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Sourtml VOLUME XX. NOYON AND BAPAUME FALL ■ FISMETTE RETAKEN BY ENEMY: GAUNTER AHACK IS REPULSED American Artillery, Working in Open, Bombards Germans, i Latter Claim Capture of 250 Prisoners During Day WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE VESLE. Wednesday . Aug. 28.—(8y the Associated ft* American and German troops ware engaged in spirited actions today in the regions of Ba -oches and Fienrette. According to the latest report the fighting continues at both points. Tonight, as a result of the local actions, the Americans had made some gains nt Bazoehes, while the Ger mans bad recaptjred Elsmette. on the north bank of the Vesle opposite Fismes. The fighting had been marked bytnuch * stubbornness. Several days ago when the Americans advanced in the region of Bazoehes the Germans retired into a wooded strong hold. just south of the Soissons-Rheims road Small detachments were left in the cellars in Bazoehes to harass the Americans. Tuesday the Americans ap proached Bazoehes from the west and maintained their advance during the night. Today the Americans made prog ress toward the town from the east and south, a detachment piking the eastern outskirts this morning. Since then the Americans have made additional prog ress. Fismette had been held by the Amer icans since August 8, despite German efforts to djslodge them. The Germans maintained their posi tion on the hills commanding the vil lage and cnly daring the night were the Americans able to communicate with the southern bank. The Americans erected temporary bridges across the river at night time. German Counter Attack Stopped by Americans BY FMP ■- FERGUSON WJTH THE AMERICAN’ .ARMIES IN ’ Aug. 28.—The deries of Op eraJluns initiated by both sides on the Aisne battle fields has resulted tn violent fighting along the Vesle line More than a hundred Germans have been captured. American artillery. working in the open. hurUd shells toward the Boche last night, the flash of the guns illumi nating the black overcast sky. * ‘A counter attack against the Amert rans late yesterday afternoon broke i'nwr completely in the face of heavy artillery and machine gvn fire. Presence of Americans With French Confirmed WITH THE AMERICAN’ ARMIES IN FRANCE. Aug. 29.—American troops, brigade 4 with General Mangin’s army, are holding an important sector north west «of Chavigny (three m les north of Fnissons). Their first clash with the Boche was a local operation, in which the dough boys were entirely successful and took a number of prisoners, a German coun ter attack was completely broken up. American artillery violently bombard ed the enemy positions all last night. • Germans Claim 250 American Prisoners BERLIN. Aug. 29.—(Via London.)— l*%the operations in the Vesle sector the Germans claim to have inflicted se vere losses on the Americans and taken more than 230 prisoners. This claim is set forth iu the statement from gen era’ headquarters yesterday. Advance of Americans To Juvigny Is Reported WASHINGTON. Aug. 28.—Advance of French and American forces to the rail way west of Juvigny and capture of 200 prisoners Wednesday was reported by General Pershing today. “North of the Aisne. cur troops in co-operation with the French, advanced to the railroad west of Juvigny and captured 200 prisoners. Along tne Vesle local hosittle attacks forced -our outlying detachments in Bazoehes and ' Fismette to retire.” he reported. 2,000-Yard Concrete Tunnel Is Captured by British at Bullecourt WITH THF BRITISH ARMIES TN THE FIELD. Aug. is.—The Canadians -.•re within about- a mile of Bullecourt (a mile and a half •'outheast of Croi vllles) and Hendecourt (two miles east of cmmubb). They spent the nisht cleaning out a • Tnas.-i of dugouts and pockets filled ir. ’hy ’he Germans, including the famous J.f’vO-yard concrete tunnel running west from Bullecourt to the Sensec river. MOTORIZE YOUR' EARM’.! TRUCKS —play an important part in the greater profits of modern farming. —Your fruit, live stock, cotton and crops in general can be handled on a larger scale at a lower cost by using motor triicks. The Atlanta Journal —will publish in its Sunday edition. September I. announcements of At lanta 'truck distributors that every progressive farmer should read. —Price. 7 cents. < ' Fpll Associated Press Service, MU-POWER MEASURE IS 1 REIDYFOB FINAL PASSAGE • Penrose Amendment Is Elimi nated by Conferees at Crowder’s Request WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—Minor dif ferences between senate and house con ferees on, the manpower bill were 1 cleared away, today, and the measure with the senate work or fight amend ment eliminated, was prepared for final congressional action. The conferees eliminated the Pen s rose amendment, relieving registrants . of claiming exemption. Thia action fol- I lowed an explanation by Provost Mar , shal General Crowder that under . amended regulations district boards will , be empowered to fix a registrant's . status whether he claims exemption or ( not. ( Senator Chamberlain announced that . new regulations worked out some time > ago and to be definitely agreed on by war department officials today or to- j morrow will cover the ground intended to be covered by the Fenrose amend i menu Details of the regulations will > be given out by the war department. The France amendment providing in i slgnia for men honorably exempted was i stricken out. This marked final agree i ment and conferees prepared to sub- - mit their reports to both houses at I once. Senator Wadsworth's amendment ex tending the act to the navy and marine I corps by providing that men may be al i lotted for those services, was retained The work or fight amendment is net in the bill. House conferees absolute ly refused to accept it . Senate - conferees yielded for two reasons: i Because they did not want to delay the army program and because the present law contains a provision that no man's exemption shall continue after the cause > for which it was granted no longer i exists. That, conferees agreed, is cleaf i ly a work or fight provision. An amendment was agreed to provid ing that the government must furnish officers uniforms at cost, if officers re quest it The Treadway amendment providing ’ for recombing of deferred classes was , stricken out. on the groui»<Lthat H njtght embarrass General CrowderM plane. - The house amendment on vocational training was substituted for the senate provision. The difference is that the house amendment makes the training effective now, while the senate plan was , to begin it when the men below twenty one who are called return to this coun- . try. Voluntary System of Enlistment Is No More WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. —The purely voluntary system of enlistment in the army, navy and marine corps is defintte- I: ly at an end. Regulations are being I considered, however, where the navy and marine corps will receive a. certain ■ portion of selectmen for their services. While a man cannot actually volun teer, there will be certain latitude as to 1 induction in the spacial branches of the war department, including navy and ma 1 i rine corps. ... • , ’; Details are withheld. ; i War manufacturers, having learned of the prospect of army Invasion on their workers, have been conferring recently with cabinet officers-here. In general, . arrangements will be made for exempt : ing from actual military service of any I skilled worker now employed in special ' war work. A system of checking will ' be involved whereby the worker will : lose his exemption if he transfers to a - non-essent.al line or fails to keep up his 1 usual standard of work. 1 The system is already in use In the navy department, particularly in such plants Midvale and Bethlehem. I Mrs. Cornish Sentenced To Life Term on Charge Os Killing Her Husband i ' I.AFATETTE, Ga., Aug. 29.—After ■ being pronounced guilty of the murder I of her husband by a jury which delib erated for three hours. Mrs. Will Cornish was sentenced to a life term by Judge Moses Wright, before whom the case was tried. Mrs. Cornish was charged with killing her husband and then sink ing his body In a well. The head and . both legs were severed from the body. t! Mrs. Cornish, at the coroner's Inquest, it was alleged, confessed to the crime, but later told conflicting stories in which she implicated a man fiametl • Hobbs. The 'grand jury, however, failed , to indict Hobbs. t * J Another Spanish Ship i Sunk by Hun U-Boat J ’>’ PARIS. Aug. 29 (Havas Agency.)— 1 • The Spanish steamer Crusa has been sunk by a German submarine, it re ' ported here. Newspapers consider that > this event will bring to a crisis ’he re ! lations between Spain and Germany. -w—T— — Available maritime records failed to show a Spanish ship by the name of ■ Crusa. ■STOMACH TROUBLE OR TAPEWORM BANISHED Many persons who suffer from stom ach trouble really have a tapeworm and i don't know it. A guarspteed remedy < which has proven to be remarkably es . fective in expelling tapeworms and giv ing quick relief in all forms of stom ach trouble, is being sent or free trial .by the Schoenherr Co.. Dept. 30, Mil waukee. Wis- They guarantee it to re move. in less than one hour, any tape worm with its head. No pain, no.diet ing, no danger: also, to relieve any form ■ of stomach trouble or it costs nothing. ; Take advantage of their free trial offer. ; Write them today.—.(AdvtJ NOYON IS CAPTURED • | r v ARRAS cm-ibrai ' //’S/. Ad IL £3 AMIENS A / _ QUENTIN V J CHAUUiES. ■3\ r - wye > x j‘ - A-/ - doMPiEGtIE L_ A THE CAPTURE OF NOYON BY THE FRENCH was the big war development Thursday. This is the last remaining powerful stronghold of the enemj in the southern end of the Picardy salient. The loss by the Germans of this important highway center was forecast by the fall of Roye and Chaulnes. On the British front north of Roye there was virtually no change in the map Thursday. NATURAL PAUSE IN WEST FRONT DRIVE FOR READJUSTMENT • Following Extensive Retirement ’ of Germans Toward Somme, Marshal Foch Will Not Press Forward Recklessly • BY J. W. T. MASON NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—Following yesterday’s extensive retirement by the Germans tdward the Somme, there is a natural pause for the time being along the west front while conditions read just themselves to the new alignment. Marshal Foch will not press for ward recklessly but will resume his lo cal drives a careful selection of the weakest spots in the new line Lu dendorff is now establishing. The front Von Hindenburg has secured by his hop back is almost geometrically straight from its nearest point to the Somme southward for 20 miles to Noyon. The line is, therefore, capable of be ing held by a minimum number of men, but unfortunate for Von Hindenburg Returns at right angles to the east ward at Noyon. The wedge thus creat ed by far the sharpest pocket into which Von Hindenburg has put his troops since his west front retirement began. If Marshal Foch were to suc ceed in cutting through the German an gle at Noyon he would definitely sever Von Hindenburg’s southern flank from his western front. It was for this Von Hindenburg played and lost when at St. Quentin last spring he tried to separate the British and French armies. The intensity of the German resistance at Noyon is accounted for by the fact that Von Hindenburg is compelled to sacrifice his troops without regard to number in order to prevent Noyon from becoming for the Germans a more fatal “St. Quentin.” Marshal Foch. for his part, is main taining strict accord with his basic 1 strategy in declining to use his men for a reckless gamble at Noyon. The i chances in the present war have con sistently shown great odds against a break through. If Marshal Foch were tc make a major attempt at Noyon and fail after having paid a price of a hundred thousand casualties, the laurels would be Von Hindenburg’s. By confining the Noyon operations to a small scale, but remaining on the alert for any sudden weakness. Mar shal Foch is adopting the wiser course. ' Noyon must be evacuated eventually by ! Von Hindenburg and the whole German line moved back, but Von Hindenburg vhould be prevented from compelling the' allies to pay for this operation by a large casualty list. ...... ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918. AMERICANS ALONE HIVE CAPTURED NEIIHLY 25.D0D Our Boys Have Taken Several Big Bags of German Prisoners WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—Twenty thousand to twenty-five thousand Ger man prisoners constitute America’s por tio pof the rgcat allied haul of 112,- VOO captives since July 1. These figures arc based on careful estimates of important war department officials today. The last official figure on American totals was li.COO toward the end of the Soissons-Rheims struggle. After that time, several sizeable bags were made. And, the Americans have continued to take more or less prisoners ever since the main fignting died down. What ratio the prisoners bear to the dead and wounded is somewhat rovnt ful. One high officer estimated hat the Teuton dead and wounded certainly run more than three times the captures. On the whole, there is an Inclination to believe that the German casualties, including prisoners, run a half millicn or more since July 1. Germany was reported in March ready to sacrifice a million on more men to 1 accomplish her airns. The German mor j ale flow is at a lower ebb than ever, re- I ports indicate. Officers say ihis is prov ; ed by the Tr-crcasingly large number of prisoners the British have been taking. Many of these have shown remarkable willingness to be taken. Whether some plan will be made for | bringing German prisoners to America, is a subject war department authorities decline to discuss. It is known, how ' ever, that tjie matter has been under se rious discussion and that a decision ' ; one way or another is imminent. ■ ' ' 11. S.-Canadian Casualty OTTAWA, Aug. 29.—R. H. Dennis. Erwin, Ten., was ‘isted as wounded in , today’s Canadian casualties. Makes Punctureless Tires , A practical air substitute which not I only makes punctures and blow-outs im : possible, but actually doubles the mile age of tires, is now being offered car i owners by J. A. Jonson, Sales Mgr., 32-220 W. Superior St., Chicago. This 1 new substance rides over the roughest ' roads like air, and is not affected by heat or .cold, water, sand, mud or pres sure. In fact, it gives such universal satisfaction that Mr. Jonson is sending 1 it on free trial to anyone who owns an I automobile He wants one car in each locality to whom he can refer new customers. Take advantage of his free offer. Write him today.— (AdvL) FONCK HAS DOWNED 50 BOCHE PLANES 'SINCE JANUARY 1— Leading French Ace Has De stroyed More Than Three Score, 32 Falling Before One Spad-Hispano Biplane WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE, Aug. 18.—(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) —Lieutenant Rene Fonck, the leading French ace, has brought down since January 1, fifty of the more than three score German air craft he has destroyed. Os the enemy machines vanquished this year, thirty two have fallen before him in the same airplane which is a Spad-Hispano bi plane with two machine guns. This constitutes a record for one machine. Between July 16 and July 22 he felled eleven enemy machines, nine of which have already been officially accounted for. On July 16 while stationed in the , Somme he was ordered to report to the I Champagne. He left for Paris that day at 10 o’clock. He lunched there and set back for the Somme, arriving there j shortly before 5. At 5 o’clock he had become the conqueror of two boche ma chines. He left that evening for his I new assignment. ! The following da*’ in the Champagne he felled a German mahine and on the next two. On July 19 he brought down I three; on July 21, two, and on July 22, one. The foilwing is his own account of his aerial tactics: 'Tactics? I have none. I attack watching my adversary's maneuver. In the last combats in which I have par ticipated, I have succeeded in' forcing my maneuvering upon them. In my fight on July 16, I attacked two Ger man machines which were protected by a patrol of six others. I fixed my gaze upon my two victims, but never did I lose sight of the patrol. When the pa trol rushed at me I was able to break away by maneuver. "You ask me at what distance I shoot. Generally from 150 meters, according to my relative position, I believe it could be said. If I attack frontally Y'Wtart to shoot at 150 meters, that being the most suitable, allowing for the speed c.f the machine. If I attack in the rear ar lat erally I get somewhat closer.'W Air Transports Used To Supply Hun Lines AMSTERDAM, Aug. 29.—During Mon day’s fighting. German airmen supplied their lines with ammunition and food, a semi-official dispatch from Berlin stated teday. This may be accepted as indication of the failure of the German transport sys tem in some regions. VILLAGES CLOSE TO PERONNE RETAKEN * • <.• *><«.** LONDON, Aug. 29. (5 P. M.) —Bapaume was captured today by . th* forces of Field Marshal Haig. •j- sjc • PARIS, August 29. (3:50 p. m.)—French troops are aX the gates of Ham, according to dispatches from the front. The Germans lost threa complete munition trains at Breuil, five miles west of Ham in their pre cipitate retreat. The Journal des Debat declares it understands that Ham has been, definitely vanquished. (The French were last reported five miles west of Ham, which is the most important railway center within the Picardy sa lient.) The Franco-American attack against the Germans in the region of Juvigny, north of Soissons, is giving excellent results, according to dis patches received from the battle front this afternoon. The French and American forces have advanced about 1,200 yards and hold the approaches to the railway. % 5fC WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE, Aug. 29. — (Noon. By the Associated Press.) —Ginchy, a town about two miles northwest of Combles, was reported to have been captured by Field Marshal Haig's forces this morning. British troops also captured Belloy, Assevillers, Herbecourt and Feuil leres. All these towns are within four miles of. Peronne. Launching new local attacks and following up the advantage gained yesterday the British today moved forward along a large part of: this battle front. At noon the Australians were about three miles from the Briex bridge, south of Peronne. The German dead west of Bullecourt probably outnum ber the numerous prisoners taken in that vicinity. The British advance has been so rapid that mopping up parties are kept busy cleaning out enemy nests with bombs and grenades.. NEW YORK, August 29. (Summary of European War Cables.) — Noyon, the southern anchor point of the German armies in the Somme battlefield, has« been occupied by the French. The capture of the city, by General Humbert’s men, had been expect ed for several days. The allies are within four miles of Peronne and within five miles of Ham, the most important railway center within the Picardy salient. The British»are on the outskirts of Bapaume. The three large towns thus remaining within the big pocket are thus apparently doomed. Albert, Montdidier, Chaulness, Nesle, Noyon, Roye and Lassigny hate all been occupied. The Germans already have been forced back to the greater part of their Somme* defensive line between Peronne and Noyon. Nearly two thirds of the original Picardy salient has been eliminated. The only im portant trunk railway still remaining in German hands are those from Noyon to LaFere and Ham, and from Ham to Peronne and St. Quen tin and from Rapaume to Peronee, St. Quentin and Cambrai. With fall of Roye and Chaulnes, to the northward, Noyon became un tenable and the retirement of the German forces from west of the Somme river apparently spread far to the south and involved both Noyon and the country adjacent u> that city. Morlincourt, on the north bank of the Oise river, east of Noyon, has been taken by the French, it is announced. This may mark a crossing of tha Oise over a wide front toward Salency. Two Million Huns Killed Since War Started, Is Report LONDON, Aug. 29.—The British since August 9 have taken more than 47,000 prisoners and have captured between 500 and 600 cannon, it was learned today. The total captures by the allies since July IS is considerably more than 100,000 and not much less than 2,000 guns. The number of Germans killed since the beginning of the war is said to be at least 2,000,000, prob ably considerably more. IL S. FLIERS DOWN 46 HUN AIRPLANES IN JULY Unit of 75 Pilots Fights 144 Battles, Carries Out 131 Pa trols, Flies 2,017 Hours WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Aug. 29.—One American avia tion unit of seventy-five pilots, it was announced today, officially brought down twenty-eight enemy planes and a bal loon during July, in addition to unof ficially bringing down eighteen addition al planes. The unit fought 144 battles, carried out 131 combat patrols and flew 2,017 hours, of which 1,900 were combat flights and other trials. The total flights were 1,840. An enemy plane which attacked an American balloon late yesterday was promptly shot down. An Arnerican patrol consisting of an officer and nineteen men encircled and flrove off a German patrol in the Woevre region last night, capturing a Germa nsergeant and two privates and inflicting a number of casualties. There were jo American losses. Spain’s Demands Not Yet Agreed to by Germany AMSTERDAM. Aug. 29.—Germany has not fully acquiesced in the Spanish proposals regarding submarine warfare, according to a semi-official 'dispatch from Berlin today. It was stated fur ther negotiations will be undertaken. The Spanish steamer Carassa, of 2,099 tons, is reported to have been torpe doed and six of its crew drowned. NUMBER 97. The fall of Noyon comes as a heavy to the Germans, who were thought during the early days of the Picardy offensive to be planning to hold Noyon I as the southern pivot of their line, which runs northward along the old bat-t tie front of 1916. Noyon is situated on the right bank' of the Oise river at the confluence of that stream and the little River Verse. To the south and east there are large areas of flat lowlands along- the Oise, while to the north is a winding valley. To the southwest of*Mount Renaud and the Lassigny Massif, which dominate' the whole region. To the northeast a range of hills juts out into the valley. _• One'railroad runs through Noyon. It comes up the Oise valley from Com piegne and turning east at Noyon, leads: to Chauny and aL Fere. A canal leads off to the north and terminates at Nasle. Two small railroad lines run north and northeast, the former to Nesle and the latter to Ham. Noyon is a great highway center. Ono road runs to Roye, to the northwest;< one to Ham, to the northeast; one goes up the Oise valley and another leads down into Carlepont forest, to the south-- east. Another goes down to Compeigne., Noyon is a very ancient town, being! known to the Romans. Charlemagne was crowned king o fthe Franks at Noyon in 768, and Hugh Capet was elect-- ed king there in 987. It was the birth place of John Calvin, who was born July 10, 1509. Along the front to the north of Noyon there apparently was little etiange in the situation during last night. Thi British operating south of the Somme are said to be sdvanrng, but details of their progress do not appear in official announcements. East of Arras, the Germans have launched heavy counter attneks, which were repulsed, according to the British official report, but it is admitted by Lon don that the British forces holding po rtions at Oppy have been withdrawn to the west of that village. The Germans are apparently fighting rearguard actions along the canal du Nord, which runs from Noyon to Nesle. The French are close to this waterway at Frcsnoy wood. The situation as it stands today close ly resembles that in the Marne sector after the Germans had made a deter mined stand along the Oureq. It was found that their resistance there had nermftced the withdrawal of the jnajrt German army on the Marne sajierft, and it is probable that General von Boehn has succeeded in moving the greater portion of his army and artillery be- (Continued on Paj e 6, Column 5.) See our warning on Page 2 and renew your subscription now.
