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Newspaper Page Text®he Atlanta Sammal VOLUME XX. Big German Drive Is Cracking Under Terrific American Counter Attacks HUNS CROSS MARNE AT THREE POINTS ITALIAN ADVANCE IN ALBANIA CONTINUES; BRITISH MAKE CAINS General Haig Announces Ad vance on 2|ooo-Yard Front and Capture of Prisoners in the Flanders Sector VIENNA. Sunday, July 14.—(Via Ixjndon.)—Allied troops in Albania con tinue to advance, says an official state ment from Austro-Hungarian headquar ters today. Increased activity is noted on the Italian front. The statement reads: ‘Between Lake Garda and the Adige the reciprocal artillery fire was very ac tivfc. On the Venetian mountain front activity has increased. This morning Italian battalions fruitlessly stacked southwest of Asiago and north of Mont di Vai Bella. An engagement on the western slopes of the Brenta valley also ended in our favor. •‘ln Albania the enemy has been grad ually pressing against our new lines of resistance. In the Devoli valley a French squadron has been repulsed." Austrians Fall Back. Burning as They Go ROME. July 15.—Further advances by ‘ the Italians and French in southern Al bania have seriously compromised the enemy positions, and probably will ne cessitate further retreat northward, freeing the allied communications be tween western Macedonia and the Ad riatic. a dispatch from the Italian front in Albania stated today. Thf Austrians continue to fall back tn disorder, burning depots and villages. The village of Bulchar is in flames. Ital ian troeps. co-operating with the French, have reached Glunaka pass. The French have completely cleared the heights dominating the confluence of the Devoli and Tomorica rivers. Brit- • ish troops in Macedonia made success ful raids against the Bulgarians west of Lake Doiran. ' British Advance on Wide Front in Flanders LONDON. July 15. —British troops ad vanced on a front of more than a mile east of Dickebusche lake, in Flanders, ■•esterday morning, taking 294 prisoners. Field Marshal Haig reported today. ."The local operation in the Dicke busch lake sector yesterday morning • was completely successful." the state ment said. “We advanced on a 2.000-yard front, taking a ridge and wood, and attaining all our objectives. We captured 296 prisoners, several machine guns and much other material. British Take 260 Prisoners In Successful Local Attack NEW YORK. July 15.—(Summary of European Cables to Associated Press.) — British troops on the front southwest of Ypres have carried out a successful lo cal attack. The Germans were pushed back east of Dickebusch lake, the scene of much heavy fighting during the re pulse of German efforts to advance -com Kemmel hill, and lost 260 prisoners. Elsewhere on the western front only the artillery has been active. The bad weather, however, appears about over and the return of fair conditions may bring intense fighting. Aerial activity is very marked, espe cially on the part of the Germans, who announce officially the bombing of large cities and railway centers in northern France. This is the first report of this kind made by Berlin in several weeks and may have been made to counteract the effect of allied raids en Rhine cities. Abbeville and the regions of St. Pol. Doullens, Crepy-En-Valois and Villers- Cottereta have been attacked by enemy airmen. All these cities are behind the allied lines and between Ypres and Rheims, hitherto the main fighting area. Kuns Lose Sixteen Planes Sixteen German machines have been accounted for by British air fighters. On railway lines, trains, camps and other targets behind the enemy lines British bombers have dropped twenty-three tons of explosives. Very heavy artillery firing was heard tn Paris early Monday morning. The eastern skies were lit tip. apparently by s monster battie of the big guns on the fighting front. Artillery bombardments and patrol engagements have increased in the mountain zone of the Italian front. There are no aigns of extensive infantry fighting. Allie.- A . ;tce in Albania In Albania, the allied troops continue to advance and Vienna declares they are approaching the new Austrian "link of resistance" which probably means the Semeni river. On the west, the Italians maintain their pressure against the en emy. French troops in the east rapidly are clearing up the Devoli and Tomor ica valleys. Two towns and an impor tant hill are included in their latest cap tures. British troops show some signs of activity near Doiran. Macedonia, but there has been no fighting of moment. German news dispatches report that British troops in northern Russia have occupied the White sea port of Kem. west of Archangel and southeast* of Kola. German and Finnish forces have been reported approaching Kem. which is also a railway junction and the most likely place for the Germans and Finns to attempt to cut the railway running north to Mola and the Murman coast. Kem probably has been held by Russians friendly to the allies. Full Associated Press Service U. S. AND BRITISH TROOPS UWE TAKEN ALL MURMAN COAST ■' • Czecho-Slovak Troops Capture City of Kazan Following Vio-; i, lent Resistance by Forces of the Bolsheviki LONDON. July 15.-—American and British troops have occupied the whole| of the Murman coast, in northern Rus-; sia. says a dispatch from Moscow to the Central News Agency byway of Amster dam. After capturing Kem. a railroad sta tion on the White seacoast, the dis patches add, the American and British forces advanced toward Toroki, the Rus sian Bolsheviki authorities having with-: drawn to Nlrok. * The commander of the entente allied forces have issued an appeal to the pop-1 ulation on the Murman coast requesting | help against Germany and Finland. It j is declared that the Murman coast is I Russian territory under the protection of the entente powers. * LONDON, July 15 —Czecho-Slovak troops have captured the city of Kazan, ! 430 miles east of Moscow, an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen says it is reported from Moscow. The city was taken over after the Bolsheviki ; had put up violent resistance. Kazan is on the Kazanka river, near 1 where it joins the Volga. It is a manu- • facturing and commercial center, and j s the entreport of the commerce be tween Siberia and Europeah "Russia. Ka zan is about 100 miles north of Sim b’rsk. where the Bolshevik government troops were reported to have defeated I the Czechs last week. Evacuation of British Demanded by Bolsheviki LONDON, July 15.—M. Tchitcherin, the Russian foreign minister, has ad- A-essed a note to Great Britain demanding that the British detachments now on the- Murman coast be re-embarked without delay, says a Central News message to day from Amsterdam, relaying a MoS , cow dispatch. Alexieff Now Heads Anti-Bolshevik Force AMSTERDAM, July 15.—General Alexieff, former Russian chief of staff, Ihas been appointed commander-in-chief of the anti-Bolshevik forces, according to a Moscow dispatch today. He arrived in Omsk with a large army and was ac corded an enthusiastic reception. Omsk is in Asiatic Russia, 1,300 miles east of Moscow. Ask Horvath to Withdraw Dictator Proclamation PEKING, Saturday. July 13.—(8y the Associated Press.) —The British, French and Japanese ministers to China have stronkly protested to General Horvath, the anti-Bolshevik military commander, • who has formed a temporary war cabi net for Siberia, asking him to withdraw his dictatorship proclamation, on the I ground that it is unwise and untimely. The proclamation, the ministers say, is calculated to cause a situation which may impede the movement of the Czecho-Slovaks, which movement at the present time is all important. General Horvath is requested to reply to the diplomatic protest. Tobacco Ration in U. S. May Be Next Move WASHINGTON, July” 15 —The sol- ' dieFs demand for his cigarette may lead to the rationing of tobacco among civil ians, the war industries board announc ed. Investigations are now under way to determine the amount of tobacco that must be conserved in this "country to supply the needs of the soldiers. Comparisons have been made of the j rations issued by Great Britain, France, I Italy and Belgium. The estimate of the amount available for 1918 in the United ! States from the 1917 crop is 850,000,000 pounds. 20 More Transports For American Troops WASHINGTON, July 15. —To main- j tain the high transportation speed of j American troops to France twenty ad-I ditional transports are to be built Imme- i diately. Contracts for these were let' by the shipping board today to the Bethlehem Shlp’u: 1! ■•. corporation.! Alameda, Cal. STOMACH TROUBLE OR TAPEWORM BANISHED Many persons who suffer from stom- ‘ ack trouble really have a tapeworm and don’t know it. A guaranteed remedy which has proven to be remarkably es- ! fective In expelling tapeworms and giv- i ing quick relief in all forms of stomach , trouble is being sent on free trial by • the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 30, Milwau- I kee. Wis. They guarantee It to'remove, in le<ll» than one hour, any tapeworm with its head. No pain, no dieting, no j danger; also to relieve any form of i stomach trouble or it costs nothing. Take advantage of their free trial offer. Write them today.—(Advt) ONCE MORE ,■ „ miiilib i r.n_.j ~ " T a r ’ ■' i . )• ' A'-- 11 •"X z \ —**^* ! <<- ~ ■ \ .<! \.: A Y t ‘ X \ ( y ’ ' .. X/X. • ? - • <-.> -*' -X x X bt-x " \ FIFTH OFFENSIVE 15 ON LEAST IMPORTANT FRONT Htndenburg Again Attempts to Draw Out General Foch’s Reserve Forces ■Y J. W. T. MASON. NEW YORK, July 15.—Von Hinden burg has launched his fifth offensive along the least important part of the western front. His primary purpose apparently Is to try to entice General Focn into rushing a large part of the allies' reserves to defend the sector northeast of Jaul gonne. If this objective were accom plished Von Hindenburg would snitt his main attack westward and would at tempt to break through to Paris or the channel ports. The wedge which Von Hindenburg drove into the French front when he thrust his Aisne front southward to the Marne now serves to separate the scene of the present offensive from the area defending Paris and the channel. East ward of this wedge, Hindenburg is now resuming his ruthless slaughter of German manpower. Westward of the wedge are General Foch’s principal re serves. Because he is on the outside of the wedge, General Foch cannot move his reserves from east to west and back again as quickly as can Hinden burg. The advantage of concentration, there fore, rests with Von Hindenburg. On the other hand, any moderate territo rial gain Hindenburg may make east of the Aisne-Marne wedge will be without strategic importance to him. It will still further deplete his <rin reserve forces without bringing Paris or the channel ports any nearer the kaiser’s grasp. A heavy death toll exacted by the allies in this hitherto quiescent sec tor will further react against Von Hin denburg’s leadership. Slight progress by the Germans may be expected, un less Von Hindenburg sees that General Foch has not fallen into nls trap and abruptly orders the offensive to cease. The attack this morning against the American positions at Vaux gains evi dence of being for the moment at least, subsidiary to the main offensive on the eastern side of the Aisne-Marne wedge. If, however, Von Hindenburg suddenly swings his drive from east to west, the Vaux attack may assume more impor tance as the beginning of another ef fort to reach Paris. ATLANTA, tA TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1918. 40,000 AUSTRIANS DESERT AND FLEE TO INLAND POINTS Army Following Piave Disaster —3,000 Are Arrest ed and Balance Are Said to Be in Mountains LONDON, July 15.—Forty thousand | deserters from the Austrian army tied I inland after the Piave disaster, the Zu i rich correspondent of the Daily News j has learned from neutral sources, he 1 declared in a dispatch today. Some cf these are armed and are hld i ing in the mountains. Three thousand deserters were arrest- 1 ed in Budapest. Austro-German relations are serlous ' ly strained as a result of the Piave de feat, the correspondent said. German Chancellor von Hertling’s re cent statements were the result of Aus trian pressure, designed to bolster up the tottering dual monarchy by show ing its oppressed people that the cen tral empires “earnestly desire peace.” Despite the rigid censorship, it is learned that the Austrian losses on the Piave. exclusive of slightly wounded, were more than 200.000, of which 10,- 000 were drowned. Austrian Premier von Seydler, Austro- Hungarian Foreign Minister Burian and I Count Czernin and Count Berchtoldt, i former Austro-Hungarian foreign min ister, are gding to German headquar- I ters on an important mission. New Jugo-Slav Revolts 4 In Austrian Army Reported WASHINGTON, July 15.—New out breaks among Jugo-Slav troops in the Austrian armies, supposedly inspired by ; the Austro-German reverses in Albania, i are reported through Swiss sources, in cables to the Italian embassy today. Details of the uprising were not given ■ but the reports stated that 170 Jugo slav soldiers were executed as mutineers on a single day. The Italian view is that the Jugo-Slav welcome the allied redemption of Alba- I nia and Montenegro and that the ad ! vance of the Italians and their allies ’ on the Albanian front has served as an encouragement to the dissatisfied Slavs. It Is declared that the Jugo-Slav will gladly welcome the allied troops, if they i are able to hurl the Austrians from the i Balkans and penertate Austria-Hungary i from the south. THREE GEORGIA BOYS IN LATEST MLH LISTS Dial, of Atlanta, Killed; Brooks,' Newton, Wounded; Wil liams, Cataula, Dies WASHINGTON, July 15.—The army casualty list today shows: Killed In action, 14. Died of wounds, 7. Died of disease, 7. ’ Died of accident and other causes, 1. W’ounded severely, 28. Missing 3. Total, 60. The list includes the following from southern states: Killed in action: Privates Henry K. Burtner, 344 McAdoo avenue, Greens boro, N. C.; Harry St. Clair, 503 Tenth avenue, Roanoke, Va. • Died of disease: Privates Grover K. Spratt, Belmont, N. C.; Joe Williams, Cataula, Ga. Severely wounded: Privates Harold Coward, Jacksonville. Fla.; Arthur Dil beck, Clairfield, Tenn. Two Georgians in Sunday’s I>ists ■ •The marine corps casualty l:st Sun day contained fifty-two names, divide! as follows: Killed in action, 10: died of wounds, 4; wounded severely, 33; missing in ac tion, 4. Included in the list are: Killed in action: Privates Harvey G. Dial, No. 25 Flora avenue. Atlanta; Frank A. Kerrigan, No. 1100 South Mar ket street, Nashville; John B. McDon ald, Martinsville, Ky. Died of wounds: Private Foy Boyd, Abbott, Texas. Wounded severely: Sergeant Herbert H. Jonte, Dallas, Texas; Corporals E. McCollan, Wentworth, N. C.; Allison M. Page. Aberdeen, N. C.; Privates Herbert Brooks, Newton, Ga.; T. Altl zer, Sweetwater, Texas: Leroy Barbee, Hico, Texas; Albert M. Ball, Hunts ville. Texas; Joseph Clark, Jr., Kenton, N. C.: Otis Cook. Vardaman, Miss.; Robert G. Harpold, Dallas, Texas; I«eon ard L. Kitsinger, Gulfport, Miss.; Henry E. Trusler, Little Rock. Missing in action: Private Raymond (Oonttnued on Page 3, Column 6.) MISER LAUNCHES MAJOR OFFENSIVE ALONG MARNE ON FRONT OF SO MILES WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE MARNE, July 15. —(By the Associated Press.) —The Germans at daylight today launched a vio lent attack against the American positions west of Chateau Thierry, es pecially near Vaux. The attack was then extended on a front of thirty miles, between Chateau Thiery and Bligny, southwest of Rheims. The Germans also attacked east ,of Rheims, between Prunay and Maison fle Champagne, on a front of ‘twenty-five miles. Later the Germans attack on a fifteen-milc front from Chateau Thierry northwest to La Fere Milon, making the offensive over a front totaling sixty-five miles, the widest front attacked this year. The American forces delivered a counter attack upon the Germans in the Vaux region this morning and drove off the enemy. Reports from Vaux this afternoon indicated that the Americans had advanced their line in this region in the face of the determined enemy attack. The advance extended a of approximately 700 yards, but the Americans subsequently withdrew to their original line for stragetic reasons.* Twenty-eight Germans were taken prisoners in thft sector It is clear that the German attack in the Vaux region completely broke down under the American counter attack. Further sharp fighting is likely to develop in this area at any time, however. FIVE PHASES OF HUN OFFENSIVE ' '"PICARDY DRIVE: Started March 21 on a 50-mile front between Arras and the Oise. Stopped in just one week, after the Germans had ad vanced 40 miles to within striking distance of Amiens. FLANDERS DRIVE: Started April 9 on a 25-mile front, between the Ypres-Comines canal and La Bassee. Stopped in ten days after the Ger mans had penetrated 15 miles to within striking distance of Haze brouck. MARNE DRIVE: Started May 27 on a 40-mile front between Coucy le Chateau and Rheims. Stopped in a week after the Germans had pene trated 30 miles to Chateau Thierry. OISE DRIVE: Started June 9 on a 35-mile front between Montdidier and Coucy le Chateau. Stopped in three days after the Germans had advanced six miles. They were later pushed back nearly half this distance. CHAMPAGNE DRIVE: Started July 15 on a 50-mile front between Chateau Thierry and Main de Mas siges. Still continuing with initial German gains reported. GERMANY’S LAST MAJOR DRIVE IS NOW UNDER WAY Allied Superiority, Both in Men and Material, Will Be Felt in Fall —Enemy .on Defensive Then WASHINGTON, July 15— Germany’s fifth drive today was viewed by many military men as probably Germany’s last major offensive action. Its location indicated that Germany has elected to try for Paris anew or to strike so heavily as to draw strength from the north. Their apparent intention appeared to be the former. If, however, the Ger man is seeking to divert strength from farther north, then he eventually hopes to strike the channel ports. Military men agree that difficult days are again ahead. But, they say. the French and Ameri cans are in better shape to withstand the blow than were the allies when the first great drive started March 21. This operation, they predict, will be halted. Some ground will be given, but none believes the German will succeed in a strategical victory. If he fails, as expected, it is probable he cannot undertake another major op eration this year. Then, with American strength con stantly and rapidly growing, the mah power balance will against him. That means he will be on the defensive and that in time he will be defeated. I>ast Big Effort Germany's offensive will be her last major drive, in the opinion of many mil itary men here today. While they are far from thinking that it will close the war or bring the vic tory Germany has planned, they do think that thereafter Germany will be on the defensive. American manhood is the chief answer. Early in the fall the United States troop shipments will have reached the point where the slight superiority Ger many had March 21 will not onfy have been wiped out, but the allies will act ually be preponderant. What is true of man power will also be true of ma terial. • Today’s far-reaching bombardment of the Americans on the Marne is quite conceivably the forerunner of the big (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) a NUMBER 84. • Shortly after 11 o’clock one of the . American infantry regiments launched a counter attack in the region of Conde. (The town of Conde, mentioned, is probably Conde-En-Brie, which lies about 3 3-4 miles south of the Marne and eight miles southeast of Chateau Thierry.) Reports redelved here shortly after 11 a. m. on the fighting to the east of Rheims said that the enemy up to about; an hour previously had made no prog ress whatever there. In the Conde region, however, before the American counter-attack, the Ger man advance appeared to have eliminat ed the river salient. In their attack on the Marne front the Germans threw many bridges across the river. Over these the Germans are passing under a withering fire from the ' artillery. The German progress is be ing stayed by the machine gunners. The Germans succeeded in crossing the river at three places—at Mezy, at Jaulgonne and at La Bretonnere farm north of Fossoy. (Fossoy is four miles east of Chateau Thierry; Mezy is two miles northeast of Jaulgonne is the same distance northeast of Mezy.) The Americans and their French com rades have resisted the enemy to the utmost and are continuing this charac ter of resistance. Word received here shows that . the . enemy also launched an attack east of ( Rheims, but on the sectors on that front on which French and Americans are • fighting side by side, the positions are reported intact. The American machine gunners here let the enemy come close to their posi tions and then opened a deadly fire into the advancing close formations of Ger- , j r mans. The operation at Vaux appeared to be a feint, for soon after it began the G*r> mans attacked all along the Marne, where they were gallantly opposed by I more of the American troops and the French. I The first crossing was made at the . peak of the big river bend. The Amer i ican machine gunners and infantrymen fought and died where they stood here Others of the American troops with drew strategically as the enemy attack . ed from east of Chateau Thierry to along the Marne, east of Dormans, mak ing additional crossings. At 11:20 o’clock this morning the long range bombardment was becoming more intense. , The day opened sunny, but low clouds ’ are now scurrying over the battlefield, threatening rain. The German offensive come after a most violent bombardment of high ex plosives and gas shells throughout the night. The American troops sought shel ter wherever it was available. When the enemy infantry appeared, the Americans swarmed out and met the attackers with a rain of machine gun bullets. The Americans wore their gas masks as they fought the attacking Germans. An enemy bombardment of towns in the rear of the line began shortly after 6 o’clock a. m. The latest reports shy the Ame»*lcans are holding their own in the fighting, mainta’ning the : r positions. i Heavy shells from German naval guns are falling in regions far behind the actual battle area, many of these projectiles having fallen in the city of Meaux, 25 miles from Chateau Thierry. In many of these towns the German shell fire is constant, the projectiles be ing from ten and twelve-inch naval i guns. Reports from American advance posi tions said that the American troops were “handling the enemy well” in the desperate fighting which is continuing. At this hour it had not been determined how the battle in the vicinity of Vaux was progressing. The whole line in both directions from that town was . f dense w’th smoke and gas fumes. The roar of The canor.ade was punctuated in the few intermissions with a terrific din of machine gun and rifle fire, which seemed of the hottest character in Vaux itself. Official reports relative to the grand offensive begun this morning against the allied positions shows that it is the most ambitiou’s stroke since March 21, when the Germans launched Jheir as- (Contlnued on Page 3, Coltunn 6.)

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 16, 1918, Image 1