The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-11
Allies Renew Offensive in
Flanders and Make Big Gains
FIGHTING NOW IN
ISOLATED SECTORS
British Take the German First
Line Positions and French
Rcpulsc Surprise Attack.

Both the British and Frepch ar
milo. facing the Germnna n FIan-
dcra havo again struck hard blows
at thelr antagonists. and have
boon rewarded with further gains
In tho limo OF Crown Prince Rup-
procht. OF Bavaria. While tho
tnhtlnu has occurred only on 100
Iatod sectors. II secma evident
that tho heavy artillery dueia In
proure.a all Alonu the front from
Nieuport to the Franco belgian
border arc the forcrunncre OF TO
aumption OF tho hiu ailihd "hoh,
alvo which tho rain and tho accom-
panyinu nitro otoppad almost al Ito
inception moro than woGh ago,
Drlvinu eastward from tho ao".
lnt ~ YpTos ln tho oaily dawn az
Friday fielI Marshal ilaIu'. "sn
touk tor ihah "wn ell ihe hoi
n,.n nr.i ilna r"sItl"". aasi 81
tinnuo. hsiwsGn t'anse"i'a' ana
tho Yr,os Monln ,"ai. ln'lu'l'nu
iho viliauo ~ wo.,h"ot end hold
,ham in ,hNl "ni''aI". ""IwIih
elnn,iInu Iha usunl '."r'"l"' "i'"""d
launched ny tho E"'nH". n"'io' n"
In tha worth. nsar nl-a"h""'s
aud I anuvva,"L The French h""ps
havo captured aaV~rai fa'm. h.lh
nv tho G:~r,nana. and aia" have Ia
Lop . numhar ~ marhIn" uuna
tro,p than. While thcao gains ~"
characterized "a "alluht. they
nov,rtheIeaa arc another forward
atom eastward toward tho Oatcnd
LILO Railroad. toward which tho
nrltiah drlvo from Hoouo also 10
pointed.
Tho Canadians. lying In th"l
'rruchcs Within tn" tlnoratcp "f Lens
nd tho British fnrC"n holding trcnch"'
,outh OF tho fnmoua Eimy ridge. nr'
snmlng In for intensive ahrlllnK IRON
Q no Germans
suprlao Attack Falls.
On the lOnH.nrKlrclrd front near 81
Quentin the Germans have delivered
surprlse attack OF considerable pro
i ortionh, but we're unsuccessful II
aiming ground anywhere except 1t
-vernl weak points In tn" center o
no French line. blhrrwlsu III" nro I"
GENERAL Prtnin's mun put down lh'
ally inflctlug considerable CASUAL
led on Tho G-rmnnn
likewise along tho hiano front The
corrnnnn have drilvrrrh Onslaught;
asaluat Tho French. but hero ais" iho'
mot with tho rnma roaull that hhi
marked tho previous nttemptn nl The
r.ornnin crown prlQcn to pierce me
;, ,r,urh limo -der,nt A. ncvotnl pnlnlF
rhc German. managed tn mnhr th"ii
IN. into lrnlntod trenches. bat lh"i
me, drnth later In hand hand hEh'
ny or wore Cnptut"a,
Asidc from the front In France Jl''l'
Trhiing OF moment IL taking place
oycept in Ealirin. Uukowlna and II
;nuthern Moldnvia. In all fh"ss soc
iorg tho Gcrmans md hustro-Hun
~orlans aro declared hy tho Berlin wa
ulTice to bc continuing their gains
southeast OF Czernowi'z. tho capita
NJ Rukowtna. tho Germans hav" pene
rated the Russian frontier position!
and further south. lighting with thei
allies, they have taken height posi-
lions between the Trotus and iutni
,allevs. and in Southern Moldavia. II
rhe region OF Fokshani. have thrown
their forces across tho Suchitza rive
on a wide front.
British lahorites at conference II
london by vote of nearly 20 TO |. have
decided to send delegation |" th'
coming International Socialist confer
nee at Stockholm.