The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-08-11
war At STANDST|LL.
ONLY MINOR OPERATIONS AND
ARTILLERY, DUELS.
Drive by TeutOns ON FOkshani Line
-Austro. Germans There Attcmpt-
ing to Cut Russian Front Barring
Way to Observation-Disclosures Siay
Retirement i'm ROumania Forced by
Trcachcry.


Aside from the Russian theater, the
hostilities on all the fronts are vir-
tually at standstill. Bombardments,
at some points attaining fairly violent
proportions, and at various places
small infantry maneuvers have occur
red on the front in Flanders, but as
yet the operations have not taken on
the aspect of a contemplated resump-
ton of the big allied drive which the
bad weather Of last week brought to
an abrupt end
The Canadians operating against
Lens have again made thrusts of a
successful nature into the environs Of
the already encompassed coal center,
which apparently can not long with
stand capitulation. BY the use of cur
tain fires the Germans are endeavor-
ing to keep back further encroach-
ments here, but even with this fire
against them the intrepid Canadians
continue almost daily to extend their
saps and now are firmly ensconced on
the south and west outskirts of the
town.
The aspirations of the German
crown prince to win territory against
General Petain's forces on the south
ern front in France have not as yet
been achieved. In the Champagne
region the French have penetrated
German lines at three places and on
the famous Avocourt Wood-Hill 3O4
sector of the Verdun front have put
down with losses a German attempt at
an attack
Having been enabled, mainly
through the disaffection i'm the Rus
sian army. to drive the Russians out
OF the greater part of Galicia and
Bukowina, the Austro- Germans now
have begun i'm Southern Moldavia a
maneuver the success of which
would be of vast import against the
Russo Roumanian line barring the
way to Bessarabia. At Fokshani the
enemy has struck a swift blow at the
defenders Of the line and forced them
across the River Tyrladesus, thereby
threatening the crossing of the lower
Sereth and the road to Galatz, one of
the chief Roumanian towns on the
Danube still remaining in Roumanian
hands. A number of guns of various
calibres and 1900 prisoners were TAX
en- by the invaders.
To the north. along the Bystritza
River in ROumania two Russian regi-
ments turned traitor and fled, COM
pellng the main forces of the Rus
slams here to retire again several
miles. Near Kimpolung in Southern
| Bukowina, the Russians gave battle
on the heights of Molit but were de-
feated and forced to cede terrain. At
several points farther north the Rus
slams are at grips with the enemy and
apparently are more than holding
tnelr own, on several sectors having
driven back the Teutonic advanced
posts.
Taking advantage of the retreat of
the Russians west of the Zbrocz
River. where the Gisaffection in Gen.
eral Brussiloff's army made it virtual
ly route, the Austrians and Ger
mans are harvesting hastily the crops
left behind.
Artillery due!s continue to be the
chief factors Of warfare in both the
Austro-I Italian and Macedonian the
ater.
Severe fighting is taking place in
southeastern German East Africa. AS
yet it has reached no definite result
although the British have gained some
ground.