Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-08-07
ALLIES CONTINUE TO
DRIVE BACK THE HUNS
Indications Point Successes Of Vast Importance Day by
Day-Gernans Dead by Thousands-Many Prisoners
Taken as Allied Advance Continues.


mobile reserve to be contributed by
Gen. Pershing to the pooled reserves
plan, and Is counted as part OF the
million men.
Eight Divisions Fighting.
There are eight divisions Of Amer
leans, or in the neighborhood Of 3O0,-
600 men, now in the fighting zone
where the great battle is going for
ward, and Gen. March pointed out
that Gen. Liggett had set his head
quarters In the center Of the line,
where his six divisions are assem-
bled, together with two additional
divisions. Gen. Liggett is the first
American officer to command a wide
section OF the active battle front.
More Americans, Sooner End.
With the American Army on the
Aisne-Marne Front, Aug. 2.-Ger-
man soldiers generally welcome the
news that more American soldiers
are arriving in Fran 'e. believing that
the faster the Americans arrive the
sooner there will be decisive battle
or definite peace move, according to
sergeant of the Fourth Prussian
guards division, who was captured
by the Americans near Sergy.
The prisoner told the correspond
, ent that the German soldiers were
sick Of the war and also that the
poorer classes in Germany had had
sufficient war and they believe now
| that Germany is bound to lose. The
capitalists, however, insist on con-
tinuing the war at all costs.
German officers" the prisoner
said, Informed us months ago that
| A toll m Pnu io
oners and that those taken we're
| treated inhumanely. They kept
warning us constantly that death was
preferable to being captured by the
Americans, but not all the German
soldiers believe that, despite the
high regard in which officers are sup
posed to be held"
| Sammics Take 8,4OO Prisoners.
Washington, Aug. 4.-The text Of
Gen Pershing's report for yesterday,
| received to-day by the War Depart
ment, Is as follows:
Section A-The full fruits Of vic
tory in the counter offensive begun
so gloriously by Franco-American
troops July IS were reaped to-day
! when the enemy, who met his second
| great defeat on the Marne, was
| driven in confusion beyond the line
| Of the Vesle.
"The enemy, in spite Of suffering
! the severest losses, has proved in
! capable of stemming the onslaught
of our troops fighting for liberty side
| by side with French, British and Ital-
| ian veterans. In the course Of the
operations, 8,400 prisoners and 1873
guns have been captured by our men
| alone"
Gratifying to Allied World.
New York, Aug. 4.-The German
retreat continues unabated, with the
allies everywhere in hot pursuit, ac-
| cording to European dispatches to-
day.
| Apparently the situation now has
resolved itself into race for the
! northern bank Of the Aisne river by
the Germans, who have been evicted
from strategic positions along the
| Vesle river, in the center OF the line
and directly east of Rheims, which
| seemingly renders necessary that
| they put the Aisne between them
selves and their pursuers as quickly
as possible in order to escape fur
ther large losses Of men made pris-
oners
Just how large this bag Of cap
tives is at present cannot be reckon
ed. but unofficial advices from Paris
assert that when the figures are made
| public they will thrill the allied
| world.
IHsmes Taken by Allies.
After hard fighting the Ameri-
cans and French have succeeded in
taking from the Germans the i'm
pOrtant town of Fismes, once Ger
many's great ammunition supply de-
pot, midway on the railway between
scissors and Rheims. while to the
east at a number OF places along the
Vesle river the French have crossed
the stream, driving the enemy north
troops have negotiated the passage
Of the Aisne to the northern bank of
that stream, where they are in a po-
sition to harass the enemy as he en-
deavors to straighten out his line in
conformity with that running north
westward.
So fast has been the retreat Of the
Germans in the center that already
some elements OF their forces have
succeeded In reaching the northern
bank Of the Aisne and getting num-
bers of their big guns across with
them. All through the salient towns
are still ablaze behind the retreating
Germans and cornfelds have been set
afire in order to prevent the allied
troops from gathering the ripened
crop.
The fighting along the Vesle river
was OF sanguinary character as long
as it lasted. With the river at the
freshet and the Germans unable to-
ford It, they stood with their backs
to It and gave battle for their lives.