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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-12-12
Roy Hollen Writes.

The following interesting letter
from Roy G. Hollen, Co. ID, 18th
Z. $. Infantry, army supply base
Norfolk, Va, TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Durham OF this vicinity, was
received Monday:
Army Supply Base,
Dee. 2.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Allies Sweep Ahead on Entire
Line as Fleeing Foe Fires Villages

LONDON, Aug. 2.-The latest news
from the battlefront received up to
1880 O'Clock this afternoon, shows that
the progress Of the Allies has been
more rapid to-day, the troops having
made an advance of from two to three
miles on the whole line between the
Ardre River, southwest of Rheims, to
the Hamlet of Taux, about 6H miles
south of Soissons "a front of more
than twenty-five niles.
The Germans are burning villages
cast OF the Ourcq behind their lines.
The Allied line now runs one mile
north of Vile en-Tardenois to Rom
igny, thence to Aougny and Vezilly,
south Of Coulonges by Ferc Chateau to
Arcy aud Droizy and thence to Taux.
Yesterdays Franco British attack on
the westerly side of the Marne salient
was on front of five miles and pene-
trated to a maximum depth of three
miles, according to news received to-
day. 1t resulted in the capture of the
entire ridge which forms the water
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

Allies pursuing the Germans with the
greatest zeal and success.
The town of Hartcnnes- -et-Taux was
occupied by the Allies. who also seized
the wood lying to the sonth Of this
most important place. The French and
British in this sector took Contremin
and then crossed the Chateau Therry-
Soissons road.
The Germans are burning villages as
they retire and destroying everything
,hey come across. The entire battle
field is dotted by confagrations, some
OF them of large proportions
Along the centre of the front, as we'll
as on the westerly side. the German
resistance seemed greatly diminished.
The Allies pressed through a series Of
thickets to the north of the road lead
ing from Goussancourt to Couonges
and reached the southern part Of
Nezilly Wood.
Further cast on the line the Allies
are within 500 yards of Vilcrs- Agron,
and along the line toward Rheims they
captured wood situated 1900 yards
cast of Romgny.
Allied patrols have attained posi-
tion three -ffths of a mile north of
Ville-en- -Tardenois and have occupied
a height 1900 yards north of Romigny.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Marne Struggle on
So Narrouu a Scale
Progress Is SloaU

LONDON. Aug. 2. - Reuters CORE
apondcnt on the American front, tele-
graphing Thursday night, says:
There may be some danger of mis-
conception or disappointment arising
from certain rather hamboyant ac-
counts of the fighting on the American
front since these give the impression
Of tremendous effort with little head
way and the conclusion may be drawn
that the director of the Allied advance
is finding successful accom- plishment
beyond his means.
"Although no praise is too high for
the way the Americans are fighting,
that fighting is on a comparatively
small scale as things are measured on
this front and does not suggest hurry
on the part of the Allied command
to reach particular destination.
"If the commanders purpose re
Quired speed, more guns would be
needed, for by comparison with past
fighting the present operations might
almost be called gunless, so large has
been the role of the infantry. 1t has
been bitter as possible and the Amer
leans have won imperishable laurels
in it, but the scale of fighting would
not entitle one to expect greater prog
ress from it. or, indeed, more than a
mere folding up Of ground. 1t would
b0 mistake to suppose that the trc-
mendous struggle is producing made
Quate results
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

after the retreat from the Marne to
the Aisne in September, 1914? He
VIII have to. if there is any indica-
ton that the German public or the
anti-Eastern faction Of the German
military clique intends to clamor
loudly for conspicuous scapegoat.
Foch's victory is taking on more
and more the aspect of another Get
tysburg The high water mark Of
German power was reached at
Condo, five miles below the Marne.
There will be a steady recession
now, though there may be occa.
sional German advances and victo-
ries. Chickamauea followed Gettys.
burg. But it meant little.
Once the defeated German armies
get back to their line, beyond the
Aisne, the crisis of the war viii
probably be over. They can never
again come as near to breaking
through the Allied defence in
France as they did when they drove
almost to Amiens and then pushed
their yawning salient from tho
Chemin des DANES down to and
across the Marine.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

in which he could safely reorganize
his surprised and shaken armies.
There is a curious parallel be-
tween his retreat and Lees retreat
after Gettysburg. Lee knew when
Pickett's charge had failed that he
must go back to Virginia. But he
went back doggedly, Offering a fight
all the way He stood for a week
or more on the northern bank OF the
Potomac, with the river in flood. He
courted an attack from Meade. He,
too, wanted to camoufage. But he
realized, all the same, what Gettys-
burg meant and he felt it his duty
to offer to the Confederate govern
ment his resignation as commander
Of the army of Northern Virginia
Meade's defect as a general was
over-caution. He did not attack. He
let Lee cross the Potomac unmolest.
ed. Foch is rot Meade. In his
temper he more closely resembles
Lee, who was always keenly com.
bative Foch would not let Luden-
dorff rest on the Ourcq lines and
then retire across the Vesle at his
convenience. He has clung to the
retreating German armies at every
step, taking fresh toll from them
each day, accelerating a withdrawal
which was unavoidable.
He has his reward. For the
retreat which Ludendorff must now
conduct under pressure across the
, Nesle (and, apparently, across the
Aisne) will be costly to Germany
in men and war material and even
more costly, morally, in a sensation
al lowering of German military
prestige. u
President Davis wisely refused to
accept Lees resignation. The South
rightly valued Lee above all her
other generals. But Lee didn't fail
at Gettysburg through any lamenta-
BILE imprudence such as Ludendorff
was guilty Of when he left his weak
right flank open to Foch's attack.
VIII he resign, as Won Moltke did
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
The Great War-1459th Day
Further Priuations Are Ahead,
Kaiser Warns German People

AMSTERDAM Aug 2In proclamation issued to the German
people, Emperor William says:
full of eternaly memorable
what people do
OF
Gratefuy which
tended found unworthy
the as before Providence placed
"If leaders capable of the highest
fidelity that has deserved have
performed
deeds if had carried the highest
all diff
cult the task the and community
faithful officials Thanks
and also the whom
s
year opening Today will spare the German
and But
that the behind
has and
being completed in the Wetha gives the
will this
of feld mighty
of
had made for the Fathcrland
families, suffering of this
onhusiasm themselves be
side theirs and brothers
everything be
Nothing neglected
world The still
been with and hatred The
Without shame the of
declare Germany b annihilated.
fight labor
ready to
overwhelming
Gods swith R.
field
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Germans Thank Lord
For Four Years of War

AMSTERDAM, Aug 2.-The German
newspapers, commenting on the begin
ming Of the fifth year of the war,
speak with pride of Gcrmany's "shining
armor" and "rcsolve to break the en-
emy's war will at all costs Tho
Lord has done great things unto US
is frequent quotation in their re-
views OF the four war years.
The COLOGNE Gazette" says: 1--WE
have become spare of figure, subdued
in mind, hard of face. We all know
privation, but Germany is an improg-
nable stronghold. The question is not
whether we shall win, but when we
shall vim
The "Frankfort Gazette" says:
at the beginning of the war we all
ardently wished it might soon be over
To-day, IN Germany, the word peace
browns all other sounds. OF all the
belllgerents none is SO ready for peace
as we are. But our enemies still nour.
ish the murderou's self delusion that
with the help of American gold and
men Germany can be forced to bow tc
their terms
The newspaper acknowledges that nc
peace is in sight and for t1ls blames
the United States (which would not
let Germany win"
1t says that European sentiment is
dead. and that only America and Japan
stand to win in Il material sense. 1t
appears to extract some comfort from
predicting "the Union Jack will in the
future float far below the Stars and
Stripes"
The paper also declares that General
Foch's counter offensive could never
have succeeded to the extent it did
without the direct assistance of Amer
lean forces
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

Soissons-Chateau Thierry road, and
Fere- enTarde enois, we pushed forward
along the whole line of ten miles. We
occupied Hartennes itself and the wood
to the south, and brought the line up
to Cramaiilc and Saponay, making an
almost straight front from Hartenncs
20 Fere- en- Tardenois.
I'm the centre We have passed the
road running east and west from Vile
enTardenois to Coulongcs, north Of
the Ourcq Valley, and are a couple Of
miles beyond SergS.
"ln the central sector, as is usual
when the enemy is rctreating, his re-
slstance is feebler than on the fanks.
On the eastern flank Of the salient our
troops have taken the wood a mile east
of Romigny, and arc within pistol shot
Of Villers- -Argon, on the Nille-en-Tar-
denois- Coulongcs road. Our patrols
we're able to advance 600 yards north
of Nille-cn- Tardenols this morning.
"The Germans are burning villages
behind their front as they retire. 'he
correspondent continues. "The effects
of the French victory at the Marine
and in Champagne and General Foch S
counter offensive between the Aisnc
and the Marne are now being felt. The
enemy, pressed on all sides and with
his communications swept by our guns,
again has been forced to give ground.
He is retreating with reluctance, CON
tinually hoping that the effort will
prove too much for us, as it has Cor
him.
But unrelaxng pressure is bring
ing the results expected, and the
Crown Princes reserves are being cX-
hausted at quicker rate than ours.
The weather is overcast, with rain
showers"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Soissons, Scene of
Many Battles, Was
Raced by Kaiser

One of the oldest cities in France,
Scissors, has been the scene of many
historic conflicts in French history. 1t
has been sacked and looted by com
manders in an age when there was no
law prescribing the conduct of armies,
but perhaps never in its stirring his
tory has the city suffered more cruel
fate than at the hands Of Kaiser Will
iam's warriors.
The city fell to the Germans in the
early days Of the war and in 1914 with
cut serious damage. But when the
Germans retired to the Aisne follow
ing their defeat in the battle of the
Marne, scissors was doomed. 1t was
within the battle zone. In the So
called battle of scissors, fought about
the middle of January, 1915, the city
suffered further damage from the
shells of both French and Germans
The latter held the city at the conclu-
sion of the engagement.
The city was recapturcd in July,
1915, at which time the retrcatinc
Germans practically demolished the
the architectural triumphs of Europe,
dating back to the twelfth century.
The Huns retook the city May 81,
1918, and now, after having occupied
it for Two months, they are retreating
from its environs and the French have
taken part of this shell Of what was
four years ago prosperous and beau
tiful city.
Scissors, or what is left Of it, spreads
over the wooded hills on the left bank
of the Aisne 1t had population of
about 10000 before the war. 1t was
founded before the Christian Era by a
,.tl L., ~ 4
Sucssiones. ruled by King Divitacus,
to the Romans. Caesar called the city
Noviodnnum. Later it took the name
OF Augusta Suesslonum. and later that
of Suessiona The city was fortified
by wall and a citadel. After the bar
barlans had been pushed across the
Rhine and the Mouse scissors became
d Roman metropolis in Northern Gaul.
The city became famous In French
history as the scene Of the great battle
IN which Clovis defeated the Romans
under Syagrlus in 1856, thereby ending
Roman dominion in Gaul. Clovis mal
ried Clotilde in the city, and later it
became the capital Of the Frankish
Kingdom Of Neustria.
Saw Many Battles
II was partly burned in 948, when
Charles the Simple was defeated out
side it's walls by the Burgundians. In
the course of the Hundred Years War
ii witnessed many battles, and in 1414
it was captured from the Burgundans
by the Arma9nacs and sacked. During
the next twenty years it was sacked
and burned and looted. Again. in 1874
and 1865, it war laid in ruins by oppos-
ing armies. In 1914 it changed hands
several times in the great conflicts be-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

shed between the Ourcq and the Aisne,
the advices indicate.
The situation is considered as extra
ordinarily good, being described in the
adviccs as the turning point of the
summer campaign and possibly of the
whole war,
The advance by the Allies along the
western side of the salient is described
as extremely possibly the
most important thing the Allies have
accomplished since the Germans re-
tired from the Marine.
The Importance of the victory, II is
explained lies in the fact that the new
Allied positions command the whole
area to the northward and the entire
western gate through which the Ger
mans have been retiring. This area is
nest of German reserves and field ar
tillcry.
The capture of the important ground
on the heights to the westerly side of
tho line also means that the Germans
will not be able to retire in an ordi-
narily leisurely way, and that they
probably Will have to go beyond the
River Vesle in their retreat.
Goussancourt itself has been taken
by the French, the advices add.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

prove that at the first call thew can
henceforth take a glorious place IN
the new line of battle.
The commanding general of +bs
9th Army Corps expresses his deem
est gratitude to the 42d Division for
Its precious collaboration; he mar.
ticularly thanks the DISTINGUISHED
commander of this division. General
Menoher, the officers under his or.
ders and his staff. so brilliantly al.
rected by Colonel Macarthur.
lit Is with sincere regret that
the entire 9th Army Corps sees the
42d Division depart. But the bonds
Of ahectionate comradeship which
have been formed here viii not be
broken; for US, in faithful memory.
are united the living and the dead Of
the Rainbow Division, those who are
leaving for hard combats and those
who, after having noblv sacrificed
their lives on the land of the east
now rest there, guarded over piously
by friends.
"These sentiments of warm esteem
VIII be more deeply affirmed during
the impending struggles where the
fate Of free peoples is to be decided
May our units. side by side. CON
tribute valiantly to the triumph Of
justice and right!'
General Macarthur, it was learned
officially to-day. has now been ordered
back to the United States TO command
a brigade of the new division to be
organized at Camp Meade. Md. He al.
ready has been decorated for valor b,
the French army leaders and his pro
motion to the rank of brigadier gen.
eral was the direct result of his brill.
liant work both in organizing the Rain.
bow Division. composed Of Nationa
Guard units from nearly thirty states
and in conducting the staff work of the
division at the front.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03

stumbling block to our advance, and
it is noteworthy that it and the
Meuniere Wood formed strong centres
Of opposition during the first German
retreat from the Marine, the havoc
wrought during the two retreats being
curiously intermingled.
Gas Ten Feet Deep
"Cerges ;tself is unoccupied by
either side, neither having any wish
to be in there, for the village is in
a deep cup in which the Gas lies ten
feet deep. SO it remains and so it
will remain while the still summer
weather lasts-a village of the dead,
of dead cats, rats and mice.
Meanwhile the battle circles about
it on the surrounding hills, the Amer
leans fighting toward it up the Ourcq
Valley and over the high ground north
near Sergy, while the Germans, after
filling the village with gas, illustrated
from the crest to the north and the
east what could be accomplished in a
deterrent way with machine gun fire"
Fighting of the most bitter nature
marked the American advance east and
southeast of Sergy on Thursday, says
the correspondent.
Bellevue Farm, north of the village
Of Cierges, was the German strong
point, since from it they could com
mand the approaches on four sides, and
their gun nests about it were concealed
cleverly in the ripcning wheat, which
afforded excellent cover.
Two divisions opposed to the Amer
leans were the 200th Jaeger division,
which seemed to be composed of stout
fellows from various German states,
and the 216th, which was brought from
KENNEL, on the British front in Elan
ders, by way of Laon, where they had
rested for several days. One young
ster of nineteen said he had been a
year in the service, but that this was
his first fight He avowed with tears
that he did not like it. Other .pris-
oners, being asked why the Americans
were beating them, replied:
"The Americans have good food in
their stomachs, while the Germans only
have poor stuff that no one could fight
upon"
Battle to Last Man
Not far from this front somewhat
pathetic group was found There were
FIVE Germans and an officer on one
side OF it and four Americans on the
other. 1t had been d fight to the finish
and the last American to survive had
thrust his bayonet downward into the
earth to signify that he was the last
orc to see it through.
Meanwhile the fighting had been
proceeding between Sergy and Seringes
with much of the old bitterness.
Prisoners from the 201st division
declare that their orders were to hold
the line at all costs, especially at Hill
1SA northwest Of Seringes). They
seemed to have little doubt that there
is no lack of troops behind them.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Closing Ja1Us of Great Foch Trap
Threatens Foe With AnnihiZation

of bagging the German armies. Other
officials, however, have had a deep con-
viction that the Germans would not
escape from that salient without seri-
Gus losses, and to-night's developments
added to their certainty. There are re-
newed possibilities Of a coup of d de-
cisive character, it is believed.
Among many officers there is strong
feeling that operations on other fronts
of the Western line are impending.
They believe a blow by the British to
obiterate the Flanders salient may
come at any moment. There have been
hints that great concentration of
British forces has been completed,
probably in preparation for decisive
battle on the Western front, and to
observers here the time now seems to
have come for the launching of this
assault. They believe it certain that
such a stroke will be ordered by Cen
eral Foch before the fighting IN the
Aisne Marne field has been stabilized.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Italian King Reviews
American Soldiers

ROME, Thursday, Aug King Vic
tor Emmanuel to-day reviewed the
American troops. who have taken up
quarters in the Northen Italian war
zone.
With the King in the reviewing party
were the Duke of .Bcrgamo, Thomas II
Page, the American Ambassador to
Italy; Premier Orlando. General Diaz.
com mander in chief of the Italian
forces; General Zuppell. Minister Of
War; Signor Sacchi, Minister of luz.
tlce. tho members Of the French ord
British military missions and Cardin,l
Bacilieri, Bishop of Verona.
me King congratulated the cont
mander of the American forces unoh
the magnificent appearance of his troons
and on the profound impression thev
had given of their military qualities.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
To Fix Oil Standards
Wilson Orders Committee
Formed for Purpose

WASHINGTON. Aug 2.-Appoint-
ment of a committee on Standardization
of petroleum products under the fuel
administration was authorized to-day
in an executive order issued by Presi-
dent wilson The purpose Of the COM
mittee Will be to fix standards TO be
used in the purchase OF petroleum pro.
ducts by the United States and allied
governments in this country The
standard To be determined will re-
place the English standard. now gen.
orally used in the United States, and
it is expected viii be gradually extend
ed to commercial use.
The committee, as authorized by the
order, will consist of chairman ap.
pointed by the fuel administration and
representatives of the War and Navy
departments. Shipping Board Railroad
Administration, Bureau Of Mines and
Bureau Of Standards.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Rainbow Mems Offensive Ardor'
Wins Plaudits of French Leader
General Under Whom They Served in Lorraine Pays Them
ribue When They Leave for Aisne-Mac-
Arthurs Skill Is Highly Praised =

WASHINGTON, Aug. Striking
tribute to the valor and lighting eff
cheney of the Rainbow the 42d-divis-
ION Of the American army by General
Duport, commanding the French 9th
Army Corps in Lorraine, to which the
42d was attached up to the middle of
last June, is contained in general or
ders issued by the French commander
bidding farewell to the Americans
when they set out for the battlefront
on the Aisne Marine lines, where they
are to-day proving their mettle in at
tack
General Duport said the division was
ready to take glorious place in the
new line of battle" and paid tribute
also to the skill OF Major General
Menoher, commanding, and of Colonel
(now Brigadier GeneraD Douglas Mac
Arthur, divisional chief of staff.
The text of the orders follows:
Headquarters, June 15, 1918, 9th
Army Corps.
General Orders No. so.
AT the moment when the 42d
United States Infantry Division is
leaving the Lorraine front the COM
manding general of the 9th Army
Corps desires to do homage to the
fine military qualities which it has
continuously exhibited and to the
services which it has rendered in the
Baccarat sector.
"The offensive ardor, the sense for
the utilization and the organization
of terrain as for the liaison of the
arms, the spirit Of method. the dis
cipline shown by all its officers and
men, the inspiration animating them,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Hun Helmets Clog
American Soldiers
Mail From France
tB,, The Associated Press)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE AlSNE- MARINE FRONT, Thurs
day, Aug ]. Every American post
Office near where the fighting troops
are camped is filed each day with Ger
man helmets addressed to relatives and
friends in the United States. Officers
and men, members of the Y. NJ. c. A.
and Red Cross and in fact, every one
appears tc be sending helmets.
These trophies are found along roads,
in forests and III fields everywhere the
Germans rctreated. Helmets with large
bullet holes particularly are in demand.
Most Of the helmets are incloscd in
-four sackng and pieces of gunnysack.
Others arc not wrapped, the address
being pasted on the crown in the left
hand corner.
Some addresses read: From the
Kaiser; others: From Hindenburg."
In addition, the addresses have the
initials of the senders.
The dcpots for assembling battle
field leftovers all are we'll filled. Hell
NETS at one depot form pile larger
than an ordinary bungalow.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-03
Swiss President VIII
Preside at Conference

WASHINGTON, Aug 2.-Thc Presi-
dent of Switzerland will open the con
terence between commiss toner's of the
United States and Germany for the
exchange Of prisoners, which is to be
held in Switzerland as soon as a date can
be agreed upon between the Washing
ton and Berlin governments Official
adviccs to-day that the Swiss govern
ment had accepted the presidency of
the conference were received by Presi-
dent Wilson and State Department off
cials with genuine pleasure.
Everything affecting prisoners in
both the United States and Germany
their exchange, repatriation, condition
and treatment-wi be taken up at
the conference. Selection of the per
sonnel of the American commissioners
has not been completed.