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VOL. XXI X PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1918 NO. 4.

MAJ. VISCOUNTESS CURZ0N SURPRISE BLOW IS B. H. GITCHELL -- GERMANY'S FUTILE GERMANS MEETING O B Iff STRUCK BY REINFORCEMENTS REMERSES 10 JEWISH RELIEF

IN NEW OFFENSIVE BRITISH PEN MANY ADDITIONAL TOWNS ARE OVER FIFTY MILES FRONT THE NUMfJER 0F CmES AND jOWNt ETRATE ENEMY LINES TO TAKEN BY FIELD MARSHAL ENEMY IS MEETING WITH GOING "OVER THE TOP" IN TWO MILE DEPTH. I HAIG'S MEN IN NORTH. DISASTROUS DEFEATS. RIGHT ROYAL MANNER. , , 1 I r, ssr " ' ' A Si. i'i FRENCH ' THREATENING RDYE E FRENCH ALSO MAKE GAINS IS IN GREAT PERIL ONE SUBSCRIPTION OF $500

More Than Six Hundred Prisoners More 17000 American Troops Are Not Mentioned Than Prisoners, Large Gotdsboro Contributes $1 Per Capita) Taken In Enveloping Movement in Battle; Probably Reserved for Number of Guns, and Immense Ashevllie Oversubscribes; Fair- Along Somme-Ois- e Front. Later and Heavier Blow. Amount of Supplies Captured. mont $200 More Than Asked. Over the front from the re- While the Germans were busily Notwithstanding the fact that the gion to The continued liberal response of engaged Germans have brought up strong of Arras the north of Soissons In defending themselves re the German armies are meeting with the ltizens of Raleigh to the Jewish. against inforcements on both wings of bat- the attacks of the British and the One of England's most beautiful apparently spell dis- War Relief Fund assures oversub- tle front, British defeats which French armies from the Ancre river the and French women, Viscountess Curzon, Is giving aster. Everywhere the British and scription of Raleigh's quota of $5,000. forces everywhere have beaten off to the region of Soissons, Field Mar- the up all her time to look after and care French forces have continued on the The ladies of the city have thor- Haig enemy and continued victorious In Lon- shal struck another surprise their for the wounded soldiers the attack, the enemy has been sanguinar- oughly organised themselves into can- "blow over progress. prominent a new front. don hospitals. Thii British ily worsted. And the end of his trials vassing committees, and will cover ths is very popular with The new offensive was launched Maj. B. H. Gitchell of the National Many additional towns have been noblewoman is not yet in sight. entire city. army been appointed ot captured troops because of her kindly and from the east of Arras on the Scarpe has chairman by Field Marshal Haig's To the British over the 30 miles of Reports from over the state indi- of acts. river and southward to the Cojeul. the Industrial relations section th men in the north, while the French helpful fighting zone the Cojeul river cate that some of the towns went oroduction board. the from All along the front the British pressed aircraft have successfully overcome obstacles of to Lihons, of "over the top", notably GoMsboro with placed southeast Arras south forward, at some places to a depth of in their way and reached ter- TWENTY VILLAGES CAPTURED the Somme, numerous towns have fall- Bubscriptituns nearly double its allot--' more than two miles. GERMANS COUNTER -- ATTACK ritory north of Soissons which adds en, and the enemy territory has been ment. AsTievllle oversubscribed and Across the Cojeul, the new British further to the danger of the Germans penetrated to a depth of several miles. Fairmont, a little town in Robeson in Noyon attacks on the old battle front brought the sector and to their line are fighting be- county, gave $200 above what it waa running Where the French them to the villages of Mory and St. eastward from Soissons to PIVOTAL TOWN OF LASSIGNY tween the Matz river and the territory asked for. Leger, ALBERT, AN IMPORTANT TOWN Rheim3. and farther south the small NOW IN HANDS OF ALLIES; north of Soissons additional goodly The contributions from Gdldsboro town of Favreuil, one and a half miles AND A RAILROAD CENTER All along the front from Arras to gains have been made in the envelop- represent $1.00 per capita for the city. of Bapaume, Somme, ADVANCE CONTINUES. Among individual contributors, northeast from which HAS BEEN TAKEN. the the Germans are gradual- ing of Noyon and the general maneu- the the the British pressed on eastward about ly being driven back to the old Hln-denbur- g ver which seeks to crush or drive out subscription of George W. Watts, of a mile. Farther south the British are line by the British. Along the Germans from the salient be- Durham, of $500, is the largest slngla reported unofficially to have reached the Somme the enemy is being harass- Armies Advance About Five Miles tween the Somme and the Ailette, and subscription so far recorded in th Threatened With Pocketing Germans ed well to drive. the western outskirts of Thilloy in the east of Bray, while At Certain Points Despite Foe's to put into jeopardy the entire Ger- the nipper movement they are carry- Seem to Be Making Haste in farther north strong counter attacks Jersey Breeding County. Stout Resistance. man line running to RheVms. ing out against Bapaume. Their Retreat. have been repulsed and the towns of Notwithstanding the fact that the Charlotte. Enough pure bred Jer- The French- - again are hammering Mametz, the Mametz wood, Martin Germans brought up large numbers of sey cattle' have been . brought Into away at the environs of Roye, one of Puich, Le Sars and Le Barque have Paris. Lassigy has been captured fresh reinforcements in an endeavor Mecklenburg county this summer to the strong points of the Somme-Ois- e London. The town of Albert, eigh- been captured. by the French forces, whose lines to stay the progress of Haig's armies give basis for the declaration that th front, the . capture of which doubtless teen miles northeast of Amiens, on It is around Bapaume that the Ger- have now reached the outskirts of their efforts were without avail. county tn reality has entered upon th would cause the giving up by the en- the Ancre river, has been recaptured mans are keeping up their strongest Chiry-Ourscamp- southeast of Noyon, Where they were able momentarily to business of Jersey breeding, said O. Miller, agent. emy of the entire salient from the by the British, who also have obtain- efforts to hold back the tide that is The official satemet making this hold back their oncoming foes, the E. county demonstration Somme In the north, to Noyon. e, ed all their objectives in the fighting surging against them but the British announcement also says that 20 vll Germans finally were forced to cede Just last week 34 head of pure-bre- d to the north, and St. between Bray Sur Some and Albert, are continuing to make slight gains lages have been liberated and, that the ground demanded. And they paid Jersey cattle, purchased at a Grassy daily in process N. by Mard to the south of Roye, both of according to the official communica- the of surrounding the French have advanced about Ave a terrible price in men killed, wound- Creek, C, farm the members of which have been captured by the tion from Field Marshal Haig. Over the town, which seemingly soon must miles at certin points. ed or made prisoners. the Mecklenburg County Jersey be were dfistri(ly French, despite the desperate resist- tbe six mile front the British advanc- evacuated. Arras-Albe- rt Breeders' Association August The text of the statement reads: The entire road has been ance of the Germans, and Roye, like ed two miles. Since 21st the British have crossed by the British. The strong- uted. One of these cows was spld for taken more than 17,000 prisoners and "Between the Matz and the Oiae $270 $250 nine-month- s' Bapaume in the north, apparently is were steadily driving ly neld positions where the Gorman and was paid for a The British large numbers of guns and great the enemy, despite his resistance, old bull ca.it. might in danger of being .pinched out of the positions on saw disaster facing them if they fell hajre., into the German the quantities of supplies have fallen into gave way under the energetic thrust aged $180, and thirteen were soldf for ine in an enveloping movement. More ground Bray-Su- r Somme were stormed and captured, and the high between their hands. of our troops and Lassigny fell Into prices averaging $160. than 600 prisoners were taken by the and Albert. One thousand Germans British pushedthem going eastward. French In the operation. our hands. A new block of the association has were taken prisoner. 18,000 KILOS EXPLOSIVES Although the Americans at the offen- been formed, said Mr. Miller. Th A vicious German counter-atac- k DROPPED ON ENEMY LINES commencement of the Somme BRITISH LOSE SEVEN AIR AMERICAN STEAMER sive were brigaded with the British $250 bull will head this block, which directed against the British positions AND SUNK Is PLANES IN BOMBING RAID TORPEDOED along the northern bank of the Somme, formed around the herd of W. E. in the outskirts of Miraumont were Paris. The Frenh have continued Baker. Four blocks were formed last off. their progress east of Bagneux, be- no mention of their having taken part London. The British independent driven Washington. The American steam- spring, and are headed by bulls pur- On ground between two tween the Ailette and the Aisne, ac- In the fight Is made. It is probable that force operating on the west front the the er Montanan, of 6.659 tons gross, was chased from a Pennsylvania farm. air points where the British armies are cording to the war office announce- they have been moved to some other lost seven airplanes in the bombing torpedoed and sunk in foreign waters The herd brought into the county hammering they are ment. They repulsed counter-attack- s portion of the battlefront from which The frank report of them and where August 16 with the probable loss of last week includes two register of of Mannheim. Crecy-au-Mon- t. Marshal Foch contemplates another pocket west of Four hundred three-year-ol- threatened with being left in a d this loss has caught the public imagi- three members of the civilian crew smash at the enemy. merit cows, one with a the Germans seem to have started re- additional prisoners have been taken. 516 pounds nation. says: and two members of the naval armed record of of butter fat, treating. The text of the statement four-year-ol- is pointed out the Germans guard, the navy department announc- and one with a d record It that "Both artilleries were active in the HAPPY VALLEY AN were in largely superior numbers and ed. Eighty-on- e survivors were landed. of 584 pounds of butter fat. At th GERMANS RETREAT BEFORE neighborhood of Lassigny. UNHAPPY VALLEY present price of "country butter, had only to think of fighting, whereas "Between! the Ailette and the Aisne The Montanan was in the service both fighting and PURSUING FRENCH ARMIES these cows are capable of producing" the British had we made new progress east of Bag- of tho quartermaster's department of Happy valley truly is a shambles. bombing to to. The odds were supply annually butter valued at $258 and attend neux and repulsed enemy counter-attack- s the army and was used as a Its name belies it. Brit- With the French Army in France $292 respectively. These are the only all on the German side, but the Crecyyiu-Mont- . We ship. The retreat of the Germans before west of South of the Somme the Austral- cows of the herd which have been ish aviators reached Mannheim and 400 prisoners. guard French arm- aptured The members, of the naval ians were most successful In the part - did their job. both the third and tenth placed on text. Ten- of the heifers ' speed "Aviation: It was impossible to reported as missing are David W. they played in the batlte. They easily on raid, a British ies continued with increased were sired by a bull whose dam mad Commenting the carry out any bombing operations C. ap- over a large part of the battle front Johnson, coxswain, and Chester attained all their objectives and 1,031 pounds of butter In one year, air officer said: during the day. During the night the seaman. parently hold Chuignolles, Chuignes "We suffered losses, but we won a and in some cases in disorder. said Mr. Miller. General Mangin's men are approach- weather improved and our bombing and Herieville and are pushing east- aplendid victory. We set out to bomb immediately took the air. ing the Coucy forest and are nearly machines BRITISH MAKING SMASHING ward of those villages a little distance City Manager Mannheim and no German efforts thousand, hundred kilos Under Plan. on the line held in April, along the Eighteen four DRIVE INTO BELOW'S ARMY to make sure of holding them. Greensboro. could frustrate our intention." explosives were dropped behind the Since the director River Ailette. They have also widen- of In thi sregion 33 German officers of the chamber of commerce have Bretigny, battle front and on stations, which With the British Army in France. and 1.500 men of other ranks were AMMUNITION DUMPS BLOWN UP ed their hold on the Oise to indorsed the city manager plan of Noyon were damaged. Having smashed into General von Bel-ow'- s made prisoner. Eleven of the cap- BY AMERICAN CANNON FIRE midway between and Chauny. government for Greensboro, consider- towards the seventeenth army during a heavy tured officers were from one regiment. The French advance BOMBING AIRPLANES able discussion of the matter has roads leading to Chauny adds another AMERICAN fog at dawn on a front of more than The Germans offered ,heay resist With the American Army on the BOMBS ON CONFLANS been provoked. Sentiment is believ- DROPPINB 10 miles, extending from the Ancre ance at Chuignolles, but with as- Vesle Front. Several German ammu- menace to their line of retirement and the ed to Incline in favor of the cham- explains the acceleration of the river to Moyenneville, the BIrtlsh sistance of tanks the Australians ham- .r amend-m- nt nition dumps north of the Vesle river American Forces on the Lorraine ber recommendatf An enemy's retreat. Bourgignon, St. have throughout the day made steady mered through the enemy and swept prob- were blown up by high explosives Front. American bombing airplanes to the city charter will Paul-Aux-Bo- is and Quincy fell into progress forward, capturing villages, on, leaving the town and Its envi- soon holi- from the American guns. This was dropped 38 bombs on Conflans, a town ably be suggested after the opera- the hands of the French giving them taking prisoners and guns and Inflict- rons filled with dead Germans. days and be voted upon. If the new "the only notable incident in the on the Verdun-Met- z railroad. Ten di- command of the valley of the Ailette ing heavy casualties on the surprised On ridge of government tions between Soissons and Rheims, rect hits were obtained. the south this town plan of Is adopted tha from the region of Coucy-le-Chatea- u enemy. there also was fierce fighting be May although the usual exchange between Three aerial combats were report- which officers to elected next wlH the artilleries continued. to the Oise. ed in the Woevre region. Lieuten- almost reached the hand to hand be those of the manager plan. The destruction of the dumps was General Humbert's troops also are ant Jones attacked and apparently de- GERMANS CONVERT TRAWLER stage before the Australians made it made possible by aerial observation pressing the enemy vigorously. Hav- stroyed an Albatross biplane over INTO ARMED SEA RAIDER clear to the Germans that they were Station Matter Dropped. by American aviators. They were lo- ing occupied the height of Piemont, Marre .northwest of Verdun. Lieut. not to be stopped and shoved over the Kinston. The chamber of com- cated near Revillon and early in the Just south of Lasslgny, they have cap- Hugh Bridgman, while on a recon- Washington. Navy department .of- ridge and onward. merce here has formally dropped tha day a battery of long range guns be- tured Thiescourt, which completes the naissance patrol, atacked two Fokkers ficials confidently awaited a wireless Just now large numbers of guns Kinston union passenger station mat- gan dropping shells at points indi- conquest of the group of hills known which disappeared. dispatch telling of the capture or de- are roaring away all along the line. ter until the railroad administration cated. The observation posts soon as the Thiescourt massif. The enemy struction of the trawler Triumph, All day long streams of wounded, makes an appropriation for buildinff after reported great clouds of smoke now has but a precarious hold on the BRITISH PATROLS SAID TO which was seized by a German sub- principally Germans as well as great purposes. The station's erection was from the target. valey of the Dlvete river, in which BE ENTERING BAPAUME marine, a German crew put aboard, numbers of enemy prisoners', were held up for years by the inability of French cavalry Is now operating. the vessel armed and started on a flowing towards the rear. The day the chamber of commerce and rail- 20,000 PRISONERS TAKEN Several thousand prisoners have London. Reconnoiterlng patrols of raiding expedition against the de- was cooler and the British soldiers roads to "get together." , The site for BY BRITISH IN FIVE DAYS been taken and trophies in such great British troops are entering Bapaume. fenseless fleet of fishing smacks op- were refreshed by it. It was slightly the depot was cleared many months . quantities that it has been imposible It is reported that British outposts erating on the Grand banks. Every cloudy but the air was full of British ago. Business interests of the city Paris. The number of prisoners thus far to count them also have been have reached the fringe of Bullecourt, precaution has been taken, it was airplanes. A number of German planes hope to have the station provided for taken by the British since August 21 captured. which lies seven miles northeast of said, to prevent the raider slipping were shot down over the battlefront among the earliest improvements for has reached 20,000, The Petit Journal General Mangin's troops advanced Bapaume, and captured High Wood, through the line stretched around the during the day, each fall bringing a which the administration appropri- declares. seven miles during the night. east of Albert. fishing region. cheer from the British. ates.

8UBURB OF THE TOWN ALBERT THE CITY OF RECENT VICTORIES DEFINITELY SERIES OF RAPID BLOWS BRITISH TROOPS SHOW Will Not Open on Schedule. OF BAPAUME CAPTURED THE "LEANING VIRGIN" SETTLE FORTUNE OF WAR ARE BEING STRUCK BY FOCH. FINE SPIRIT IN FIGHT Elon College. Definite word has been received from Adjutant General Cappy, towns tele- - London "Suzanne and Albert is a town in the department Pars. Premier Clemenceau Foch seems to be striking a series Paris. The newspaper correspond- McCain with reference to the.stab- army north and south of the Somme, re- of Somme. It is situated on the Ancre graphed the presidents of the general of rapid blows, relying upon a local ents at the front lay stress on the lishment of a students' they could rely upon the corps here fall. In vip spectively, were captured by Field rivor and is a railroad center. Before councils that effect produced now near Arras, now magnificent enthusiasm with which this government and Marshal Foch and his the British are attacking over- fact, and because ot the jpT Marshal Haig's forces, according to the war it had a population of more near the Oise and the Somme. to pro and than 7,000. Albert has been the scene magnificent staaff and the allied mili- coming the enemy. They point out the college and three fay' reports received here from the British aggregate a general dis- Fji-- of some desperate fighting and in the tary commanders to turn the present duce in the that the British opposed stout resist- are at P'attsburg f The British also took com- battle front. sur- succses of the allied arms into a location of the German line. In each ance when the Germans counter at- will be there untp" Bapaume, a suburb of recent British drive the town was Avesnea les rounded on three sides by the armies plete and decisive collapse of the of these blows he uses comparatively tacked, and when they saw that the opening f the the town of Bapaume. men, victorious troops po-re- of Field Marshal Haig, the village of enemy. few and the enemy was staggering under the ub til S- British troops also reached the west ettle on tne nortn an( Meaulte on "The splendid victories of recent are ready for a thrust after a short shower of blows increased the punish- first timejf ern outskirts of Thilloy, south of Ba'jf C4ur weeks,'1 said M. Clemenceau, "has def- interval. The German gets no rest, ment the doors rd? X sith having been reached by without giving him time to look paume. initely settled the fortune ot war." no time to reorganize. around. nourced.