Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-20

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intended 10 send across the Atlantic
( the Canadian hospital ship Idandover
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/ village Of Naux and the Bots de Ia
Roche, advancing their lines on d front
of several kilometers aud occupying
strong strategic positions Previous
to the attack the American artillery
utterly demolished Yaux, and the as
sault which followed was equally eff
| ficient and complete. The enemy lost
heavily III killed and wounded aud Sew
eral hundred prisoners and consider
able material We're taken. All next
Hay the new American positions We're
4 subjected to heavy holnbnftlment and
then The Huns made a ilerce counter
attack, but did not regain foot Of the
ground they had lost The American
machine guns and artillery moved
down the enemy IN heaps and oar
losses were comparatively slight. a
complete American army corps Of 220,-
900 men under command Of Gen Hunt
IT I4iegett now holds the Chateau
fhierry sector
The French started off the week with
IN important advance between Sols-
sons md Chateau Thierry, capturing
commanding ridge aud other points
that the Germans had organized as the
jumping off place for their next attack.
The British moved their line forward
northwest of Albert, but after several
counter-atthcks they were compelled
to withdraw to their former positions.
On independence day the Austrnl-
Inns assisted by some Americans, took
The town Of Hnmel and neighboring
woods, aud the French cut through the
enemy lines near Autreches.
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Observers at the front believed the
Germans were about ready to launch
another great blow perhaps the great,
est OF all, despite their terrific losses
since the beginning Of the offensive
on March q, estimated at 100000. The
opposing forces there are now nearly
or quite equallzed BY those losses aad
the arrival OF more Americans, and the
allied commanders md troops have
not the least doubt of the s0lidity Or
their lines OF defense
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The Italians continued their bril-
liant work last week, and the Austri.
ans suffered accordingly The latter
were gathering their forces Cor new
attacks IN the mountain region, but
General Diaz struck there FIRST. and In
fierce brittle won the formidable
heights Of Monte del Rosso, Monte III
Val Bella and the Col a chelo. These
mountains on the.northern edge OF the
Asiago plateau and just west of the
Brenta river, are Of great strategic Inn
poriance. Their capture put the ItaI-
ians In the strongest possible position
70 meet The expected offensive In
which German troops were expected
TO take part. The Italians also Kept
up continuous series Of attacks on
the enemy along the Pave, and on
Wednesday they forced their way for
ward across the partly flooded ground
near The mouth Of the river,
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A characteristic piece of German
brutality was the torpedoing Of the
Canadian hospital ship Llandovery
Castle off the Irish coast About 200
lives were lost, including medical
corps men and nursing sisters. The
commander Of the submarine ques-
toned officers of the steamship con-
corning American flying officers whom
he mistakenly supposed to be on board.
Berlin sought to evade responsibility
for this new outrage by asserting that
The ship was sunk by a British mine.
IT may be that the sinking Of the
Llandovery Castle viii cause our war
department to abandon its plan to
send the hospital Ship Comfort across
without convoy or any attempt 70
avoid the enemy, II Is difficult 10 see
hcw Secretary Baker can fiud amy cx-
cuse for trusting 10 the decencS and
humanity Of tie Huns, for they have
repeatedly proved that they are Who'll
~ lacking IN those qualities.
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Holland has again aroused the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, this time
by making an agreement TO sell S0'0o0
tons of potatoes TO Germany In eN-
change for the right TO purchase 10000
tons of German coal. IN Washington
and London Il was more than intimat-
ed that unless Holland cancelled this
agreement the breadstuffs promised
The Dutch from America viii not be
provided.
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The sultan Of Turkey died on July >
hut this Is unimportant for he was bus
the tool OF the Young Turk party