The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-07-18
HUN CAPTORs ARE
MADE CAPTIyEs
TWO ANGLICAN SOLDIERS OVER
POWER THEIR GUARDS.
NATIVES FLEE FROM HOMES
French People Are Again Compelled
To Abandon Their Homes
Nurses and Doctors Stick To
Jobs Under Fire.

With the American Armies on the
Marne. July I7.-Sergt. Fred Brown
and Oscar Wilcox returned to the
American lines late in the afternoon
with eight prisoners. They had been
captured themselves and disarmed.
But. watching for an opportunity,
they overpowered their guards and
escaped, picking up squad Of boches
on the way back.
Documents and maps taken from
other prisoners showed that the enc
my reached none Of his planned OBJ
jectives between Chateau Thierry and
Dormans. A fun enemy division
was identified as the 10th. The
Americans engaged this same division
when they were thrown across the
path Of the Germans advance on
Paris in June, and stopped it.
Aeroplanes in swsrms.
Another remarkable phase of the
battle was the lack of aerial obserya-
ton in the middle of the day While
the weather was fairly clear early in
the day, the sky soon became heavily
cIouded and few airplanes were up
when the Americans counter attacked
around noon. There were two sharp
showers late in the afternoon, after
which the sky again became clear.
Airplanes then began 10 swarm in
great fioeks. and scares of Allied
bombing planes crossed the lines and
bombed bridges and all German or
CARNATIONS from the front far to the
rear.
People Fled From Homes.
Strange sights were observed be
hind the Allied lines. Mingling in
the roads with the rushing traffic of
war were French women and chill
dTen, who sat atop 2-wheeled wagons,
fleeing from newly shelled homes.
American and French flags, put 10 in
celebration Of Basiille Day, We're Etill
displayed everywhere in the reaTmost
villages. Women and children took
the American flags from their win
dOws and waved them as American
ambulances passed.
In the hospitals, not far from the
front, American doctors and nurses
worked untiringly, despite the fact
they were under almost constant fire
from the enemy's long range guns.
Huns Had To Use Reserves.
Paris, July II. -- American troops
are participating on a huge scale in
their first battle Of great importance.
Soldiers Of the United States are
holding a surprisingly large portion
Of the line along which the German
hOrdes are endeavoring TO break
through to Paris.
Against these troops, who are brig
AIDED with French units in great part,
the German high command is hurting
q considerable portion Of the remain
ing fresh reserves, which hitherto
had not been used in the service Of
hammer smashes which have been d.
rected against the western front The
German general staff had been hoard
ing these for the last fling.
Germans Using ! Million Men.
Paris, July l7.-The Germans ap-
parently have from sixty 10 seventy
divisions in position for the present
offensive, Of which some forty have
already been engaged (This would
mean a potential force Of approx,
mateIy $4,000 with $4,000 engaged.)
The Allied resistance to the Ger.
mans has been 50 great and the Ger
ran losses consequently so heavy
that enemy divisions which the Ger.
man staff had not intended 70 utilize
until later had 20 be thrown into the
line By noon the first day.