The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-09-13

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general retirement Of the Austrians on
that front was predicted. In the bat
Ties on the Bainsizzn plateau the Ital-
ians captured immense quantities of
arms and munitions, for the enemy fled
III haste and disorder. Nearer the
coast, the fortress on Monte Hcrnuda
still held out against furious attacks,
Keeping the Italians from advancing
on Trieste by that route.
Riga Taken by Germans.
Riga has fallen, the kaiser reioices
and the wnr-to-victory party i'm Ger
mnny has Il new argument. But this,
ike the Galiclan affair, is rather
cheap victory over diSOrSuniZcd
army, and was expected The Russians
have retired beyond the River Aa,
fghtlnS fairly well rs they went, and
the fierce bravery Of the Battalion of
Death enabled them to prepare Il new
line of resistance.
The taking Of Riga gives Germany
complete command OF the Baltic and
the way lies open for an advance ON
petrograd by land, but it is NOT Mt nil
certalh the kaiser will go on to the
russian capital. The route is long and
through difficult country, ana the adj
Fantages OF possessing Petrograd
might be offset by such an extension
OF his lines just as winter is at hand.
At the dine of writing, it appears like
~ mat the German Baltic fleet will
meet the Russian sea forces in battle
IN the Gulf of Finland. 1t is believed
the fortified island Of Osel at the head
or the Gulf of Riga and the mort of
heVal' which guards the entrance to
the CUR OF Finland, cannot hold out
long, and the Russian fleet thus is like
~ TO be cooped up under the guns of
Nronstadt, the great fortress that pro-
tects the port Of Pctrograd.
Fart of the German fleet already has
Deen sighted at the entrance to the
Gulf Of Finland.
Germany's offensive against Russia
appears to have been timed to coincide
with an expected counter-reyolution
Planned to restore autocracy In Russia.
Inc plot, however, was uncovered and
many arrests of grand dukes and 9TH
ers have been made.
General Alexieff, former commander
IN chief, and General Vassilkoyski.
commander of the Petrograd garrison
agreed Thursday that the fall OF Riga
ala not threaten Petrograd and was of
moral but not strategic Importance.
On the Western Front.
In France and Flanders the week
brought little change in the positions
or the opposing armies, though the
lighting was uninterrupted. The Brit
lsh deluged the German lines in Bel
GUM with shell fire that indicated nm
other drive, and there were reports
that Crown Prince Ruprecht was pre-
pairing to execute another strategic
retreat" to the Courtrai-Thourou line
ana thus give up strip of territory
easl or lpres from ten to twenty miles
deep This would help the allies on
their way toward the. German subma-
rlne bases at Zecbrugge ana other
ports on the Belgian coast.
The Germans made several air raids
on England, killing n number of per-
sons. especially at Chatham and one
or their U-bonts shelled Scarborough.
The British press exhibits some un-
the jump" on the allies In the matter
OF Increased air forces The United
States, however, Is coming fast in this
respect, building machines as rapidly
as possible and training a big army of
aviators. here and abroad.
Again on Thursday night the Ger
man aviators devoted their attention
TO the French hospitals behind the
Verdun lines, bombarding them for six
ana half hours and killing 10 soldiers
VINO already were severely. wounded.
: If cablegram from Shanghai Is to
} be believed, China is about to enter
into active participation in the war.
, The Twenty-fourth army corps, com
posed of $4,000 picked troops from the
. northern provinces, is said to be mobil-
ized for immediate departure for Eu-
rope, probably through Siberia to the
eastern front to assist the Russians
, ana Noumaninns. The corps includes
several companies Of engineers off,
cered by Chinese graduates OF Ameri-
| can colleges, and an aviation corps
} trained by American and French air
, men. These troops would be the first
, Mongolians to fight in Europe since the
, time OF Genghis Khan, 300 years ago.
Argentina two weeks ago was rejoic-
Ing over supposed diplomatic victory
over Germany In the matter Of u.