Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-09-20

extend along The Moselle and Seille
and were begun by the French in 1870
and finished later by the Germans.
European
Metz, he center OF the present
American drive, is the capital Of Lor.
raine, and is about eleven miles east
OF me French frontier,
The American first army has car
ried out the initial task assigned 10
1.-THE eyeing Of the famous st Nj
hie salient in Lorraine
More than 1880 prisoners have
been taken from the Germans by he
Americans, together with many guns
and great quantities OF ammunition
and other war stores.
From Nationwide, on the north,
across the salient eastward to pagny,
The Americans debouched from off
the big sack that extended southwark
70 ST Mihel trapping within I by
their fast advance all the enemy forces
who failed TO take refuge IN flight when
the great homosrdment heralded The
approach OF HE offensive
Beginning in the northwest and
crossing the salient eastward, Fresnes.
les Eparges, Nationwide Preny and
Pagny and all tht ground lying be.
tween them are in american hands.
FIrs returns 70 Provost Marshal
General Crowder from the second
great mobilization of he nations man
power for he war on Germany ind.
Gates that al least fourteen million
men have been added to he army res.
eryor The estimated number OF men
between Is and Il and 81 and 46 years
of age was thirteen million
A supreme line Of defense. to be call.
ed The Parsifal line is being construct.
cd by the Germans from Antwerp 10
Metz
An article in the Echo De Paris says
tae Germans are putting the Antwerp
forts in defensive condition
Nothing but heart failure on the
par, OF the British nation can prevent
our achieving a real victory said Pre-.
mier LloydGeorge, speaking At Man.
chester, recently
To end all wars We must impose
a dusable peace from our enemies
The PruSsian military power must No.
only be beaten, but Germany herself
must know and the German people
must know. the rulers have outraged
the law Of humanity and that Prussian
strength cannot protect them from
punishment" says Lloyd George
4 league Of nations with the Prus.
sian military power triumphant would
BE- league Of fox and gees one fox
and many geese The geese would
greatly diminish in numbers, says an
English statesman
Emperor William declares that ev-
cry one in the remotest corner of The
fatherland knows that he has left
no stone unturned TO shorten the war
as far as possible for the people and
for the entire civilized European
world
The emperor OF Germany says il
takes two to make peace one cannot
do Il unless he can overcome the other.
Emperor William says Germany has
made It plain on more ihan one oc.
casion that she is willing to make
peace. which, he says, is plain enough
for any sensible people" TO compre.
bend
Twenty-Five British prisoners are
confined like birds in a cage near the
flying sheds at Evers, a suburb OF
Brussels.
Fleeing deserters from the German
army recently have been repeatedly
fired at in the busy streets of Co.
logne This is what a member OF the
reichstag says in a message to the
German imperial chancellor
A troop ship with $500 American
soldiers on board has been torpedoed
All hands were saved The troop ship
was beaehed The transfer Of the
American soldiers from the stricken
vessel to esCorting British and Amer.
lean torpedo boat destroyers was made
quickly without injury 10 any one All
escaped injury when the torpedo ex.
ploded and hey were soon on their
way to British port. There was no
sign of panic on board The admira.
bic behavior of the men was crafty.
ing to the officers. Many OF the
troops were from Chicago and Cleve-
land.
The submarine which torpedoed an
American troop ship off the English
coast was lifted clear out of the wa.
ter after one of the depth bombs ex.
ploded and then entirely disappeared
American troops of all units have
been instructed to kill on the spot
any one who in time Of battle urges
surrender or Attempts TO persuade
them that further resistance is use.
less
The statement is made that a Ger.
man soldier was recently found NOR
tally wounded far inside the Ameri.
can lines at Fismette He had lived
for a long time in America and spoke
English well and possibly he intended
to get an American uniform and Gre
ate doubt or disorganization among
the Americans.
I'VE have passed through many
dark days. Please God these will
never return" says Field Marshal
Haig, commander-in.chie of the Brit