The Dermott news., 1919-01-09

iieF+ the advance was halted Iu tbe wo7f5mo. ou March 29 the allies. sag- j"- catastrophe. q, Inst agreed upon HesHeftfoa et eomuuu4 aud Geuarai Eaeh. he brilliant French taaIer Uas r.arg5t =sH supreme command af a'I she allied anmla~.
 few days after tHe Haa.hns af this aaFe. Paris ua~ hemHarded hv mystery" e0H #alaab 56 0as known Was iea~r 6a #tIe~ away. on March -1 Good Flaay. tulS loHzzran-a gun nade q direct bIt ou a Paris caaeea aad - Nor~a perS were Killed.
 On April Io the Germans shifted rheIr attack ana began che seeaa3 phase of rhe.e a~au~.1e=#a Ir.ze= a-aIHSt thr Era~h in Flanders Nth 'he channel part~ a~ the ahhe.fye Here#agaIn the ErH~h @eee forced "a give ground, Ht th.ro wa~ no .reak such a@ occurred earlier oa fhe Nemme fraHt Fho British and Harw-aa~e were swept back along the=RNer Ess The Germans teek the MEss8ae~ ri3ze and threw t@5eoo men aeauSt the British hoIoN YHres Eaf the Ypfe> defeH~e~ b.'a HHfr7 and 5a .Hr west fine Germans failed in tbotr efforts fo reaah liazehrnuGE The terrific Ha54e spent .t~elt aad he tierHaus had faHcd to threaten rho EAaHaar ports seriously On AarII - tae British a84y yNreHf- ed aHg af the Snseta.uas fsafS ot fHe "aH. #=a#eus fHe .hHH#e of Zee# hrasse. I German Suhuae m ha~c
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 The 09rHaa commanders made one Inst effort to break through to Paris when tHs crown princes army group ou m.l I5. the morning after the French H.toaal holiday launched m offensive along a front from Chateau Th5rry Co MasslgeS. 20 miles east Of Retms.
 ThtS dfth and last phase of the great offensive faaed most slgnauy. being stopped on the third day, The AmerI can forces played big part in this sec ond dee siye hattie of the Marne. East of Chateau rAlerry the Germans forced passage across the Marne and the Americans who opposed them We're forced to fall back temporarily. Then ln a brilliant counter-attack. the Amer. .cans drove the Germans back across the Marue, taking LOO prisoners, In. cluding complete brigade stan.
 Allied Offensive Opens.
 On July IS General Foch assumed the offensive He struck the crown princes right flank vital blow and on the first day the French and Americans fought their way for six miles along the Asne, reaching the outskirts of Soissons For two weeks the great counter offensive continued. On July 29 the Americans met the crack diyi sions of German guards and defeated them In stubborn battle at Sergy Soissons fell to the French on August and by the following day the entire Soissons- -Reims salient had been wiped out
 The indignation of the British peo- pie, aroused by the U-boat outrages perpetrated by the Germans, was in- tensitied early in July when news was received of the sinking by a subma. rine of the hospital ship Llandovery Castle, carrying wounded men and UurSpx hetVean Canada apd Nn-I~nd