The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-07-26
Germans Crowding ReinfOrcements Into Al
ready COngestedSalient In Effort To Check
Allies Long Enough To Permit Safe
Retirement Million Huns Now
In Battle Zone

nues of escape slowly closing behind him. the Crown
Prince is continuing to pour renfOrcemens into the al
ready cOngesed Rheims pocket order to check
the Allies sufficiently long to enable him exricate his
army. Despite the heavy reinforcements, the German
line continued to bend and give with Foch forces throw
ing back the desperate counters and gaining at all the
vital points.
FOch is using against the Germans the "pincher
tactics" which Hindenburg used $ successfully
against the Russians and attempted time and again
use on the western 'front.' and already is apparent that
he will ultimately capture many of the than half
million Germans apparently within the grasp Should
which opened twelve days ago in a great German often
sive and drive for Paris will end in the greatest de-
feat Of the great war
ALREADY GREATEST BATTLE
The battle has already become the greatest battle
of all times. Within the Marne salient at the present
time are at least seventy German divisions this many
having been identified within the past few DAYS This
with the lessened strength of German division,
brings the number of Germans i'll the of the present
battle close to million men, all engaged. Opposing
these are as many, more men of the Allied force
The Germans fighting with very much less
tery than the Allies having rushed the greater
ber of their to the north of the SossOns Rheims line
in order to them from falling into the hands of the
Allies. The Allies have brought up much artillery and
nearly every foot of the ground still held by the
is under shell fire. Every section of railroad avail
able for German is dominated by the Allied guns.
Every highrOad and tram line is being bOmbarded.
EXIT GROWS SMALLER
From the advanced positions captured west of
Rheims by the British in their latest advance along the
Vese Valley, to the heights southeast of SossOns
cupied by the Americans opening of twenty yone miles
is still left for the Germans, but all of it is under artl
ery fire. with this gap threatening to close still further
Yesterday the Americans the center of the west
side of the salient gained east of Armenteres and
Ouchy lie Chateau and the highroad center of Fereen
TardenOis has been brought under heavy crossfre
From Tardenois radiate eight roads, upon which
the Germans have depended for the supplying of almost
their entire western line the cutting of the SOssons
Chateau Thierry railroad. The American and French
guns pouring torrent of shells into Fereen--
Tarenois and that center of supplies must be practical
y ntenable although the Germans hold it or Ell
danger their entie right flank
On the opposite side of the salient, the German de
pendence is upon the Fismes Verneuil tram ne within
Shelling distance of which French, British and ta
ian batteries for it's entire length
MANY BOYS AMONG PRISONERS
So far in the battle the French forces have taken
than twenty-five thousand prisoners five hun
dred guns and thousand machine guns. Fourteen per
cent of the prisoners taken to date boys of the 1919
class.
The pincher tactics of General FOch, according to the
latest bulletins from the front last night, showing
and more signs of Success Fresh German troops
being brought in the battle and these have been
counter attacking at many points with the greatest of
fury with the heaviest of the counter drives directed
against the Americans and French in the Ourcq Valley
and against the British opposite Immediately southwest