The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-22
MORE THAN $4,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
FROM FLEEING FOE, WITH 500 CANNON !
AMERICANS IN THICK Of Fighting
Germans All Driven From South Of
Marne---Their Lines of Communica-
ton Are Now Being Heavily Shelled
and Their Aisne Army Seriously
Threatened

Paris, July 21.-Tonight's war office corn-f
munique shows that:
The French and Americans have almost
reached the junction Of the scissors Chateau
Thierry and Fere-en- ardenois roads, They
are only eight miles from Fere-en- I ardenois.
They have progressed FIVE miles beyond
Chateau Thierry The Germans now hold less
than fifteen miles of the north bank OF the
Marne.
Fresh progress was made today by the
French and Americans between the Marne and
the Aisne, north Of the Ourcq, the night COM
rnunque states They have advanced east Of
the general line of Tigny- Billy Sur urcq. -
North of the Ourcq, they advanced beyond .
Neuilly-St Front and took the heights Of La
Crox and Grizzlies y No
French contingents crossed the Marine be-
tween Fossoy and Chartoves. The Germans
were thrown back beyond the line of Bezu-St.s
GermanMont ST. Pierre.
Violent fighting took place between the
Marine and Rheims, where French and Italian
troops captured St. Euphraiso and Bodily and
advanced in the Ardre valley and in the Cour-
ton and Roi woods.
Four hundred prisoners and four cannon
were taken by the British.
Paris July -solders of France and America today rip
ped cash into the huge Ainse Marine triangle apex n
doing this they the southern pivot of the
armies within the triangle the city of Chateau They the
north bank of the Marine The Germans evacuated it $50
this morning An hour later the Star Spanged Banner and
the trcoor hosted its buildings and hundred
half starved civilians herded in the cathedral by the invaders
wept tears of JOY and cried: 'Vive L'Amerique!"
On beyond the city the Yanks and poilu stomed Across
the Marine from the south bank to their right their
rades Hard the heels the rereang Teuton they
ed As the midnight communque issued they had thrown
the Teutons back four and half milesand still 90
ing strong"
Meanwhile throughout fourth day the great counter
drive the allies frightened their pincers against the western md
eastern sides of the triangle French and Americans between
scissors and Chateau They French Americans British and
Italians between the Marine and Rheims.
The battle tonight longer is the outside Of the fun
mel of fate It's walls cracking and north Of the MarA
Franco Americans troops rushing headong into t. A
scissors and southwest Of Rheims the tunnels neck Il b
slowly but surely throttled
Conservative estimates tonight put the total Of prisoners -
rs 900 and that of captured guns at more than 500
Berlin admitted officially in its day report the withdrawal
the German defences northeastward and northward c
Chateau Thierry' 8
Northwest of the city it claimed the positions weI hs
g against repeated American attacks Hss4M
It the first official German mention of Americans II HI
whole battle To soften the shock the Berlin Office a
The Americans suffered heavy losses
On the sides of the triangle the statement asserts a
tacks broke down. nm
cannot continue many hours Unless the pn
presently check the victorious Franco American
the retreat must become rou Even the Germans
losing thousands in prisoners and have to leave great
Of guns behind. H
The advance of the Yankees and poius now is
Fere TarGenos the chief rail base within the greet
angle. A
The other vileen Tardenois is menacsd by the
four nations pressing eastward between the Marine and
The railways running through the two cities under
bombardments The towns Themselves are adame il pax
Scissors Chateau Thierry road Is Of further "a
mans. As4SS
Moreover. roch's army \ solsaons 4 tlzsass1i