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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-29
DECIDED on
NEW RETREAT

| The descriptions given to general
headquarters confirmed US in our res.
olution. TO which we had come on the
evening OF the 22d. to withdraw the
troops on the night OF the 26th.27th
OF July from the Marine TO the Fcre
en- Tardenois-Nlllc en- Tardcnois line.
With that end in view ] was natu.
rally In constant touch with the army
group OF the German crown prince
and the seventh army.
Only short stand was TO be made
on the limo indicated. The enemy
would renew his fnasscd attacks. We
had TO make them very expensive for
him. We had In view withdrawal
behind the Veslc Of a straight line
between scissors and Rheims in the
beginning OF August. but before this
could be carried out. the salient south
Of the Vesle. and especially the Nesle
valley itself. had first TO he cleared.
The masses OF stores accumulated
there were absolutely vital to us.
our front contracted as our retreat
proceeded. We thereby accumulated
reserves. but 30 did our enemy. who
could use them for attacks elsewhere.
The serious weakening of the 18th
army and OF the right wing of the
ninth least OF Amiens) could now no
longer he justified. II had TO be made
good by reinforcements. These could
only be drawn from the army group
OF Crown Prince Rupprecht.
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LUDEND0RFF Tells HOW F0CH
SURPRISED and DEFEATED HUNS

the 18th. and had seen not the slight
eat sign of activity on the part OF tho
enemy.
Az matter Of fact. tho French
troops only received the order 90
attack "a few hours before they came
up, Information which was coming
thru 60 our lines until Immediately
before the battle began no longer
reached Us.
The rapid movement OF the nuner
Gus fast tanks IN tho standing
corn Increased the effect Of the sur
prise. To all this must be added the
diminished strength Of the divisions.
the result partly OF influenza "A n d
partly Of the monotonouH diet In
the sector into which the two weak
divisions had been put there had been
somewhat of a lull after tho earlier
battles. All these things helped 90
holEhten the effect OF the enemy sur
prise. when IL had worn OF on the
18th the troops held well.
The fact that particular divisions
had not yet distributed their artillery
IN depth was OF the greatest signlti
canoe. once more they were too In
tent on following up the attack. This
was very lauduble In lta way. but tao.
ucally unsound In their position.
Tho result Of tho surprise had been
an over hasty throwing in OF re-
serves
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Rt SHED MEN,
NOT SUPPLIES

The Goth Infantry division could be
concentrated az its destination by
tho evening Of the 18TH. Only the
infantry could be brought up by ior.
RIGS. without any horses or vehicles.
Everything else was forced To
march. and 30 the division was com.
pietely broken up. the infantry being
left with no regular supplies. In the
use Of these divisions this point had
always 10 be borne in mind. The di.
visions dispatched by the army group
Of the German crown prince could
not arrive till later. They. too. ar.
rived in lorries.
For the rest. We could only await
the further development Of the situa-
ton. The troops on tho south bank
OF the Marine could not be bundled
back at n moments notice. Tho or.
der TO retreat 10 the north hank on
tho night OF the 2oth.2ist OF July
was not Cancelled. to avoid confusion.
4, would not do for the troops TO be
unsettled. For this reason we had TO
prolong our occupation Of the sector
west OF Chateau Thicrry for a con
siderable time. in fact. until we had
evacuated the south bank OF the
I Marnc.
a stand southwest Of Scissors and
on the Ardre was n necessary consc-
quence 4 crisis lay before US for the
next few days. and until II was over
no great strategical decisions could
/ he taken.
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CALLS AMERICANS
INFERIOR"

The armies OF the entente had also
suffered: the battle had cost the en-
envy as much az II had cost va. The
French had sent into action "A re.
markably large number OF Sencga.
lcse and Moroccans. and had endeav-
orcd TO spare their own people.
The six American divisions that
had taken part In the battle had sui.
fered particularly severely without
achieving any successes.
one division appears TO have been
broken up In order 20 bring them
up to establishment. Notwithstand.
ing the gallantry OF the individual
American soldier. the Inferior quality
OF the American troops Is proved by
the fact that two brave German di-
visions were able TO Withstand the
main attack made by very superior
American forces for several days. and
these two divisions. the fourth Ersatz
and the 20ist. I had up till then con.
sidered no better than the average.
The losses sustained by the Eng.
iish and Italian divisions were also
heavy.
In tho meantime the group OF
Crown Prince Rupprecht had pre-
pared for the defensive by relieving
divisions that had been In position for
"a long period by others that had
been intended for attack. Their bat
talions were fairly strong. Many di.
visions had not been in action since
April. Tho 18th army and the right
wing OF the ninth had also become
stronger. At an earlier date the 18th
army had fought In the Avrc success.
one of the divisions there. which was
holding n wide front, had been driven
back on the river.
The attempt to make the nations
of the entente inclined to peace be.
fore the arrival OF the American re.
Inducements by means of German
victories had failed. The energy OF
the army had not sufficed to deal
the enemy decisive blow before the
Americans were on the spot In con.
siderable force. 1t was quite clear
to me that our general situation had
thus become very serious
BY the beginning OF August we
had stopped our attack. and had re.
verified To the defensive on the whole
front. when the divisions that had
taken part I'm the last attack had
been rested, we should be able to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-29
ALLIES HEAVY Guns
DELAYED REI>fOEC EME>TS

This was the condition % aralrs
mat was revealed 20 me in the early
hours OF the afternoon In Avcsnes
die was at Prince Rupprccht's head
quarters in Flanders when told Of the
American French attack and hurried
TO his headquarters at Avezncs "a
consult Marshal fiindcnhurgJ
We now had To deal with the heavy
counter offensive by Gen Foch
against our sharp salient between
scissors and Rheims. English divl
sious were also taking part The en-
envy offensive was mainly directed on
scissors and southwest OF Rheims
down the Ardre. Foch's intention
was clearly 10 cut or this salient. ON
the Ardre southwest 81 Rheims
where tho British were engaged this
attack was repuised. but toward
scissors IL made considerable prog
rcss. All counter.measurcs that
could be adopted were already under
way.
At the moment general headuuar
ters was unable to give any further
help. The NTH infantry division wal
being transported northeast Of Sois
SONS from St Quentin. but M enemy
artillery soon began to shell the mil
way stations In that area. the troops
were compelled to detrain In the
AIiettc valley Their arrival Wa
wherefore postponed. which was most
inconvcuient
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a decision. II he stood firm his nu.
merous reserves were In position
TO hold US up. nA they had done on
June II and IL In the direction of
the Cornpiegne.
General headquarters decided 20
ahnn this defensive. Tho Iiup
precht army group was 10 stand on
the defensive and 20 surrender re-.
serves tn reinforce the isih. ninth
and seventh armies. this II was quite
capable OF doing. The necessary or
ders were issued. had aH yet no
idea how. II at all. we should be able
to recover tho initiative after taking
up the Neslc position.
The army group OF Duke Albrecht
was astructsd 10 submit plans for
an attack on It's front. General head
quarters suspended its instructions
as regards the use of the forward
gone ON tho front 81 tho seventh and
18th armies and also for any future
retircmenu.
on the ESD there was again an cx.
trencly vigorous attack. which. on
the whole. was successfully repulscd
along the whole front. During the
next few days there were only local
attacks which failed everywhere.
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HIS LOSSES
VERY HEAVY

| A. In every other engagement. the
losses We had suffered since July rs
had been very heavy. July is and
the defensive battles arising with II
had In particular been very cxpen.
siyc. altho we got our wounded back
and did not iosc any considerable
number of prisoners.
The losses thru the battle had been
so heavy that NC were compelled 10
break up about 10 divisions and use
their infantry ns reserves for others.
The other arms were. Eencraliy
speaking. not broken up. Those divi.
sionH that had been withdrawn from
the battle. and other troops. were dis.
trlhut~d behind the whole west front.
This was tine beginning Of vast
railway transport movement. II
opened at the end Of July. and In.
creased considerably at the beginning
Of August. and from that time on.
wards hardly ever diminished. The
troops. who were very much exhaust
ed. had 10 he brought up 20 establish.
ment. rested and given time TO recu'
pcrate.
| had not succeeded In getting any
clear idea OF tho enemy'S losses since
July IS. but. considering the masScd
tactics OF the entente. they m US
have been high. and in no way less
/ heavy than ours.
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make fresh decisions. A pause In
the operations was nothing extraor'
binary: IL had occurred after the ces'
sation OF the great offensive March
81, and again after that OF May 81.
The fighting since July 10 had been
no less costly than had those at
tacks. The desire for rest was as
legitimate now as 1t had been then.
Whether the enemy would let us
have II was the question.
considered that the enemy might
either continue his attack on the
Vesle. toward which he was exerting
an everincreasing pressure. or that
he might extend 1t to the area be-
tween the Aisne and the Disc, where,
In expectation of an attack on our
part. he had got together consider.
able forces. | also thought he might
possibly make advances between the
Disc and the Somme, perhaps also
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-29
NEW TROOPS
CAME Up TIRED

Reinforcement for the seventh
army had therefore TO be detraircd
IN the AiSne valley or further north.
and 40 were tired even before they
reached the front. Tho necessity for
continued relief was as obvious an ~
had been In tn. case of tho Flanders
and Somme battles. We had in ad.
diilon TO other supplies 10 send up
Immense quantities OF ammunition
and other war materials. The rail-
way communications behind the lines
could not cope with all this. Motor
transport and rolling stock that
would have made good this deficiency
were not available.
We should have continued to be
very seriously handicapped In our
struggle with an enemy who had the
best imaginable communication at
his disposal.
That our stratceical position In
this salient was n critical one went
cess at scissors or on the Ardre
would have most fnrroaching conse-
aucnoes. II would not DO possible TO
hold tho salient permanently. and n
new attack on Rheims seemed hope
less.
sent officers. among them Cen.
Won Loszberg. TO the fighting front.
to report on the position. The com,
manders and troops NJ scissors were
obviously under the impression Of
the battles OF the 18th. and the feed.
Ing Of tho troops was everywhere de-
scribcd as very difficult. From a tao.
teal point OF view the forward zone
system had not proved success In
these battles involving retreats. for
its evacuation too easily caused dis.
order in the main line of resistance
Immediately behind H.
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STILL LOOKED
TO FLANDERS

The army group OF Crown Prince
I Rupprecht dn Flandcrsl continued
its preparations for attack. II had
to arrange TO relinquish its certain
divisions, but even then an offensive
was still possible
For the time being shelved my
anxiety concerning tho 18th army
and the right wing 81 the ninth ION
the south flank Of the Amiens peck.
Ell The enemy could not attack
everywhere.
July rs was n critical day. but II
/ passed fairly satisfactorily.
In the neigbborhood OF Scissors
the enemy made no apprcciablc prog
ress Further south. IL Is true. he
crossed the Scissors Hartcnnes road
[ but toward evening he was thrown
back by mighty masscd attack OF
/ the Goth infantry division. This saved
! the situation there. Southwest OF
Hartennes the enemy gained m pr e
ground. but was unable to achieve
anything decisive.
American attacks in the south. in
the direction OF Chateau.Thlerry
broke down, as on the previous day.
Enemy attacks south OF the Marine.
between the Marine and the Ardre.
collapsed again and again. Local
fighting took place In Champagne.
also.
on the whole, the situation was
much more favorable. Even the rom
nants OF the troops who had allowed
themselves 20 be surprised on the 18th
had generally speaking, recovered
and fought well on the 18th.
on tho goth the fifth infantry dlvi.
sion would be available southwest Of
Scissors and the new divisions in line
/ on the Ourcq.
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Continued From Page One

preparation and under smok =
screen he attacked with masaed In.
fantry and stronger force OF tanks
than had ever before been conccn.
trnted IN one place, l'or the FIRST time
small. low. fast tanks. that allowed
the use OF machine guns above the
corn. were used. our machine guns
were hindcred by IL except when they
were mounted on special tripods.
Here again the effect OF the fire from
tho tanks was Insignificant. u.uden.
dorr constantly tries to minimize the
power OF the tanks. lie had provided
few for his own army)
Tanks were also observed While IA
were used solely for the transport OF
mon. These passed thru our tines,
put down their passengers, with ma,
chine guns behind them. to form ma
chine gun nests, and then promptly
returned for reinforcements.
our infantry had no, stood firm NJ
I all points. and In particular the d.
vision southwest OF Scissors that had
been considered 80 reliable had given
way. The gap rapidly widencd. eApc
eially toward Scissors tAmericar
troops advanced three 60 six mile,
and took 1000 prisoners and 80 guns
Further south there were othei
deep dents In the line. The three al
visions In reserve here. altho not
fresh and thrown into action piece
meal. were able to hold the enemy
up on the heights southwest 81 sois
sons and 20 tho west OF Parcy- Tigny
AS well as al the SnVierca bottom
lon the edge OF the Vlllers cotteret,
forestl Between the Ourcq and IN,
Marine the attacks were rcpuised.
Y The dtnation north Of the Ourct
made a Withdrawal az tn. troopi
nEhting on the south hank necessary
They were closely followed up by th'
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near Albert and in the plain OF the
Lys. and. finally. in the Sundgau
Upper Alsace,. But l further as
sumed that these operations would
only take the form of isolated local
attacks, for the enemy was also
tired. and. on the whole, not less so
than ourselves. And attacks did take
place; that they subsequently devel.
oped into great battle on the whole
front was mainly due TO the consid-
cradle success gained by the enemy
on August 5 and 90. These must
have demonstrated that our troops
were no longer what they had been.
and invited him to continue the
fight.
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I WITfIDKNNS
/ OVER MARINE

The battle between the Aisne and
tho Marine demanded unity OF com.
mand. no the left wing OF the ninth
army. south ~ the Aisne was again
put under tho command Of the scV,
enth.
AZ tho points of greatest pressure.
south OF scissors and southwest Of
Rheims. We were, on the whole. sue.
ecrsful in repulsinE. on the goth and
eint. strong enemy mnsscf attacks,
In which tanks were again employed
in large numbers.
Tho withdrawal Of the troops south
OF the Marine 90 the northern bank
took place during tho night % the
goth eist. and was effected In exem.
plary order Tho fact that the French
had not attacked here on the goth
helped considerably. Their thrust
early on the 2ist found everything
already evacuated.
Following the withdrawal o. the
German troops from the south TO the
north bank Of the Marine. we straight.
cned our lines between the Ourca and
the Marine and between the Marne
and The Ardre. 10 secure local I'M
provements In our positions.
on the z3d there was a iull in the
/ fighting Tho enemy thrust was
definitely held up. The crisis had ter
minated IN our favor. General head.
quarters was at this tlme faced with
momentous decisions.
[ The situation OF the seventh army
in the Mnrne salient was grave. not
only on account OF the unfayorable
shape OF the front. but also because
[ OF the communications. Transport
movement between IN. Alsno and the
Neals valleys had been rendered un'
raic. Tho railway curve east OF Soin
sons was exposed 20 tho effective firc
OF long range guns. Tho line IN
course % construction at high pres.
sure further to the east was not yet
I ready and was In any chs. only a
fnakeshift. The other means Of com.
municatlon were useless for moving
| trooftN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-29
PE>>sNiNA>IA>S
ATTACK

In the night Of the goth the with
drawal OF the front north OF the
Marine was accomplished according
20 plan and in perfect order. In the
next few days Gen. Foch made fur.
Their violent but u1suceessful at
ucks which cost us the loss OF some
small strips OF high ground north.
west Of Ferc en- Tardonols.
According TO reports from the
troops. the enemy had suffered
bloody losses. Crhe Pennsylvania
troops were engaged here1 OF
course. very heavy demands were
made on u. too. As had been the
case In previous defensive battles
constant relief by new divisions waa
continually necessary.
The execution Of the salient wen,
on steadily. thanks 20 the splendid
organization Of the army group OF
the German crown prince and Of the
FIRST aud seventh armies. Second rail
way line was now completed and
made the work considerably easier.
on the night OF the lat and "a Of
August the front was withdrawn be
hind the Ncsie. where troops In has
THY prepared positions were ready
I, for the enemy. The enemy followed
close on our heels and made a sharp
attack on tho line OF the vcsle. he
was everywhere repuised. our Dc.
fcnsivc hattie OF movement between
tho Marine and the Ncale was at an
end.
The battle was a brilliant achieve
mrnt on the part OF N. leaders and
men concerned. The shadow cast by
the events Of July Is had passed
After that day. in spite Of the heavy
demands made upon him. tho Ger
man soldier had fought well. and felt
himself a better man than his enemy
In some divisions there had certainly
been unpleasant revelations. Among
other things | subsequently received
n report which threw n very grave
light on the spirit of one OF These
divisions. sent IL 20 the seventh
army for further Inquiry.
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GIVES UP
FLANDERS DREAM

The offensive in Flanders could not
bring rapid and decisive success.
According to all Indications the on.
emy was ready for II. If he avoided
the attack, az he had done east OF
Rheims, We should be unable to force
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inquired into the reasons for our
failure on tho 18th. Tho men no
longer believed In the possibility Of
an attack. a divisional commander
with whom was acquainted told me
that he had been to the front lines on
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Let's go buy Boldt's French pas.
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Wool Cap
and Scarf Sets
$1.5O to $4.25

EoR hikes in the coun.
L try, m OF oring and
mountaineering, the Knit
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most attractive and color
full accessory to the sports
outfit.
The Basement Store fea-
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finished with buttons or
tassel and the scarfs with
fringed ends.
In Red, Copenhagen. Pur-
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White with contrasting
stripes, $3.50 to $4.25.
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-02-22
WONDER WOMAN
OF The VIOLIN
COMING

Maud Powell who is ackuowle iged
to be the greatest of women violin.
lists and the peer of all her nrc. "r
'irtuosos, has probably t"Nvelled
more than any other artist before the
public today. There is hardly a
country in the world in which she has
not been heard. All of Eu.npe has
paid tribute to her art and she has
been welcome visitor In South
Africa and the Antipodes. on the
American continent her playing has
delighted audiences from the RIO
rGrande to far off Nova Scotia. Tho
South American capitals are the orly
places where Madam Powell has nev
en- been heard and she has received
many offe4s to tour on the other
side of the equator, which she has
had to decline on account of Ter
many engagements in this country.
Speaking OF her South African trip
Madam Powell said recently thpt
the land of the Beers is very much
like our western country, the South
African veldt being synonymou
with our American prairie. As u
musical critic. the Boer Is as enthu-
siastic and demonstrative as a typi.
cal westerner. She found them
very fond of music and great throng.,
ATTENDED every performance OF her
concert company. The native kafflrs
she found as musical as our own ne
groes. In many of their tunes, OF
which she has made careful study
she was able TO detect a close resem.
blance in rhythm and melodic outline
to the TYPICAL music OF the South &.
ern "darky."
Madam Powell will be heard in
Logan on Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary 26, at the Lyric theatre, when
she will have the assistance of Mr.
Axel skjerne, the Danish pianist.