Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-10-23

dred Russians wers taken prisoners.
with quantity of guns and stores"
: NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-CBy foreign
cables TO the Associated Press.-In co..
operation with the French on his left
Field Marshal Haig launched a new
! blow along a narrow front at the Ger
man lines northeast of Ypres this morn
ing.
The allied infantry moved forward
in the neighbOrhood of the Ypres-Sta-
den railway, and on the outskirts cot
Houtholst wod, on the extreme northern
edge of the active front in Flanders
The French advance was along a width
of about three-fifth of a mile The
British attack was probably along
somewhat wider front. extending to-
wards Poelcapelle and possibly taking in
the area of that town which has been
the scene of some desperate fighting
within the last few weeks. The Ger
man reactions were extremely persis-
tent here.
Both groups of attacking troops scor-
! ed early successes. Paris announces that
all their detectives were attained by the
French troops, while Field Marshal Haig
reported satisfactory progress for the
British.
The operation apparently is aimed at
bringing the left flank of the allied adj
vance somewhat further forward as
support TO the center. where the wedge
has been driven farthersst into the
/ German front.
Russian naval units in the northern.
part of the Gulf of Riga have outwitted
superior ground forces and have escaped
from Moon sound, where they apparently
had been bottled up after the engage
ment In and about the sound last week.
The Russian warships made their escape
without losses and are now in position.
protecting the northern entrance to Moon
sound.
] The new position of the Russian
squadron probably will compel the Ger
mans to give battle if they wish to enter
the Gulf of Finland by going through
the sound between Dago island and the
coast of Esthonia. The military. forces
n the Moon sound region were moved
successfully by the Russians, who also
rescued their transports and smaller
craft. Before their retirement they de-
strOyeG all positions of military value TO
the enemy.
In addition to the warships and trans
ports already reported sunk by the Rus
sian units, Petrograd reports the sink
ing of another German transport by a
Russian submarine. Two torpedoes were
| fired by the Same submarine at Ger
man dreadnough of the Markgraf type.
vessels of $4,000 tons displacement. Be
| ing attacked. the submarine was unable
| to note results. One torpedo detonated.
and the submarine, on rising again. saw
clouds of smoke.
Berlin officially admits the loss of
| four Zeppelins of the squadron which
raided England Friday night. The Off
cial statement. however. fails to an
nounce the safe arrival home of the
other members Of the contingent. Ber-
| lin claims that several English cities
and ports were attacked with special
success including London. Manchester.
Birmingham and Hull.
Hundreds of bombs have been drop
/ ped British aviators on the airdromes
and railway stations at Roulers. Cour-
trai. Ingelmunster and Gontrode and
on German billetes.
On Sunday British aviators made a
raid into Germany and bombed with
| excellent results a foundry and rail-
way junction ten miles north of Saar-
| brusken, northeast of Metz. Fifteen
| German machines were downed by the
| British aviatsrs and four others were
driven down out of control Saturday
and Sunday.
| Emperor William returns to Berlin
today and among his engagements are
political conferences with Prince Won
/ Beulow and DR.. Won Bethmann-HoIl-
veg. the former imperial chancellors
| Prince Won Beulow has been mentioned
as the probable successor Of Dr.
Michaelis, whose position as chancellor.
recent reports from Germany have in
Dictated, is most insecure.
The Japanese steamer Hitachi Maru,
| from Yokohama for Liverpool, is three
weeks overdue at Delagoa Bay, Portu-
| guese East Africa, and is believed to
have struck a. mine with the loss Of
all on board. The steamer carried paz
/ sengers, the number of which is
known. The Hitachi Maru measure
/ ESQ tons.