The Robesonian., 1918-04-01
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
TO THE FRONT
Will Fight With British and
French Troops in Titanic
Struggle.
ENEMY HELD AND
PUSHED BACK
Allied Troops Have Cancelled
Hindenburg's Dinner En-
gagement.

gagement.
This mornings Associated Press
summary gives the following:
The American army in France is to |
fight shoulder to shoulder with the
British and French troops who now
are engaged in the titanic struggle |
with the Germans in Picardy, General
Pershing's entire force having been
given into the hands of General Foch
the new generalissimo, who is to use
the men where he desires
More than 100000 Americans. in
tensively trained and fully accourtred,
are available for use in aiding to
stem the tide of the German hordes
! and large numbers of them, on rail
| road trains and in motor trucks and
even afoot, already are on the way to
the battlefront eager to do their rart
in defeating the invaders.
! The miserable weather which has
broken over the country is proving
no deterrent to the Americans as
they push forward from all directions
toward the battle zone.
From the region of the Somnle
southwark to where the battle line
turns eastward furious fighting has
continued on various sectors, but ev-
erywhere the enemy has been held
and even pushed back at some points.
I Nowhere has he been able, although
he continued to throw great masses
of men into the fray, to gain ground,
except an infinitesimal from The
French north of Moreuil. British and
} French machine guns and riflemen, as
in the days past, again tore great
5 holes in the ranks of the field gray
, as they endeavored to press on.
So great have been the losses of the
Germans in front Of the British north
] of the Somme that Sunday saw them
of hattie. Along the Scarpe the Bl t.
ish themselves went on the offensive
: and to the East of Arras captured the
village of Feuchy On the southern
end of the line, where Won Hinden.
E burg is endeavoring to pierce through
' to the old German positions, as they
stood before his retreat in 1916, the
q British and French troops, fightir. e
( together have met the enemy in furl
i Gus combats, but everywhere defeat.
= ed him with sanguinary losss.
/ The town Of Moreuil changed hand:
g four times, but finally rested in the
= hands of the British and French
- while the woods to the north of thu
- village were captured by the French
:, :, In the bend of the line between
y Moreuil and Lassigny the German
, made frantic efforts to break through
i but the French held them in thei
tracks and in addition recaptured sew
10 eral villages.
! Not alone has Won Hindenburg los
- large numbers Of men killed o
wounded, but both the British am
French armies have taken consider
= able number of new prisoners an
,e also captured machine guns. At las
If accounts the Germans had launched
,e fresh attacks in the region betwee
r. the river Luce and Avre and fierc
1T fighting was in progress.
r The reports from both the Brltls
N N and French war Offices seemingly in
~ dicate that the allied troops hav
e reached the limits or their retrograd
n movement. In any event, they hav
m cancelled the engagement Field MAJ
Of shall Won Hindenburg made with him
ID self to take dinner in Paris on A
ID Fools day. Instead of the truffl=
s. and other viands with which the Se1
rv man commander-in-chief had predlc
I'd ed he would regale himself in tn
he he French capital on April 1, his ia,
lie will be that of the German army; an
instead of passing triumphant
through the boulevards of the city,
s- victor over the French and Britls
- troops, he will be busily engaged
lodging the shot and shell hurled
him by them and endeavorlng to VIII
ms stand the heavy thrusts of their Il
gn fantry against his battle line:
20 On the other battle fronts the flgn
TX. ing continues Of a minor characte
'u- although the maneuvres IN the l.ails
mt theatre still seem to indicate the ne;
ers approach of hostilities Of maj
ne character. The British troops a
us now holding a portion Of the Asla'
Ire plateau sector, over which strategis
have predicted that the Teutonic
lies would .endeavor to pass IN the
attempt to gain the Venetian plaiI
The aerial activity in this regi
continues intense. Since the Britt
ON flying corps began operations the
in they have. accounted for 83 ener
lev planes and themselves lost only To-
ds, Considerable dissatisfaction &C
Jag tlnues to be manifested Dy Tie Du.
are government over the SEIZURE ~
on United States of Dutch mercantile n
en-. rine vessels in American ports.
official statement says 1t was an
of violence which Holland 'will
pose with all the energy of its &
40 viction and it's wounded national 1e
Mr.. irg."
,rk-
day The board of county commissi