Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1919-01-10


uhlncatlon of command, and General
foch, the brilliant French leader, was
paced In supreme command Of all the
allied armies.
rev days after the launching Of
'nls drive. Paris was bombarded by
mystery gun which it was known
was at least 62 miles away. On March
~ GOOD Friday. this long-range gun
made direct hit on a Paris church
and % worshipers were killed.
ON April 10. the Germans shifted
their attack and began the second
phase of their OffenSive-a drive
against the British in Flanders with
the channel ports as the objective.
Here again the British we're forced to
give ground. but there was no break
such as occurred earlier on the Somme
front. The British and Portuguese
were swept back along the River LyS
The Germans took the MeSsines ridge
and threw l25.0OO men against the
British belo ( Ypres. But the Ypres
defenSes held firm. and in the west the
Germans Sailed in their efforts to reach
itself and the Germans had failed to
threaten the channel ports seriously
On April % the British navy execut-
ed one Of the spectacular feats of the
war. blocking the channel Of Zee
brugge, German submarine base.
Germans Renew Offensive.
On May 81 the Germans renewed
the offensive with powerful attack
! between the AiSne and the Marine. In
day they swept over the Chemin-des-
Danes on the heights north of the
AiSne and crossed the river in rush
Next they took scissors and reached
the Nesle. On they went to the Marine,
extending their front on the river from
Chateau-Thierry to Verneuil, and
threatening ReimS in their advance
The drive was halted with the Ger
mans occupying front Is miles wide
on the Marine.
In the meantime the Americans had
won attention on May % by taking
Cantigny on the Picardy front in a
brilliant attack
On May 25. German U-bOats began
| operations OH lHe COAST Oh the OnlCeC
States, sinking II ships.
The German drive for Paris was re
sumed but the turning point was
reached when on June 6 and Amer
can marines We're thrown across the
path of the advancing army at Chateau
Thierry. The Americans not onl,
stopped the Germans but drove then
back two miles. capturing several hun
dred prisoners.
In IN effort to unite the Somme sail
: ent with that of the Marine to provtd
base for another move toward Paris
the Germans launched another heav
attack west Of Noyon on June 10 The
! made considerable gains on a 2O-mil
! front but the drive was halted With
: two days.
j Austrian Offensive Is Fiasco
4 Attention was transferred fro1
I France to Italy when on June Is tn
Austrians opened an offensive on tn
u Italian front from Asiago plateau t
:. the sea. The attack proved cOmplet
: fiasco. 1t was repulsed at all pOin,
q and the Italians pursued the fieein
e AuStrianS across the Piave, taking 45
: 600 prisoners.
j The German commanders made or
S last effort to break through to Par
s. when the crown princes army grOr
n on July Is, the morning after Il
n French national holiday, launched 8
y offensive along front from Chatea
g Thierry to Massiges, 80 miles east
Y Reims.
This fifth and last phase of the gre
,r offensive failed most signally. bell
N stopped on the third day. The Amer
d. can forces played big part in this Sc
lr ond decisive battle of the Marine. Ea
u of Chateau Thierry the Germans fore
~ passage across the Marine and t
e. Americans who opposed them we
50 forced to fall back temporarily. The
ne in brilliant cOunter-attack, the Am,
tn leans drove the Germans back aero
the Marine, taking 1900 prisoners,
to Guiding complete brigade staff
ed Allied Offensive Opens.
e. On July IS General Foch assum
ID the offensive. He struck the crOv
'e- princes right flank a vital blow and
is the first day the French and America
al fought their way for six miles alo
Ie- the Aisne. reaching the outskirts
at scissors. For two weeks the gre
err counter-Offensive continued On ],
he % the Americans met the crack di
SIX sions of German guards and defeat
nv. them in a stubborn battle at Ser
scissors fell to the French on Aug
of. . and by the following day the emf
ID scissors Reims salient had been VIII
lst out.
,re The Indignation Of the British D
Nv. pie, aroused by the U-boat outra
see perpetrated by the Germans, was
ter tensified early in July when news v
ere received of the sinking by subj
a rine of the hospital ship Llandov
The Castle, carrying wounded men
ere nurses between Canada and Engla
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