Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10

to Chamery, the town where Lieut..
Quentin Roosevelt fell to his death
with his airplane.
Between Fere and scissors the
French, with the assistance of certain
Scottish units, made some progress
toward the north and east in the face
of powerful resistance. The Scots
captured the park and chateau in the
outskirts of Buzancy and held them
against repeated counter-attacks; and
the French occupied Grand Rozoy and
Cugny and, in a brilliant operation.
took by storm the Butte Chaulmont, a
commanding height.
On the eastern side Of the rapidly
diminishing salient the French and
British moved steadily northward I'M
til the entire Dormans-Reims road was
in their possession; Romigny, Bligny
were occupied and Ville-en-Tardenois
was reached. Along here the Huns
put up some of their most stubborn re-
sistance and strongest counter-attacks,
and infantry operations there came al
most to a standstill, though the artil-
lery continued it's activity, as It did
on all other sectors.
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In the early days of the allied Of
fensive the Germans were vastly In
ferior in the air. but last week many
of their best pilots were summoned.
and their machines swarmed over the
allied lines and communication roads,
fighting with remarkable daring and
doing considerable execution. The al
lied aviators were by no means lack
ing and there were innumerable stir
ring combats in the air.
When General Foch relaxed some
what in infantry action. perhaps to
give his troops a bit of rest, perhaps
in preparation for further important
operations, it was expected the Hun
would seize the opportunity to attack.
But he did not do so. evidently not be-
ing anxious to meet the allies oftener
than necessary. Observers thought,
from the movements of the enemy,
that he would not stop long on the
Vesle river line, but would retire to the
plateau between that stream and the
Aisne. This might be rendered COM
pulsory by the capture of Ville-en-
Tardenois, which would open the way
for the allies to advance down the
Ardre valley to Fismes.
Up to the time of writing, according
to French estimates, the Germans had
used As divisions on the scissors
Reims front, some Of them having been
brought into action several times. Ber-
lin claimed to have taken $4,000 pris-
oners, while those captured by the
allies were said to number $4,000.
The object Of each army has been to
kill as many as possible Of its oppo-
nents.
German prisoners, 1t is said, are
deeply depressed by the failure Of the
crown princes drive and the success
of Foch'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 the attempts Of the lead
ers and the press to minimize it and
to excuse the army's severe reverse.
On the other fronts there was not
great deal of action, though the Brit
ish struck swift blow in the north,
surrounding and capturing the town
Of Merris and taking prisoners.
There was little change in the Alban-
ian situation. though. Vienna claimed
the Franco-Italian forces had met with
a reverse. The Austrians are very
sore over the repeated bombing Of
Pola and other bases and are threat
ening retaliation on Italian cities. espe-
cially Venice.
American troops arrived in Italy
last week and were received with Joy
that was almost historical.
In the near East the best news
cane from Ukraine, where the peas
ants are reported to be in full revolt
against the Huns. Field Marshal Won
the German commander in
who had treated the people
like slaves. was assassinated by a
Young Russian social revolutionist in
Kiev, and 1t was said the life Of |
General Skoropadski, the hetman-a
tool of Germany-also was threatened.
German correspondents who have
been travelling in Russia report that |
the feeling there against Germany is
very strong and widespread and that
he business men are all anti-bolshev-
X. Lenine and TrOtzky admit that the
,olshevik government Is in peril and |
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