Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-18
Russians Make Gains on DAN
ube, but Lose Elsewhere in
Heavy Engagements With
TeutoniC Allies.
ARTILLERY BATTLES
RAGING IN GALICIA
German Commerce Raider
Plays Havoc With Entente
Merchant Ships Off South
American Coast,

tsy MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEAsEp WIRE
The British troops in France have
hit the German line hard at two
places for good gains, according to the
latest British communication. North
east of Cite Calonne the Canadians
carried out a brilliant raid of German
trenches on front of 700 yards, and
penetrated the positions to a depth OF
500 yards to the German second line,
The German dugouts were completely
wrecked and 100 men were made
prisoner. The Germans suffered heavy
casualties.
At Beucourt-sur-Ancre another
drive by the British gave them Ger
man positions over front of 600
yards which they held despite a
counter-attack, in which the Germans
lost heavily under the British barrage
fire.
Russians Also Make Gains.
The Russians, in vigorous attack,
have recaptured the village of Vadeni,
six miles northwest of the important
Danubian town of Galatz, according to
Petrograd, and repulsed with heavy
casualties a Teutonic allied counter
attack. The Teutonic allies also were
driven out of the village of Gerleschi,
near the mouth of the Rimnik river.
but later the Russians were compelled
to withdraw in the face OF superior
forces The Berlin war office admits
fhat Field> Marshal Won Mackensen's
Turkish advance posts near Vadeni
were. withdrawn, but makes no men
ton of the evacuation of the village.
Germans Score Heavily.
In the Kasino and Suchitza valleys
the Russians still are vigorously on
the offensive and at one point have
succeeded in gaining foothold on a
peak. Everywhere else they were re-
pulsed with sanguinary losses.
Berlin reports that near Smorgon,
which lies on the railroad between the
wilma and Minsk, the Russians after
heavy artillery preparation, attacked
and penetrated the German lines on a
narrow front, but later were driven
out, leaving the battle field covered
with Russian dead. In Galicia, near
the ZborowZlochoff railway, the Ger
mans carried out an extensive infantry
fire against the Russians.
In the other theaters there have
been no big battles, the operations
still consisting of artillery duels and
engagements between small parties.
Greece has accepted without reser-
walton the ultimatum of the entente,
recently delivered, according to news
agency advices from Athens.
Work of Commerce Raider.
A German commerce raider has
been working havoc in the Atlantic
ocean on entente allied steamships.
Between the Azores islands and the
South american coast, during the
period from December 12 to January
10, at least thirteen vessels-ten Brit
ish steamers, Japanese steamer and
two French sailing craft--were cap
tured by the raider, and it is presumed
that most Of them were sunk.
The British admiralty assumes that
eight of the British steamers and the
two French sailing ships, all of them
long overdue, and some of them
known to have been loaded with arms,
ammunition. horses and other war
supplies for the entente allies, have
been sunk by the raider.
The Japanese steamer was released
by the raider off the coast of Brazil.
and permitted to land at Pernambuco
237 men Of crews of vessels destroyed.
One of the steamers is said to have
been sent away by the raider with 400
additional men to be landed. The
whereabouts of the raider is not
known.