The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-22
AMERICANS And
French ROuT THE
GERMAN ARMY
Allies Break Through Foe Line
and Advance Three and
Quarter Miles.
CHATEAU THIERRYs IS TAKEN

Foch's Forces Clear Enemy From East
and South Of Marne-Huns Did
Not Burn Chateau Thierry Be-
fore RetreatIng.
Washington, July 22.-Prisoners cap
tured by American troops In tho Of
fenslve on the Alsne.Marne front up to
an early hour Saturday totaIed by &C
tuaI count 1900, General Pershinq re-
ported In his communique Just re-
ceived by the war department. Cap.
ture Of 500 guns also is announced.
Paris, July 22.-The war Office COM
muniQue shows that:
The French and Americans have al
most reached the junction of the Sois-
sons-Chateau Thierry and Fere-En-
TardenOis roads. They are only eight
miles from Fere- En- -Tardenois.
They have progressed five miles be-
yond Chateau Thierry. The Germans
now hold less than Is miles of the
north bank Of the Marne.
Fresh progress was made by the
French and Americans between the
Marne and the Aisne, north of the
Ourcq, the night communiQue states.
They have advanced east OF the gen.
eral line Of Tigny- Billy-Sur-O -Ourcq.
North of the Ourcq they advanced
beyond Neuily st. Front and took the
heights east Of La Croix and Griselles.
French contingents crossed the
Marne between Fossoy and Chartoves.
The Germans We're thrown back be-
yond the line of Bezu-St. German-MOnt
st. Pierre
Violent fighting took place between
the Marne and Reims. where French
and Italian troops captured st. Eu-
phraise and Bodily and advanced in
the Ardre valley and In the Courton
and Roi woods.
Four hundred prisoners and four
cannon were taken by the British.
With the Americans at the Marne,
July 22.-The Germans did not set fire
to Chateau Thierry before leaving,
fearing the flames would light up their
retreat and draw our artillery fire.
Two hundred civilians greeted the
French and Americans as the latter
entered the town. These civilians had
been herded in q cathedral so they
could not witness the German evacua-
ton.
Paris, July 22.-French and Ameri-
can troops entered Chateau Thierry
Sunday morning, according to an off,
cial statement issued by the war Of
fee. The French also have taken the
town of Brales, one mile east Of Cha
teau Thierry, on the north bank Of the
Marne, according to word received
here
The French line includes the heights
north Of Brasles, which gives the
French good bridgehead on the north
side OF the Marne.
Violent cOmbats continue north and
south Of the Ourcq and between the
Marne and Reims. In spite Of the VI
olent resistance by the enemy, the
F,ench have continued TO advance, the
statement adds.
The Franco-American forces con-
tinue to make progress, repelling the
enemy, who is defending himself OBJ
stinately, according to the official
statement.
With every hour it becomes more
evident that the Germans, hard
pressed on three sides, are facing the
prospect Of q retreat beyond the
Aisne.
Their desperate resistance in the piv-
otal areas around scissors and Reims
shows how critical Ludendorff him
self considers the situation.
Prisoners Total $4,000.
His forces are hemmed in pocket
the mouth Of which Is not more than
20 miles wide.
Prisoners are being brought in in
steady streams. The total is unoff1-
cially reported to be near the 25,OOO
mark. Considerably more than 400
guns have been captured.
The Franco-American troops are
pressing on relentlessly everywhere,
not giving the enemy the slightest res
pite.
The Americans are attacking in their
shirt sleeves.
Allies Go Through.
With the American Army on the
Marine, July 22-The French and
Americans have broken through the
German line northwest of Chateau
Thierry.
The French and Americans driving
the spearhead toward the northeast
have already advanced five klometers
(3A miles) at various places.
The allied troops have taken many
prisoners, including three officers, who
said they were tired of the war;
= American infantrymen captured two