The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-03-27
HINDENBURG MAKES
STAND IN FRANCE
Teutonic Forces Bringing Retreat to
End On Arras-La Fere Line. StiIfer
Resistance Meets Advance OF French
And British.

Germany is believed to have ADDED
other American lives to her roster
of death in her intensified subma-
rine campaign. The American tank
steamer Healdton has been sent to
the bottom by a torpedo in the North
sea.
One of the crew is known to have
died in small boat that put away
from the sinking vessel and 4 others
are believed to have been killed By
the explosion of the torpedo.
Only seven Of the crew OF 33 are
known to have been landed.
Haste continues 70 be made
throughout the United States in order
to bring it into a state of prepared
ness to meet aggressions by Germany
on American lives and commerce.
Nothing new has been vouchsafed
regarding the report that the expec-
tation in Berlin was that Germany
would declare war against the Unlteo
States in 43 hours.
1t is stated that the German I'M
perial chancellor left Berlin that day
for general headquarters for a con-
ference with Emperor William and
Field Marshall Won Hindenburg on
important questions concerning for
eign politics.
Germans Making Stand.
The Germans, according to latest
British and French official communi-
cations, apparently are ending their
retreat along the front in France ana
are preparing to give battle every
where to the oncoming foes.
Paris reports that between the
Somme and the Disc the Germans
made successive violent attacks
against the French troops holding the
east bank of the st. Quentin canal,
but the French machine guns stopped
them. Attacks also were delivered
by the Germans near La Fere ano
between the Laon road and the river
Aisne. but the French barrage broke
them up.
London reports lnau from the
South of Arras to the West of st.
Quentin along the entire British front,
the Germans are stiffening their re-
sistance increasingly.
The only advance by the entente
along the French front is claimed by
the French, who crossed the Allette
river at several points.
The communication of the Berlin
war office asserts that on both SIDES
of the Somme and Disc rivers ell
eagements between Germans and en-
tente advance detachments have re-
suited favorably for the Germans.
Fighting in East.
There has been removal OF &C
tivity on the Russian front on the
Wilma region. Here the Germans made
an advance over front of two and
a half miles east of Lidaand, cap
tured 225 Russians and number Of
guns.
Petrogrard admits the advance, bur
says that later The territory was re-
taken. In Galacia, near Brody, Ger
man attacks have been repulsed.
The Turks in Persia are still in re-
treat before the Russians, says Petro-
grad. Nothing new has come through
concerning the operations OF the Brit
ish against the operations of the Brit
ish against the OttCmans north ana
northeast of Bagdad.
The entente allies are still on the
offensive against the forces of the
central powers in Macedonia, but Ber-
lin says attacks north of Monastlt
have been repulsed.
The usual artillery duels and minor
infantry attacks continue in the Aus
tro-Italian theatre.
Announcement is made by the Ger
man admiralty that the German raid
er Moewe has returned to home porl
i, after a second cruise in the Atlantic
1t is stated that the vessel during
this cruise captured" shipping ag-
gregating 123,100 tons gross.