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New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Native German
Proud of Wounded
Son in y. S. Arnv
Says Boy VIII Be Fisht;no
Again as Soon as He
Is Able

"Private John J. Coll. twentv.4,..
456 West Thirty-seventh Street -
verely wounded"
No name appearing in the cas,.,..
list yesterday tells better the KIND -
an army Germany now faces than tbs. ~
Private Coll, whose father was born -
Frankfort on-the- Main.
AT his home yesterday Mr. Con
that he had no orner information :.
carding his son than that contained :,
brief message from the War Den.,,
ment saying he had been wounded
He'll come through, though cola
Mr.. Coll, "and he Will be in there av.;n
fighting. So will my other bow too =
he passes the physical examination u
just left few days ago for Coms
Devens." 'p
Private Coll enlisted in June of H..
year. A letter received from HIM f..
days ago urged his parents to ks.,
cheerful, for. he said everything wopl,
come out right when the cause wss
just as that for which he was 6ybt;,.
Another soldier listed among ~.
wounded is Private Martin NJ. Kelly os
419 Hicks Street, Brooklyn. Tn n ~.
beginning of the war Private Rellv w..
listed as one of the best lightwsicbs
boxers in the city. In the ring he was
known as Bobby" Kelly. He enlisted
in May, 1917. A brother is in the 30sts
Infantry. '''
The address of Corporal Edward 7
Wills, who was mentioned among the
wounded, was 1913 Hancock Street
Brooklyn. The house was boarded mn
for the summer, but Harry +. Wills
who is employed in an automobile far
tory at 1913 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklvn
said he was certain the man named wa.
his brother. Corporal Wills is thir.T.
four years old and enlisted last Aueust
The family of Private Donald Munro.
Of Kings Park, Long Island, who was
killed in action on June 16, received a
letter from Father Duffy, chaplain of
the 165th Infantry, giving them the de-
tails of the soldiers death. Confrma-
ton was not received from the War
Department until yesterday, however.
Private Munro was twenty-six years
old. He was a crack marksman ard had
been previously wounded A brother is
in the United States navy. Two other
brothers met soldiers deaths, one in
the Spanish-American War and the
other in the Russian-Japanese War
Private John DAILY, of 62 Tuers Ave.
nue., Jersey City, who has been severely
wounded, is thirty-three years old. He
enlisted a year ago. He was born in
Scotland.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

dendorff must fight on, while Foch
can wait on his trusted ally, Time,
which is synonyme for America.
Ludendorff must win in the next
two months. He has seen his chances
decrease materially since Sunday.
Failing a decision Ludendorff must
fall back on the defensive until the
war ends.
Foe Must Strike Again
Just as a gambler doubles his bid
as the game goes against him, so
Ludendorff may be expected to re-
double his efforts after the disaster
which the last week has brought to
German arms.
10 stop now, to remain passive,
would mean an admission of the fail
ure of Prussian militarism. The
German mlitarists acknowledged
weeks ago that Ludendorff's spring
campaign had fallen short of a de-
cision. The summer offensive thus
far has been a failure Ludendorff
must continue if only for the moral
effect in Austria and Germany.
Won Kuhlmann's pessimistic words
must ring in his ears and bring
anxiety and fear of disaster to the
minds of the German people, who
have been goaded into action through
promises of fruits of early victory.
The Austrian reverse on the Piave.
Won Kuhlmann's prophetic statement
IN the Reichstag and now the check
in the Champagne and Foch's retort
on the Ourcq are combination of
developments hardly calculated to in
spire the peoples of the Central
Powers with faith in the ability of
the militarists to attain the goal of
their desires.
Two new elements have brought
about this change in Allied fortunes:
First, Foch, and then the American
soldiers. Foch gets the chief credit
because poor general might waste
his material just as a poor baseball
manager might fail to mould star
players into a championship team.
Foch awaited the psychological mo-
ment and stood unmoved, even though
his friends doubted the wisdom of
his delay and caution.
For four months Ludendorff was
permitted to develop his plans. and
then Foch, in supreme command,
counter attacked against the enemv's
weak flank. He struck because there
are million Americans in France,
and fine fresh Yankee divisions were
ready to advance shoulder to shoul-
der with his tried countrymen, while
others released French soldiers from
the trenches.
Territorially, the change of the
week is highly important. The
Franco-American counter between
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
FRENCH

The battle begun yesterday be-
tween The Aisne and the Marne con-
tinued all day with extreme violence,
the enemy reacting along the whole
line with large reserves in an at
tempt to stay our progress. Despite
his efforts, we continued our ad-
vance over the greater part of the
front
On the left we maintained the
plateau southwest of Scissors and
in the region of Chaudun. In the
centre our advance exceeded three
kilometres at certain points along
the front of Vaux-Castille, Villers-
Helon and Noroy- Ourcq. On the
right our troops occupied, after bit
ter lighting, the plateau northwest
of MONIES and the height north of
Courchamps and advanced beyond
Torcy.
The number of prisoners counted
up to the present exceeds 1900. in
cluding two colonies, with their
chiefs of staff. We have captured
more than $50 cannon, including one
battery of 2l0s.
Belgian Communication. = Our
artillery shelled the enemy's com
muncations between Houtholst For
est and Staden. Bomb fighting took
place near Dixmude. There were
patrol encounters east of Nieuport.
and an enemy accommodating party
endeavoring to occupy one of our
posts north of Nieuport was re-
pulsed.
PARIS (DAY). - Between the
Aisne and the Marne our troops,
surmounting the resistance of the
enemy, which was increased by the
arrival of new reserves, realized
sensible progress at the close of
yesterday. The number of prison
ers counted is being augmented. The
battle continues with violence along
the whole front
West Of Rheims and south of the
Marne our troops yesterday. by
vigorous attack, retook Montvoisin
and threw the enemy out of the
outskirts of Oeully.
To the north of the Marne we
have made progress in the Roi Wood
and the Courton Wood and carried
our lire kilometre to the west
ward.
Further north the Italiass have
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Teutons Admit HEAVY
Losses ON the Marne

AMSTERDAM, July 19.-War Core
spondent Schuermann, telegraphinp
from German army headquarters on
July 16, tells of some Of the difficulties
the German troops had to contend with
in their offensive in the Marne region
and indirectly admits that they suf-
Tered heavy losses.
Certain vantage points" the CORE
spondent says, "were held by enemy
machine gun crews to the very last.
And our artillery, crossing the crater
zone ground under enemy fire. had the
most difficult task.
The maj jority Of the prisoners were
taken on the Marne. where the enemy
made big effort to prove that the d.
rect road to Paris was we'll guarded.
He poured a terrific fire on all ap
proaches to the road and concentrated
his shells on the pontoons we were try-
ing to throw across the river Again
and again the work of our pioneers was
smashed by the heavy shells. Never
theless. q crossing was accomplished" ;"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
English 7 AXE
Meteren and
Dominate Lys
Observation Post Gives the
British View of Entire
Battlefield
Oh The Associated Pressl

WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 19.-The German high
command will not be pleased with the
news that the British captured val
liable piece of ground Meteren-th his
morning, with more than three hun
drcd prisoners. 1t is but triAe com
pared with the big events on the
French front, but in war trihes count,
and Prince Rupprecht, at least, will
not underestimate the loss of posi-
tion which now gives the British an
observation ground on the Lys battle
field where he might wish to keep his
doings secret.
Scottish troops, among others, made
the assault, which extended south of
Meteren and in front of Merris. They
formed without the Germans getting a
hint of impending trouble and moved
forward in full daylight.
1t wes nearly 8 o'clock in the morn
ing, ard the Germans were down in
cellars. with false sense of security
after the dawn lookout. The Scots
were on them so rapidly after the bar
rage that they were unable to organize
a machine gun defence, and most of
them seemed to have surrendered
easily.
The Australians, with artillery help
which opened ahead of them, pounced
upon the German outposts, and in a
very short time sent in seventy pris-
oners to add to the sixty taken in the
ruins of Meteren
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
By Wilbur Forrest
Especial Gable to The Tribune)

Downright. 1918. by Tho Tribune Association)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, July
IS (Delayed).-Almost torrential rains
having fallen for many hours during
Wednesday night, the fourth day Of the
German offensive seems to mark the
end of the first phase of the great bat
tie and the beginning Of the second, in
which important events are not improb-
able
Wednesdays lighting opened curious
ly under muggy skies and in humid at
mosphere. AS the day dragged on, the
most powerful concerted efforts of the
Teuton armies both north and south Of
the Marne weakened, and during the
the afternoon into local attacks and
counter attacks.
Many positions in the woods and viii
lagos in the broad Marine Valley and
IN the contiguous country on both
sides from the south of Dormans far
down the river in the direction of Eper-
nay found the enemy dominated every
where before dark. This same night
fall gave proof of what appeared to be
evident at midday, that the enemy was
rapidly weakening his blows and losing
his force, while the Allied counter ac-
tions everywhere were having increas-
ingly successful results.
In the early hours of the night the
battlefield was drenched with terrific
rainfall, which in itself would have
been sufficient to slow down the enemy
advance if the hard fighting of the
Allied reserves had not mastered the
gray-green adversary before the skies
played their part.
The first phase Of the battle ust
ended finds the German armies locked
in struggle which they cannot aban-
don. They have failed utterly, with
tremendous sacrifice, to gain even their
initial objective-the seizure Of the
line on the Marne as far as Charons,
with toe resultant pinching off of the
Rheims salient from east to west. The
German general staff planned to seize
the Marine line and use it as flank in
a grandiose attack in the direction of
Paris.
Enemy divisions that crossed the ia
nous river with such bloody cost now
find the stream at their backs, their at
tack spent several miles south of the
river and facing Allied reserves who
are impregnated with a spirit of COM
bat which bids fair to be irresistible.
The stage setting could possibly be
compared favorably to that used with
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, July 19-An official
French dispatch to-day transmits the
following telegram from the French
front by the correspondent of the
Havas Agency:
"The Germans in their turn are hav-
ing to experience the effects of sur
prise and to suffer the consequences.
Thursday morning, by the first glim-
mer of daylight, at 4:30 o'clock, the
French and American troops. over a
front of about forty kilometres,
stretching from Fontenoy, on the
Soissons- Compiegne road, up to the
environs of Chateau Thierry, rushed
forward to the assault on the German
lines.
THE surprise was so complete that
soldiers and officers were caught in a
deep sleep. A group of, Germans were
surprised while they were cutting bar
ley. Some prisoners taken the preced-
ing day in surprise attack declared
their officers had assured them that
there was absolutely nothing to be
feared, seeing that the French were
incapable of attempting the slightest
offensive for some time to come.
Certain enemy divisions were re-
lieving each other. Our attack was
powerfully supported by tanks, which
we were able to bring up in the midst
of storm near to the scene of the
combat. This circumstance contribut-
ed in not giving the alarm to the
enemy.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
German Dead Clutter Roads
Miles Behind Name Lines
Fourth Day Of Ludendorfs Great Offensive Cnched Its
Failure and Is Expected to Mark Turning
Point in Worlds War
great success recently in the Italia,
battle Of the Piave

great success recently in the Italian
battle Of the Piavc
Further details from the Champagne
battle-ground of East Rheims to Main
de Massiges, where about twenty-five
German divisions suffered shock at
the hands of General Gouraud's mag
nifcent army Monday, tend to elimi-
nate this sector from battle calcula-
items for the immediate future.
German losses here are probably
greater than at first believed Observ-
ers report that German rear lines are
still so cluttered with the piles of
dead men and horses that they are
visible to the naked eye from a con-
siderable distance.
When the divisions leaving the front
line at o'clock on Monday morn
ing failed to penetrate the French
American battle positions reserve
units were brought up and massed
thickly in the immediate rear of
the German front line. Horses.
transport wagons and artillery were
packed together, giving the French ar
tillery slaughter in the west. Can
non moved them down in heaps, which
are yet unmoved or being buried to-
day. Such is the state of the enemy
on the Champagne front. leaving the
famous Marne Valley again the cock
pit of battle on the spot where Joffre
delivered the first blow in the colossal
task of saving France.
Passing over portions of the old bat
tleground two days ago, the most no.
ticeable objects were the weather.
beaten graves Of the heroes Of August,
1914, who were buried where they fell.
Battles to come again may sweep over
these graves here and there, but free
dom's enemies are far from being the
eXultant hordes who flooded across the
Marine nearly four years ago.
The first phase of the enormous bat
tie, beginning four days ago and end
marked the turning point of the Euro
pean war, whence the light of freedom
grows hourly brighter. During the
past two days on the picturesque
French roads, here, there and every
where, | have seen the uniforms of
France, England, Italy and America.
They are moving in and out with the
.bb and flow of battle. This uni
formed "union sacre" is ready for
still harder struggle to come. And
possibly they'll all play part in the
second phase of the enemy's chosen
march for German victory.
The foregoing dispatch was written
before the great Allied counter often
sive was launched.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Pershing Confirms
Report of Great
u. ST. rench Success

WASHINGTON, July 10. - General
Pershing's communique for yesterday
confirms press reports of the complete
success of yesterdays attacks between
the Aisne and the Marne by combined
American and French forces.
The dispatch follows:
Section A-American troops, coop
Grating with the French in an attack on
the enemy's positions between the
Aisne and the Marne, penetrated his
lines to a depth of several miles, capt
uring many prisoners and guns
Section Bon the night of July Is
to l6 platoon of our troops operating
east of Rheims was attacked by raid
ing party Il twenty -one Germans. Our
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
Germans Relieving Front Line Forces
When Franco-An1ericans Attacked

"The help given by the aviators was
of 6. very active nature. They spotted
enemy positions and bombarded his
concentration points 1t was thus that
trains loaded with German troops
bringing up reinforcements were
stopped.
German prisoners evidenced consid-
cradle surprise on learning that there
already are more than 100000 Amer-
cans in France.
at is permissible to make a brief
comparison between the German Of
fensive of July 6 and those Of March
q, May 81 and June 8. During the
course of the first two the enemy kept
the initiative in the operations, and
his progress could only be checked at
the end Of about week.
"The offensive of June was stabi-
ize6 at the end of three days only by
our relatively restricted counter Of
|, fensive of June 10. This time the
| enemy cannot realize any progress over
half of the attacking ground, and only
succeeds at the price of extremely high
losses in advancing a few kilometres
to certain points in his attacking sec
tors east of Chateau Thierry.
Further, on the fourth day, we al
ready were in a position. while paralyz-
ing the enemy on the very front OF
his offensive, to launch at another
point powerful attack of alb ut forty
kilometres in extent. 1t is we who are
taking the initiative in the operations
by forcing the Germans to abandon
their plan and to follow ours
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

Belleau and Vingre, which drove the
Germans off the whole ridge west of
Soissons and exposed their railways
to the Allied guns, has turned the
tables on the Grown Prince and
thrown him into pocket.
Utter Rout Threatens
The whole of the U-shaped salient
in which the enemy is fighting is en-
barrassed, and there is a possibility
Of turning the repulse into a serious
retreat. No longer does the Grown
Prince offer a serious menace to
Paris, nor does the Champagne front
remain an anxious part of the line
for the Allied command.
Paris can breathe easier. The bat
tie is half won for the Allies and the
tide has turned. Before Foch fin
ishes with the Crown Prince the
latter will have employed all his
divisions. But Grown Prince Rup-
precht retains a formidable force
north of Montdidier and it is we'll to
expect activity in this quarter soon.
Though the Grown Prince has used
at least thirty divisions, he has re-
celved little assistance from Rup-
precht, who has his divisions for use
north Of Montdidier. To save the
Grown Prince, Rupprecht may strike
sooner than he expected. The British
undoubtedly will feel the weight of
the next blow, and it probably will
not be long delayed.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
British Do.ura g PLANES
And Drop II Tons Bombs

LONDON, July 19-The official
statement dealing with aerial opera
tions, issued tonight says:
"On the 18th inst, IN spite of very
changeable weather, a good deal of
work was accomplished by our air.
planes in reconnaissance. photogra-
ply and bombing. Much of the bomb.
ing was done from low height, the
targets including ammunition dumps
around Armentierres and Mericourt, the
railway stations at Rosieres and Bray
and the docks at Bruges and Ostend.
Eight hostile machines were brought
down in fights, and one other was shot
down by our anti-aircraft fire. Seven
of our machines are missing.
During the night our bombing ma
chimes dropped eight tons of bombs on
the ns-Valenciennes Railway, and an
additional six tons on the railways at
Courtrai, Seclin and Lille. Two of the
machines failed to return"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20
French Fliers Drop
43 Tons of Bombs and
Fire German, Depots

WASHINGTON, July 10. - Official
dispatches from Paris to-day, discuss
ing the achievements Of French avia-
tion in the present operations, says:
Yesterday our airmen, in collabora-
tion with British squadrons, continued
their work along the whole battlefront.
Twenty German machines were brought
pilots and two captive balloons were
burned The British airmen destroyed
seven German machines.
"Our bombing groups continued their
the Marine. A foot bridge west of Reuil
was bombed and demolished. Canton
ments and troop concentrations at
Oulchy le Chateau, in the VauXbuin
ravine, at Ferc en- Tardenois and in
the region of Oeuilly were attacked
with machine guns or bombs, the troops
being dispersed. Stations in the rear
areas were sprinkled with projecties.
Fires broke out in the stations at
Amifontaine and Fismes. Heavy eX-
plosions were observed at Pontavert.
Twenty-Five tons of bombs were utl-
following night.
British squadrons dropped two tons
and half of explosives with excellent
results
"The French aviators continued to
play brilliant role in the battle dur
ing the 10th and 18th of July. On the
10Th the bombing squadron attacked
ceaselessly the bridges on the Marine
and hndered the passage of the en-
emy troops. The latter. attacked with
guntire and oombs at the moment when
they were approaching the northern
and southern banks, suffered serious
losses and had to dlsperse several
times. The bridge opposite Dormans,
thrown over the river by the enemy,
and on which projectiles were copious~
ly poured. gave way. The conveys
that were crossing were swallowed up
in the river.
"The French bombardiers also sent
out expeditions against cantonments,
stations, ammunition dumps and mus
tering places in the rear Of the enemy
front line. Twenty one tons of explo-
sives were thrown during the day and
fourteen during the night. Important
damage was reported as we'll as a vio-
lent explosion at the station of Maison
Eleu and fires at the stations Of Coucy
les Etapes and Bazoches.
THE French chasing planes. with
their usual dash. carried out numerous
combats above the enemy lines. Twen-
ty-nine German machines were brought
down or put out of action and five
captive balloons were set on fire.
con the l7th, in spite of violent
wind and torrental rains, good results
were obtained. Twelve German air
planes were brought down and four
captive balloons were destroyed In
the course of the attacks on the posi-
tiops of the Marne 5000 klogrammes
OF explosives were used"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-20

tricatc himself from his present posi-
tlon
In the last week the Germans have
used more than thirty divisions, of
which number twentythree were from
the general reserve. The using up of
these twenty-three general reserve di-
visions is one of the most satisfactory
have been used up in a wholly abor-
tive enterprise and have lost very
heavily.
Rupprecht's Force Intact
Crown Prince Rupprecht's group of
armies in the north, on the front from
Mortddier to the English Channel,
however, dispatches from the front
state remains almost intact. Only a
few OF them have been used in the
offensive of the last week and the
most likely strategic effort by the
Germans at the present time is to
speed up a big offensive by these
troops against the British front.
The Bavarlan Grown Prince Rup-
precht Will presumably lend on Y
enough troops to the German Crown
Prince to avert disaster in The south.
reserving. his own fresh forces main
" for big counter attack elsewhere.
This is not only sound strategy, but
Is Sound common sense.
New Blow Likely to North
The Germans never intended to stake
everything Ga the Rheims blow, but ex-
pected, military officers say, after
shattering the French there. to fol-
low it up with an immediate offensive
against the British in the north.
The effect of the Rheims failure.
dispatches from the battlefront saw.
probably will be to accelerate blow
somewhere on the front between Mont
oldler and the sea. Although the
Allied line has many vulnerable points
on this long front and restricted room
tor man1uvring always is danger :,
yet IT remains Fact that the Allies
now have used up half the fresh divjs-
ions in the German reserve and the
blow to come must be proportionatelv
less severe