The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-17
Nothing Of Special Interest to Re.
port, He Says, Which Is Inter.
preted 10 Mean Much Activity
in the Near Future.
GOOD WEATHER is AN AID
TO THE BRITISH AvrAroRs
They Apparently Have Been Able
to Collect Sufficient Informa.
tion to Enable the Artillery to
Pursue its Work.

ny AHsortated tresa
Al the Important Infantry fighting
las, night in the western war thea,er
was confined TO the French from,
whore attacks by the Germana In the
AiSne ana Champagne sectors, an wen
ny IN the Nerdun region. were re-
pulsed hy General ePtain's troops.
There Is promise OF a speedy re-
newal Of the activity IN Flanders, how
ever. Field Marshal Haig, for in
stance. sends from British headquar-
ters today one of those laconic re-
ports that so frequently have preced-
ed the periodic attacks on that front.
Nothing OF special interest TO re-
port. mas meant In several OF these
cases that the British guns had open
ed their terrific drumfire preparatory
10 an attack.
The German high command appar-
entity IL anticipating renewal OF IN.
British drive. as the latest Berlin
statement In reporting the Intense ar
tlllers activity IN Flanders. said no
infantry attacks had taken place. Gun
TO the present"
There has been spell OF compara-
uVely good weather ln the area east
"t Npres, whore the British steam
roller " pushing lts way through the
Herninn lines Thus the British ayia-
tors apparently have been able TO col
lect sufficient information 70 enable
their artillery % pursue its work with
its usual precision and telling effect.
while the mud fields presumably have
dried out somewhat with the ce.sa-
ton ot the rain.
An admission of possible dxuifi-
canoe was contained In the German
statement ON the Macedonian front
situation received late last night
Several villages in the strumn ragion
| ot the right flank of the allied lines
northeast of Salonikl have been
''ceded' 10y the Buignrians 10 the Brit
ish. Rerlln announces.
There mas been notably active m
trol activities by the entent armies
| IN Macedonia recently and Il HaemA
possible some aggressive use IL finally
to hc made of the huge force the
allies have had assembled there for
| many months
1he Her1unn military and naval
machine is obviously proceeding with
rhpidity to carry out It's program of
gaining complete dominance In the
gulf of Riga. II has all Of Oesel
island OFF the mouth of the gulf. al.
ready In lts grasp.
All arms uf the German service
seem engaged In the operations. even
fleet of Zeppelius beng ON hand
| 10 make observations The KusSlan
naval forces are nov bearing the
! hrunt Of the resistance To- the German
effort ana fetrograd reports their
patrol ships keeping In touch with
and having encounters with German
torpedo craft
Berlin does not admit any LOSSES in
th"h engagements nurth of oesei ISL
and, ln which the RussianS reported
Two Herman torpedo craft sunk aud
iva damaged. while conceding the loss
| OF one Russian destroyer Further
more fetrpgrad today reports that "A
J German drcadnaught struck mine
of pesel island un October ls. max
| lng Tor the coast after the explosian
| of the mine, the ultimate fate of
] the war ship not hcing known