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remarkable dash, throwing the Ger
mans back across the river near Fos-
soy.
Earlier in the day this part Of the
nne' had been the scene, Of the most
desperate fighting, when the Germans
started to throw pontoons across the
stream.
4 few German elements At first
succeeded in getting over in boats,
chasing the allied troops away from
the banks while the German engf-
neers began to lay the bridges Six
Of these bridges formed a lattice
work and rapidly Joined the banks
on either side. Two Of the bridges
were most substantial structures and
between twenty and thirty feet In.
width.
Aeros Work Havoc.
French airp1anes played great havoc
in the German ranks while the
bridges were under construction. One
bombing squadron flying at q height
Of 200 meters dropped bombs on two
Of these bridges while enemy troops
were crossing. The bridges were
broken and the soldiers thrown into the
river. The aviators constantly
bombed the other bridges and did
great execution among the Germans
on the bridges as well as on the
banks, where the enemy was concen-
trated in great mssses
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Hun Bon1bersKH Tluo, hyiurp
Nine. in Red Cross Hospital
lane Jeferu, Nurse, Among Wounded in Night
Raid at Jouy---Four War Vicfhns on Sur
qeons' Tables as Shells Explode

Of the hospital was continued without
Interruption.
Further east, In the region Of
Chalons, it was busy night for the
personnel Of the American Red Cross.
hospitals being evacuated and wound
ca being searched for along the road.
To the thousand beds at the Ameri-
can Army deld hospitals in this
'neighborhood supplies Of bandages,
ether, etc, were delivered from Paris
within twelve hours.
G. 8. Wheeler, representative Of the
American Red Cross at Jouy, left for
the Paris headquarters this morning.
NEW YORK, July 1s.-Miss Jsne
Jonery,4 American Red Cross nurse.
who was among those reported in
cable dispatches as wounded when
German aviators dropped bombs on
the hospital at Jouy, went to France
last winter with group Of young
women who were to work In the chill
dren's bureau Of the department of
public health. Her homo II In
Dorchester. Mass,
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PARIS, July 16.-German aviators,
at II o'clock last night. dropped bombs
on the American Red Cross Hospital
at Jony. Two enlisted.men. were kill
ed and among the personnel nine per-
sons were wounded. Miss Jane JEFF
ferry, an American Red Cross 9nrse.
was amoung those wounded. though
her INJURIES are not serious.
The hospital was deliberately
bombed by the German aviators. The
hospital was full OF wounded at the
time and doctors were performing op-
erations at four tables. The opera
tions continued Notwithstanding the
explosions.
At least three bombs were dropped
on the hospital One destroyed three
tents. Additional doctors were tele-
phoned for immediately and the work
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N tha asAs,oc,.ted Pres.

By the Associated Press
Turiously launching new attacks
against the allied positions on the
Marne front from Chateau Thierry to
Rheims. the Germans are continuing
their efforts to break through the
French and American defense. They
have made progress during the past
night, but It has been decidedly slow
! m comparison with the sweep of the
Teutonic legions In their attacks in
Pfcardy. Flanders and along the
Aisne.
"a Hours Behind Schedule.
The Germans are now more than
tventy-four hours behind schedule
kad fthere 10 little to indicate that
thsy stiii have striking Dovsr greater
than. or - great a. thsy pcssssssd on
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German Drive Everywhere Is
Complete Failure Saue in
Minor Localities.
YANKEES CUT UP FOE
TO THE EAST OF RHEIMS
Teuton Prisoners Admit They Haze Been
Beaten-Confess Inability to Progress
Further Against Americans.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE MARINE.
July 49, II 100 am.-Dming one of a dozen air conbats
which took place this morning F. J. Abersphy of Maine
shot down an enemy machine fifteen miles north Of Dor
brought down German plane within the American lines
fn the sector.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE MARINE,
July ID 1o:4o am-The American troops In the bend of
the Marne Fossoy region improved their positions
during night. At one place they drove the enemy
acruss the river. $ - RS !
The number of prisoners taken by the Americans was
Increased Otherwise has been change In this
sector.
The artillery continued all along the Line through
out the night.
LONDON July 16Amercan troops have reeaptured Fossoy
and Crezancy the south bank Of the Marne taken
yesterday by the when they crossed the Marne
By ns
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE MARINE
July II 10 amReports from end of the battle line to
other say that except for few minor localities the
German offensive so far has been complete failure.
Additional German prisoners taken today say they
vinced that their commanders have been beaten
troops today shot down courier pigeon belonging
of Chateau Thiery It message
from German divisional headquarters that the situation
serous that the Germans chance Of making further
progress in the locality of that division.
received this morning from the battle foat the
of Rheims the allied defense only still holding
up advance but appears have broken
the anys spirit
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French and Pershing's Men
Fighting Magnificently
on Wide Front.
GERMANS MAKE SLIGHT
GAINS BELOW THE MARINE
Conflict Is Raging With Redoubled Violence.
Teutons Unable to Penetrate Our
Defenses in Champagne.


WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, July
16-The allied the Germans in the present
offensive has been great and the German losses
sequenty heavy that enemy divisions which the Ger
man staff had utilize until had
be thrown into the line by yesterday.
PARIS, July 16.-The Germans apparently have from
sixty seventy divisions in position for the present
offensive of which forty have already been engaged
CThis would potential force of approximately
oso,ooo with $4,000 engaged)
PARIS July 16-Ihe battle continues violently, especially
south of the Marne and the region of Caon Except for
south of the Marne there is Change in the situation
and French troops attacking magncen
taking many prisoners according the issued
by the Office today
South OF the Marne the Germans have been able ad
their line beyond St Agnan, La Chape Monthodon
sieres and south of the Forest of Bouqugy The French
this region have taken thousand prisoners
The German loss in prisoners during the first day of the bat
tie was extremely heavy The of the reads
e battle continued during the afternoon evening and night
redoubled violence Between Chateau Thery and Rheims
enemy accentuatng his efforts enlarge his advantages
attacks The cobats particularly fero
cous south of the Marine and in the region of Chaton
French and American troops resisted the enemy magnificent
y and counter attacked many times with utmost vgor.
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At one point ON the front OF the Of
fensive where American troops are
fighting they organized a small coun-
ter attack late yesterday on the Hank
of q salient established by tho Ger
mans and drove them out in short or
der. but in hot fighting.
The American troops in this section
occupied intermediate positions on the
rear of the first lines. The Germans
were allowed to como through. but
when they tried to cross the open
fields up a slight grade the American
machine gunners and infantry occuS
pying excellent positions moved
down the advancing ranks, the enemy
breaking and retiring at many places.
This operation was conducted on a
portion Of the front to the east Of
Rheims.
Brilliant Operation.
By the Associated Press.
ON TEE FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE, Monday, July IL (night)-
It was q brilliant operation in which
the American troops elected the enc
my from the positions he had gained
temporarily on the southern side Of
the Marne. The Americans counter
attacked vigorously this evening. with
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are many smashed tanks, which the
enemy used to support the infantry.
ITO sum up: The hrst days opera
enemy neither surprised our command
as to the date nor as to the place OF
his offensive.
Big Defeat for Enemy.
The first day Of the offensive was
a big defeat for the enemy. says the
Havas correspondent on the French
front. On the entire attacking front
the enemy was not able to break
through the allied positions. The
slight advance made. he adds. may be
considered as nothing on account of
the efforts displayed and the losses
sustained. A general impression OF
confidence refgns within the French
lines.
French aviators were very active
In harassing the enemy and destroyed
two bridges loaded with German
troops.
Element Of Surprise Lacking.
All news from the battle front in
dicates that the element Of surprise.
a favorite German weapon, was to-
tai failure Monday. The newspapers
point out the Importance Of that fact.
Tho French military chiefs, says
Maurice Barres in the Echo de Paris.
foressw with wonderful approxima-t
tfon the date and locality Of the Ger
man effort and Gen. Foch made all
dispositions that the attack was be-
gun under conditions favorable to the
allies. The Matin declares that the
French command was informed per-
fectly Of the German preparation and
knew on Sunday morning that the
German troops had begun to use their
reserve food supplies. This enabled
the French artillery to deliver an in
tense fire against the Germans. with
badly battered.
Counted on Flank Attacks.
By the Associated Press.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE. July 1s.-The reason the
German infantry did not attack in the
vicinity Of Rheims probably was be-
whose armies are bearing the brunt
Of the offensive. hoped by attacking
each flank to turn the strong position
surrounding the cathedral city.
The extension Of the enemy's line OF
attack to the eastern limits of the
Champagne seems possibly an en-
deayor to secure his right hank and
other parts Of the front to that battle
ground. The French opposed a firm
barrier to any advance in that dircc-
tion. although the ground In many
lplaces was well suitsd to the uDA Of
-; ~ (.
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French Take 1000 Prisoners.

French Take 1000 Prisoners.
south Of the Marne the Germans
have not been able to advance their
lines beyond St Agnan. La Chapelle,
Monthodon. Lisieres and south Of the
forest of Bouquigny. In this region
the French have taken 1000 prisoners.
Mareuil-Le Port, on the Marne soush
of Chatilion, is held by the French.
North of the Marine the French
have held up the enemy in the out-
skirts Of Chatillon and southeast of
the Rodemat wood. In this region
there is no appreciable change in the
rest Of the line. The enemy did not at
tack during the night.
s.On the front east of Rheims the Ger
mans. exhausted by the irutiess suug-
gle in which they were engaged yester-
day, were unable to penetrate the
French zone Of defense, which runs to
the eastward through Prunay, south OF
the woods north Of Chausseo Romaine
as far az the La Suippe region north OF
Souain. The battle positions OF the
French are intact.
saThe enemy losses In prisoners during
the first day Of the battle have been ex-
tremely heavy.
Situation IAFavorahle.
The first day Of the present German
offensive clearly is favorable to the
allies, says semi-oficial statement is
sued late Monday night. The French
defensive system has been in no way
affected and - stM intact.
~While In previous attacks" the
statement says. 'the ensmy, thanks to
surprise, carried important positions
Ike the Chemin des Danes and ad-
battle has entailed only fluctuations
of 4 few hundred yards.
The failure OF the enemy appears
III the more striking IL the infinitesf-
NAL results he obtained be compared
with the important advantage which
he thought he was going to attain.
Orders found on prisoners show that
the troops OF the crown prince were
to have camped ut Epernay on the
18th and at Eesanne (twenty-six miles
south Of the Marne) on the nth.
Many Divisions In Lime.
.rhs imperial general stan left no
stone unturned to gain . decisive sue
cess and thirty to thirty-five divisions
had been put into the line. That IL
about one division to two miles.
.-The snemy's losses were consider
cording to plan. was to have been re-
iieved the evening Of the 18th, had
TO be sent to the rear to be patched
nm on the morning Of the 18th. East
az Rheims hundreds Of German dad
hsn9 On the FxencA wire, 9es1Ae taen
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No1Aurin Withdraws From Race.
COLUMBIA. 8. C.. July 1s.-John L
Mcnaurin. former United States ssna-
tor from South Carolina. Writing from
= hospital n Richmond. va. an-
nounced last night that he had swith5
drawn from the race for goyesaor.
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WEATHER.

Partly cloudy. showers late tonight
or tomorrow.
Temperature for twenty.four hours
ending q pm today: Highest. 80, at
4:s0 pm. yesterday and Q pm. today;
lowest, So, at 8 am. today.
Full report on page 16.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-11-07
CHAPTER XIV.
The Croix de Guerre.

When we had been on the shore flor about three weeks we found our selves one morning somewhere near under the heaviest fire H ever experienced. Our guns and the Turks were at it full blast, and the noise was worse than deafening.
 A section of my company was lying out In shell hole near the commu- nication trench with nothing to do ! but wait for a shell to find them. We were stiff and thirsty and uncomfort- able, and had not slept for two nights. In that time we had been under con stant fire and had stood off several ,raiding parties and small attacks from enemy trenches.
 We had no sooner got used to the shell hole and were making ourselves ;as comfortable as possible in it when along came a shell of what must have been the Jack Johnson size, and we were swamped. We had to dig three of the men oat, and though one o1 them was badly. wounded we could no send him back to the hospital. II 'sact the smelling was so heavy tha none of us ever expected to come ou of 1t alive.
 aso, it was like keeping your owl
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think would get through, but finally, when l reached what had been the communication trench I felt I had done the worst part of it, and began to wish very hard that I would get through-I was not at all crazy about going west.
 The mouth of the communication trench had been battered in and the trenches it joined with were all filled
 up. There were rifles sticking out of them in several places, and I thought probably the men had been buried alive in them. But it was too late then, if they had been caught, so I climbed over the blocked entrance to the communication trench and started back along it. It led up through a sort of gully, and I thought it was a bad place to dig a communication trench in, because 1t gave the Turks some thing like the side of a hill to shoot at.
 Every once in q while would have to climb in and out of a shell hole, and parts of them were blocked where a shell had cayed in the walls. In one place l saw corpses all torn to pieces, so l knew the Turks had found the range and had got to this trench in great shape. At another place I found lots of blood and equipment but no bodies, and I figured that reinforce ments had been caught at this spot and that they had retired, taking their casualties with them.
 The Turks still had the range, and they were sending shell into the trench every once in while, and I was knocked down again, though the shell was so far away that it knocked me down with force of habit more than anything else. I felt dizzy and shivered lot, and kept trying to think of Murray or anything else but myself.
 So finally I got to the top of the little hill over which the gully ran, and on the other side I felt almost safe. Just down from the crest of the with the good old ''75s" giving it to the Turks as fast as they could. I told the artillery officers what had hap pened, had a drink of water and thought I would take nap. But when they telephoned the message back to headquarters the man at the receiver said something to the officer and he told me to stay there and be ready. thought sure he would send me back to where came from and I knew I never could make 1t again, but I did not say anything.
 (TO BE CoNTINUED.)
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The man was telling us that some time before they had seen the Turks bringing up ammunition from some storehouses, but they did not come anywhere near He said their sergeant wanted our messenger to tell them that, too. He would say few words very fast. then he would shiver again, and his jaws would clip together and he would try to raise his hand, but could not
 Then our sergeant asked the name of the other sergeant, and when the man told him he said the man was senior to himself and therefore in command and would have to be obeyed.
 He seemed to cheer up a lot after he said this and did not shtver any more, so I thought I would volunteer then, so I said to him, "Well, mon vieux, do you think we are seeing real smelling now?" And then I was going to say I would go, but he looked at me in funny way for second and then said, "Well, my son, suppose you go and find out"
 thought he was kidding me at first, but then I saw he meant it. l thought two things about it-one was that any thing was better than staying there, and the other was that the old dugout was pretty fair place after all. But I did not say anything to the ser geant or the other men-just went out of the dugout. The sergeant and another man went with me and boost ed me over the back wall of the hole. lay flat on the ground for minute to get my bearings, and then started off. set my course for where l thought the communication trenches were, to the right. and I just stood up and ran, for I figured that as the shells were falling so thick and 1t was open ground I would not have any better chance if I crawled.
 I tripped several times and went down, and each time thought I was hit, because when I got 1t in the thigh at Dixmude 1t felt good deal as though I had tripped over a rope. And one time when I fell shell ex- ploded near me and began to shiver again, and I could not go on for a long time. All this time I did not
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death watch, with the shells tuning up for the dirge. It was impossible to listen to the shells. If you kept your mind on the noise for any length of time It would split your eardrums, I am sure. So all we could do was to lay low in the shell hole and wait for something to happen.
 Then they began using shrapnel on us, and one of our machine gunners, who got up from his knees to change position, had his head taken clean off his shoulders, and the rest of him landed near my feet and squirmed little, like chicken that had just been killed. It was awful to see the body without any head move around that way, and we could hardly make our selves touch 1t for some time. Then we rolled 1t to the other side of the hole.
 Then, to one side of us, there was a more violent explosion than any yet. The earth spouted up and fell on us, and big clouds of black smoke, sliding along the ground, covered our shell hole and hung there for some time. One of our sergeants, from the regular French infantry, said 1t was shell from a Turkish 155-mm. howitzer. That was only the first one. The worst thing about them was the smoke people who think Pittsburgh is smoky ought to see about fifty of those big howitzer shells bursting, one after another.
 We could not tell what the rest of our line was doing or how we were standing the awful fire, but we felt sure they were not having any worse time than we were. In a few minutes we heard the good old "75s" start pounding, and it was like hearing an old friends voice over the telephone, and everybody in our shell hole cheered, though no one could hear us and we could barely hear each other. Still we knew that If the "75s" got going in their usual style they would do for an enemy battery or two, and that looked good to us. The "75s" made the noise worse, but it was al- ready about as bad as 1t could be, and a thousand guns more or less would not have made 1t any harder to stand.
 One of our men shouted In the ser geant's ear that the men In line ahead of us and to the right were trying to give us a message of some kind. The sergeant stuck his head above the parapet and had look. But stayed where I was-the sergeant could see for himself and me, too, as far as I was concerned.
 He shouted at us that the men In the other trench were trying to signal but he could not make 1t out because the clouds of smoke would roll between them and break up the words. So he laid down again in the bottom of the hole. But after while he looked over the parapet and saw | man just leaving their trench, evil dently with a message for us, and he had not gone five steps before he was blown to pieces, and the lad who fol- lowed him got his, too, so they stopped trying then.
 And all the time the "75s" were sending theirs to the Turks not far over our heads to 900 yards behind