East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-20

ANNHRA NfNf AHAAt" wv HHft tA't
The end Of iuly. the end % The fort
niFus which iAuHched she erandlose
offensive ~ the Crown isffncr. saN thc
tsarmnns finhiinn more and mere stab.
nagniy in an ever narruNinr packet
between soisaons and ltheluas fahiine
na LONGER on ihe Marine but on thc
.Durca. with r,re-rn. Tardenois. tho
main crosa- -ronds % the PACKET. reach
"a. eciKea and held by the forces % the
Ailisa
Tho German offensive. which began
hadi,. halted and thcn turned into a
German retreat had. in the course of
"a fortnight been characterized ~ the
greatest capture IS guns ana ammuni-
tiun iho Aiiics have ever made on the
western front and the deepest Aiih.d
advance in hattie siuvo the first Bat
The 90 tho Marine
Tho same historic forfnirht con-
firmed the report that Allied forces
had taken a foofhold Oh the White
sea. and that ia.ooo klomtters from
Chateau -Thicrrs Japanese TROOPS were
entering the war by way OF FAR ST.
IBERIA. two rallyinr points Tor all who
hate aud fear tho German in that vast
domain which was once the realm of
the Romanoffs.
And word conlca from Milan Of tiie
3ubiiant acclaim with whicn American
troops were sees eq1in thc streets 81
that Italian aNsst 49, fhey marched
through On sr tns 70 me rlaye
'front.' W
AuEusi 2 1fl s-Asaa sii's well
NeoF of tAt turn in she tide 81
events has slowly soeisea Into stnrtled
Germany. ana even the official note Of
r..s-.-.. lfrsrr..fr..arsa=
ine. From its text. as set eorfh ia the
Frankfort Gazette and other Roche
journals. this paraFraHh is not With
out us interest TO tho Yankee lighting
man.
Thus the destructive power of our
enemies is FAR from being broken. The
enemy Is using reserves. TO which are
being added today American troops
OF which we should uot underesti-
mate The fighting WORTH"
Ourrq Anolher Anfietam.
The fighting worth OF good many
American units was being tested by
the Germans in the savage engaaRe-
menta fought from the beginning Of
this week. and the Ourca has taken its
place in pages Of American history as
another Antietam. Speaking az "a din
ner in Paris ou Monday night. n. An
DIRE Tardieu. High ComRissi0ner from
the French Republic II Washington.
said 90 his hosts:
To-day on the Durcq an American
division beat the first division OF the
Prnsslan Guard"
That was describing IN a sentence
the climax OF ten days Of fiehtine--ton
days In which the Yankee troops pur-
sued the Germans over a torn and
/. reeklng eQuntryside, pushing ahead in
some places as far and a. fast as
kilometers in three DAYS.
n was ten days af fighting against
stubborn rcarguards and nests Of ma
chine guns. What II means to clean
Up a forest with Shippers In many a
tree and over thickef deadly with a
hidden machine gun, only those can
tell who have lived through such men-
cries as the Beis Dc Trugy and the
capture of EIieds.
A. the hattie PROGRESSED Il became
apparent that fhe Germans were so-
ing 10 make . stand. "a hefhor as SAGE
rince 10 cover further Withdrawal
from ms Dangerous pocket or a.
point ~ departure Tor coanter-offen- 4
aYe 70 redeem the shattered prestige
of the kalsers eldest. IL was hard for
the watchers on this side ~ the line
10 tell. Rut on she a7fh. 2sth and f.
esth the eleny resistance Fedouhied I
and there appeared iu the path Of fhr
ndFanelns Ailies not machine Sun !
raarGuards, but counter-attaeking Ger I
man infantry whose divisions ranged 4
IN position ana under orders 10 stand /
fast.
Their line, az they hoped 10 hoid a..
seemed roughly the Ourcq. on II you 1
would see u in terms of towns. the Zine /
that takes in FeFe-en -'faFdenoia Ser /
inges ana 6erEg, Here the fighting l-e- I
esme saEaar, Here taHns changed I
hands again and again before sunrise .
and aundoWu- here the fankee I
troops whose huslneAs it beoanl. 10