Show o DIVISION I V I I N S Of 8 ROCHE CH If TEAR R R I IDLY MA MAULED lD Day of Sanguine Battle Ends With Foe Giving Ground at Important Regions Along Front By Lowell Lowel Mellett United Press Staff Correspondent THE FRENCH WITH yv ARMIES IN THE TIlE FIELD Another July 24 Another Another day of hard fighting has gone gone well with with- tho ames allies at one point th they y threw back the advancing Americans tempora temporarily tem tern pora lly the Germans were compelled to to give ive ground in many places the most important of which were In the regions of ot Soissons and the the two points where they are making their most frantic resistance Near Soissons the enemy felt the I pinch of the Franco American shears I Neat Nea Rh Rheims ims the Franco-British Franco shears Jabbed Its point in a little farther adding to the danger of the German army In the pocket below The Germans' Germans slight success resulted result result- ed from a a. heavy counter counte attack which ousted the Americans Americans' from But But the Americans later regained the too town and advanced a bit farther The object of the Germans in throwing in strong forces here is not certain b but t it is believed to be ne necessary essary essary es- es sary to protect the slow process of with of supplies and troops from the pocket MUNITIONS MUNITIONS DESTROYED Incidentally yest yesterdays yesterday's reports showed that all depot fires tires are not the result of their destruction by the Germans but all allied aviators and long range artillery have been particularly successful in hitting these dumps The French attacked astride the the- crossing the Tigny et road toward south of Soissons North of the Marne the Americans advanced to the Barbillon wood line passing assing the region of La Between Mont St. St Pierre arid and Char teves the bridgehead was enlarged and several farms taken despite stubborn stubborn stubborn stub stub- born enemy defense Possibly the most Important success was the Franco British h advance Ir in inthe inthe the Ardre valley southwest of or Rheims where they took Vrigny a 80 apart part of Ardre wood all of the Rheims wood and passed I watched the progress of the battle from the heights of Montagne de deRheims de deRheims Rheims In the beech and oak cover covered coyed cov coy er ered ed d hills bins directly below the west heavy forces of British troops were engaged From the forests arose the crackle of ot machine gun fire while the heavier note of artillery sounded more remote HAND TO HAND FIGHT Both artilleries at the time were engaged solely in bombarding the rear areas as the fighting was was' mostly band hand to hand and the canopy of trees I prevented accurate observation from the battery positions The gunners were afraid of hitting their own in in- in fantry German prisoners admitted their surprise at tin finding ding themselves op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed by British soldiers Many of the German Gennan officers declared they did not know the allied counter offensive had begun on the other side of the salient The experience of ot the British in inthis inthis inthis this battle illustrates the versatility of General Fochs Foch's strategy strategy- The They were moved from their positions some distance away expecting to go to the defense of the Marne line Suddenly they were diverted to their present positions arriving on the night of the BRITISH ARRIVE I They were ordered to attack th the next morning at the same time re relIeving relieving relieving re- re I lieving the Italians who had been I holding the Germans successfully but I who needed rest The German Fifteenth division al already already al- al l ready had lost heavily at the hands of the Italians The British attack completed the work almost annihilating anni anni- it Only about BOO men Were left Other divisions badly mauled were the sixth Eighty-sixth One Hundred Third and the Twenty On tho the road to Id dries and ambulances of or all the allies aUles passed each other in continuous lines IInes One ambulance was was was' driven by a young woman in dust covered khaki Italian soldiers resting by the roadside waved to her and she smiled brightly Later LaterI I i learned she is Miss Italia Garibaldi attached to the remarkable Italian Alpine hospital situated nearby It Is operated for all nationalities in including including in- in Americans LONDON July 24 A A proposal by President Wilson for unity in food control of f the allied nations with a L headquarters in London is being favorably favorably favorably fa fa- fa- fa considered by representatives of food administrations all aU of ot the gOY govi now in session here |