Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
ALLIES ARE DRIVING
TEUTON ARMY BACK
ELECTED FROM THE CANADIAN
TRENCH LEAVE MANY DEAD
FRENCH MAKE GAIN.
AVIATORSACTIVE EVERYWHERE
Austrians Continue Gains IN Moidavia
Against Russians-Frnch Drop IA
Tons of Explosives From Ar
planes on German Soil.

Crown Prince Dupprecht of Bavaria
continues to hurl counter-attacks
against the new positions captured
by the Canadians in their recent Of
fensive in the region of Lens. Sat
urday morning the Germans forced
their way into the Canadian trenches
northwest of the French mining cen
ter, but after furious hand-to-hand
fighting they were elected, leaving
considerable number of dead on
the battlefield.
Germans Concentrate Fire.
Saturday morning at 1 80 the heavy
action began along the entire line
north of Lens, the Germans support
ing their infantry with a concentrated
fire. The Germans repeatedly hurled
themselves against the Canadians, but
the defenders held like "A stone wall
and the attackers finally fell back, ex-
hausted and with their numbers great
| ly reduced
On the Belgian front, from the
North sea coast to the Ypres sector,
where the British and French in their
offensive begun in the middle of the
week took 1900 prisoners and "a guns,
the French again have pushed for
ward capturing a strong German
point of support east of the Steenbeke
river.
Vicious Blow Presaged.
The British have organized their
newly conquered terrain. and the ar
Ao,~ l,T,r ~, &c frnt
again has assumed a degree of drum
fire intensity, presaging another vi
cious blow at the German lines. The
Berlin war office now admits the loss,
after severe fighting, of the Belgian
village of Langenmark, northeast of
Ypres, and says the German troops
have occupied lines in front of the
positions conquered by the British.
On the river Aisne front the Ger
man crown prince directed a number
of attacks on the French lines, notab
ly in the vicinity of Froidmont farm
} but all were repulsed. Preparations
for German assault in the Massiges
; sector of the Champagne region were
| broken up by the French fire. On the
Verdun front a spirited French at
tack swept over the German posi-
l tions in Caurieres wood, enabling
the French to retake all the trenches
! which had been wrested from theV
t ON August 16 and II.
: Aviators Continue Active.
I Aviators of all the belligerents OF
the western front were active as tn,
week closed. French aviators sho
down several German machines ant
= forced eight others to land in a badl,
1 damaged condition. On the night o
2 August 17-1S French aerial squadron
S dropped Ia tons of explosives on Ger
= man aviation grounds, railway stations
: and encampments. British airmel
l destroyed % Teuton airplanes ant
forced IS others to land. Clever
r British planes and two French ma
4 chimes. according to the British ant
= French reports, did not return. TIL,
D Germans claim to have accounted 70
= 26 entente airplanes.
' Austrians Take Prisoners.
On the eastern front military activ
: ity was largely confined to the Ru
. manian front. South of Grfozechi, il
. southwestern Moldavia. forces o
4
the Rumanian and Russian troops
taking more than 1000 prisoners.
Canadians Triumphant.
: Canadian Headquarters in France
The most fierce engagement on tn
q Canadian front since the beginning o
the war is gradually coming to a tr
: umphant end by the exhaustion of tn
h enemy.
! Since the capture of Hill 20 and s.
f Laurent on Wednesday morning tn
6 Canadians defending their newly wo
T positions have been compelled t
n stand by almost without cessation t
l., meet the counter-attacks.
$ The leaders of the German troop
are utterly regardless of the lives c
their men and as soon as one divisio
has spent itself in a frantic and fulfil
a effort to recover the lost ground al
!, other is sent forward to the scene.