was the
presence of several visitors: Mrs.
Torrey, Mrs. Longest and Miss Means.
We hope to have them with US often
and would be delighted if more of the
campus ladies would attend our
meetings.
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

Rub a sore throat with BALLARD'S
SNOW LINIMENT. One or two ap-
plicataions will cure it completely.
Price 25c, SOC and s1.O0 per bottle.
Sold by A. II. Kendel. Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

Regulate the bowels when they fail
to move properly. HERBINE is an
admirable bowel regulator. 1t helps
the liver and stomach and restores a
fine feeling of strength and buoyancy
Price 60c. Sold by A. H. Kendel. Adv
Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07

Davis. Mze & Co, Wholesale Distributor Oxford Miss.
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
MARCH TO VICTORY

Courage Is a matter Of the blood.
without good red blood man has a
weak heart and poor nerves.
In the spring Is the best time to
take stock Of ones condition. II the
blood Is thin and watery, face pale or
pimply, generally weak, tired and list
less, one should take q spring tonic.
One that will do the spring house
cleaning, an old-fashioned herbal rem
edy that was used by everybody nearly
30 years ago is still safe and sane be-
cause 1t contains no alcohol or narcot-
lc. 1t Is made up Of Blood root, Gold
en Seal root. Oregon Grape root,
Queens root, Stone root, Black Cherry
extracted with glycerine and
made into liquid or tablets. This blood
tonic was first put out by DR.. Pierce
In ready-to-use form and since then
has been sold by million bottles as DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. If
druggists do not keep this in tablet
form, send 60 cents for a vial to DR..
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Kidney disease carries away large
percentage Of our people. What is to
be done? The answer Is easy. Eat less
meat, eat coarse, plain food, with plenty
Of vegetables. drink plenty of water
between meals, and take an uric acid
solvent after meals for a while, such as
Anuric double strength), obtainable at
almost any drug store. It was first
discovered by DR.. Pierce. Most every
one troubled with uric acid finds that
Anuric dissolves the uric acid as hot
water does sugar. You can obtain q
trial package by sending ten cents to
Doctor Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and
n Sf frrt n in, pnf
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
Soap Savera

More use should be made of rain
water when procurable and hard wa
ter may be softened by boiling it and
then leaving 1t exposed to the air out
Of doors for a while. The effect OF
these precautions will be good for the
skin and thrifty in soap usage.
By the simple practice Of drying
soap before using 1t large saving
will be effected. The bars or tablets
may be placed in an airing cupboard
for a few days, or anywhere in mod
crate heat, piled not one bar on an.
other, but with space between.
Gilpin observer., 1918-04-04
Too MANY Prunes.

Portland. Ore.-Prune growers say
that before the war closed the mar
ket. the chief buyers of Northwestern
and California prunes was Hamburg,
Germany. Now. with that market
closed, the growers are trying to find
other markets to take care Of the big
surplus of their crop that boarding
house residents will not eat.