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ncunrcd IN II single dny, tn" total tn"nH
r.nr"soMla only Il part "l tne Hs'H
Witch Lav,. been nccunrIat'ng since inc
= rr,, bu,,Ic began July -. And II Is
not "a u" assumed that II representa- '''c
lrSsn7 for any on" day. Nn cS''Il"tc ~
,gr .iin"ricnu casualties III '"'"
tlYIloir Hgh,'nr has h"cn received 1r"'''
,:,,,nrul rrrsiifrg. md 4 WIS nuthnrieh-
,i,.rly stated to-day tha. none ~ OK
rr.,rL. In thnt connection Ac''hs
Srr"c,ary us War Cr"w"il t"hny ,a"prc-
ra,crl any Eu"a$"' ~ t" ons'initlrs m
IN. nyrr4rnp fnrrrs. snyIng that publ
rr,iuna which wnuld rHhEE"rhtn ''
miuImixo Ia" t"tnl would cTcn'H vi"
necessary anxiety among the TclatiFos
and friends OF American soldiers
or the names inndo public thaay, ao'
wcrci of those who Wcro killed In ac-
lion and so died from wounds Tho sec
ond list contained only names or inc
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JINGLE SAM To SIT IN" SOME !
At THE CAME Of SWOLLEN INCOMES


posed leaving the excess PROFITS plan 81
tentatively agreed upon and adding the
provision for the alternative plan 70,
reach was profits. r. s. Adams. a treas"
ury tax expert gave similar views. ~
The luxuri"s report submitted to.dey
lists two groups Of articles. one alto
gcther luxuricS and the other In part
luxuries. AS In the first group. the cor.
mittee recommended 10 per cent tax: on
retail sales and on the other II suggest.
ed that the subcommittee should have
several weeks 10 determine itS maj
recommendations.
The full committee to-day took no
final action on the first group. It re-.
fcrred TO the Subcommittee the quss..
tion as TO method Of levyinE the luxury
taxes and fnal recommendations on the
whole subject, indicating some sentiment
that Jewelry ought to be subjected TO- Q
manufacturers tax instead Of retail
sales tax. The subcommittee will m4h4
q nnAl report later. "a gEss.,.s,
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Two Lists Issued Monday, the
Second Containing Only
Names Of Men Killed in Ac-
ton and These Who Died
From Wounds

WASHINGTON. Aux. ".--N"n"7 q
.,crirun soldiers who harn fHil"u IA
the Sroat Tranco-Ar"r'"nn drive wh''''
turned :hc German "FfHnSiv" on IL"
N,,rno into an ut:r~ dct"nL, ha". ""t;'n
ia come In from overseas. 1t'F
s,ycllod lo 7h6 tho total caaEnlti"s mao"
nublic today by the war department IN
Two separate lists.
Although nearly three times ~ grrh'
as the largest number heretofore an
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"HoId Fast Message From Premier Lloyd George

power by overthrowing the allies IN =
final and desperate attack. Thanks 20
the invincible bravery Of all the allied
arr,ies, it Is now evident to al that
this dream Of universal conquest, 1oT
the sake Of which they want only pro-
lorced war, can never be tuInIIeo.
"Sut the battle Is not yet won. tho
great autocracy Of Prussia Will s1ni
endcavor by violence or guile, TO aVoio
defeat and go give mhtar1sm = NO"
Iaosc Of life. We cannot seek to es-
cane the horrors Of war for ourselves
by laying them up for our children.
Having set our hands to the task we
must SEQ 1t through till n just and last
ing settlement Is achieved.
"In no other way can we endure
world set free from war.
"'Eold fast"
(Signed) "hhoEo 6hoN
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Company Of Port Adelaide, Australia-) :
Tho admiralty this evening issued the
following communication concerning the
torpcdoing and sinking Of the steamer
Warlda:
"The homeward bound ambulance,
transport Warilda was tor2edoed and
sunk on the third Of August" s;tt
A BRITISH PORT. Sunday. August ~.
(By The Associated Press)-The shi1s
torpedoed yesterday morning as she va
ncuring home from France. was s/struckl
In the after part Of the engine rocm;s
Three members OF the staff were killed
here and the dynamos were destroyed
plunging the vesse! into darkness. ~.
Just over the dynamo was the Wafd
room. containing more than 100 patients.
Most Of these we're killed outright ~
the explosion. were trapped and perishs4
except for few who jumped overooAra
and were picked up. 49,;
Narrowing Disaster. ~
a BRITISH PORT. Saturday. August
3.-By The Associated Press)-The'
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Unsuccessful Attack
on British Coast By
German Air Squadron

LONDON, Aug. 6.-llostllc air
ships approached the cast coast OF
England about half pa:; nine
o'clock Monday night, the admir-
atty announced early this morn
ing. The enemy aircraft did not
penetrate far inland.
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Ruthless" Hum Sinks \
British Hospital Ship; ].
Wounded Men Killed


LONDON Saturday Aug 3one hundred and twenty. .tnree
patients have been killed by the explosion OF
was returning and nearing home port when the
struck her. penetrating ward where patients were
modaed About loo wounded been landed at British
coming ashore in what clothing they could reach when Tnde
awakened ~.
About 400 patients were board the vessel One hunfe0
natien are having landed at port where
were cared for by British organizations and the American Red
officers and five prvaes were On ooalo 'ee
Roth the Officers are officially reported saved and four Of the
Yates Thev were CAPTAIN T. Beatty Lieutenant Hub
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H07TFs7 DAY ON REC0RDFOR
WHEELING; 107 IN THE SHADE

more than Is years ago and that sho
ind gone through h"r records yeSter-
i1oy. but had found no reading higher
tbln 1O5 and fraction. nurnoer ot
wears ago. and last summer. nc lul-
.ho- Gid that the Wheeling records
t,i,cd ,o disclose that thcro wls ever
such n hot period OF nearly 100 &c
grc>s n O'Clock IN tho morning as
ynsteray: that the mercury hogan Ta's-
inr a, daylight and continued until
shortly after o'clock yesterday aft"r-
,oon when II reached l07. Shortly
before s o'clock last evening the tHHl>
perature began going down slowly out
At midnight II WIS SIN In thn seF-
cnties.
Business District ITO to l12.
Reioble thermometers In the Dusi-
ness district OF the city showed from
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l25 Mark Reached in the Sun
No Fatalities and Few
Prostrations

Yesterday was the hottest day N
Wheeling. 50 far as official f"'oFoH
show. At o'clock in the Afternoon t.'s
mercury reached 1nI accorinE 10 ~"
government thermometer, read by N'SS
N. r. Forsythc. federal W''h'h'I
server. at her residence. NO. 7"u.,'
Tsroadway Island. At Q o'clock ysstrr-
day morning the government thermome-
Ter registered % degrees: also the
warmest at that hour In the history OIL
Wheeling Island
Miss Forsythe stated to an lntelH-
gencer man last night that she was .ap-
pointed government weather observer
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(By the Associated Press. }

The Germans imposing strong opposition to the turher
advance allied along the Vee river from the east OF
SCISSORS the region west of Rheims .
Meantime bodies of the army continue to make
their way Ae to the north OF which stream they
somewhere to reach safety from the persistent onslaught
m the American French British and Italian troops who IN less tha
boe pael have all but boed Rheims salient
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100000 Americans May
Register For Army, Sept. 5th
MILLION MEN TO BE IN TRAINING AT
U.S.. CAMPS THROUGHOUT THE WAX

KANSAS CITY, No. Aug 5raSSing through Kansas CITY 10.
day Lcavcnworh Man, Newton D. Baker secretary o
issued satcmcn which he said the purpose ol the
war department keep least million men III framing
in the Jnicd long the shall last ne laccu e
number OF men training in the United States at l'Oo0
Discussing the battle AiSnc Aarnc sector Ar BAKER
warned against optimism We are oh'I h'Sl"'nS' Il" ~
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7O6 Casualties Reported, of
Which $50 Are Men Killed

dead. .56 killed in action and 43 -o'rd
or wounds-but the first HIST sno"ea
As wounded severely. 100 wounded. oe-
gree Undetermined. md three missing
IN action. In tho first list there also
wcrn ninn who died Of disease. one OF
an nrro7lann accident and six from ac-
cIdcnt End other causes.
Acting Secretary Crowell told news
pnpcr correspondents today that Hcn-
ornl lcrshing would supply complete
and verified casualty lists as rapidly as
they cnn be transmitted. and that they
would nc given 10 tho press and speak
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THE WEATHER,
Ohio, Pennsylvhnia and Wort VIZ
ginin-Pair and continued WARN Tues
dny and Wednesday.
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No RELIEF FROM
EXTREME HEAT
WAVE IN SIGHT
HIGHER TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MIDDLE STATES
Heat Will Be. Broken Even.
tually By Thunderstorm
in the West

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-lsclief IS not
in sight from any quarter from IN" neat
wave which has Overspr"ad the entire
country east Of tn" Rocky mountains
bringing record high temperatures To-
dnv tn the middle west. il was said to-
nigh, at the weather bureau. The heat
cd area tomorrow will nrrrsprchd lhc
eastern aud middle Atlantic states: caus-
ing still higher temperatures than those
rccOrIird to-day.
Evansville. Ind. with an official tenn
ncrlurr of l04. WAS the EotteSt place
casr of the Mississippi to-day. Tom
pcra,urcs vi l02 degrees were recorded
~ Indianapclis Toledo and Fort Wayne,
Ind. the thermometer readings at To-
lrdn and Fort Wayne being thc highest
recorded in the 40-yrar history OF the
weather bureau. Chicago reported Il
tcnrcraturc Of 100 degrees. The heat
wave will be- broken eventually bS
thrInCcrSI nrrns :. first appearing III the
west. or by n. high pressure area from
Alaska, neither Of which are IN SiEht'
ii Was said.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 5.-Threr
deaths and scores Of proStrail"nS' III au-
d,rion 10 thos" aI the Hog Island launch
ing, where 900 persons were overcome.
were reported her" to-day az result oi
th, heat. While tho temperature
! reached Il ma xmum nt only -. degrees
III, humidity was unusually hiSh
throughput the day.
DIES MONIES. Ia. Aug. ".-Grcat
damage Ia corn. especially III In" SOUTH
cru part of the state. il resulting. from
Iown's most intens" heat way" III ~
vrnrs. according In the federal crop bu-
rcau.
[Inrindda. with a temperature "t 10
degrees. WAS the hottest point III lhe
state.
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FIND COAL AT AKRON,

AKRON. O.. Aug. Goal mas h'eh
discovered hero. ard moro than - tons
wrr" IninHd to-day. The coal 's pro-
nouuceI 10 he Of the finest lump rarictE y
and ,hr veins arc several feet thick.
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MAIN BODY Of THE BROKEN GERMAN
ARMY CONTINUES RAPID RE TREAT
TDsTRONG POSITION ON THE A|SNE

Hun Counter Serve Only to Slow Up the Previous
Rapid Advance Of the Aies-Prussians and Bavarians
Suffer Heavy Casualties in Fruitess Effort to Stop
Their Pursuers
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Army Bill introduced in Con-
gress Monday Fixes Draft
Limits at Is TO As Years
Immediate Action Urged
By Crowder

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.--With
an urgent recommendation from
Provost Marshal Crowder, that II
be enacted without delay, and a
suggestion that September 5 next
might be fixed as registration day
for approximately 100000 men
throughout the country, the ad-
ministration's S man power bill, re-;
quiri.g the registration for mill
tary service of all men between
the ages OF is and 45 years, was
introduced to-day in the Senate
and House.
Unless Immediate steps are taken TO
provide additional mon, General CSoWc-
er said the weekly registration OF men
as they attain 81 years Of age viii Dc
necessary to I'LL the draft quotas AFTER
September /, when only 100000 OF the
1918 rcgistrants Will be available.
Chairman Chamberlain announced
that the Senate military Comm'tes &c o
Uould meet tomorrow to consider the
hin. he said ho did not think hearings
would be necessary and only three or
four days should be required TO report
IL Chairman Dent, of tho House COZ.
u1tttee said since only three members OIL
his committee are IL washington 1t W;:s
doubtful whether the bill could be act
| ed upon before the House rcconFenes
! August 1e. 49,
Srggest1ous made on tho Senate Ioor
bv senator Curtis, of Kansas that the
Ssncte abandon its program of TeccsSes
| and. perfunctory sessions until AuGnSg
2l. if the bill cen be favorably reported
! by the committee within % lew Gays
wcre tndorsed py Senator ChalE ncr1ata.
ro-yevcr, Senate leaders now IL the CITY
! said any plans to this effect would ne
! hold In allegiance until the comnletec
| conld determine Just how much I1nle
would be- necessary for thorough us
cuss:on 'of the bill.
Thc bill would amend I'll" present SC
/ 1rctivr service act 50 rs [" rcuuiT" lhH
! registration Of I'll mon !"iw""ll IN an"
! "u ,:c:LrS and 50 and IL years. lhci,!%''' '.
! While the total Of men ~ tli' H'l'
classes would total io.p-N''',Nci' -
| I'rn,vicr estimates tho total uumtr'r "ti'
/ ,vouIa H., eligible for Class ] would "ii!
i ho G6l $50 owing t" exemptions Tor de-
! nc,dcnts or industrial "r physical r"lS-
nns Between IS and =" years. hl& 81
mates show that 3.lIl.'1l would r"'i$
TOY while I. I&7.G09 men would DC 'h-
s1Pnf prrsemtjnr nrr tho bin to the srnait,
c-b,irnan Chamberlain of thr S"iAi',
military cnu1;nitIrc explained IN rfn.'
sictcmrnt its purposes and Eaf" aSH"r
ancc that everything wuHta pf o'''' -
! expedite it's paS;&IGc. .. ., mans.
;yhiIc senate leaders admit there ma
! he some. opposition they hon" ;hht il
wiu be lnaIly passed by September !.
Provisions Of Bill.
| WASHINGTON. Aug. 9TH" Di1n'i
,,I nn-tInIlS Of The administrator i;'nn
n,,wrr'' n,,t bill which Will extend the drai
mos to from Is % ~. presented |" con
| ii,.i,"l drnff law arc nS follows:
Tho President mny DRAFT such per,
s "T i;ohir ~ military service in such
s"ni,cncn If ages and al such un''S -
he may prescribe; :,
.' cit;zcn subject Of u country n"h'rHi lr
~ trcsnrt war who has drCEar'r liS
i,tcn,ion to become a citizen "i -"
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n.ata British Report.

LONDON, Aug. I've havc puseeo
to-,,ard our posts slightly during thc
doy a, ,h. Pacaut wood. each OF no
bse.7- says the British ofnc'ai oo''-
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HUN AND PO|LU.
PRAISE yANkS
Sammies Cover Themselves
With Glory in Hand-to-
Hand Fighting

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 5--"Ameccan
.,-oona vho have been employed In bat
tie have shown themselves to be thor
onphly good fghters," remarks tho Ser
lin correspondent Of the Cologne Volks
Zeitung.
"rhat enhances the success which our
brave troops and: their commanders nave
attained" he adds.
PARIS, Aug. 5-The Americans COW
ored themselves with glory in the hand
IN hand fighting In the streets OF
Fisrnes Yesterday when they captured
that German base. Tho fighting is said
IN have been the bitrerest OF the whole
war. the Prussiau guards asking no
n-,arter and being bayoneted or cfuooed
to death as they stood by their ma
chino guns.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Son the Line
of the yesle, brisk artillery fighting Is
4, nroeress General Pershing reported
In his coun1untque covering Monday
lighting, received by the war depart
nent tonight. "On August 3, our
artators shot down four hostile a1f-
planes" the statement adds
WASHINGTON, Aug. s--of the
American soldiers wounded IN tho
| Marne-Aisne offensive, probably less
+han one in twenty viii die from theE
| n-onrds. more than four-ffths viii DC
retnrned to service and only Ia PEE cen1
! iii be discharged for disability, ac-
| cordine to a statement Of the chief OF
staff today, based upon the ofhcaauS
attested experience Of the allies during
| the FOUR years Of tho war
nunicatin9 issued TO-DAY.
Hostile artillery was acliFc IN ,-As
sector south Of TprcS.
Late Frefth Statement.
| PARIS. Aug 5.-F.Nccpt fnT ioc"
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After being torpedoed the ship re-
maIned aflont for two hours and quar-
ter. Immediately after tho explosion
five boats wsre launched, but before
they could be cleared they were smashed
and many Of their occupants "ero
drowned.
Destroyers rushed to the spot where
tho submarine WAS seen to suomeFso
and dropped depth charges.
More than $50 survivors have oeon
landed at a British port.
LONDON. August 9Th" vessel tor
pcdo"d on Saturday morning near
British port while bringing wounded mon
IA England from France wa. the war
Ida. The total number missing ls
i2%. They are as follows: Two mill
Iary officers. A conmandant III queen
Mary's auxiliary corps. one American
sold"r. seven o the crow and l22
others.
9TH: Warilda was built At Glasgow
in 1912. She was Ill feet long. had
b, am Of So feet and q depth Of "a fcet.
Her registered tonnage was lib. she
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rnunicatio9 issued today.
"Irostil. artillery was active IN @1e
sector south Of fprcS.
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Provisions Of Bill.

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URSXSni6S D~
Ia1uHp ~ rn
>UHTT2D STEf0
GJElApHN.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
ROBBED u. 5. OF BEEF.
Teent y-one New Workers Held In Army
Meat Scandal.

New York, July u Twenty-one per-
sons were indicted here today by the
Federal Grand Jury on charge of be
ing implicated IN the theft of beef CON
signed to the United States Army
The defendants who include butchers,
purchasing agents, government checkers
and truck drivers, are accused Of vio-
lating the United States criminal statute
which has to do with conspiracies to
eInbezzle and dispose Of government
property without authority
All Of the defendants except one
have been arrested, and they we're held
In bail Of from 81 900 to $4,000 each,
According to + Paul Yaselli, assistant
United States attorney, the operations
Of the defendants have been going on
for long time, but the indictments
cover specific acts said to have been
committed between April 20 and May "A
The plan, said Mr. Yaselh, was for
checkers to tell foremen at the delivery
depots to give receipts TO drivers for a
smaller amount than had been loaded
upon their trucks. The surplus beef, II
Is charged, thus withheld from the gov
ernrnent, was bought by the accused
butchers, who disposed Of 1t at big
profit
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
DEMANDS THAT ALL GERMANS
BELIEVE OFFICIAL WAR lies

Amsterdam. ,luy "a Tho impress
sion that the FIauco- Amcucnn counter
offensive has made on tho Germans at
home is perhaps hest illustrated by ~
article written hy Deputy liauh ot tic
PrusSIan Lower House in the Tan Ger
man newspaper the Iaglichc {.nd
scheu Trauh iio1,vlv 1ashc5 the cloak
ers who dare doubt the official head
quarters reports of victory lie makes
q desperate arrcal for more nerve
and more faith. and busters ttns
"If Der alte Frltz lredellck the
Great walked the streets today amt
saw the pcorles long faces he would
say Remember the Seven Years VA
when fortune was pftsn dead agalrst
lis Why Grumhle because atians on
the Aarne are not gong as well rs eN-
pectsd2 Devil take >ou' lou ought 70
be ashamed ut yourselves
Some ~ the German military com-
mcntators have bcguu compllmeniluE
Geneial Foch. now that they aIc no
longer able t. conceal hls success from
tile German public The NuSslsche Xel-
tung If Berlin. for instance. refers 10
hlm repeatedly as An able leader :
while General Won trdcnne. IN the lage-
hlatt. frankly admits hat the shorten
Ing IL ihe German line had become nee
cSsarN is the result Of the French Cen
cralis~lmos impctuuus coUntcTotfcnSlve. "
Il Is uotlrral H. also that nj! bc Ger
man newspapers sLCak of the recent
operations as defensive battle, and
General Won Ardeupc credits General
Foch with plan to extend hls Ire north
ward with the object Of attacking the
Crown Prince army IN the rear rs well
IS on Ire flank This. ccupled with the
! difficult Hgzag formation of the German
| line where the fighting Is proceeding
| in the wooden WILDERNESS 70 the south
| west Of Rheims lie says makes con
! centiatlou of the German forces advls-
| axle TIE commentator goes on a
/ great length 20 explain 10 his German
| readers that this means nothing serious
| and. # any ground Is welded, II Is oi
| course enemy ground
The important German newspapers
are Receiving letters which express keet
| discomfort The letters are written 10y
| soldiers ia the rear, who are mlslaking tn,
editorial offices Of newspapers Tor th'
general headquarters Really Ties,
people are choosing Il very lncanvcnlen
moment IN which to express their evl
criticism
The Berliner TagebI2ti emphasize
the American danger 1t Is a mistake,
it says, to underestimate the value q
the American infantry To do thr
would be to invite surprise for rs.
The Deutsche Tageszeitung makes
an appeal TO the sangfroid Of the popula
ton Finally, the Rhcnische West
phalian Zeitung delivers this To hay'
the initiative does not consist only ii
attacking, but also in letting oneself b
| attacked at the proper moment.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-27
AMERICANS IN WAR,
BERLIN COMEDIES
In Explaining "Trifling Setback
on Marne Our Troops Are
Unintentionally Praised.

The Hague. July 2--Coloncl Rich
ard Gndke, writing IN Norwarts on
Foch's big flank attack, argues that IL
was successful only IN the beginning.
. All the papers emphasize the idca tha
the German attack was known to the
Entente weeks before 1T began, but that
Foch was able 90 succeed only because
America : help had begun to work grad
ually.
"A wear and n half after America S
declaration of war they were able To
throw 100000 trained soldiers INTO the
battle saws GDdkc. Freight space
and measures of security slIihced to
transport them continuously over the
ocean There their training was com
plctcd IN France camls with the help
Of French Instructors, according To mod
crn warfare War itself If n quick and
froccftIl teacher. American divisions were
dispatched more and moro TO sections Ot
the front, and gradually learned practical
warfare Other hrieadcs were sent 10
help the English divisions and to fill up
gaps. and Italians also were called To the
west front So Foch succeeded IN mass
ing considerable troops near Paris
The paper declares that these troops
were thus ready to defend Paris or he
sent to Flanders, Amiens, Sossons, or
Chatcau-Thierry, and that in the middle
section Of the front southwest of Rheims
4rnd south OF the Marno there were
enough French, American, md Italian
forces not only to rcpulse the German
push hat to make decisive attack,
| i,.rdke insists That the attack must he
viewed as a whole frontal movement in
order TO gain freedom and initiative.
| Foch's attack. ho says which was car
r,cd on with tremendous fury, was not
without success n the beginning, hut
that the force Of the storm WAS broken
on the third day, because in spite "i
American help Foch had not enough
| troops to continue with the same l"re
| on the fourth dav
These explanations show that the Ger
mans are gradually being educated e
tho idea that there are few Americant
| on the west front, IN splte Of assertions
| to the contrary