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extensions of territories and indem.
mites, was impossible. Confidence that
the new chancellor would bring about
victorious peace and not one Of re,
nunciatiOn, was asserted.
London, Aug. 9.-Continuous rains
and fogs have made the past week one
of little activity on the western front,
said Major General Frederic B.
Maurice, chief director of military ope-
rations at the war Office, in his weekly
talk to the Associated Press today.
"The German communicates in their
usual fashion," continued the general,
report numerous British attacks re.
pulsed with heavy loss. That shows
the Germans are jumpy and nervous.
AS a matter of fact there has been
only one British attack, that on St.
Julien, which was an entire success.
The German communique made deal
of an alleged British attack from Nieu-
port, which was, in fact only minor
raid"
Russian Retirement Less
Summing up the situation on the
Russian front, General Maurice said:
"The Russian retirement has been
conspicuously less in the last week.
Premier Kerensky and General Korni-
loft, the Russian commander in chief,
are making strenuous efforts with con-
siderable success to re establish dis
cipline, but it would be premature to
say that the Russian leaders have yet
succeeded in setting a limit to the
General advance. 1t would be prema-
ture event to regard the situation as
more satisfactory"
ut is natural to expect that the Ger
mans, after advancing 80 miles and
reaching railways of different guage,
must pause while and bring up COM
munications and supplies. All that
can be said today is that the Russians
have gained a brief breathing space
which We hope they will use to the
best advantage to prepare for the next
German move dorwaro."
Praise British Planes.
General Maurice gave an interesting
resume Of the detailed reports which
he had received on the air fighting
situation in the Flanders battle of July
81 and the amazing superiority which
the British a;rplanes had displayed on
that day owing to their determined on.
slaught on Germany's fighters during
the preceding fortnight.
'On the day of the attack" says
General Maurice, "the weather condi.
lions were as nearly impossible as
could be imagined-low clouds of
great density, haze and mist. The OBJ
servation was almost NIL and as re-
suit the artillery was under a severe
handicap, having to work without ade
Quate airplane observation.
Planes Attack Infantry
"But the airplanes were enormously
busy in other departments. More thar
100 enga gements were fought by air
planes with the forces of the enemy or
terra firma, our planes in these cases
descending often to within less than st
feet of the ground and sweeping the
helpless enemy with their machine
guns or bombing them. The enemy
airplanes were well-nigh helpless tc
interfere.
LESS than 20 fights in the air oc
Cured because the enemy did not dare
to come up, and in these fights we
downed six enemy machines while we
lost only three Of our own. There
were II cases of machine gun attacks
on German airdromes by British ma
chimes. Our airmen swept down to ar
altitude lower than the treetops and
fired string after string in the German
hangers after killing mechanics, dam
aging machines and blowing up work
shops. Similar attacks were made re
peatedly on parties of marching troops
on working parties and on transports
Both the British and French armies
| in Flanders have again struck hare
blows at the Germans and made fur
ther gains in the line of Crown Prince
Rupprecha of Bavaria While the fight
ing has occurred only on isolated sec
tors, it appears that the heavy artil
lery duels all along the front are the
forerunners of a resumption of the biz
allied offensive which the rain stopped
| almost at it's inception more than {
week ago.
Driving eastward from the sector o.
Ypres in the early dawn of Friday, the
British took all the German first line
positions east of Hooge between
Frezenberg and the Ypres-Menin road
including the village Of Westhoek. and
held them in their entirety DESPITE the
usual counter attacks launched by the
Germans under an extremely heavy
barrage fire.
Drive for Railroad
To the north near Bixschoote anG
Langwarck French troops have cap