The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-07-26
10000 PRISONERS AND MORE
THAN SEQ CANNON TAKEN
FROM FLEEING sochEs
FRONT Is rs MILES LONG
Penetration Ranges Frsm Two to
Seven Miles, rance American
Attack Shows no Sign OF
siaekening

fWar Review for July ~
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Germans have thrown large reinforce.
ments into the new BATH. line between
Scissors and the region of Chateau
Thi~rry. they nowhere thus far have
been ahle 20 stern the tide Of the on
wiaughts OF the American and French
troops are making against them.
friday saw the Americans and
French batter their way farther east
ward into the deep Triangular salient
which has Sossous. Rheims and cha
t~au Thlerry as its points, and sue
c~ssfully Withstand terrific counter
attack by the Germans on the plateau
southwest OF Scissors, where the III.
lied guns dominate this important stra.
teeic town.
The gains of Friday were carried to
their greatest depth in The center of
the 25-Bie line and on the southern
flank northwest Of Chateau Thicrry
where the Americans are holding
forth
The fighting WAS particularly vio-
lent throughout the day around Sois.
sons and In the region Of chaudun.
where the Germans sent In large
forces of reserves In an cndeavor to
push back the allied troops. Here
the American artillery dld notable
work, killing or wounding many of
the enemy and aiding greatly Ia stay
Ing the Germans.
Where the Americans are fighting
northwest OF Chateau Thierry the Ger.
man line WAS driven In upon the pla.
teau northwest of BONES and tn the
height 10 the north of courchamps the
former position representing n gain
Of three and half miles from the
point Of original departure at Torcy.
While u IL not possible M yet geo
graphically to delimlt with exactiture
the gains made In the two DAYS fight
ing along the front by the French and
Americans. II ~ known that at its
deepest point the penetration has
reached approximately seven miles.
and that over the entire - miles II
ranges down 10 about two miles.
Capture over SEQ Cannon.
In addition to the infllctiun Of ex-
trcmely heavy casualties on the enc
my the French and American troops
UP 10 the present have taken more
than 1900 prisoners. including two
colonrls with their chiefs of staff and
In excess Of no cannon.
Enemy on Defensive.
The offensive on the entire west.
ern front In France now seems def
nit~ly tn have shifted from the hands
Of tiw Germans To those OF the en-.
tent. allies. East and west Of
Rheims, where the Germans last Mon.
day started battle along GO-tnile
front. from Chateau Thlerry 10 east
ern Champagne. the enemy Is now on
the defensive ON most of tho sectors
where there II any fighting. Friday
saw the Germans lose additional
ground along the Msrne 10 the French
and Italian troops, East of Rheims
the Germans Aevc not seen III TO re
sumo the fighting,
orltons Take Village.
In the region southwest of Yprcs
the British have carried out another
successful iucnrslou into the German
lines. capturing IN. village of Meter
en-. u point of strategic value for OBJ
seryation purposes Will. farther
south Australian troops gained
gruund The two man~users cost the
Germans nearly an men made priss
oner anh the loss Of a number ~ ma.