Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22

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west of Clrateau.Thierry striking
northeast.
Like Great Bonfire
Like great bonfire the attack we,,
on eastward. and the Americans ana
French struck at the Germans south
or the Marne. but not Chateau.Thjerrv
and Dormans. II didn't ston bero
but the French launched a heavv o.
( tack against the point Of the German
salient at Ouilly. pointing toward
| Epernay. At the same time. E9epcb
and Italian trooDs launched an .tt,.,
southwest of Rheims.
The spectacular deve'opmes+ or a.,
day was. of course puttine the Cer,,ar,
back across the River Marne. II was
evident early In the day that tho CO.
1,ans knew what was to happen. for the
afternoon communidue stated tbev wor,
| being withdrawn south of the M,r,o
They did not withdraw without bittar
| fighting. ''''e'
saturday morning the Germans voro
in small numbers In the hook of tho
river near Jaulgonne. and tben n, ~
Ouilly. Thousands of Germans 80.
holding the positions taken last Mors
day and Tuesday. The Dormans ,ino
was eight kilometers south of tIe
|
fighting together from Chateau-Tbiorr,,
east to south of Dormans. 4 precedsd -, =
| attack with short but intense artil,or,
work. putting down a barrage along tbo
river bank, to prevent the Germanc r,-
treating without paying heavy nri,.o
| for having ventured south of the w.r-
| famed stream ""'
The advance proceeded we'll from the
| start. BY 4 o'clock the Germans bad
MI Co..,
kilometers west of Dormans South of
Dormans the enemy. wit'; his retreat
cut off. made a determined, but vain
stand.
BY 6 o'clock detachments Of Amor-
leans and French reached the river ban,,
in one place and soon after n MESA ge
was flashed to all the armies that the
Germans had been sent back across
the Marne.
The German artillery gave the men
very poor support, and the chief fighting
on their part was done with machine
guns. The reason for the lack of Ger
man artillery work is explained by the
report of American aviators that the
Germans were busy all the afternoon
drawing back their guns Eom the
heights north of the river.
While we were pushing north from
ChateauThierry to Dormans, the
French, with the Americans on their
left attacked the region of Ouilly. gain
ing that place and pushing the enemy
back on Chatillon. north of the river
Here the line bends northward and by
morning 1t was reported that importan,
gains, in some places of six kilometers
have been made all the way up to
Rheims.
The Americans fought after midnight
northwest of Chateau-Thierry, pushing
Of
around the side Of Hill 204. which com.
mands ChateauTherry. The Germans
have paid a terrific price to hold this
hill the last five weeks
Early in the morning prisoners were
being brought in large detachments tc
the rear. The total of 1900 prisoners
announced Saturday morning will bt
swelled by the work of the day and
night. The prisoners taken by the
Americans alone in the last week react
more than 1900.
A large number of machine guns fell
into our hands south of the Marne.
1t will he recalled that the German.
crossed the Marine. between Fossoy ant
. Jaulgonne last Monday at the start o,
the Crown Princes Inflated drive. hui
the Americans drove them back befor,
I nightfall. inficting losses Of 10000.
1t was after the enemy had driven
. in way by superior numbers agains,
the French troops that the Americans
were put in between south of Jaulgonns
and south of Dormans. They had beer
= itching ever since to get a show against
the enemy and they won the result.
= already stated.
The wonderful thing about the sensa.
tional attack from the east against tn,
German salient is that it took place
without lessening the power Of the drive
against the salient from the west be.
tween scissors and Chateau-Thierry.
Here we met violent counter-attacks
by German shock troops. but neverthe
; less made more progress and captured
more prisoners. The Americans have
established themselves on the Scissors.
ChateauThierry road. about ten kilo
meters south of Scissors and kept thei,
hold on the heights overlooking the city
: We made advances east Of Mauloy
Wood and east of the villages of st
Remy. Blauzy. Neuiliy and Clignon, al
the operations netting prisoners.
: Can't Check up Situation
, This, one of the greatest of all bat
ties is moving too fast and too furiousl,
to check up the net situation all alonG
and outline exactly what will be gained
Suffice 1t to say, that we are victors
so far Saturdays fighting brought i'm
. portant gains on the entire front from
Scissors to Rheims. In no place die
the French and Americans and Alliet
troops suffer reverses.I 1t was a grea
day.
Foch is pinching the German salem
from both sides and slamming 1t OF
the end In a rough generality, Focl
has done what seemed the most simp,
!. thing. but which at the same time called
for a master hand, The Germans wer
driving eastward toward Epernay, and
held by the French and Americans. wer
about ready to throw great strength
into the effort, when Foch hit them fron
a behind on the ns-Chateau-T Their,
n front.
: The German Crown Prince hastil,
= withdrew troops to meet that peri
3 when Foch hit the point toward Eper
3 nav on the other side of the salien,
1 With the pincers working both sides
he hit again south Of the Marne.
Whose next move il was the Ger