Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-08-09
'Aaig and petain Start Another
Drive in Flanders and Make
Big Gains.
AIMING At u-BoAT BASES?
Good Work by the Russo -Roumanian
Forces-Teutonie Peace Move De-
rided-Aurecnent Reached on
Food Control BilI-Exemp.
ton Boards Are Busy.
BY EDWARD W. P,ckARp.

After twenty days of the most te-
mendous artillery fire Of the war; the
Anglo-French armies in Flanders be-
gan on Tuesday Il great drive that
aroused the highest hopes for definite
results. Great masses of troops dashed
forward along a front Of twenty miles,
Overran the enemy's first three lines Of
defense between Warneton and Dix
nude and captured eleven towns and
more than 5000 prisoners. They
crossed the, User at many places, the
engineeringtcorps performing prodigies
In the way Of bridge-building under
IRE. Tanks and airplanes played i'm
portant parts in the terrific conflict.
The Germans resisted stoutly and on
Wednesday, when the allies advance
was checked by torrentiul rains, the
Teutons by fierce counter-attacks won
back little of the lost ground. Next
day the British again drove the Ger
mans back, and then the artillery re-
Dumed the task of blowing Prince Ru-
precht'si men out Of the supporting de-
lenses to which they had retired.
Generals Haig and Petuin exchanged
kilograms Of congratulation on the
success in Flanders, and the kaiser,
not to be outdone, congratulated Ru-
precht ion his great success and at
once called u conference in Brussels of
his commanding officers ON the west
front and other officials. The German
losses iare reported to have been tre-
imendoals and those of the allies com
,parattyely light. Several American
surgical teams worked on the fighting
line side by side with their British al
HES.
I The,exact objective of this drive was
not officially announced, but the peo-
pie Of the allied nations hoped,and the
Germans assumed that the Anglo-
French armies intend to push along the
Belgian coast and force the Germans
to abandon their submarine bases.
Such movement would also turn the
right end Of the German line and
might well compel a general retire
nlent toward the Rhine. If the allies
could reach the Dutch border it is be-
lieved Holland might, be persuaded to
throw in her Lot With them, decision
which Germahy evidently has feared
for some time.
Conditions I'M Russia.
2 The disorganiked Russian troops
continued their retreat eastward
through Galicia, and ut some points
the pursuing Teutons and Turks
crossed the Russian border. However,
there was pefceptfble stiffening of re-
sistance by the Slavs, and further
north they held their lines fairly well.
On the Roumanian front the Russo
Reumanian army fought bravely and
successfully. making considerable ad-
vahces. Its good work may go far to-
vard saving the rchle erfir fields Of
southern Russia from ne enemy.
Meanwhile Kgensky and his col
leoGues are working fast to avert dis
aster. Their program, according to the
official newspaper, is to restore the
army's power by q clear definition of
the limits df Rtssaa's present liberty,
the taking iof thS severest and most
mereiless measures for re-establishing
military discipline, and the restoration
of the lshaken authority Of Russia's
most dtsinterested and seff-sacrificing
servants. her officers. Hundreds Of
German kpies in Russian uniforms
found miIlgling with the soldiers have
been exec uted summarily, and the mu-
tinoos troops are being punished as
traitors. It lis nov reported that Lee
nine has escaped from Russia, proha-
bly, to Germany through Finland and
Sleden.,
as.is y. e tust ss1tes agents report
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