Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-08-18
Haig and Petain Start Another
Drive in Flanders and Make
Big Gains.
AIMING At U-bOAT BASES?
Good Work by the Russo Roumanian
Forces-Teutonic Peace Move De.
rided-Aqreement Reached on
Food Control BiII-Exemp.
ton Boards Are Busy
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

| BY EDWARD W. PlCkARD.
After twenty days of the most tre-
mendous artillery fire of the war, the
! Anglo-French armies in Flanders be-
gan on Tuesday a great drive that
| aroused the highest hopes for definite
| results. Great masses Of troops dashed
| forward along front OF twenty miles,
oyerran the enemy's first three lines of
defense between Wanet0n and Dix
nude and captured eleven towns and
more than 5000 prisoners. They
crossed the User at many places, the
engineering corps performing prodlgies
in The way of bridge-buiding under
fire, Tanks and airplanes played Ra-
portant parts in the terrific cCnllict.
The Germans resisted stOutly and on
Wednesday, when the allies advance
was checked by tolTential 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-
sumed the task of blowing Prince Ru-
precht'S men out of the supporting de-
lenses to which they had retired.
Generals Haig and Petain exchanged
kilograms of congratulation on the
success In Flanders, and the kaiser,
not to be 0utdone, congratulated Ru-
precht on his great success" and ut
once called Il conference in Brussels of |
his commanding officers on the west |
front and other officials. The German |
losses are reported to have been ire
mendous and those of the allies com
paratiyely light. Several American |
surgical teams worked on the fighting |
line side by side with their British al
lies.
The exact objective Of this drive was
not officially announced, but the PEG
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 a movement would also turn the
right end Of the German line and
might well compel general retire
ment 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 Germany evidently has feared
for some time.
Conditions in Russia.
The disorganized Russian troops
their retreat eastward
through Galicia, and at some points
the pursuing Teutons and Turks
crossed the Russian border. However,
there was perceptible stiffening Of re.
sistance by the Savs, and further
north they held their lines fairly we'll
On the Roumanian front the Russo
making considerable aid
Its good work may go far to-
ward saving the rich grain fields of
southern Russia from the enemy.
Meanwhile Kerensky and his col
eagues are working fast to avert dis
lster Their program, according to the
)fiicial newspaper, IS to restore the
lrmy's power by clear definition of Z
he limits of Russlas present liberty, /
he taking Of the severest and most Il
nerciless measures for re-establishing e
military discipline, and the restoration +
# the shaken Authority Of Russias v
aost disiHterested and aef-Sacrificng h
ervants, her officers, Hundreds Of a
'erman spies in Russian uniforms t
ound mingling with the soldiers have a
cen executed sumnariIy, and the mu- G
nous troops are being punished as Il
rat0rs. 1t is now reported that Lee Il
me has escaped from Russia, proba- Z
ly TO Germany through Finland and
weden. y
Russian secret service agents report ! o.