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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
2
Paris reports heavy, ongoing fighting as German forces gain and lose ground along the Marne Champagne line. Allied units including French, American, and Italian troops counter with fierce assaults, denying the Germans a stable advance despite initial gains.
Paris dispatch recalls an American officer declaring a battalion does not know the word retreat as French staff urged withdrawal. The remark followed savage American counter attacks that repelled German forces across the Marne in the Fossoy sector.
The French and Italian defense holds against German pressure along the Marne with heavy fighting near Bois du Roi Pourcy Vrigny and Beaumont sur Vesle. German attempts to close on Rheims fail as weather hampers operations and Gen Foch applies new tactics to reduce casualties.
An Allied assault across a 25 mile front advances three to four miles, with American artillery supporting tank and infantry advances from Belleau Wood toward Beauséjour and Massiges as French forces reclaim ground and strategic positions. London reports French counter actions along the Aisne Marne salient and personnel changes include Gen von Below replaced by Gen von Mudra.
Corporal Jack Connors, a Warren youth long at Camp Lee, arrived for a short furlough and will return on Saturday. L. H. Smith, injured at the Keystone Garage, remains in serious condition at his Glenwood Avenue home after an acid accident while burning a post from a battery. Dr Haines attended him and he rests today. eye injury prognosis is unclear.
The funeral was conducted at 3 p.m. at the late East Street residence with Rev. L. L. Swisher of the First Methodist church officiating. Floral tributes included a large piece from Company M. P. R. M., whose captain is Joseph Danforth, son of the deceased. Bearers were J. W. Kitchen, Dwight Cowan, John Thomas, Merlin Bliss, Arthur Baldwin and Alfred Kitchen. Interment followed at Oakland Cemetery.
The July 18 remarks by Col Roosevelt at the New York Republican state convention in Saratoga Springs urge unity and a war winning plan. He calls for universal military service and women’s suffrage, and argues for a victorious peace and national loyalty over factional lines. The Whitman faction opposes platform planks on prohibition and reform of primaries, while Hays attends to guide national issue planks.
John J. O Leary on trial for conspiracy to aid Jeremiah O Leary's escape was withdrawn from the witness stand to allow Henry A Wise to explain his withdrawal letter. Prosecutor Barnes pressed whether the government persecuted Jeremiah. Wise said no. The Warren Times ad notices shoe sale at Eberhart & Miller opposite Suspension Bridge.
Australian forces carried out a local night advance along a front about one mile east of Villers Brettenneux in the Picardy front region. Two field guns and multiple machine guns were captured along with prisoners. British positions improved east of Hebuterne and a raid south of Bocquoy drove off the raiding party.
The latest German offensive slowed with no major changes in the battle lines. Local actions occurred southwest of Nanteuil La Fosse near Prosnes and south of the Marne in the Mont Voisin Chene La Reine area. The Germans renewed efforts against Rheims but were repulsed near Nanteuil La Fosse. South of the Marne, German advances toward Epernay were halted, with Mont Voisin retaken by the French and Chene La Reine wrested from Germans. Allied countermeasures were the year’s strongest so far, Paris remains secure.
Hoover reports massive U S support to Allied nations in 1917 amid food shortages. Exports of meat wheat and rye to Allies and neutrals totaled hundreds of millions of pounds and bushels, with meat shipments rising from the previous year and wheat approaching 341 million bushels. He credits American households and workers, especially women, for sustaining the effort and notes Allied food control requests were met without delay.
Karl Rosner of the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger reports from the German front northeast of Rheims on Tuesday. The Kaiser watched the German drive and listened to terrible music during the events amid the battlefield surroundings.
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