Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-20
A|RMEN OF ALLIES |
WORKING HAVOCON.
GERMAN POSITIONS.
Raid Numerous Towns, Cam
tOnments and Rail-
1fT
TOTAL OF e. GERMAN 4
FLYERS BROUGHT DOWN
y y
Entente Forces in Flanders and
Near Lens Engaged in Con- =
solidating Positions. = !.
GAIN BY BRITISH NEAR YPREs-
Russians Make Stand Against Tea<
tons and RepuIse Them In = =
Southern Moldavia. -
TOTAL OF a. GERMAN 4
FLYERS BROUGHT DOWN.
GAIN BY BRITISH NEAR YpREs
tBy Associated Prc.s.l

tBy Associated Prcss.1
The airmen of the allies are working
havoc with the German flyers and on
German positions far behind the lines
In fights in the air Saturday. the French
airmen accounted for seventeen Ger
man aircraft, and the British ilyefs
seven. which were completely dos
stroyed or forced to land inside the
Teutonic lines badly battered from
machine-gun fire. Eight British mus
chimes failed to return to their base. .Aa
In aerial raids behind the lines. allied
machines have bombed numerous
towns. railway stations and canton-
ments, the raids extending as far as
Selzaete, near the Dutch bordera
eighteen miles from Client, which also
received visitation.
r. American aviators belonging to the
Lafayette squadron took a prominent
part in the French raids and performed
notable execution. One of the Amerl.
cans. Corporal Willis. of Boston, Mass,
was missing from tho squadron when
it returned to it's base.
German airmen also tried their hand
at slipping through the Briti5h air
patrol and bombing. In this they also
were successful, but tho score was
against them in the end, for the ex.
plosive they loosed fell on a British
prisoner clearing station. killing ten
Germans and inficting further wounds
on nine mon of their army who had
already met with hard usage at the
hands of the British guns.
BRITISH MAKE ADVANCE
ON FRONT OF A MILE
Although. fof..Lthe most part, stfis,
British and French forces in. F1anderasy3
| and In the Vicinity of Lens are engaged
In consolidating positions won. lnst
week from Crown Prince Rupprecht
the British. near Ypres, have made Il
further advance on mile front to "a
depth OF about 500 yards, and also II
the Somme region have renewed their
attacks with advantage. In the latter
maneuver Field Marshal Haie's men
succeeded In taking positions near
Epehy. and infiicting heavy losses on
the Germans. =
The Germans have been feeling out
the strength of the French lines in the
Vosges Mountain region. where after
heavy bombsrdments. they delivered
attacks against the French around
Badonviller and north of celles-sur.
Plaine. Their efforts. however, went
for naught under the FIRE of the Freneh
guns and rifles.
Likewise along the Aisne front ana
in the Verdun sector along the banIa
OF the River Mcuse the continuation
OF attempts by the German Crown
Prince to break the French lines met
with the usual result-failure.
CoNsIDERABLE sTIFFENING
OF FRONT IN ROUMaNrA
There has been a considerable stiff
ening In the front in Roumania. and
also In Russia In the region of wilma.
South Of Grozechti. Southern Mo!dayia.
the Russians have made a stand a against
a'tacks or the Teutonic allies and re.
pulsed them. and in the Slanic sector
also have beaten off. attempts by the
invaders to take further ground Ia
the Lake Marco district OF the wilma
front the Germans endeavored to WIN
Russian trenches. but their attack
broke down under Russian. barraxss
fire. a..
The present week will witness the
meeting in Berlin of the main com.
mittee OF tho German ReichstnE. II X
considered probable that at this ses.
sion of the committee the Pope's peacs
proposal VIII be discussed, and that
there will be frank debate on politis
cal. military and economic question:.
Meanwhile. reports indicate a "a.
sumption of the period OF unrest among
the German workers. Several hundrad
men In the Krupp plant at Magdeburr
have struck because of the arrest OF
one OF their, leaders, while the work.
men in the Essen, Dusseldorf and
Rhine provinces are threatening "a
walkout on account OF shortage Ia
the potato ration.
ESTIMATE GERMAN LOSSES
IN LENS BATTLE AT 5000
BY Assns' R4d!s s.rtise sH International News
PARIS. August 1e-The war CORE.
spondent Of La Liberte estimates the
German losses In killed and wounded
In the battle of Lens at 5000. Few
prisoners were taken. The proporti6f
OF the young classes fighting in the
German ranks increases with every
battle extraordinarily. tho writer says.
Information from the Ypres front
explains that the large number OF
prisoners takon in that sector thfs
week is due to the fact that the allies
were attacking the German third-ltua
defenses. the first two having beeA
taken on July 81. The Teutons natur~
ally resisted moro stubbornly In the
third line. This rampant. however. has i,
been broken at numerous points. The
French troops, according to dct3ilsd /.
reports. accomplished miracles IS OF
bravery.)to which tho British afG-raiS-
dering full homage. .s \. tSsis
Wounded French soldiers declare i;
that the drum FIRE prsesdfne the tas s.