Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-08-10

and the crown princes armies were
north Of the Nesle river. hurrying to
the Aisne, with a good prospect Of be
ing driven clear up 10 their old posi-
tions along the Chemn des Danes
AT the same time the French, with
the aid of a Scottish division, captured
scissors, Venizel. Buzancy. the Butte
Chaulmont and Grand Rozoy and
moved eastward along the Aisne to the
mouth of the Vesle. establishing cross
ings for the future. This threatened
directly the German positions on the
west flank of the Chemin des Danes
which runs down to scissors.
On the eastern side of the rapidly
diminishing salient the French and
British moved steadily northward I'M
I'll the entire Dormans-Reims road was
in their possession: Romigny, Bllgny
were occupied and Ville-en-Tardenois
was captured. From there the line
was moved northward swiftly, keeping
pace with the part further west until
the Nesle was reached In this ad-
vance. which at first was stubbornly
resisted the Italians had notable
part
Saturday night American troops
were reported to he holding the out
skirts Of Fsmes, and that important
city which had been the German base
in the center Of the salient. was I'm
flames The Huns there were trying
desperately to destroy the great stores
Of munitions and other supplies they
could not carry away, as they already
had done IN many towns in the terri
tory they had been forced to yield.
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German prisoners, IT IS sold. are
deeply depressed by the failure of the
crown princes drive and the success
OF Fo"h'S offensive. They now realize
the strength of the American arms,
and the people in Germany also are
beginning to learn the truth about
that, despite NE attempts of the lead
ers and the press To minimize It and
to excuse the army's severe reverse.
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Crown Prince Rupprecht, having
weakened his forces by sending some
ten divisions 10 the rescue Of tho
crown prince Of Germany, was com
polled to shorten his lines in Plcardy
and consequently retired to the east
bank Of the Ancre In the Albert region
north of Amicns The British pursued
the retreatIng Huns and made secure
their hold on the recovered ground
Earlier In the week Field Marshal
HaiE's men had struck hard and
swift blow further north, surrounding
and taking the town Of Merits
There was little change In the Alban-
ian situation though Vienna claimed
the FrancoItalian forces bad met with
reverse The Austrians are very
sore over the repeated bombing of
Pola and other bases and are threat
euing retaliation on italian cities. espe-
cially Venice
American troops arrived In Italy
last week md were received with JOY
that was almost hyStericnl.
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Having reached an agreement with
Japan, the United States government
announced the plan for extending mill
tary aid 10 Russia In Siberia. The
other allies asserting, America and
Japan Will send q few thousand men
each Ia Yladlyostok 10 occupy the city
and protect the rear Of the Czecho-Slo-
yaks who are moving westward. Latter
the United States will send a commits
sion Of merchants. agricultural ex-
perts. Red Cross aud Y NJ C. a.
agents 10 help meet the economic
needs Of the people Of Russia
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In the near East the best news
came from Ukraine. where the peas
ants are reported to- bee In fun revolt
agaiuet the Huns. Field Marshal Won
Fichhoru. the German commander in
Ukraine. who had treated the people
Ike slaves was ae~a~~inated by fl
Young Russian social reyolutloni~t I'm
Kiev. ana # was said th" life Of
General Skoropadski. the hetman Il
tool Of Germany also was threatened
German CORES poudents vino have
been travelling in Russia report fhW
the feeling there against Germany is
very strong and widespread aud that
fbe business mon are all gufibolehev-
ik Lcnloa ara Trotzky admit that the
boletavik government is in per- and
cali FOR "ma-s terrorism against the