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New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
The Abolition
OF the Paris Front

Obviously the immediate purpose of
this thrust of Foch was to relieve the
pressure, becoming dangerous both on the
western side Of the Rheims salient and
south Of the Marne River. AS Mangin's
forces advanced westward they ap-
preached and brought under their artil-
lery fire all the roads and railroads es
sential to the existence of the German
forces on the Marne and striking tow
ard Epernay. Unless the thrust could
promptly be stopped it would become
necessary for all the German troops in
the deep salient between Scissors and
Rheims to retire. And this would mean
not merely the abandoning Of the small
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Larger Aspects of Strategy Parallel Bat
tie of 1914-Failure of German Drive
Enabled Foch to Strike Back
Menace to Paris Relieved
by Counter Thrust
BY FRANK H. SIMONDS
Author Of ''The World War; s"Thev Shall Not Pass"

Ype Germans have lost their second
battle of the Marne- Once more it would
sem that tho fate of Paris and of
western civilization has been decided in
the valley of the river which gave its
name to the most momentous struggle Of
the present World War. After four days
Of q desperate but in the main fruit
lass offensive, Ludendorff has tempo
rarily at least lost the initiative, and it
Is Foch who is pursuing the offensive
and harvesting toll of guns and pris-
oners surprising the German achieve
ment in the first days of the attack.
Under circumstances strangely recall
ing the first battle of the Marine the de-
cisive phase of this second battle Of the
Marne has been fought forty-six months
and ten days after the earlier struggle,
and on ground within cannon range of
the fields that saw the fighting of that
other time. Then it will be recalled that
while the German masses were pushing
south of the Marne on wide circle from
Meaux to Vitry- le- Francois, Joffre threw
the army of Maunoury eastward out of
Paris upon the right flank of the Ger
mans, compelled Kluck to abandon his
advance south of the Marne and recall
his masses to save his imperilled flank
on the Ourcq River
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Menace to Paris
Relieved

All forecast and prophecy at the criti-
cal stage of decisive battle is, of course,
idle. We may, however, see that within
the next few hours further Slight ad-
vance of the Mangin forces will compel
the most considerable German retreat on
the Western front since the famous Hin
denburg retirement following the battle
of the Somme. We may see that such a
retirement would destroy all German
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

retire behind the Aisne and that the
thing like the positions occupied by the
respective armies at the close of the first
battle Of the Marne. But in any event
the German "Peace Storm has ended,
like the Austrian Hunger Offensive" in
defeat, which is already moral disaster
and may become military crash.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Not Less Significant
Than Battle Of 1914

In this great battle more American
troops have fought than in any battle
since Grant opened the campaign of 1864
by the Battle of the Wilderness. In this
battle our troops have already revealed
qualities which won them the deserved
praise Of all Allied nations, and they
have made contribution to victory posi-
tive in itself and promise of the far
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Defeat of Germans
Comparable to Piaye

1t would seem that the menace to
Rheims has been abolished. 1t would
seem that the prospect of any German
gain as result of the fifth offensive is
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
A Greater Front
THAI, in Picardy

Returning now to the history Of the
development of this the fifth great Ger
man effort and the fourth in the series
directed at Paris, it is necessary to trace
briefly the progress of events. The Ger
man attack opened on Monday, July Is,
on wide front between the Marine River
az Chateau Thierry and the westward
fringe Of the Argonne Forest at Mas
Siges. The front Immediately engaged
mad an extent Of some sixty-tive miles,
ah even greater front than that on which
'he Germans made their first and most
successful attack in Picardy on March
Il Of the present year.
IN its initial stages this German at
tack seemed to HIVE the larger purpose
'i breaking down. all the French front
oe'~een the Argonpe and the Marne,
Forcing the French behind the Marne
ana the Ornain rivers, abolishing the
's''e'ms salient Ga grievous obstacle to
any subsequent German advance toward
'afls)' and possibly an effort to place
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

tween the Marne and the Aisne, between
scissors and Chateau Thierry, as have
already said, under conditions exactly
recalling Maunoury's thrust eastward
from Paris on September 5, 1914. He
used for his blow French and American
troops, the latter in the greatest nunfxs
bers that had yet appeared upon the
Western front, and he placed these troops
under the command of General Mangin,
who in October and December of 1916
had delivered Verdun by retaking Dou-
aumont and Vaux, and still more re-
Gently in the battle of Compiegne had, by
similar counter thrust, paralyzed the
German effort little more than a month
ago.
The First
Great Gains
On twenty eight mile front, issuing
from the woods and thickets behind them,
advancing across fields already memora-
BILE because of the fighting of our Ameri-
can marines, Mangin's army promptly
broke the first line of the German re-
sistance and crashed forward for gains
of from six to eight miles, which brought
them to the heights dominating Scissors
and for the moment, at least, across the
highway and railway connecting Sois-
sons with Chateau Thierry and serving
as the main lines of communication for
all the German troops fighting on the
Marne front.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
The Chancellorsvisie
Parallel

On Thursday Of last week, when the
masses of Ludendorff had forced the pas
sage OF the Marne between Dormans
and Chateau Thierry and were slowly
eating their way into the Rheims salient
as four years earlier Bulows army was
pressing southwark about La Ferc-
Champenoisc, in the first days Of Sep
tember, 1914, Foch suddenly threw a
Franco-American force upon the right
flank of all the German forces actively
engaged in the battle between the Sois-
sons and Rheims, and promptly repeated
tho early achievement of Maunoury at
the Ourcq River.
A good American parallel for the Foch
stroke is to be found in the manner in
which Lee threw Jackson upon Hooker's
right flank after the commander of the
Army of the Potomac had successfully
passed the Rapidan and was at Chan
ceorsville preparing for an attack upon
the divided Confederate Army. Both in
the case Of Maunoury and Of Jackson the
sudden thrust failed to destroy the army
attacked, but in both cases it compelled
retirement Of an army which seemed
on the point of making material if not
decisive gains, and in the case of the
Marne compelled general retirement
OF all the German armies between Yer
dun and Paris-thus putting the French
capital out Of jeopardy for nearly four
years.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

Marine, four years earlier.
As at the First
Battle of the Marne
Enthusiastically in its larger aspects
German strategy was seeking to repro
duce full measure of the conditions
which existed at the moment when the
first battle of the Marne began. The
Germans sought to establish their flank
all the way from the Msssiges westward
to the Marine, at Chateau Tlierry, be-
hind natural obstacles, and so protect it
that it would be safe from any French
menace when at last Ludendorff was
ready to make his final thrust upon Paris.
But the larger purposes of the German
strategy were foiled in the very first
days Of the battle. Between Rheims and
the Argonne the French armies under
the command of General Gouraud. a
brilliant colonial officer who had achieved
distinction at Gallipoli, successfully
stopped a tremendous German attack on
their battle positions. For the first time
since the Won Hutier tactics had been
employed on the Western front they
failed Immediately and decisively. The
IrorO1, 1;,,n
bent. Gouraud's troops retired, volun-
tarily, a certain distance to their pre-
pared positions, and against those posi-
tions the German storm broke and failed.
At the end of the second day the German
attack between Rheims and the Argonne
was at a standstill. 1t had achieved no
greater gains than the occupation Of the
Moronvilliers Heights, relinquished by
the French in the first hours of the bat
tie, and few positions on the eastern
side of the Rheims salient, important
only if the progress on the west side
should menace the salient itself.
The First American
Counter Offensive
Westward of Rheims and between that
city and Chateau Thierry on the Marne
the Germans did better. Attacking the
American forces holding the south bank
of the Marine between point near
Chateau Thierry and Jaulgonne the
Germans temporarily forced the passage
of the river and drove our troops back
ward, but by brilliant counter offen-
sive the Americans promptly reestab-
ljshed their lines and drove the Germans
back across the river-inf1icting heavv
losses and achieving what was, up to
that moment, the most brilliant Ameri-
can success of the present war.
Unfortunately, the French to the east
ward, between Jaulgonne and Dormans,
Jared less we'll. Here, on front of some
twelve miles, the Germans successfully
passed the Marine, mounted the hills on
the southern side of the valley and tenn
porarily established themselves as Sc
curely as had the Austrians at Montello
in the opening phase Of the battle of the
Piave. Having done this the Germans
turned their attention eastward and, ad-
vancing up the Marne on either bank of
the river, struck boldly and heavily for
Epernay with the obvious purpose of en-
veloping the French troops in the Rheims
salient and abolishing this obstacle to
their later attack upon Paris.
Rheims in Great
Danger
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

Nerdun in exactly the same position of
peril which it occupied in the days Of the
Marne, four years earlier
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Rheims in Great

BY Wednesday night the position Of
the French and their few Italian COM
rades in the Rheims salient had become
difficult if not desperate. On either
bank OF the Marne the Germans were not
more than eight miles west of Epernay.
Northward they were climbing the west
ern slope of that considerable elevation,
the Mountain of Rheims, which is the
military element in the Rheims position.
1t was now clear that unless there was
a speedy change in the situation produced
New-York tribune., 1918-07-21

1914.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-02
NEW OF
WEEK
Intensive, on the
Nv Checked by
h Yankees.
|OF THEIR OWN

.su Thierry Pushed
! Lose Heavily in
hing East and
y Reims.
wv. PlcKARD.
/ writing, Germany's
10 win q Teutonic
[ag through the al
] 4 dismal AMI costly
] had gained nothing
|and had lost perhaps
f. than that, it ap-
Est their last chance
Itenses of the allies,
Ia defeat that would
The morale Of their
the support of the
Of Germany.
! German offensive
keked, General Foch
! and put on a drive
Eni a thrill through
(ntrieS. French and
secretly and careful
|vere launched in a
Ia twenty-five mile
Fleau wood and the
/ enemy was taken
prise. and the allies,
(eadous rolling bar
Ftftly taking on the
b twenty towns and
Faon and large num-
+ They then We're
| commanding it with
FeFe in the outskirts
pat Culehy, the key
Ihierry sector. was
| Of the railways and
p the German armies
+ cut or under she'll
pred that Ludendorff
F quickly and power
/ entirely out of the
salient If not back
Ffl the battle in that
F,g on. with the Ger
Etened by the bring
foops, The Franco
1 least served TO les
klfe on the defensive
4 though il was pre-
p The ancient cathe-
1N have to be evacu-
I Germans in the
fa been beaten to q
1 Is was their check
|at forces In reserve.
~
taan drive. directed
ened early Monday
= stack at nearly
I Smile front from
. Main de Alassiges,
! The immediate
! were not assaulted,
| q the intention of
ne the allies out of
! eliminate the salt
'aen TO force their
9 and CrslonS. The
= day benz hack tha
ont nowhere was
. The lost ground
: nd and when the
! . a close it was
!. Offensive had been
None Of It's OBJ.
'alae though the
!, employed about
iieHe attacks
=, iahelS prussiau
/, "a offensive which
sSatSrg j.
.1a The allies tool
sauon
RI
stfe Amer
J sadbi part played
MS third battle o.
>. )1oo Of them
/ =. especially tn,
~ EAST Of Chateau
~ seqlltted them
MAJ Won the un
..@ French com
~It MA.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-02

The Franco-Italian troops in Albania
continued their victorious progress
last week and made their way well 10
the north and east. threatening the
flank of the enemy in Macedonia. The
political effect of this offensive already
is becoming apparent in Austria Hun
gary.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-02

povfi has declared VAT on Germs ~.
ho'rg tbs twenty second nstcn e taAe
this action.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-02

! 1'Htion Amer
J s''dI'i part played
\. - Third battle of
II. -''as'l Of them
/ a. especially the
81 east Of Chateau
{. scqlitted them
nat Won the un-
ae Preach com
at place, they sus-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
SEVERAL PL0W
WITHF0RD50N
Tractor Very Easily Oper
ated Is Proved by Local
Demonstration.

Demonstrations with the Fordsou
tractor this week on the farm Of
Frank Cole have established some
startling facts as compared with the
ordinary method OF blowing with
horses. In two and one half days u
acres were plowed at an average cost
Of so cents per acre. with a team this
work would have taken 10 days. or
done In the same time would have
taken six men each with a team. the
cost reaching 81 per acre. The Ford
son saves about $3.50 per acre.
At the present man power is the all
important thing in our affair with
the kaiser. BY use Of the Fordson'
one man does what was formerly done
by six. thus relieving five men to help
in some other capacity and thus make
all kinds Of business move faster.
It was demonstrated that the OPP
orator OF the pillow has complete con-
trail over the Oliver chilled pillow used
with the tractor, being able from his
seat TO raise. lower. or 10 take en-
tirely from the ground the plow when
50 desired. When the pillow strikes a
stump or obstruction the ped gives
saving breaking as is often the case
with other ploWs- Perhaps one OF
the best qualities OF the machine Is
that il is simple, a number OF people
heretofore unfamiliar with the tractor
having operated it during the demon
stratiOn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
SHIPMENTS ARE
UNCERTAIN
Oakland Well Supplied, but
Future Shipments Are
in Doubt.

r. T. Dusette. service man working
from the bort factory. spent the early
para Of this week in EI Paso, working
In conjunction with manager Ray
mond p. stamm. OF the Oakland Auto
sales company
we cannot complain OF the whole
sale business" states Mr.. Stamm,
and local sales have been very re-
assuring during the week sales Of
several Dorts and Oaklands having
been made to local customers
8lr stamm reports a fair supply Of
che two kinds Of cars. a carload hav-
ing been received this week Right
now we are taking care Of our Gus
toners but after what we have in
stock is 80 e. matters are more un-
certain says Mr.. Stamm we have
all been aware that we have a war on
hands heretofore. but not until very
recently has the American public
fully realized what IL means and there
are some uulooked-for things about
10 happen in the auto business as in
an others The future supply OF
autos is doubtful"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
]. 4. CL0UDMAN
DIES SUDDENLY
Former FL Paso Banker and
Business Man Is Buried
at Gorham, Maine.

A letter received by T. NJ Wingo
Saturday morning from Henry cloud
man. Of Gorham. Ne. stated that John
a. ClOudman, former Fl Paso banker
and business man, who died there last
afternoon in the home cemetery at
Gorham. TeIegrar-- Of sympathy and
floral offerings r. Boston were sent
to the relatives Of Jae decedent by Fl
Paso friends.
Mr. Cloudman died last Saturday,
after a visit of only - days with his
brother, Henry. and two sisters at
Gorham. He left FL PasO. not in the
best Of health, but not seriously ILL.,
Henry Cloudman's letter said that
Mr.. ClOudman appeared to improve
and gain strength every day Of his
stay in Gorham. but death occurred
with only days turn for the worse
Had Active Business Career.
Mr. ClOudman was about 65 years OF
age and had been engaged in various
lines Of business for many years in
FL PasO. At the time he left FL Paso
he had retired from active business,
but was stiu a director OF the Rio
Grande Valley bank. having been a
stOckholder since its organization
He was interested in mining proper
ties near STEMS Peak, west of Lords
burg. and during the past year had
made a number Of trips TO the prop
erty.
Surviving relatives are his brother
Henry. who is wei known in El Paso
having been superintendent OF con-
structiOn at the smelter. and two sis
tiers, all Of whom reside In Gorham-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06

hours. Stafford to Phoenix via Globe
212 miles 13ia hours. Phoenix tc
] Prescott via Black Canyon. III miles
hours PrescOtt-Grand Canyon
I via Ash Fork and William 156 miles
hours. Total distance. 709 miles
Advise carrying plenty OF water and
/ see that tires are good. Roads well
marked. Fl Paso to Deming via
[ Borderland, very good"
The Phoenix chamber OF commerce
I has received the following reports on
I the roads from Phoenix 10 the most
important points;
The road TO Yuma is good as far as
Caliente. From Caliente 70 Yuma via
Z Palomas is reported to be in a terrible
condition, cut up badly and rrac-
tically unfit for travel. Travellers
are advised not TO attempt to go over
this road unless it is absolutely ne
cessary.
The road from Phoenix to Tucson,
with the exception Of a few miles
near Hisley is i'm good condition Most
travel IS via Chandler, Higley and
Florence
From Tucson 20 Lordsburg. via
wilcox, the road is IN good shape
though this would he bad II wet
The road from Phoenix TO Prescott
via Black Canyon IS good except for
a few miles north Of Arizona canal
through Paradise valley.
rom PRESCOTT 10 ASH r OK Lue ROAD
is good except about 10 miles half
way Of the trip.
O. From Ashfork to Eiugman the road
is good and the same IS true TO Yucca.
From Yucca to Needles the road has
some sand.
BY far the most travelled road from
Phoenix to Los Angeles is by the way
Of Parker cutoff
The road TO Buckeye IS rough in
places. but beyond that it is I'm pretty
fair shape. except a few miles this
side OF Parker. From Parker to
Needles is somewhat rough and
Needles 20 Cadiz the road is good.
From Cadiz to Ludlow the road is
poor and 80 takes time to get over
it. From Ludlow on to Los Angeles
the road is in fine shape
From Phoenix TO Roosevelt Dam
considerable work has been done be-
tween Mesa and Roosevelt and the
road from Mesa to Government Well
is considerably improved. From Gov
eminent Well to Roosevelt some i'm
proyement has been made but &c is
still considerably rough in places.
The road from Roosevelt to Payson
and Pine is in good condition and
there is said 10 be considerable travel
over this road via Pine and Flagstaff
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
Yonge Auto Supply Co.
Finishing Space For
Auto Parts Display

The Tougs Auto Supply company
has almost completed the removal Of
its office fixtures from near the front
part Of thee ffice to the rear. max
part Of the office TO the rear. max
near the street. The new arrange
meut VIII better accommodate US and
our customers" states sales manager
A. Garfield Drake we are better
fitted than ever 70 care for repair
work. which is constantly increasing
Roy c. Eouge reports that the re-
pair work now is Of a more satisfac-
tory class than heretofore because
people are beginning TO have repairs
made in time instead OF waiting un-
til they have a wreck on hands for
the repair man
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
NO DOUBT ABOUT
TRUCK SERVICE
Local Dealer Says It Is
Merely Question of What
Kind to Buzz

The Elliott-Garrett company re-
port the arrival Of two shipments Of
the new model 10 trucks this week.
I. H. Mitchell who is covering the
northwest part Of New Mexico this
week reports the sale Of two Of the
new cars during the first two days Of
the week.
There is no doubt how the people
intend to do their transfer work in
the future states manager Frank
J. Garrett. Inquiry about trucks
is steady and a fair number OF sales
The people ae mosly beyond the
state Of education when they have
to be convinced Of the qualities Of
the truck, IL being now merely a Ques-
ton Of which truck they buy-Econ-
omy is the national slogan now and
truck might well be linked with II.
The company also disposed Of a 3 =
Indiana truck this week TO a Mesilla
merchant
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-06
WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS
BY Ell PASO AUTOMOBILE CLUB
By BUENA GLIDER.
GLOBE. Ariz.-AIr. Keegan: F

~ -
/ GLOBE. Ariz.-AIr. Eeegan: Roads
u in good condition
Kingman, Arizona: Weather, cloudy
and occasional showers. Roads good.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, chamber
/ Of commerce: Weather dry and clear.
! Roads dry-getting rough.
Williams, Arizona: weather. rain
I ing today, July 1st Roads fair.
Magdalena, New Mexico, ". J.
Hardwiclz: Weather. dry, clear; good
/ going; took cut Of six miles from
san MarciaL Roads dry. some rough
spots. Exactly so miles from san
7 MarciaL
Williams. Arizona, Whites garage;
Weather, dry and warm. Some clouds.
Roads, dry and fair in vicinity; better
/ than any between Needles and Hol-
I brook
Tucson. Arizona. r. B. Leach. sec
rotary c. chamber Of commerce:
Weather. dry and clear. Roads, dry
Socorro, New Mexico. F. J. Zengerl;
/ Weather, raining. Roads. dry.
Bisbee, Arizona, Warren District
Auto club. n. w Powell, secretary
Weather, light rain each night Roads
fine via Bisbee, Tombstone, Benson TO
Tucson, rough IS miles.
Roswell, n n, Roswell chamber OF
/ commerce, J. Z. Clayton, jr-, secre-
tary: Weather, still dry and clear.
Roads Our roads are in good condi-
/ ton considering the dry weather.
Valentine. Texas. NJ H. Shelton.
| Roads a little rough.
Abilene, Texas. 3. F. Bennett
/ Weather. dry. Roads. dry.
Pecos. Texas Weather, dry and
! clear. Roads, dry.
Van Horn. Texas. c. F. Toolen-
( Weather, showers. Roads. rough and
l badly washed between Van Horn and
Kent.
Van Horn. Texas. N. Il stankovits:
/ Dear Sir: I am on my way TO san
I Antonio from there 70 Houston. The
roads so far are good condition and
would encourage tourists. Mr.. Toolen
and was at our service in advising and
fixing the car and therefore suggest
I to tourists to see him when going via
/ Van Horn"
Long Beach. Calf, E u. Hurd. June
2sth, 1913. Arrived here last night
/ Spent one day at Flagstaff where it
was deli Ehtfully cool Have reported
roads from FL Paso to this point. We
drove from Seligman to Flagstaff
Tuesday evening and from there
I through Needles on Wednesday. Roads
on this run are fine and fast except
from Kingman to Needles which are
: heavy in places and very hot in the
afternoons at which time we were
there. The desert is not bad at night
and early In the mornings. From
Needles to Ludlow the roads are ex-
cellent except small stretch near Lud-
low. From Ludlow TO Barstow very
poor and hard on tires. The rest OF
the way TO Los Angeles Is in perfect
shape.
J. c Ballagh. member OF the firm
Of s. ". Wrecking company writes as
follows Grand Canyon. June 30th.
1913, Fl Paso Auto club. FL Paso.
Tex Gentlemen have Just driven
through from FL Paso and find the
roads very good via Phoenix. The
trip can easily be made IN four DAYS
OF easy driving. Time and distance
as follows. Ell Paso-Safford. via Dun
can and Lordsburg, go miles, II.