Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-31


| Wild ra@alA from Chateau Thierry
toward the! ysnter of the salient con-
tttinnes and the important German
I center Of Fere-en-T rdenois is with
! ihltthree and half miles of. the al
HsltsA Hines, and is constantly under
EshSlt fire.
| SsAFhe most striking advance since
i!SKsdnesday was by the British, just
iWest Of Rheims. This advance Of
mHs and half on four-mile front
marked special source OF danger
toftfe enemy, placing his forces to
| the south In an awkward position.
Asa result the French are beginning
! toll advance ,northward from the
rMafne against the enemy forces IN
! q pocket on that side.
| }rhe German attack at Epieds only
!. delayed the Americans progress and
they are again advancing. The
! Frelch advance from Dormans,a on
: the Marne, northward is across pre-
. cfbftous and wooded terrain and
slow
iiafy2S Allied Forces Reach Ourcq.
lSG5With the French; Armies on the
4 Front, July 28.-En-
ttente allied patrols pushing ever
,fforward have reached the southern
bank of the river Ourcq. This morn
;ing was extremely quiet along the
bmans were not Offering great oppo-
fsitlon. .-'.
4 sQr both wings, however, the great
est activity prevails. The enemy has
/ massed many heavy guns to the
lnoith of Soissons on tho heights
barqtlnd Juvigny and Chayigny,
t@hence they lombard with an emf
llading fire the western wing as far
'lsohth as ,Oulchy LIE Chateau. Not
Understanding this bombardment the
,lhllies In the Oulchy lie Chateau re-
tEibn are maknig some progress, al
i lEHoughf they are faced by the Ger
!tlnhn, ,sS bestf5diyision and the con-
4 4 tGate eds Are Q s. snuriaEous machine
h. Il
Z 3leo-t0h' the EASTERN Wing the allies
J gradually are obtaining command OF
the whole road leading from Dor
mans to Rheims. On this side also
the Germans have assembled a great
force Of artillery in the neighbor-
hood Of st. Thierry, northwest Of
Rheims. These guns cover the Ger
man flank and consequently make
the progress slower for the allies.
| The retreat Of the German crown
| lOlCSS uIOIS IHt "HOlO
Marne front has reached more pre-
| cipitate phase. At some places the
Germans have fallen back for
distance of several miles. French
and American troops are harrying
the retiring forces on the center,
while French and British troops are
| hammering at both fanks.
| Cavalry AID tanks in considerable
numbers have succeeded in getting
In among the retiring Germans,
while aerOplanes are bombarding
their columns on the march.
| The incessant smashing blows
night and day of the entente allies
left the enemy nothing to do but re-
treat or die in his positions. Even
their sudden retirement has not re-
lieved the Germans from constant
harrying.
! In addition to the slashing of the
cavalry and the pounding of the
tanks the lives Of the German rear
guards are being made precarious by
entente infantry patrols. Mean
while, allied aviators daringly fly a
few hundred feet overhead, bonn
harding and Notwithstanding the
German batteries and columns on
| the march.
| The tank crews have been he oes
in this chase, and ever since the
commencement of the German re-
| treat they have done remarkable
work. After breaking up the enemy
! front line and preparing the way for
an advance Of infantry the tanks
have throughout continued to eX-
| plot the success gained.
| Some tanks have even attacked
| the nrtillpry hatterfpa and
killed all the gunners, thus permit
ting the infantry to capture many
Of these weapons.
| There Is not tank in the section
Of tanks which has taken part in the
| fight that has not from Is to 20 ma
chine guns to it's credit. Most Of the
| prisoners declare that the losses
caused by the tanks have been terri
| BILE.
The line where the German with
drawal has attained It's greatest
depth Is northeast of Chateau Thier-
ry. The depth from that point grad
ually becomes narrower until 1t Ia
quite small on nearing the eastern
| pivot on the recent line southwest OF
| Rheims. Both here and around So
issons, the other pivot, the ground
Is admirably suited for defense. In
the vicinity Of these two points the
Germans have concentrated most OF
their artillery and large forces Of
infantry, knowing that II a breach
be made at either place by the allies
a great majority Of the German
troops occupying the remainder Of
the pocket must be sacrificed.
German Resistance Giving Way.
! Washington. July 28.--Resistance