Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-07-07
u. s. GIVEN CREDIT
BY MARSHAL FOCH
Commander of Allied Armies
Sends Greetings to America.
YANKEES ASSURED VICTORY
Says Americas Prodigious Effort As
founded and Fooled the Common
Enemy, Thereby Saving the
Liberty of the World.

Enemy, Thereby Saving the
Liberty of the World.
Paris July 5.-Marshal Ferdinand
Foch of France, commander in chief
of the allied armies, sent a message to
the American nation on the anniver-
sary of the Declaration of Independ-
ence.
Marshal Fochs message reads, in
part:
"In celebrating Americas Independ-
| ence day in union with the United
States, France does not only comment
crate the heroic days when Lafayette,
with the best of her sons, brought help
to the noble cause of the liberty and
independence of the United States, but
she commentaries also the days
| more recent and not less heroic, when
the American nation stood up fully
| bent upon the defense of another great
| and noble cause.-the liberty of the
world, which was in danger.
"France, in fact, can never forget
what America did to help in the great
and complete triumph of right over
brutal strength.
"What was the American share in
the strife tor victory? Two sets Of
| figures will give its measure. In April,
1917, when the United States declared
war upon Germany, the American
army had $500 officers and 100000
men. Eighteen months later, at the
time of the armisticp, she had more
than 100000 officers and 100000 men.
"a prOdigIous effort of an entire ma
tion before which the enemy remained
astounded and which foiled all his
| plans.
/ Germany intended to settle the
I fate of the entente before the Amer
/ leans were able to come into line. Act
/ ing strongly and quickly, America
/ ruined the plans of our adversary.
She, acted strongly and quickly, in
| deed.
Lads American Energy.
"On March 2S, 1918, at tine supreme
rnoment of the German drive against
the Franco-British front, by an act
already consecrated in history, Cen
erai Pershing spontaneously offered to
the. commander in chief of the allied
forces the direct cooperation of the
American divisions, already trained.
cen April "a, the first American di'
vision. came into lime before Mont
didier and one. month later distin-
guished itself by capturing i'm bril-
LIANT assault the village of Cantigny.
''At the end of May two divisions
were. i'm the battle of Pfcardy, and
three others i'm the Vosges, where they
replaced the French
Tin June, two more divisions took
part in the battle of the Marine at
Chateau-Therry, and at Belleau
Wood, where Inn hard and heoric fight
ing they took an important part in
the checking of the enemy.
Praises Yanks at the Front.
"July Is five divisions participated
in the victorious offensive of the
Sixth and Tenth French armies be-
tween the AIsne and contributed
largely to the successes.
"On July "a, the first American
army was created under the command
Of general PershIng Its first orders
were to clear the Paris-Nancy railroad
line I'm the region of st. Mihlel ana
on September II, attacking on front
of q kilOmeters, it captured the 81
Mihiel sector and 200 guns and 15OU
prisoners remained in it's possession
Notwithstanding the stubborn re-
sistance Of the enemy, despite the MI
merOus obstacles opposed to it's prog
hxy hn ArQOnnG
region, it VIGOROUSLY drove the enemy
back.
November /, in magnificent at
tack, the American army reached
Buzancy. On the 4th, 1t was close ia
Beaumont and the 7th it occupied the
whole line of the Meuse from Mouzon
to BaZeill.
/ ''In the long war that the free ma
tons had to fight against the oppres
sors of the right the direct participa'
ton of America lasted only a short
period. but to the American nation Is
due the glory of having thrown her
self wholly into the struggle at the de
cisive moment and, in order to insure
victory, to have made in every branch
of the national activity an unparal
,Ieled effort.
"She has generously given heI
blood to the common cause $4,000 OF
her children, dead on the soil OF
France, testify to this in an undying
way.
GLORY to these dead Glory to the
American army! Glory to the Amer
t.oon ,,nonIo