Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Allied Troops Welcome New
Year as Beginning Of
End Of Struggle.
USHER IN YEAR BY
SMELLING GERMANS
British ounnsrs Follow Practice
Adeptsd Ysar Ago by Welcoming
Advsnt ,ef Now Year With saIvos
\ Frs,n Guns 81 All caliber - Cry Of
Shells Minsies With Church Bells
Calling French Villagers to Prayer. 4


Calling French Villagers to Prayer. \
with the British Armies in France,
via London. Jan. THE arrival of
/ 1917 was welcomed on the western
front by the British and French SOL
diers as the beginning Of the end Of
the great world war. There may be
varying views and theories as to how
4 the end Is to be brought about but
there Is no question that thruout the
British army there is conviction that
7 the next twelve months will bring a
victorious peace to the allies.
[ Opinion among British aId French
fighters as to now the war will end is
divided into two schools. One believes
that Germany will be willing to grant
extreme concessions, and the other
that only military pressure will bring
them the fruits Of victory. Both. how
ever. agree that this is the decisive
year.
Wsleoms 1917 With saIvos.
On both sectors of the British front
the new year made its bow with little
ceremony So many flares and rockets
are set mp from the trenches on these
long dark winter nights that it is i'm
possible to say how many last night
were In honor Of 1917. There is one
sector where the British artillery fol-
loKed the practice adopted last year Of
welcoming the new year with small
salvos against their enemy from guns
OF al calibers. On this front every
h thing from machine guns to the biggest
and heaviest artillery joined in the fir
ir 1rst one round, then nine. then one,
And finally seven.
She'll Cry Mingiss With Bells.
We a. not know whether the Ger
mans recognized 1t or not, but we win
Try !. Z ~. IN rtii-
lery officer. .f4
III sending this greeting to the Ger
mans there was further conflict OF
time, the Germans observing continen-
tai time, which is one hour ahead of
the British and French clocks. To avoid
all doubt the British artillery fired sig
nal salvos at both II clock and mid
night Low black clouds scudded over
the battle area this last night of the
old year and it's successor was borne
III on bowling wind. The grim
booming was swept far beyond the
battle lines until it mingled with the
church bells summoning. the people to
prayer in the war bound villages of
Trance.
Tsutons Capture Height Positions.
Berlin, wireless to Sayville, Jan. L.
On the Moldavian front yesterday the
Austro- German forces, continuing their
heavy attacks, captured several height
positions and two towns in the Zabala
valley. the war Office announces. Vio-
lent Russian and Roumanian counter
attacks were repulsed.
In Wallachia. the Russians were
again defeated, being driven back to
positions half way between Rimnik-
Sarat and at Fokshani. The Danube
army has driven the Russians to the
BraiIa bridgehead. In Dodrudja, the
Teutnns captured 1000 men, two can
non and eight machine guns.
The statement follows:
German rifles in the Carpathian for
est succeeded In blowing up hostile
blDckhouse with the garrison. Between
the Uzul and the Putna valleys, Ger
: man and Austro- o-Hungarian allies took
several height positions and repulsed
several Russian counter thrusts.
Herzterau and Ungereni, In the Ia
baIa valley. were captured.
IN the northern part Of Great
Wallachia. the Russians were defeated
once more. The Ninth army pushed
back the enemy into positions half way
between Rimnik -Sarat and Fokshani
The Danube army drove the enemy to
the bridgehead Of Braila.
In Dobrhdja the successes Of the
German and Bulgarian troops were in
creased considerably. A bridgehead east
OF Matchin was taken and 1000 men.
two cannon and eight machine guns
were captured"
South OF Riga and near smorgon,
ktrong raiding detachments were re-
PULSED" says today's official report
Nrom the Russo Galician front. "On the
Nprth bank OF the Pripet river German
Avalrymen, fighting on foot, stormed
Ivo Russian points of support with the
iayonet and brought in as prisoners
I he officer and tiiiirt.y; Ave men,"
Rspulse German Attacks.
ki'aris, Jan Tn the Champagne
Yesterday, after a violent bombardment