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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
2
French Croix de Guerre awarded to thirty Marines and five officers for gallant conduct in action during occupation of a sector. Ceremony included French officers pinning decorations, with a allied display symbolizing U S France unity amid Verdun Marne Aisne Somme battles.
The article recounts Allied gains in the Aisne Marne region with American troops advancing at Nosles Sergy and Clerges while German forces retreat. It notes French British successes from Fere en Tardenois to Dormans Reims and air battles, plus Ukrainian peasant revolt and anti German efforts in Russia. It mentions Turkey possibly breaking with Germany, nerve of Pershing and the De Haviland planes issue, and food shortages at home.
Allied forces report capturing 17 000 German prisoners and hundreds of guns as they drive a broad advance across a 20 mile front north of the Somme toward Chaulnes and Montdidier. Tanks, cavalry, and infantry aided the gains with minimal Allied losses.
A correspondent reports Germany is frightened by unfolding western battles and rising American forces. She fears Austria's instability, Russian naval moves, and potential Allied advances from Archangel and Petrograd, while drafting troops for varied fronts.
War Department operates a draft system where the government selects registrants rather than individuals. War Secretary Baker expresses dissatisfaction with the present deferment process noting many men with dependents hesitate to claim deferrals for patriotic reasons. He suggests marriage could itself create deferment.
Paris dispatch reports American forces capture the village of Fismet on the Vesle north bank, near Fismea, as British and French troops push advance. The official communique notes 4000 prisoners taken and large quantities of war materials captured.
Allied forces liberated the Paris Amiens line from German gun range improving communications. The Paris Verdun route was similarly freed by the Marne advance, marking a key early result.
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