Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-08-08
Huns Falling Back Toward the
vesle River Line in the Aisne-
Marine Region.
YANKEES WIN new LAuRELs
Defeat Best Division Of the Prussian
Guard In Desperate Fighting-Ger-
mans and Bolsheviki Face Re
volts In the Near East.
BY EDWARD W. PlckARD.


The fifth year of the great war
opened with the German forces in the
Aisne-Marne region on the defensive
after the collapse of the drive on Par
is and the assumption of the initia-
tive by the allies under General Foch;
the British calmly awaiting the prom
Used offensive by Grown Prince Rup-
precht; the French and Italians driv-
ing ahead in Albania; Ukraine Rou-
mania and much of Russia rising
against the tyranny of German DOM
nation: Turkey auareling with Bull
garia and Austria with Germany over
|, the spells of war in the near East !;
gthe allies putting into execution their
plans to help the anti-German ele-
ments in Siberia. and, above all, the
American troops in the thick of the
fighting in France and winning the
plaudits' of the world for their SPLEEN
did work
(, With the apparent intention of max
ing q stand. at least temporarily, on
| the Nesle river line, the Germans
slowed up their retreat from the Aisne-
Marine salient last week and brought
/ their heavy artillery into action. De
| spite the determined and dashing at
| tacls of the allies from the south,
west and east, the Huns had with
drawn in most cases with deliheration.
choosing the ground for their rear
| guard actions and saving probably the
| greater part of their supplies. The
/ possibility, of cutting off and capturing
| any very large number of them passed
/ when it was found that their power
full resistance at the ends of the arc,
near SCISSORS and Raipls, prevented
any considerable advance Of the al
Hes there. Al The south front of the
salient the Huns fought ferceiv for
/ days while their guns and munitions
We're being Transported to the north
and then quickly moved back. the
4 French and Americans following with
IRISH. This movement carried the
battle un TO and beyond the River
3 Ourca There WAS evidence that the
German commander intended to hall
was not allowed to do this.
To tlln front between Fere-e Tarde
nois and Passv were brought the crarl
divisions of the prussian guards t.
hold hac,- the Americans. but the Int
ter refused to be checked and With ;
gallantry that aroused the cheers o
tho allied nations they met and de
feated the hest FIGHTERS of the kaiser
armies. These PruSsians. unlike Sc
many of the Huns fight to the dealt
when told to hold n certain position
and the Americans, also do not know
the word surrender. Consequently tn
combat WAS bloody in the extreme. ]
was conferred in and about the village
of NesleS Sergy and CergeS. and the.
changed hnnds repeatedly before th
Yankees finally got the upper han'
and established themselves firmly il
the towns and then pushed on heyon'
the river taking Seringes and max
ing q salient in the German lines tina
threatened what remained of the en-
envy in the pocket between there an
Ville-en-Tardenois.
That it was not an idle threat wa
proved two days later when the Amer
lean and French troops struck har
at this pocket. storming the height
between Scrgy and Seringes. The
were preceded by rolling barrag
and moved forward behind a smok
cloud 1t was announced that this al
tack was for the purpose of straight
ening the allied line. but its posshll
ties were cnnsiderah'o. The advanct
! which was stuhbornlv resisted md wa
made difficult l,y r,ilos OF ha"hna-"'il
entanglements, carried the allies clos