Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-03

even should tho allies carry through
cassful conclusions. For should sucf
come to pass 1t will mark the virtua
defeat of Germany. 1t will demon
strate that she is losing her grip. and
taken in conjunction with the internal
developments which would follow q
dAfeat of her armies. she would h,
Mainly beaten. for all the world to see
sThe allies go into the battle with
two vital advantages. as has been dem
onstratcd from the lighting so far
They have complete control OF the
air.
sThcy have preponderance of artil
lery.
Kit is TO meet these advantages and
X possible. offset them. that the Ger
man war council is puzzling its brains
According TO Holland dispatches based
on information hl,ering over the from
tier.
I'm addition to these. the allies re-
tain another vital grip which Germany
cannot loosen, and which is slowly
StranglirG her-the control of the sea.
HIGH SEAS FLEET
is RUSTING AT DOCKS
Germany can send out her subma :
rines she can send out her fast raid
ing sQuadrons: but her high seas heet
is rustinS at its docks and She cannot
lift the economic pressure and hun
ger blockade which are tying her
arms and choking her throat
The Flanders action viii! be resumed
on the wide scale of the first day i'm
nedia;ely the weather clears, accord
ing TO every indication in to-nisht's
reports from the front. Meanwhile.
despite the rain ana mist which blind
the artillery and to large extent
hamper the air corps. heavy lighting
is coins on in spots.
Sir Douglas Haig, by violent coun-
terattacks. has rcgained the ground
lost to the Germans yesterday near
the Ypres- Roulcrs railway. while
German attacks at other points of the
front have been rerulsed with great
losses to the enemy
The Germans are attacking with
especially large numbers in an effort
to drive the British from the import.
ant position along the Hilkem ridge
hut all their efforts have failed. Thou
sands of German dead strew the sticky
mud of the Flanders flats. The rain is
almost incessant. and there have been
but few breaks in the clouds.
The German attacks have been
launched under the most unfavora BILE
front declare their losses are tremen-
dous.
BOYS ARE REPLACED
BI VETERAN TROOPS
Two days ago. when Sir Douglas
HaiG launched his first blow. the Ger
man lines were held in many sections
by young troops-boys OF the class OF
1918. These have VOW been repln c"d
hNreterans. hastily shifted tc Flanders
from other fronts In a desperate effort
to stem the allied tide-the tide which
now seems to be starting TO its Hood
stage-and il is these seasoned s.l-
Offering up their lives in futile coup-
terattacks.
Heavy actions have been fought not
only on the fpres- Eoulers railway sec
tor. but around Fresenburg and st.
Julien as Well. The latter town VAS
voluntarily abandoned by the British
in order 10 straighten their line. and
ever since. the Germans being una BILE
TO. occupy IL.
British officers declare the attack in
Flanders q complete success sa far
While the Infantry prepares another
rush 10 push forward its front toward
osten and Zebrugsa. principal German
submarine bases. allied avia,ors are
carrying on an almost constant bonn
bardment OF those places A ton Of .S-
plos!ves was dropped into BruSes. the
German C-hoat station. thirty miles
up deep water canal from Zeebrurc.
ny an American aviator. Sersean, !
}. DreNei, of the Lafayette escadrill.
other american flyers. including Lieu
tenant Thaw. Captain Thenault. Lieu
tenant Lufberry and Sergeants Parker
ana Willis. few twenty miles behind
me German lines without sighting a
German airplane
Meanwhile, lighting on both the
Aisne and Eerdun fronts-mostly OF AN
aEti!!erE character continues The
rehch are not allowing any German
"ithdraW val from other parts to bolster
me armies staggering under allied
blows in Flanders.