Arizona republican., 1917-08-31
RUSSIANS AGAIN DESERT
 THEIR POSTS PERMITTING
 TEUT0NS TO MAKE GAINS
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w lIllS lllc INuSSldllS west Ol T ObSidHl have again deserted their posts, per- mitting the Teutonic allies to make further gains in the regions of Ocna and Kezdi Vasarhely, they are giving battle to the invaders and on both sectors have repulsed strong attacks. Between Ireshti and Fokshani ma jority of the men comprising two Rus sian regiments deserted, but the Rus sian commanders have taken steps to restore the former status of the line by filling the gap with loyal men.
 Premier Kerensky, in speech at the closing session of the Moscow con- ference, announced that order was to be brought out of chaos by the put ting to death the towards who threw down their arms in the face of the enemy.
 The possibility that the rule of blood and from already has begun with the deserters before Fokshani is indicated in the latest Russian offi- ciaI communication, which says that one of the cowardly regiments was dispersed"
 As is usual when the Germans see a faltering among their foes they have thrown into the battle line in Moldavia some of their tried attack troops who doubtless will press to the full the ad-
 
 cowardice of the Russians.
 On the BainsizZa plateau of the AustroItalian theater, General Ca dorna is giving the Austrians no rest, keeping up his intensive attacks along the entire front New gains of consid- erable importance have been made and at several points where the AustrianS have Striven to hold back the Italians or recapture lost positions, they have been repulsed. More than 800 new prisoners have been taken by the l Italians.
 On the front in France and Belgium no important engagements have taken place, although on the various sectors held by the British and French ar tillery duels are being fought and ! small operations by infantry are talk | ing place.
 | LONDON, Aug 30-'"The last week has been marked by a pause on all l the western front-a pause which was inevitable after the great successes of 1 the previous week, a pause accentu- ated by the bad weather that affected 1 the operations all the way from the | North Sea to the Italian seacoast" said Major General F. B. Maurice, chief director of military operations at i the war office, in his weekly talk to | the Associated Press today.
 At the moment it is the Italian front ] where the situation is the most inter esting. Here also after a really i'm portant advance, there now comes a i pause pending the readjustment of the | artillery positions. There is much more 1 to be done during these pauses. The problem is whether General Cadorna will be able to get his guns posted for ] renewal of the operations before the Austrians get up adequate reserves, some of which are being brought from the Russo -Rumapian front. This is the problem in the pause in all these | battles-the race between the prepara- tions of offense and defense
 Tn Flanders, the process of wearing down the Germans by continuous bonn bardment, continues arr fighting and continuous infantry rais, is being kept up and is having a far greater effect than is generally realized. This effect is shown in the constant necessity im- posed on the Germans of Withdrawing and replacing units.
 We now are in the first phase of the Flanders battle. We are meeting with good success the German reserves and later will come the second phase to which we are all looAing forward con- fidently.
 'On the Russian front there has been another re2rettable incident, namely the voluntary withdrawal of certain Russian units near Czernowitz The result was negligible but it serves to show, in conjunction with General Kor- Diloffs speech, the state to which tke Russian army has come and make it even more remarkable that the Ger mans have been unable to achieve more
 "On the Rumanian front, Field Mar J shal von Machensen's attack failed ow- ing to the gallant Rumanian stand and the necessity of Austrian withdrawals to the threatened Italian front.
 Tn the last month 1 have received q remarkable number of letters from the United States showing how widespread is the belief that the British have let the allied and colonial troops do the most of their fighting. This is part of the German propaganda in the United States. 1 have prepared fol you a few statistics to show how fal this is untrue.
 At the present moment the British troops in France are 6 to 1 as con- pared with all overseas troops and the total in France throughout the wal have been in the proportion of 6-e British to one overseas. In Ypres- Lens fighting since July the casual ties have nine British to one colonial
 Bringing Up Reserves
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