Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-10-05
European.

The Italians have started another
big offensive against the Austrians on
the lsono front. where, for fort.
night, quietude had prevailed
On the Bainsizza plateau height posi-
tions have been stormed and taken by
General Cadornas forces and hundreds
of prisoners captured
Eleven persons.were killed and So in.
jured in an air raid. il is announced
officially from London.
Disorders are reported al Tambov
Russia, 300 miles southeast of Mos
COW. and at kozlov in Cr!mea. where
mobs, led by former criminal exiles
TO Siberia, burned and destroyed much
grain and other property The towns
are under martial law
Many arrests have been made IN Pc
trograd OF Finnish agents who were
purchasing firearms,
OF all the points of vantage sought
for and gained by Field Marshal Ilaig
the village of Zonnebeke, probably, was
the most important for six miles far
Their on lies the Ostend-Lile railway
the cutting OF which by the British
would seriously interfere with opera
lions between Germans naval bases at
0stend and zeebrugge and the south.
ern part OF the line
Although there are no signs of panic
among the population OF Petrograd,
and there are Indications of returning
confidence, the partial evacuation of
Petrograd is proceeding irrespective
of whether the government will be
transferred to Moscow a priceless
collection of pictures at the Hermit
tage gallery is already boxed for ship.
ment to an unknown destination The
treasures of the synod and parochal
churches in petrograd are also being
removed
In supplementary note to the reply
10 Pope Benedcts peace proposal, Ger
many stipulates that she must have the
right to develop her economic enter.
prises freely in Belgium especially in
Antwerp.
American army engineers sleeping in
their barracks have been under fire
from German airmen. Not an Ameri.
can was hurt, despite fusilade of ma
chine guns fire from the air which rid
died the barracks roofs and walls
The American marines who have
been with Major General Sibert's com
mand have now all been withdrawn
from it and split up in to provost
guards in dozens of villages and cities
of France, some of them also going to
England
In the Trentino, in the region of
Monte Nero, the Austro-H ungarians
exploded a mine under the Italian DO.
sitions, but the Italian barrage fire pre-
vented the enemy from making any
perceptible gains,
Another hostile airplane raid on Lon.
don is reported to have taken place on
the night Of September %. There were
apparently two attacks, for after a for |
ty minutes quiet interval anti-aircraft |
guns resumed firing in the London dis
trict.
Thirteen British merchantmen of |
sixteen hundred tons and over and |
two vessels of less than sixteen hun
bred tons were sunk by mines or sub
marines last week, according to the |
weekly statement issued by the Brit I
ISL admiralty. In the aggregate this |
is the smallest number of vessels to
have been sunk any one week since
German began her intensified subma-
rine warfare last February.
Germany has agreed to evacuate Bel.
GUM on certain conditions, 1t is de-
clared In dispatch from Berne, given
out by wireless messages
The army of Crown Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria has again become active
and Is making desperate efforts to re-
take the ground gained by the British
near the Ypres-Menin road in Elan
ders, but so far all attacks have proven
futile.
Total casualties Of all British ranks
in all war theaters for the week end
ng September 25 are reported officially
from London as 23,0S5.
German efforts to recapture the new
positions gained by the Russians south
last Of Riga on the Pskoff high road
ave been checked by the Russians.