Newport Daily Independent.
VOLUME XVIII NO 90 NEWPORT, ARKANSAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS
BRITISH AND FRENCH LAUNCH NEW OFFENSIVE
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(By the As? ciated Press.)
London, Aug. 8.—Advices received in London
this afternoon indicate the French and British forces
which launched an offensive at dawn this morning in
the Picardy sector have advanced at some points to a
. depth of more than three milesi, and a considera
ble number of prisoners were taken.
A message from the British front in France at
11:30 o’clock this morning said the British attacked
over a twelve mile front on both sides of the Somme
river and gained all their objectives within 4 hours.
They captured a considerable number of prisoners
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News from the French army
front says along the French
front of attack ajl the first ob
jectives were attained before
eight o'clock this morning.
French and British tanks
have crossed the Avre and Luce
valley
A message received from Pa
ris says the allied attack on the
Albert and Montdidier front
apparently was unexpected by
the Germans and many prison
ers were’ taken. One German
division was surprised as it was
coming up to relieve front line
troops. Reports received in iPa
ris up to mid-afternoon indicat
ed an average advance of two
and a half miles over a twenty
ty-five mile front had been
scored
I (Associated Press War Summary.)
Giving the Germans no time to
catch their breath, after their crush
ing defeat on the Aisne-Marne front,
Marshal Foch has launched a fresh
blow over a wide front in Picardy
east and southeast of Amiens. Brit
ish and French troops are engaged in
the new offensive, which is under the
immediate direction of Field Mar
shal Haig. The front of the attack
is not definitely defined, but it
seems probable its length is at least
twenty miles from the Somme south
to the Montdidier region. Attacks
are reported progressing satisfac
torily in the early stages.
Franco-Americans meanwhile are
carrying out local advances on the
Aisne-Marne battlefield which may
prove of first importance in future
op rations. French and Americans
crossed the Vesle on a front of five
miles between Braisne annd Fismes,
j_of past: pnd
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of the sector, the French moved up
four hundred yards between the rail
roads running to Laon and Bethel.
* Artillery duels are intense on the
entire front /between Soissons and
Rheims. Isolated artillery firing is
reported on the Italian front. The
French repulsed a Bulgarian attack
in Eastern Albania.
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(By The Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 8.—Field Marshall
Haig reports the British fourth
army and a French first army
launched an offensive at dawn over
a wide front east and southeast of
Amiens.
attack, which is under the command
of Haig, is progressing satisfactorily.
(By The Associated Press.)
On the French front in France.
Aug. 8 at 11 a. m.—The combined
attack by the French and British
which was begun at dawn along the
front of Albert and Montdidier has
made satisfactory progress despite
strong enemy resistance.
(By The Associated Press.)
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 8.—In their offensive east of
Amiens the British have taken Hah
ner wood, Dodo wood and probably
have possession of the towns of
Marcel, Cave and Lamotteen San
terre. The ilne attacked runs rough- i
ly from the neighborhood of Morlan
court, about three and a half miles
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southwest of Albert, to the Avre val
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RUTHERFORD IS
ALLOWED BOND
Pony Rutherford, who shot and se
riously wounded Llawrence Duncan
during a difficulty several days ago
on Denton Island, was released on
bond Wednesday, which was placed
at $1,000. Rutherford was arrested
following the shooting and placed in
the county jail by Sheriff J. M. Ivy.
Bob Rutherford, who is charged with
having been implicated in the affair,
was also arrested, but was not placed
in jail, being allowed bond.
| Duncan was taken to a Little Rock
i hospital following the shooting for
1 the purpose of having shot removed
from his left side, where the charge
from a shotgun took effect. It is
I reported that he is still in a precar
ious condition.
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This official British photograph shows some British tanks moving up to
the battle line to meet a, German advance.
DRAFT WILL HOT
AFFECT THE HIVY
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 8.— The exten
sion of the draft system to the navy
6. -=
is not regarded necessary at this
time by the navy department, Rear
Admiral Palmer, chief of the bureau
of navigation, told the senate mili
tary committee today. The navy has
practically all of the men it needs
and enlistments will not be affected
by changing of the army draft ages.
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JOHN BIRDS
KILLED
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 8.— The army
casualties list today contained the
name of Private John Birdsong of
Newport, Arkansas, who was killed
in action.
The above Associated Press dis
patch to the Independent chronicles
the first death in France of a Jack
son county boy. The message does
not indicate the date on which the
boy met death, but he was killed
since the big offensive started in
July.
Owing to there being several fami
lies of Birdsongs in Jackson county
who are not related to each other, it
has been difficult for the Independ
ent to establish the it; ii:ty of Pri
vate Birdsong, though it is believed
we have gotton in touch with his rel
atives, indirectly, and caused them
to be notified of his death. He has a
brother, Matt, in the United States
army. The parents of the deceased
soldier are both said to be dead.
Two other brothers, Paul and
Tom, reside on Route Two, near
Cloud’s Mill, in Village township.
A married sister lives near Tucker
man. His cousin, Murphy Birdsong,
works for Wilmans Bros, at Diaz.
Some who say they knew Private
Birdsong, say he was a member of
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(By The Assoteiated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 8..—Army casu- ; j
alties show killed in action, 231; f
died of wounds, sixteen; airplane ||
accident, one; accident and otther |
causes, five; wounded severely, /'*?
sixty-two; degree undetermined,/
twenty-two.
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