Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-08-10
GERMANS HIT HARD
BY ALLIED TROOPS
ALLIES CONTINUE STEADY DRIVE
TAKING TOWNS, SUPPLIES
GUNS AND PRISONERS
RETREAT IN DISORDER
Germans Have Been Dealt SmashI@S
Blow by the Americans and the
French, and the Army Is
Demoralized.


abated, with the allies everywhere N
hot pursuit.
Apparently the situation now has
resolved itself into a race for th@
northern bank of the Aisne river -
the Germans, who have been eViC41@
from strategic positions along Tia
Vesle river, in the center of the liza
and directly east of Rheims, which
seemingly renders necessary that thy
put the Aisne between themselves al
their pursuers as quickly as possIhse
in order to escape further large IOss8
of men made prisoner.
Just how large this bag Of capt1veS
is at present can not be reckoned, -
unofficial advices from Paris asset
that when the figures are made Pzs-
lie they will thrill the allied world
General Pershing in his communlqBe
says the Americans alone have tzkeR
over 5000 prisoners and in addihOR
1873 guns.
After hard fighting the Americas
and French have succeeded in taking
from the Germans the important tOwR
of Fismes, once Germany's great a@-
munition and supply depot, midway
on the railway between scissors ana
Rheims, while to the east at a nw@-
Der of places along the Vesle river
the French have crossed the strea@s
driving the enemy northeastward- EasG
of scissors allied troops have mega
tiated the passage of the Aisne to ths
northern bank of that stream, where
they are in a position to haTass ths
enemy as he endeavors to straishteA
out his line in conformity with that
running northwestward.
So fast has been the retreat Of tkS
Germans in the center that already
some elements of their forces have
succeeded in reaching the northern
bank of the Aisne and getting numbers
of their big guns across with them
All through the salient towns are sin
ablaze behind the retreating Germans.
and even corn fields have been SET
afire in order to prevent the aIISea
troops from garnering the ripeBe&
crop
The fighting along the Vesle river
was of sanguinary character as Io@g
as it lasted. With the river at freshe&
and the Germans unable to ford Il,
they stood with their backs to it and
gave battle for their lives. A majGE
ity of them were killed and the Fe-
mainder were made prisoner.
Evidence that the German armies
elected from the Aisne-Marne salient
have been dealt smashing blow cane
Monday from all quarters. Losses IN
men, guns and war materials sustained
by the enemy, it is indicated, are 50
great that the full scope of the victory
can not yet be gauged.
General Pershing's official report
covering operations for the first time
cast aside military reserve and de-
clared "the full fruits of victory" haa
been realized.
Official statements by the hmer1ezR
and Japanese governments, made Mon
day, announce that the plans for GE
tending military aid to Russia in S.
IBERIA will be undertaken by the United
States and Japan alone, with the OtbNr
allied co-belligerents asserting in pTiR-
ciple.
The United States and Japan each
will send "a few thousand men" 10
Vladivostok to act as common bnKes
in occupying and safeguarding the ezy
and protecting the rear of the wet
ward-moving Czecho-Slovak army.
The numbers of the Americas
troops, from where they will go, aza
when, may not be discussed.
While the United States and japan
are extending aid to the Czecho- -SIoVzk
army in Siberia, the United States win
continue to cooperate with the allies
operating from Murmansk and Arek-
angel. To what extent and in whaf
nature is not announced
All France is speechless with w0a-
der and admiration at the way ske
Americans met the Fourth PrusSiaH
Guards, the crown princes crack
stormers, at Sergy Tuesday, capturing
the village and holding it against the
most vigorous assaults of the PrRE
SLAMS. The Americans continue -
show their superiority over GernzHys
best troops. The divisions. after CAP
turing Sergy, continued to adVaacs
in face of the most vigorous resista2e@
of the Prussians, who had massed ma-
chine guns there. The PrussiaRs we're
forced up the slope northeast OF Tia
village, and the Americans fougA&
their way on, yard by yard, losiRg
many but never faltering, and driving
the prnsSianS hack q kiInmofor