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rff (1 Section i i the News That's Fit to Print" I THE WEATHER Fair Sanity; Monday irmtr, pre- ably fair light Matberly wind. irrw rii MiM iimi ree i- 22,107. NEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1918, 94 PAGES, In Nine Parts. Tl.tfTiT?. FIVE CENTS r-, RETREAT ON WHOLE WRONTTOVESLE i ONAISNE MENACES NEW LINE lib Til DECIDES J) A SHALL TO RUSSIA nr.j J.n Land .7 Thrjcand" Trccps cy polk itch a Formidable Do More Than Coed.

czzchoclovaks -rata with A.l!iea In North to Follow Fore? Read. ReverJilovo CqrJenns llelcncholy in Germany AMSTERDAM, Aug. S. Count Re-ventlow. writing In the Tageeaeltung of Eerlln, on tha anniversary of tha fourth year of tha war.

Tha beginning of the tilth year of tha war la marked In a large part of the Carman press by reflections' which ara vM-flowing with resignation, melancholy, and whining. "Tha taarful defeatism which runs through tha German public Ufa thes 'day i hat a perniciously lsjning effect, and mora ao because with aoma reople tha underlying- view, may be perceived or la expressly stated by them that If one would and tha war it would, after all. be an aaay thing to da. aa om need only Join Grey and Wilson In tha League of Natlona. ARIffS TRHISPORT FOE 1 't i iT 1 hard: enter FISMEE a 3TC -Aug- 3 PreaMent fjr aiding nr.unccl tonU'it by Frank Secretary of State.

It i i contained In Wuli-. to Thi Niw Yuaa Hie the ftttum i'jr to which a. pan ha 6 1 Uh tha other AllUs 1 In principle i tts and Japan to rf "a few thousand men" to ucufy that I lace and 1 to Uie rer of aj m.ya witl-i toard the txxMer i i. M.ae eo- a.a with Ji it ifll''n l- t- nt-itfUhorhovd of Juar-1 An tha northern-I cf I.jiicnn Kaijil. hvi of ti thre nulone ere -rtj to Use by .1 to the people of U'nlteJ 5ta.tca and Jape i that they do not ln- with the polltlc-al ov.

or Impair now or hervafter, '-lr otject la lo aid the i le to regain control of thrir own territory, t-l ftalee to iiend to fil- of merchanm agr labor advUera, Hl i.i.ailvra, ar.il agenta of tha i hriatlan Aaaociation to 1 render edu- ar. 1 th Immediate t.t cf the people, aa i Lrlrf, the cojrue of action the I'rta ltnt las decided. he haa cb-: tlv 'tit r.rltaln. IUly. iii the ac'ie '-operation country.

It ie a ropoi advance. by i and Krir: for aend.ng force Into Iiu 'I ruugh J- Srrla. It ia of the plane advo- i acitualntcd vf to i of dla- 1 j4 a fairly which the anate. large t) I'Aal Huaalan Gov-fl throughout Blberla. and to any national which might be cf the lvcal governmcnla ret wouij ba able to i that woiild compel to withdraw ninny men i v.

tern front to protect their i 1 former domain of tha I tt te ftatetweat. tott of tha atatamant A' fccretary of State: i of tha Gorernment 1 it" Judgment ar- and very eearch--ai: T.t of the whole aitu -y ta Kuaala i re I 'tfly to add to tha prea-( rt thre than to cure It, U-B0ATHUI1TSPREY III BAY OF FUIIDY i 'j Steps a British Lumber-Laden Schooner, Loots the Vessel, and Scs Her Afire. LOOKING FOrf BIGGER GAME Captain Said He Has Bsen Here Six Months and Intends to Stay; Until October. ACROSS! ATLMC All AIM FEAT Sir Joseph Maclay, British Con troller, Describes It as Being Almost a BRITAIN'S BIGGEST SEA JOB Accomplished at Cre at Sacrifice to Trade Dominions and Other Nations. TONNAGE A PROBLEM Vast Array ef phlpa Needtd to Feed Army Flv Tona Par Man a Yaar for 8torea Alont.

i ra rather than her dUlreatea. Buch "rt aa baa been moat 1 even It lii lta Immediate object attack upoh Uerir.any t. v.oull. In lta Judgment. t-t tjrn out to be mertly t- ue of Rjania than .1 cX rervinf her.

Her rr.Mted by It at all. Ly tt In tlrne to deliver preeent desperate dit- 1 their balance would te to maintain foreign Tt th'tr own or women, and chll-t are all our energiea the reroiute and con cf on the weit-. 11 cJl, In tha Judcment of tk. United Statel. i ta or dlaalpata verr.motit of tha United r'tt EAHTrORT, Aug.

Th flrat aucceaaful foray of a German aubma rlne In Canadian watera waa reported here today. Captain Charlea E. lag- of tha Brltlah lumber aehooner Dornlontein and bla crew of eight men larked In their mall boat tn Grand l-lnd. la the Hay of Fundy A. lolay.

atvl reported that their veiael had been held vp. Jootod, and on fire by a U-boat twenty-flva aouthweat of Rrter Island at 11:30 'clock yeaterday morning. Tha submarine apparently watch ing for bigger game. She waa In a po aitloa commanding ahlpplnr from tha Canadian porta of Yarmouth, N- and St, John; N- and waa only com paratively abort diatanca outside Amr lean territorial watera. Tha newa of tha raid waa quickly reported to the Navy Department at Waahlngtoa -by JUeu tenant T.

P. Har- riaon. command! tig tha Macbiaa naval dlatrlct, and the patrol fleet on thia easternmost tip of tha United States became active Immediately. During tha afternoon an American patrol boat tooK Captain Dagwell and hla men from Grand Manan to St. John.

Only scant details of the' attack on tha schooner were permitted tb alf through tba American and Brltlah cenmrahlpa. prlae Pleases V.Beeit Crew. According to Captain Dagwell tha commander of tha U-boat told him ha had been on thia coaet alx month, and would be here until October. Tha aub- inerslbke looked to Captain Dagwell to If 273 feet In length. She carried two guna and had a crew of seventy-five Mort of tha crew crowded up oa tha submeralble'a deck.

Captain Dagwell to wttneaa tha robbing of hla ship's at ores. ne Domfocteln was stocked with provisions for a voyage to South Africa and the prlae waa much to tha liking of tha Germans, who cheered as boatload after boatload of goods was transferred to the raider. Not only did tha Orxmana take provlslona. but they themselves: to tha clothing which tha Uritish sailors were forced, to leave behind in obedience to tha curt order of tha commander of tha U-boat to get Into their boats without delay. They Were allowed to take with them only tha clolhea they atood in.

The U-boat wasted neither torpedo nor bomb on the schooner, Her only ahot waa tha customary one fired acres tha ahlp'a bow to bring her. to. Tba submarine cam to tha surface a short diatanca from tha schooner, having ap parently watched her approach through the' periscope. She halted tha vessel with a warning ahot. aent a small boat aboard and after ordering Captain Dag-weil and his men to get into their large sailing dory, proceeded systematically to loot the helpiese craft.

lews-! Lttuaeaed Oaly Six Weeka Age, Whether the German decided it would be hopeless to try to sink tha schooner by bombs, owing to tae buoy aut, nature of her cargo cf lumber, or whether he was economising on hla ammunition ia not known. The torch was resorted to aa the means of destruction. Fires ware started on various parte of the vessel, and today, twenty-four hou-s a.sr the Durnfor.teia was attacked, a anudga of smoke from oer hulk was visible from Grand Manan Inland, indicating that she was still afloat. The Dornfooteiiv waa on her maiden vo)age. bh.

was of l.u0.tons dead weight, and was launched six weeks aco at St. John, tha first sliiD lo ba rent down tha ways of the plant of tha Marine Conatructum company. There were certain pointa of similarity in the actions of the submarine commander v.hicji led naval officera to believe that the T-boat was tha same which sank four coal bargea and aet a CoBtlanea Pag Its. rt Five WHITE ItXriltK fPBI.NGa. W.

VA. I Aro.rlran plan. Wonrterf uf curative watera 1 hi. J. eilloa, The S'iaaa.

JLlvu By CHARLES H. It. A STY. CaprHsht. tl.

The K-w Tark Ttoes Coeapaey Special Cable to Tint NEW YORK TlMBS. LONDON, Aug. 3. The moat titanic achievement of all (his war has been the transport ef tha Amorican Army acro-a tha Atlantic.1 I asked Sir Jo- aph pont roller ot Shipping, for a detailed; aud authoritative ac count of this gTat movement, and he has prepared for Th Nrw VoRK Tiaa the following artateaient: proiably no one whev; la not f- miliar with the "hipping problem can appreciate the character of thia trans port movement. It la the biggest thins; of kind which has ever been at tempted." Blr Joseph Maclay aided, wer not a little proud of the manner.

In wnlcn we tranaiorted anJ maintained (ur army In South Africa, but In tha cf the -American movement Jt muf t-be confesaed that tha achievement waa a comparatively modest one. If I remember rightly, we moyed only about 300.000 men from flrat to last, and we had the whole of the British mercantile marina to draw from, and there were no aubmarlnea. "i "Over 1,000.000 troops have been moved across' the Atlantic' during the last year or so, in face of an offensive by sea, waged by the enemy with as great a determination and persistency aa he haa fought with on the western front, and simultaneously, we bare been moving Brltlah and Colonial soldi era to all theatres of the war. and keeping them suppUedji.Only those who have access to official records can, appreciate the character of the enemy's effort to arrest these rafted transport movements, and particularly of the American destined for Europe. 'y He has been able to combine hla original purpose and hla original plana for attempting to atarve out England with his new plans for attacking the transports.

Every submarine at the command of the Germans has been sent to sea. manned by, the most experienced officers and men. Piracy atf Ne -AvalU "Wa make a mlaUke if we regard. the enemy" sea offensive as leas important than the military movement on land. The whole German people were led to believe that piracy, practiced with, the utmost ruthlessneas, would ruin this 'ambltloua transport scheme.

What haa) happened?) More than 1.000.000 troops have 1 been carried acroaa the I Atlantic and the lives of less than 300 soldiers have been lost. On the average about CO per cent, of the American soldiers have been carried in British ships, and, as will explain later on, the proportion la rising ateadlly. Tha extent of the contribution of British tonnage ahould be conaldared not aa an isolated act, but In association with tha; worldwide ac-tlvltles of the British merchant navy, which have gone on simultaneously. The 'time haa hot come when the narrative can be givetk in full, but It may be remembered that while the American soldiers have been traveling to Europe the 7,000.000 BrIUsh Dominion and Indian troopa, engaged In alx theatrea of war In France, Flanders, Italy, Salonlki, Palestine, Meao-potamia, Fersia, and, Egypt, to aay nothing of the garrisons Malta, Gibraltar, and elaewhero. have been supported with reinforcements, muni, tiona, stores, and food and their aick and wounded In some cases the fresh men had to be brought from Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

i Nor la that all. A large volume of shipping has also ben required, and that not In home watev only, by the Brltlah fleet, the ahipa of which are largely dependent on mercantile ton- Ceatlaae4 Page Fewtv America Has Foiled, German Plans Says Hdf LONDON. Aug. J. rtald-Marshal Commander In of tha: British forces In Franca, haa Issued a special order of the day to the Bril-I lsh troops, dated Aug.

4, the an-' nlverssry of Great Britain's entry Into the war. The order saya: The conclusion of the fourth year of the war mtrka the passing of the period of crista. We can now with added confidence look forward ta the future. The revolution in Ruasla aet free large hostile forces on the eastern front, which were transferred to the west. It was the enemy's Intention to use the great numbera thus created to gain a decisive victory before the arrival ef American troopa ahould give superiority to thejAUles.

.1 Tha enemy made hla effort to obtain a' decision on the. western front and failed. The steady stream of American troopa err lying In Franoe baa restored the balance. The enemy's flrat and moat powerful blows full on the British. The, superiority ef force waa nearly-three to ona Although he succeeded lit pressing back parts of the frontal attacked, the line remained unbroken.

After many days pt heroic fighting, tba glory of wbtch will live for all time in the history 'of our race, the enemy la held. At he and of four years of war the magnificent fighting qualities and spirit of our troopa remain of the higheat order. I thank them for the devoted bravery and unshaken resolution with which they responded to' my 'appeal, at the height of the struggle. I knom- they will show like steadfastness and courage in whatever tak thy may yet be called upon to perform." i RETREAT IS PRECIPITATE Germans Abandon Large Quantities of Stores as They Fall Back. SETTING FIRE TO SUPPLIES Battlefront Is Lighted Up by Flames Started by the Enemy.

FOE'S LOSSES PRODIGIOUS He Is Destroying Bridges as He Fights and Skill-fully to Extricate Himself. 4 Official Reports of the Day Operations French PARIS. Aug. S. A'ifaf Jlryer-t During the course of the day our troopa, driving back the enemy rearguard, continued their victorious march oa a front of about fifty kilometers ta the direct ion of the Veale River.

On 6ur left our line extends along the southern backs of the A lane and the Veale, from Eolsaona aa far as Flamea. the outskirts of which Americana hold. East. of Flamea we have reached a general line north of Courvtlle. Bransoourt.

Courcellea, and Chara-plgny. Our cavalry patrols are operating along the railroad between goisooaa and Rhelma. Our progress at certain points since yesterday eaoeeds tea kilo-, meters. i More than fifty villages have been delivered on this day alone. Day Jtryert During the night the French troopa continued their advance toward the Veale.

On the left the French reached the A lane betw Yenisei. een BoUeene and I German BERLIN. Aug. (via London.) isy jresOTt-8outnwee ef Tprwa we beat off a airoag Itrillak partial attack yeaterday morning. The great eucrsaese of the army of General von Boehn la the battle ef Aug.

contributed to the complete eucreae of the cne-re-tnents carried out yeaterday. The enemy' artUlery fire waa directed on our old f-ghtlng aene till early morning, and at Isolated points even te 11 A. M. His Infantry and. cavalry detachmeota only followed hesitatingly and cautiously our for Held troopa, who were slowly withdrawing.

Wsv inflicted cwoslderable leasee the eoerny la minor engagements. In Champagne we captured about 100 prisoners la successful combats Berth west of SowaUa. FIFTY "WAGES FflKEi Allies Advance Six Miles as the Enemy Speeds Up His Retreat. PURSUIT IS VIGOROUS French Held Fcrds cn t.K.s Vet' Early Yesterday and Were Preparing to Crcrs. GERMANS LOSING HEAVILY BAKERPUTS DRAFT AGES AT 18 TO 45 Sends Bill to Con-' i grcss Embodying Step Toward Universal 'Training.

BACKED. BY THE PRESIDENT i Measure Gives. Him Power to Call Out Men by Years Either for. Army oq for Bptctal fe ra rr ne. WASHINGTON.

Aug. S. Tha Admin istration haa recommended that the selective draft ages be; changed to Include all men from 18 to 3 yeara of age. 1- ciuatve. A bin carrying thia change will be Introduced In both Hrjueea'of Congress en Monday by Senator Chamberlain and Representative Kent of the two military committees.

This meana that If the Ad mlnlatraUon'a recommendation I car Had out many millions of men will- be come available for the army. The "man-power bill, as It is termed, la abort and concise, and la Understood to leave the President wide latitude in Its administration. Under ha would be allowed to all out men by yeara. As In the present selective draft law, he could uae these men either la the field or In labor, or la military training here at home, i In fact, ardent supporters of universal military such as Senator Chamberlain, herald the new measure with delight. They say It.

would put into Immediate effect their cherished tdeala. The age' limits of th bill were announced following a conference today between Bee ret ary Baker and Senator Chamberlain. It la well known that the bill a prepared by the War Department haa the approval Of President Senator Chamberlain said later In the day that be had no available figures to ahow how many; additional men would be requisite under the new ages, but added that ha believed they would allow an army of 8.000,000 to a. 000.000 men abroad, with aa equal number constantly training in this country. lalead te flu the BUL Th Senate Military Affalra 'Committee has been called ta meet next Tuesday, and will begin work at once upon the biU.

It la not conaldered that more than four or five days" consideration will be necessary Before the bill is reported to" the Senate In the House there waa; some talk of holding hearing, but It Is not believed thia will be necessary aa -General Enoch H. Crowded the Provost Marshal. Is well equipped with all needful figures per talnlng to the number of men available under the new plan. i It was said tods that, despite opposition, and even the age limits were altered from those now la the bill. It would not take more than ten daya or two weeks for the bill to be put through Congress.

There was even talk that Congress would be asked to rescind Its agreements not to transact any except atiaeed mm Page Eight. Heel aerllle. A. en 3th St. Reams, til rats.

wHS snvate bath. 2. sultae at leiirau Jtasta ureal as4 unit avu By EDWIX Capirrteht. ila. tar The Nrw Tack Tlawa dares.

Special Cable to Thc Nkw Yoag TlMaa. WITIITIIE AMERICAN! ARMY IN FRANCE, 3, P. M. Pursuing the retreating- Germans, the French-American troops ar con tinuing: their progress northward. and a report is soon expected that our.troobs have reached the out-akirta of FL-mes.

The French official night report aaya that-Americans now hold the outskirts of Flames. Th Germans appear to be falling-back across the Veale all alpng- th line from ixissons to Rhelma. At certain observation" point the retreat appears to approach a pre cipitate nature. The small amount of artillery fire IrdiFcates that the German command in the face of the allied rush abandoned the' plan lo nuke 'a strong stand on the Vesle River. French and' British are' moving eastward on th A lane toward th junction of th Vesl and the Aisne.

The French troops ar searing Braisnes, which controls a stretch of th Vesle line. The Germans are leaving large stores of ammunition and suppliea behind them. The German retreat Is. last aa- sum in large proportions. Fire Mark Foe's Flight.

By WAlT.EJs DVRAICTYT" Centrist. 1111. a The Kee Terft Ttssss Special babie te Th Nrw To a a Tihtaa, WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, Aug. S. Th Alliea ar advancing victoriously along the whole Sola Bons-Rheima front.

As indicated in yesterday'a dispatch, it waa their progress on the southeastern corner of the Soisaons Plateau that enabled the Franco-British to turn the strong enemy position and master the Crise Valley, One that wag taken the enemy realized that the game of resistance waa up for th moment, and a swift retreat imperative, Lat yesterday evening; General Mangin'a left entered: Soiaaona, brushing aside without difficulty th somewhat half-hearted attempts to bar hi way. The latest information place our advance guard along the Aiane from Pommiera to VenixeL The centre is approaching Vesle in the region of Braisne. Further east, toward Rheims, cavalry tha reached the river between Jonchery and Champ igny. On the right and left of the battle the enemy has already crossed the river, destroying bridges behind bim. In, the centre the operation of passage continued throughout the night, and the whole front was lit up by innumerable fires where the enemy was burning material whose transport was Impossible.

No less than' -fourteen huge blazes were counted, and the total loa of material aince July 15 must be prodigious. The allied progress' on the wings is especially significant as rendering necessary the enemy's retreat. The aecond battl of the Mame, if less, dramatic and involving- a narrower front than the first, has produced an identical result, whose importance is hardly less great than thai of the 1914 battle. At the same time, it would be a mistake to build over-extravagant Cwwtlawed a Page Tea. ENORMOUS BOOTY TAKEN FROM FOE Vast Number of Guns and Huge Supplies Abandoned During Retreat, Says March.

DEAD COVER THE GROUND So Thick: That Pennsylvaniais Had to. Walk Over Them in the Advance. GERMANS RETIRE ION. ANGRE FRONT 1 i Withdraw from West of River In Albert Sector, the British Following Them. UNUKELY TO START DRIVE Enemy's Hold In That Area Was of Value Only as Help i to a New Offensive.

serial TU Turk Ttmtt. WASHINGTON. Aog. S-Tbe battle that haa been ragtag 1ft the Irregular golasons-Rhelms-Ov taa-Thlrry eel- lent which the Oennaas had driven Into the allied lines In their, effort ta clear the way for aa advaaoe ea Parts is a struggle te the death. General March, the Chief ef Staff.

Indicated this several daya age whea he told newapaper tnea that, whatever the original objectives of the Germs aa were or Foch'a objectives ta undertak ing to counterattack, these purposes had been abandoned In the on set deter-ml nation ef each side te kill as many of the other side aa poeeibke. Today he repeated that statement ta different words and gave some Intimate Infer matioB. transmitted la confidence the War Department by Oecteral Per-ahlng. but released for publJcaUea by General March, ahewtng the terrific loeaea Infllctedon the German troopa. la front of the Pennsylvania National Guar division, tne rath of the combined American Army, the soldiers eeuld not advance without treading en dead Hermans.

This is told la General per. thing's confidential cablegram, which General March read te his we ape per auditors aa fellows: Aa officer of General Mulr Sftta Divisions Juat returned from Fere-ei-Terdettota. reports that It does net eeeta possible for aa army to have gathered aa many guaa. aa much ammunition, as the German had abandoned la their retreat, which had been ao hasty that they had not had time te bury their dead. The ground waa so covered with corpeee that It was Impossible te ad Vance without walking ever them, and further, that the advance of the 2IH Division had been extremely rapid I aplte of the fact that their position was some distance from the nearest rail.

road." i Evidently Pwt le fleet It I apparent from this dispatch thai the victory of the French and AroerV cajxa. In the Rheima salient haa been much greater than had been Indicated either in official er prea dispatch ae from the front. The report made by the officer ef the Pennsylvania National Guard showa that the Oertnaa low not only of men but of guns and am munition must have been enormoua Thia report makes plain that the ei.emy waa not snerely defeated, but routed In dieorJer. Ills Tight precipitate that be did. net have an opportunity te take along cannon and stupendous auppUee ef pow dee- and shell.

Knowledge of Uermaa carefulness la guarding war. material and vaunted German efficiency la auch matters make the I out all the more at parent and significant. Even more significant ef the demorali sation of that part of the German army which faoed the Americana la the Rhelma salient la that the crack treope ef the Kaleea's farces were sent I against the advancing bovg from tba States. It has already been told that the- 4th Division ef the crack Prus sian Guards, professional soldiers ef the German standing army who. are used only when things look desperate and who never before had failed their la Thtir Positions cn ths Aijr.s A fl at Ajreaoy Midi uanercus by AHied Gains.

Aug. troops la the Albert sector have race pis red moot of th ground previously fold by the Uermaa west of the Mrcordlnat Field Marshal 1 taigas report from lirltlah Headquarter lo- nlght. i Unofficial advice, previously re ceived la Ln Jan. that the Germans were ei ecu ting a local re tirement to the east, bank of the Ancre on a front or three or four tatteai i The German hold on the weet bank of the) Anrre la that region had been precarious, and It seemed to be tenable only If It was intended te make use of It In the startlag of aa of ft naive. Th retirement appears te Indicate th abe-ndoaanl of any at tempt at an offensive ta that quarter at present.

llalg's report tonight reevlar The progress made by emr petrels la the Albert sector baa beea continued, and the greater part ef the greeod previously held by the evtetny weet ef the Ancre River Is ftew la eur possession. Oer troopa followed closely upon the eewmy in hie with. tdraweL Indications ef which bad pre viously Dn eoeeriea. ea a sua-her hU dead have Dwa round ta hla abandoned trench. Early thia morning etreng hostile raiding penie.

afte an artillery and trench mortar bombardment, attacked our line southeast of hut were completely repulsed. Another hostile raiding party waa dispersed by machine gunfire this morning east ef The hostile artillery haa show-it creased activity In the Kemmel sorter. The day bulletin of the War Offlcs waa a fellows: A raid, attempted by the enemy yesterday morning la the steigbborhoed ef Feuehy. (near Arras.) waa repulsed with losa. During the night our patrota have cusbed forward In the Albert sect or.

and etave occupied roruott tie 4 en "ray a front line. The hnle artillery fias been a-ttve 'at lifferent points between liethisne and UauleuL GERMAN CHIEFS ADMIT; PLAUS iVEiT YROXb Bat Hinienlarg ai Lzienlorff Make Uthttl tie AlUei Gaits. I Ceattaaed Page. Seven. Aug.

Marshal von Hladtenbura. and General ls dandorff received the Oersnan correspondent according te advice reaching and openly aomlttod that thia lien their strategic plana bad failed. They asserted, however, that the Germans wore still masters ef the situation and that the tsrrltorV given te th enemy were thus dlaposod of according te plana. If the battles were on Gersnaa territory, they explained. It would he painful to give village, hut th resa ef the enemy, they der tared, was without Itnrrtanc ant would r4 affect the result ef the worit war.

Vh Htninurg satd that th German soldier wout kerwix Just as oaa.lr ac- nstoroo to iie AmmuM aa ta as the hiack eotdior. LONDON, Aor- tSwrerir.ff rlr-torioualy northward behind te retreating Germans, th AH.ci captured virtually th er.t-re A.i- --Vesle front between a- Rheima, advancing mere than milca at aome pointa and" err-. more than fity rrcrr held by the enemy. Unofficial adrfce state that AEiea bad early la th cU-iTcvr several fores cf th Vrtr, ar. 1 we preparirg to poJt acroag Ci were bsxk w.th rrtit t-- cipiUtion.

t'p to 11 o'clock in r.crr -Lowe-ver. th AT'. V.aJ r.rt rrr-v th river at ar.y AIJ riA res orr the Vesle 1 are -r strorrd. village ar burning also ia tLt r-north the Vrale, betwem i'u: and SL Thierry. Th German right r.fr on norm nana tne 11.

a c-. geroua poaition. and it is t.ko;' tkat 1 (a A t' present poaitloa. A sa rricana Ad sac Pas me a. Th led advanc lodar was cn of thirty accord rr tonight's statement of th Office, Thia rommcniqu reported Cat Allle held th aouthrra t-As .1 0 i rm i r.m iri.r.

irrn son ta the Important town Fismea, halfway to AmeHcans he'd the c-t-i. i Fismea, which was on f.r as two towr.s rear ly. East cf Far.rs th wer en a lie north cf Courceliea, ar. i P-rny. all clos to the Vet.

cavalry patrola wer a th Soiaaona-rjieirfsi rv-lrx-al. fellows th river bar.V. Th retirement ef th troc; th German Crown Prir.cs pe rently become en cf a very character. Ther haa not been a great fightirf, certalr.ly r.ct in lv a. a aw a-.

aouuveasi ex a-. a unlikely that ary larp -prisoners wiil f-e rr rcrte After th Frtrch ef tfv pied th south lark tl 'J- between Pcmmiers, (cl tf aor. and Ver.ite'., cf ona.) a d.atar.re cf i five and a half the tf r. French advar.cej frrm point aou'tb cf Tra'-e, ti and then t.rj ri. ward.

To the eatt cf I.f -i I fcrce have rsaJ an covery ef r.tar i t. Sxrete FJfort IIclJ I. WITH THE ON THE AlSNEMARNr. 1 Aug. 7 P.

Aaor Information -can Arrr.y ccrr.rr.a-. 't rt i i th Gerrr.srj ar rtrr.cn.-- a part cf their a from Fiimrs. Jadt i.