The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-08-14
!HUNS HURLED BACK
| BY ALLIED TROOPS
GERMAN FORCES COMPELLED TO
RETREAT BEFORE FRENCH AND
AMERICAN ATTACKS.
Past Week Has Been Disastrous for
Huns, Thousands Being Killed or
Captured and Nearly 500 Cannon
Taken by Victorious Allies.

Paris.-The past week has seen one
success after another come to the allied
forces, and bitter defeat for the Ger
mans.
The entire German Marine front has
caved in and the Huns are on the run.
The drive of the allies has been IL COM
plete success.
Undoubted signs are apparent chat
the Germans are withdrawing from the
entire region between the Mlrne ana
the Ourcq, where the enemy has found
it virtually impossible to maintain him
self because of the allies steady
advance and bombardment.
The advances scored by the allies in
the past week have been chiefly along
the front on which FOch launched his
counter offensive. Arriving at scissors
the French stopped. The enemy rush
ed troops into the town, but Foch did
not strike at that point. He permitted
the enemy to do the fighting in the
scissors region and delivered his
punch further south along the line.
The advantage gained thereby was that
the enemy concentration at scissors
was valueless unless the enemy attack
ed. Realizing the situation, the Ger
man high command ordered counter
blows along the line. They drove the
southwark in the region of Hartennes.
When these cOunter-blows had spent
their force the French and Americans
again moved forward. BY this time
the Americans had taken the southern
pivot at Chateau Thierry and were
moving rapidly north toward Epieds,
Breezy and Coincy. Further east the
French and Americans had crossed the
Marine near JaulgOnne.
Between Scissors and Chateau Thi-
cry the enemy was fighting desper-
ately to hold another pivot, Oulchy lie
Chateau, west of the base at Fere en-
Tardenois. And to the north he fast
ened wedge into the Franco-Ameri-
can armies at Villemontoire. These
two towns were held by the enemy
until Wednesday or Thursday, but both
are now in possession of the allies.
Our American forces moving from
the south had been held up by furious
counter-attaeks at Epieds. Thrice
elected from the town, they captured II
by clever maneuver and pressed on
In the next two days the French and
Americans had drawn a line beyond
Villemontoirs, Oulchy lie Chateau
COincy. which is several miles north
of Epieds, and down to the river near
JaulgOnne. East of that the enemy
continued to grip the river.
One of the most brilliant moves
made by the generalissimO was the
flinging of the British army into the
fight just southwark of Rheims. II {
enemy high command could not have
expected such maneuver.
When the full story of the battle is
told, we shall probably hear that the
allied airplanes and the heavy artil
lery shooting to great distances were
largely instrumental in forcing the enc
my to retire in the later stages of the
battle. They must have created many
a panic and caused disorganization OF
an appalling sort along the railways
and highways as we'll as at the bases
During the week the French made 8
local attack southeast of Amiens, il
the Picardy sector. They penetrated
to depth of about two miles on {
fOur-mile front, recapturing higl
ground of great value. They tool
1900 prisoners. four cannon and mucl
military material.
In the past fifteen days the allie.
have captured about 10000 prisoners
nearly 800 cannon, hundreds of machin,
guns, German food supplies. munition.
of all kinds and depots containing al
sorts of military material.
In Albania the French and Italian.
have secured more ground and hav,
taken hundreds of prisoners.
American fighting troops have ar
rived in Italy.