The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-06-20

inent part and won the warm praise
Of the French and British by their gal
lantry and valor as well MS by their ex-
cellent craftsmanship. The Americans
were called on to hold IL bridge head
near Chateau Thicrry Immediately on
their arrival after thirty hours on Inc
@ in motortrucks. They took up
their positions quickly and slaughtered
the Huns who tried to cross. Under
cover of this fire Yankee engineers
successfully dynamited the bridges,
and the machine gunncrs have since
held the south bank and rcpulscd all
attempts of the Germans to build new
bridges. 1t is reported the Americans
killed about 1000 Germans at the
bridge head, having themselves only
one man killed and Il few wounded.
In the Neuilly wood, northwest of
Chateau Thierry, the American infan-
try had their chance, and three times
they drove back desperate attacks of
he Huns, their rifle fire being deadly.
On the third assault they met the Ger
mans in the open and put them to
rout with the b%ayonct.
In what may be called their own
sector, in the Luncville region, the
Americans carried out some highly
successful operations.
The allies frankly admit that they
are counting on the United States
troops to save the day. and the "StS
to which the Yankees have bccn sub
mittcd show the trust of the British
and French is not misplaced.
-Ea-
Failing to make further progress
southwark, the Germans turned the
main force of their attacks on the
western front Of their salient, between
The Aisnc and the Marine. Here they
found any advance still moro difficult,
and indeed ut many points lhcy We're
driven back some distance hy the i'm
petuous attacks of General Foch'S
troops. In that region the dense for
ests of NillicrS-Cottcrcts and Ncuilly
ofer the best Of defensive positions for
the allies, enabling them to move and
concentrate their forces unseen by the
enemy aviatorS. The allied artillery,
too, has been brought up with remark
able speed and is pouring a dcvaStat-
ing fire into the Germans from well
selected positions day and night. Along
the line from the Marine northcaStward
to RciInS the allied line was holding
strongly, and the ancient cathedral city
vas still, rather unexpectedly. in the
possession Of the British.
The Germans made no claims to def
mite advances during the week, and
thcir losses were growing so appalling
that government officials in Berlin felt
1t necessary to speak OF them apollo
gctically. asking the people to consider
the magnitude Of The operations and
of the stake.
Toward the end OF the week there
were signs that Won Hindcnburg was
preparing for n renewal Of the drive
on another part Of the line. possibly
in the AmicnS sector, but the allied
military authorities expressed sntisfac-
ton with IN" situation and confidence
lacks.
-EH-
The German press was almost a
unit last week in its calls for n pcacc
offensive, but the papers and the fac
lions they represent were as far apart
rs ever on the question Of what Ger
many should state as her pcace aims.
The radical press still insists on the
no annexation and no indemnity pro
gram, while the organs OF the pan
German party b%latantly insist that the
central powers arc now In n position
TO make demands and to enforce them,
and that though Germany entered the
war in 1914 with no predatory Dur-
poses, 1t is now entitled to take what
1t desires to make up for It's losses
and to insure It's future safety.
-m-
Ihere is no longer my pretensions
on Germany's part Of treating the
Russian provinces as any other than
conquered territory, the treaty of
BreSt-LttOvsk being now ignored. Mel
ther is there any evidence that Ger
many Is getting any benefit from those
lands, for the food question Is still
driving the civilian population to dis
traction and in Austria Hungary the
situation is far worse.
Greater Russia is actually starving,
Tor the soviet government can pro.
cure no more food from the Ukraine,
and in the Kuban and Don regions
mere are countcr-rcvolutionary bands
mat keep things in n turmoil. The
countcr-rcvolution plot, the govern
incnt says, spreads throughout the
country and In consequence Moscow
has been declared in n state Of siege.
1t is reported the American govern