Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-01-01

was announced that Americans over.
seas or on the way numbered 1 ,O19 115
The United States on July { agreed
to allied action in Russia and prepara-
lions were begun for an allied military
expedition into Siberia. On the same
day Count Won Mirbach. German am
bassador1 to Russia. was slain at Mos
COW. On July s it was announced that
the Thurman coast of Russia had
thrown of bolsheviK rule and invited
aid from the allies. During July the
f1rst reports came from Russia Of the
execution Of the former car by a local
soviet and these reports later were
confirmed
General Foch opened the second
phase of his counter offensive on Au.
gust 8 when surprise. attack was
launched on a 2O-mile front in Picardy,
the allies gaining seven miles at some
points and taking 1000 prisoners. The
: following day Haig's men gained II
miles ll in Picardy and the next day the
French. attacking on, a 20-mile front.
wiped out the aIontdidier salient.
Foch Hammers Foe.
Then followed 4 4 series Of sledge.s
hammer blows on all portions Of the
front, all fitting into the general
scheme Of attack worked out by the
master mind Of Foch. On August 20
Lassigny fell and the former Somnne
front xx,oS =; !, = U,,,.,, ~
armies, aided by American units, con-
tinued the smash on the Solnme front
and on August so the Germans were
hurled across the Somme. The British
took Bapaume and were close to
Peronne. Roye fell to the French and
dozens of small towns were wrestet
from the invaders. Further north the
British i snlat1hed the Hindenburg line
and forced the Germans to begin a re-
\ treat from the Lys salient
On September IL, the First Ameri-
can army under the direct command
of General Pershing, began brilliant
action which wiped out the difficult
st. Mihiel salient in three days. The
Americans took 10000 prisoners in
this action, SS
E4 Serbian, French and Italian forces,
on September Is, launched big drive
against the Bulgars in Macedonia. Al
most simultaneously the British broke
the Turk lines in the Holy Land. The
Turkish army was shattered, and BIZ
September % had lost $4,000 men in
prisoners. In the meantime the allies
smashed the Hindenburg line along a
22-mile front in the st. Quentin sector,
and 1t was announced at Washington
that the United; States now had LOO
600 men across the sea to aid in crush
ing the crnmbling armies of the enemy !.
The first decisive break in the ranks
Of the central empires came on Sep
TENDER q, when General Malinoff.
commander Of the Bulgar armies
which were routed before the advanc-
ing Serbs and French, asked for an
armistice <sOn September 80 Bulgaria
accepted the arc1istice terms pro-
posed by the allies and surrendered
unconditiOnally IA
eutonS Move tor Peace.
Turkey moved for peace On October
a and the German people we're thrown
into q panic. as they saw their allies
crumbling Prince Max who had nov
become German chancellor. addressed
a note to President Wilson. asking that
steps be taken Immediately to conclude
an armistice and to open peace nego,
tiations President Wilson answered
by asking whether he spoke for. the
people crthe then rulers of the empire
and whether the proposal was based
on an acceptance of the presidents "a
peace points. Meanwhile the drive on
the west front continued. and the Ger
mans were driven from much ground
that they hnf held since 1914. The
.IIindenhurg Ene was smashed at many
points. Pnrehngs men broke the foes
mainline of defense west of the Meusn
and .iftnr davs Of hittor fi.hting clenr-.
ed the Germans out of ArgOnne forest.
The (2erlnans were forced to abandon
the Ch~min DIES Da5les and to retreat
on a long line from LaOn as fair east
as ArgGnne.
Germany sent another note to Pres
idnnt Wilson on October IL. acteutinc
the latter's II peace principles ana
urging the president to transmit its
proposal for an armist.ce to the allies.
Prince Max assured the president thnt
by reason Of constitutional changes
the existing German government #Snnl.n