| Show rHE HE SALT LAKE LAKI L J f l I Wil AS ASI I I I MA H i jH Huns ns Die by H Hundreds Hundred dred in in Futile Efforts to tc Hold Important Po Positions Poi Poi- i lions of Military i Value lue By Lowell Uni United ed Press Staff Correspondents Correspondent I THE RE NC H WITH W V ARMIES HES IN TN TI TH THE FIELD A Aug ug 2 General G General Matis r s array my was still advancing c eaily arly lly today utilizing every gained In yesterdays yesterday's impetuous t a al Autt along alonga alongI I a ten ten-n ten ile front 7 t. t I Beating down stubborn German rn a re resistance resistance re- re reI I j the allied troops troops h had d the i I satisfaction of seeing e the enem enemY I wildly fleeing ai at some points S I The completeness of the allied success success success suc suc- cess is s evidenced by the f fact ct that I Franco-British Franco batteries were installed I shortly before 8 a a. ni m m. on oil ground from which we had only begun to drive rive the I I Germans at 4 a a. a m m. The Germans were were able t to use their I Iown own artillery only on t the e smallest scale being compelled to rely upon i I machine guns These were taken one by one notwithstanding tie the t e boches' boches dogged resistance MANY HUNS SLAIN I The s casualties the the day dav were extremely high Th The bravery I of their defense could not b be questioned questioned ques ques- up to the point it seemed hopeless If they disobeyed I these orders ordel's to to resist to the death their commanders knew why Hill four mlles mile no northeast of le Ie Chateau was is conquer conquered d at II I 6 o'clock a n. mile west vest of ot hill hm two miles east I of and a mile south of fell soon after giving up many prisoners I The Germans violently counter at attacked attacked attacked at- at tacked from miles north of ot le leY Chateau and lEveque wood just south of ot Buzancy Buzancy Buzancy Bu- Bu but hut French infantry up their eff efforts HILLS HILL'S OCCUPIED t B By BV e evening a mile and anda a a half south of and the hills to fhe he northward pr n oc occupied oc- oc cupl cupid d. d h oc 1 As the result ot of the allied success Germa ui up to ann Including Flame ii northeast of Cr av ale alemena mena menaced d. d Railroad lines lines- and nd other communications radiating from that city are subject to lo direct fire from our artillery Fismes has his been a great storehouse for German supplies The The- extent to which Jie pe enemy has hits been able to evacuate this te-this this if if at all ali l is is not known RHEIMS RHEIMS BOMBARDED BOMBARDED The Germans Germans' erm yesterday began a heavy bombardment of Rheims which still sUll constitutes a thorn thorh in the en- en emy s side I stood on a spur of the Montagne ne de Rheims and watched hundreds of Shells exploding in the ruined towns between the mountain and id d the city Every now and then one would one would drop in Rheims Twice great clouds of I dus dust rose up in front of the cathedral I Iob ob obscuring the structure for sever several ll minutes When the clouds cleared j i away the building apparently was unscathed The cathedral cathedra as as a n. whole appears I i intact ta t but those th se who have visited it recently say it it i is only hollow a shell which rises in ghostly magnificence II mocking the Huns Huns' efforts T To the right light of ot the city shells snells fell fen 1 regularly on on or Fort Tort de la In from rom which the Germans have sought since 1914 4 to oust the French To th lef eft the village of f Coulommes was I being r i h while the forest foresI of on a low hogback hill hlll seemed fairly heaving and rocking under the bombardment Fur hel to the left Bligny three dl distant tant was erupting smoke moke like a volcano HUN ASSAULT FAILS Persistence Pei of of the bombardment eliminate the theory that this might be se only the usual evening hate suggesting Imite Instead d a a. coming attack This This' This idea was was supported sup by s several vera shells falling from the town almost t to our oui teEt feet Tie The attack atack came soon after the Germans attempting to Retake Bligny but ut French colonials drove them off The amount of metal the boches are expending spending h hereabouts r bouts proves the rest- rest with which they view the allIes illies possession of strong stron positions encroaching upon their lines which the he enemy must hold to avoid compete complete com corn pete evacuation 1 of 01 the |
