St. John's Daily Star, 1918-08-27

              The St. John's Daily Star. * .Mr INktu found land VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum) TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918. (PROBS:—Showers to-day, Wednesday; Fair. ——!■ ■ No. 18? C' Enemy Still Withdraws His Forces Before Strong Attacks Of Entente; Hun Counter-Attacks Are Repulsed BRITISH FORCE BACK HUNS NORTH OF BAPAUME Counter-Attacks Between Vailly and Soissons Put Down By the French. WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN T! FRANCE, Aug. 26—North of Bapaume the Germans have-been driv en further back, according to reports! from the front lines. The British have reached the Bapaume-Bougnatre road and have established themselves there. The "Germans to-day attempted a counter offensive on a large scale afainst the right wing of General Man s army in the region between \ ailry and Soissons. The attacks utterly failed. General Mangin's army, repulsed the German onslaughts every] where, and in some instances gained ground. The French flung back the attacking troops even beyond their Parting points. Counter-attacks Repulsed With the British army on the Oise, Aug. 26. (By the A. P.)— Violent counter-attacks launched by the Ger-i mans this morning between the river! Ailette at Bont Saint Mard and Juvigny north of Soissons. were completely smashed by the French. General Mangin's army is still menacing the German communications between the river Aisne and the Soissons and Laon regions. The French troops are still stoutly (holding the positions they have won 'in this sector, and further gains on the plateau to the eastward in the dilection of Chemin dcs Dames would put the enemy in another dangerous pocket. ■ mm I  Attack Chemical Factories. London, Aug. 26.—Chemical factories at Mannheim and the railway I station at Frankfurt were successfully ) attacked on Sunday night by th-; British independent air force, according to an official communication issued tonight. All the British machines returned safely to their bases. ■ i— ■  Canadian Casualties. Ottawa. Aug. 25.—In Saturday j night's list. 722 name? appear. Of this 'number 331 are reported killed ;n action, 54 died of wounds. 2 missing. believed killed, seven missing, sr gassed, three died of wounds, onr: prisoner of war. 25„i1L,., axitl 293 wounded.  GENERAL FOCH'S ROLLING PIN SAGONA HERE rrived here at Q o'clock last irght after a good and fine run to Hopeiale. The ship brought a threei'ourths freight and a number, of passengers to Carbonear, Harbor Grace and St. John's. Capt. Parsons says that there is a marked improvement in the fishery and that by reel-up time a fair voyage will have been secured, especially if the weather remains fine. The captain's report is:— Makovik—Dunn's have about 550 quintals, boats getting 4 to 6 qtls. j per day and prospects good. Iron Bound Islands—Hierlihy has 1500 qtls. for his crew including 500 on his own room and still doing well; 20 schooners there doing fair. Turnavik—Capt. Bartlett has 200 j Dn his room but not doing much as ship came along. Ipe Harrison to Ragged Islds.— tie improvement. )lton. Emily Hr., Horse Hr.. and te Bears, Smokey and Indian ids—No improvement. Very litone with traps or hook, om Packs Harbor, Long Island Grady the reports are very little mprovement with hook and line. The same at Wolf Islands. Fish reported plentiful in deep water. |:d Point—At a small pond there ' around Indian Islands when nedy's supply, where there are traps they are doing fait, traps ng from 200 to 300 quintals, ts and trawls doing well, potted Islands. Griffin's Harbor d Banks and Domino, no improvement.!i—About fifty schoonen wne of the first schoonen aired 200 to 300 quintals ry little. Shoremen confine* ?s to the hook and in son* k from 100 to 300 and ar< ling fish. r*B Core—Doing fair. Fron h to Battle Harbor in sec ie people hare a nice lot o rs not so well fished. Fron Harbor to Battle Harbor ii ts; Canada Bay, Chlmoe) hateau, Henly Harbor, do with traps and hoolc an< Ing well at Battle Harboi t and Una. Crouchcr is do TURN PRESENT SUCCESS INTO DECISIVE VICTORY Paris, Aug. 25 (Havas Agency)— Premier ■ Clemenceau today telegraphed the Presidents of the General Councils that they could rely upon the Government and Marshal Foch and his magnificent Staff and the Allied Military Commanders to turn the present success of the Allied arms into a complete and decisive collapse of the enemy. The splendid victories of recent weeks, says M. Clemenceau, in which the spirit of our Allies has so magnificently rivalled ours, have definitely settled the fortunes of the war. The enemy, bewildered, deceived himself as to. his own strength, and now is finding out that he underestimated us. The results achieved are the first fruits of our harvest of rewards, the highest of which will be having delivered the world from ruthless oppression and brutality. BRITISH FORCES REACH OUTSKIRTS OF SUZANNE Towns North and South of the Somme Captured by Haig's Forces — Suburb of Bapaume Has Also Been Entered. WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN n FRANCE. Aug. 25 (By the A. P.)—British troops are reported to have reached the outskirts of Suzanne, two miles east of Bray Sur Somme and to be near Cappy, slightly less than two miles southeast of Bray, on the south bank of the j Somme. A heavy rain fell diis even, ing. Avesnes Aba Taken. London. Aug. 26 (By the A. P.) —Suzanne and Cappy, towns north j and south of the Somme, respectively, were captured today by Field 'Marshal Haig's forces, according to ! reports received here this evening 'from the British battlefront. The British also took Avesnes les Bapaume.British troops also reached the western outskirts of Thilloy, south of Bapaume. An unconfirmed report states that Montauban and the outskirts of Longueval also were reached by the British. ■ • j. OVERCOME HUN RESISTANCE Several Enemy Assaults Repulsed and Many Prisoners Taken/ Paris, Aug. 26.—0n both oanks of the Avre we carried out two local operations which enabled us to occupy Fresnoy les Roye and St. Mard. despite spirited resistance offered by the eneißy Prisoners counted up to the present exceed six hundred. In the Vosges we repulsed several attempts at surprise attacks. Eastern theatre, Aug. 25—There was increased artillery activity m the region of Lake Doiran on both banks of thc Vardar. . * •» j MONCHY CAPTURED British Advance 2 miles/ On a 4-mile Front T ONDON, Aug. 26— •"-/ This morning's attack was launched be-1 ween the Scarpe river and Fampoux, and the heights northeast of Neuville Vitasse. In a few hours the British m;ide an advance of two miles. According to advices received here from the battlefront. Monchv le Preux, Gueinappe and Van court, a little less than five miles southeast of Arras, have been taken in to-day's attacks.Fwrthftrc. *u>nfb the British have taken Mory and made progress to the southwest of the village. St- Leger Taken London, Aug. 26— British troops today captured the town of St. Leger. * mm a START DRIVE IN SCARPE SECTION British Open Another Attack and Make Some Progress. FOE ATTACKS British Met Enemy Attacks With the Bayonet i London, Aug. 26.—At three o'clock ( this morning our troops attacked in the Scarpe river section and are reported to hare made progress. On j ■ the southern portion of the battlefront i we hare advanced our line slightly ■ along the Somme, and by a successful operation carried out yesterday afternoon have made progress in the direction of Maricourt. Yesterday evening the enemy , launched strong counter-attacks , sooth and north of Bapaume in the i neighborhood of Eaucourt, Abbaye j and Fevreuil. Our troops met the j i enemy with the bayonet, inflicting ( heavy casualties upon him and taking i, prisoners. ] Another attack attempted by the '. enemy later in this latter neighbor- I hood was also unsuccessful. Favreuil I is in our hands and we have made < some progress beyond 4he villages '•■ north of this point. We have im-! proved oar position southeast of  Mory and west of Croisilles. i Heavy rain is falling on the battle' < front. 11 ( TAKE 20,000 PRISONERS. -, f Large Number of Prisoners Captured ' By British Since Aug. 21st M Paris, Aug. 26 (Havas)—The num-1 ( ber of prisoners taken by the British; t since August 21st has reached twenty j thousand, according to Le Journal.' t Three new divisions have been identi- t bed opposite the British. | s Sace August Bth nearly fifty Ger- 1 man divisions have been bghtin? against the British. _ . ~jtj., j Victory Due To British Unstinted Praise is Given British Forces By French Papers. PARIS, Aug. 26.—The allied high command had great hopes in the British army, and the latest news from the front shows that these hopes will not -be disappointed, says L'Herren. It declares that the British have obliged the German staff to admit defeat. Marcel Hutin, in The Echo de Paris, points out that the British advanced by local thrusts which tore large holes in the German lines. That the enemy has been unable to thwart these manoeuvres, he says, proves the tremendous superiority the allies have gained over the Germans. Lieut.-Col. Fabry, in Oui, declares that unstinted praise must be given the manner in which the British attacks have been carried out. He declares the allied success north of the Somme is a purely British victory. Many Members Missing. Washington, Aug. 26.—Six mem-! bers of the crew are believed to have been drowned or killed by the torpedo explosion, and nine nrernbers of the crew and one member of the naval armed guard are still missing. as the result of the sinking of the (American steamer Lake Eden in foreign waters on August 21st. m m. ■— ■ Intense Anxiety in Berlin. London, Aug. 26.—Fu1l apathy is i giving way to intense anxiety, ac- j cording to reports from Berlin, re-j ceived at the Hague, says The Daily i Mail correspondent in the Dutch capital. Newspaper criticism shows an urgent demand for reassurance, and several papers pin their faith : 3 the Hindenburg line. FRENCH WIN BIG VICTORY j Programme Set By General Mangin Carried Out to the Letter—All Objectives Obtained. SOLIDLY HOLD BANK OF OISE WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES Df " FRANCE, Aug. 26 (By the A, P.)—The first phase of the battle of the Oise and Aisne has put the French in solid possession of the entire south bank of the Oise, west of the Ailette river, from the Oise to Pont St. Mard. As the situation is today. General Mangin has won an incontestible and substantial victory, of which there  plenty of material evidence on tne held, besides thirteen thousand prisoners and three hundred cannon caplured.He set out first to drive the Germans from the plateau of Andignycourt, Nempcel and Carlepont by a violent thrust northward, then by a quick -faeifigaboHt -tovr.nl the esr.t to drive them off the heights west of4 Ailette. thus e'earing :lie south bank o! the 0 sc . r»d supporl to the third an iy*s i ■■ on in ihe hold of ihiescouTt. The programme succeeded in every form, and so rapidly that though th« enemy may i?y tha* they retired unhindered, some of his staff officer* t were obliged to flee in scanty attire. A German general was seen running from one of the exits of a cavern t%. the top of Mount Choisy without or suspenders, jusJ as French soldiers appeared al loe o.her entrance.THE WAR SITUATION (By J. T. M.) THE advance of the French has been somewhat slowed down on the Ailette-Oise front. As pointed out in these notes on Saturday the area now in front ot General Mangin's troops is among the most difficult of the western front over which to conduct an offensive movement. The nature of the country from the north bank of the Ailette to a line drawn from La Fere southeast thru Laon to Caronne favors not only strong defence, but is well adapted for counter-offensives. Referring to this on Saturday I pointed out that' it was probable that the Germans ; would attempt such an offensive move j before giving further ground. The Saturday night and yesterday's cables show that they have endeavored to launch an offensive of! considerable proportions on the east I of the wedge which Mangin has J driven into their front between the' Oise. at Bretigny, and Fort de Conde, five miles northeast of Soissons. The j Germans, according to "last night's j despatchs, attempted their counter-j offensive against the right wing of i Mangin's forces between Vailly and j Soissons. Vailly is eight miles east by north of Soissons, on the north bank of the Aisne, and is in the rear of the present German line in that sector. The French drive brought their advanced post to the Ailette, about six miles north of Soissons, placing the German forces, which held the line from Crecy on the Ailette down to Chevres on the Aisne, in a sharp salient, which further advance by Mangin's forces along the Ailette would take in the rear and compel a hasty retreat or capture. To ward off this it became imperative for the Germans to attack the French right wing in the hope of driving it in and forcing them to withdraw their line from the Ailette, which it is evident they failed to do, the counter-offensive having broken down before the French resistance. If a successful thrust against Mansrin's riaht wing in that sector be no possible, we shou'd h i withdrawal of the Germ ig tha north of thc A the north bun!; ol ihe v -t>ng. Further advance al .' :: ;i's right wing will endanger . of tha Aisne positions as far east as Chauciercs, which is fourteen miles north* west of Rheims. On the north section of the lint the British have achieved some important victories since Saturday. Tha fall of Bapaume will not be long delayed, as it is practically flanked north and south. Fampoux is four and a half miles east and Guemappe is six miles south* east of Arras. Both these towns art reported in British hands, and are about three miles from the old Hindenburg line. Thilloy, reported captured, is only one mile south of Bapaume. Montauban is three miles west of Combles. on the Albert- Combles railway, and the Combles-- Bapaume national highway. All these are important gains which make the German hold on Bapaume precarious. Further south they have moved along the Somme valley, capfurmg Suzanne and Cappy. The former is five miles southeast of Albert and situated on the north bank of the Somme, the latter is two miles south of Suzanne and about one mile south of the Somme. Every hundred yards advance in that direction makes the important stronghold of Chaulnes more untenable. The British advance along that route will l&efy be slow, as they are confronted vJlk very strongly fortified high pound in the vicinity of Peronne, man which they are now only aye nriies distant. Mount St. Quentrn, between Peronne and Buscourt, forma a strong rampaTt protecting the dry from frontal attack. The French will Skeiy be called on to meet *otv\er strong counteroffensives from the north of the Ailette, and along the Chemuvdes- Oames sector before tbey dislodge the anemy from his strong positjotrt n these areas of the buttle lino. 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