The Washington herald., 1917-08-25
SMASH TEUTON DREAM.
Good News From Rome.


New cheering news also came from
Rome. Cadorna continues "on the
march" More than 2O.OOO Austrian
prisoners have been counted so far.
Further progress has been made,
though the Hapsburg troops are tight
ing back with the fury of madmen.
The British did not fare so well in
the last twenty-four hours. They were
thrown back from the positions they
had recently won in Flanders. south
OF the Ypres- -Menin road. and, accord
ing TO Berlin. lost twenty-one tanks
whoch now lie. cTumpled heaps in
front of the German lines. Berlin
also claims retention of all the lines
attacked by the Canadians.
This is disputed by the British war
Office which says the Dominion troops
held German trenches Immediately
northwest Of what was once Green
Crassier. but now is called Red at
the front.
The Rumanians rallied after re-
verse in the direction of Buzeu. They
had lost a village TO the Teutons, but
promptly recaptured and held it. In
the mountains they beat OF Teuton
attacks.
big Hun Campaign.
Petrograd. Aug. 1.-THE German
general stan is preparing for impOr-
tant operations on the Riga front,
time for the weekend. Definite in
formation to this effect has been OBJ
tanned from Alsatian deserters and
Russian prisoners who have escaped
from that front. They report a tre-
mendOus Concentra tiOu of heavy arttl-
lsry. ammunition and supplies in the
region OF Aiitau, the great German
base. 3 miles to the southwest Of
Ri-a Weak Iandsturm detachments
that have been holding the Teuton
lines in the ssmicIrcle threatening the
big Russian Baltic port, have been
replaced by hrst line effectives.
To meet the expected German on
sIaught. Gen. Letchitzky who achieved
fame through his victorious operations
in GaIcia last year, has been aP-
pointed COmmandeT-In-chiet of RuS-
sia s armies in the north. In military
circles here the appointment of this
master strategist is greeted with great
satisfaction.
French Officers Opinion.
The contemplated German drive
on Riga has been holding the cen
ire of military discussion for some
days. Col. CIerget (of the French
army, attached to the Russian gem
eraI staf) writing in the Army and
Navy Journal, points out that IN
previous operations on the north
ern front the Germans invariably
chose for their objective the left
wing of the Russian position pro-
tecting Riga. their advances being
directed against the bridgehead OF
Uxkull and the island of Dalen
Cpahlen). The Germans, Col Cler-
get points out, in the past de-
veloped the main force Of their at
tacks northward from the station
OF Neugut, on the Nitau- -kreuzburS
railway, since the western ap-
proaches of Riga present well nigh
! j1suruountable obstacles to the at
'facking effectives. a formida bic
fortified Russian line blocking their
way.
Hence the intense Teuton artil-
lerv bombardment of the Russian
position to the west OF the Riga
NIitau road mentioned in the Rus
sian Official statement is to be re-
Earded. in the writer's opinion.
merely as a demonstration aimed at
divertinS the attention of the Rus
slams from their left wing south
Of Riga, to the. positions on their
right. the southwest Of Riga, with
the ultimate object of striking the
main blow from the south