Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-07-25


to insult one of our allies.
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tinue to make progress, repelling the
enemy, who Is defending himself OBJ
stinately, according to the official
statement.
With every hour it becomes more
evident that the Germans, hard
pressed on three sides, are facing the
prospect of a retreat beyond the
Aisne.
Their desperate resistance in the piv-
otal areas around scissors and Reims
shows how critical Ludendorff him
self considers the situation.
Prisoners Total $4,000.
| His forces are hemmed in a pocket
the mouth of which is not more than
20 miles wide.
Prisoners are being brought in in
steady streams. The total is unoffl-
cially reported to be near the $4,000
mark. Considerably more than 400
| guns have been captured.
The Franco-American troops are
pressing on relentlessly everywhere,
not giving the enemy the slightest res
pite.
The Americans are attacking in their
shirt sleeves.
scissors is in flames and surround
ed on three sides, is virtually in
Franco-American hands. They can
enter it any time they want to.
Over $1,000 Huns Captured.
Paris, July 2O.-The FrancO-Ameri-
can offensive continues with full vigor
and the battle is raging along the
whole front from the Aisne to the
Marine rivers.
The Franco-American offensive be-
tween the Aisne and the Marine has
yielded 1900 prisoners and more than
$50 guns. The battle has ragged VIC
lently all day.
In spite Of new arrivals of German
re-enforcements, the allies are making
sensible progress and are capturing a
large number Of prisoners, according
to the official statement issued by the
war office.
Scottish Troops Take Meteren.
London, July 2O.-Scotitsh troops
captured the village Of Meteren, with
more than 300 prisoners and a number
of machine guns, in an operation in
the Bailleul sector.
Gain on Marine Front.
On the front where the German Of
fensive was crushed the allies are
making vigorous and successful coun-
ter-attackS
Between Reims and the Marine the
French have recaptured MOntvoisin
and made progress in the Roi wood
and the COurtOn wood capturing four
cannon and 400 prisoners.
Italian troops have taken Moulin
d'Arde, south Of MArfaux and north
west of Pourcy.
BY q vigorous attack the French
have elected the enemy from the out
skirts of Oeuilly.
Allies Win 20 Towns
Paris, July 19.-More than twenty
villages have been recaptured by the
French and American forces in the Of
fensiye begun in the morning 1t was
aQQOuuc0u ny TIE war Ou1Ce, WHICH, d.
so reports the occupation of the pla-
teau dominating scissors.
Allies Win Prunay.
The allies have captured the town
of Prunay, east Of Reims. The French
are CD the western outskirts Of Chouy
and Neuilly-St. Front, and from there
to Belelau wood the average depth OF
the advance is about three miles.
Cavalry in Battle.
With the American Army in France
July 19.-The American troops had
carried all before them by late in the
afternoon and had proceeded so fast
that cavalry was thrown into the &C
ton. ALI the American headquarters
stats are well inside the territory
: which the Germans held a few hours
ago.
The thrust between scissors ant
: Beileau by the Americans and French
endangers the whole right flank Of tht
! German armies along the Marine. The
Americans fighting In the region Of
} SCISSORS have been particularly sue
3 cesgful. making a decided advance
4 Torcy was captured by the Yankees II
IN minutes after the attack started