Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-11-03


forms the southern extremity OF the
Hindenburg line. and can enfilade the
crown princes troops that still hold
the northern edge Of the plateau that
parallels the Chemin des Danes. I re
German line running north TO the for
est Of 81. Gobain is in danger and II
this gives way the enemy would have
10 give up his present front from
Chayign0n to ST. Quentin.
In this operation the French cap
iured Fort de la Malmaison and other
strong positions and routed some of
the finest troops In the German army.
taking more than 5000 prisoners and
a great number Of guns. The French
uyiat0rS did especially good work dur
ing the battle flying at very low al
titude and breaking up with their ma
chine gun fire several German attempts
TO counter-attack.
The first French smash was made
on Tuesday, and again on Thursday
Petain's forces struck hard, driving
the Germans from Monkey mountain
and other strong positions and advanc-
ing to within eight miles Of Laon. The
number Of prisoners was increased 20
1900.
Another Advance in Flanders.
The British. in Flanders. with the
French cooperating. pushed forward
about a thousand yards on front Of
mile and half on Monday. taking
some important positions and getting
aStride the Npres-Staden road The
Germans made desperate attempts to
recover the ground but succeeded In
regaining only one farm at the edge
of the Houtholst forest.
On Saturday the French and Bel
CLANS made remarkable advance
across the flooded marsh lands Of
Flanders under heavy fire and occu-
pied the Merckem peninsula south OF
DiNnude
All week the allied avlators made
destructive raids behind the German
lines. dropping many tons Of explo.
sives ON mauition works lines Of com
muuicntion and other military estab.
lishments
kerensky Attacked in Russia.
In many respects the weeks develop
ments. In Russia were unsatisfactory.
Though the fleet succeeded In keeping
The German sea forces ont Of the Gulf
Of Finland for the time being the
enemy completed The occupation of the
Islands M the mouth Of the Gulf Of
Riga. The civil population Of Reval, /
kronstadt and IN part OF Helsingfors
was removed and The government pre-
ceeded with its plans of moving to
Moscow. The worst OF the news how
ever was that the council of soldiers
and Workmen had adopted a resoln- |
tion declaring the salvation of the
country lay In the conclusion of peace
as soon as possible an0 that all power
must pass Into its hands aud accusing
kerenSky of openly favoriug the kaiser
and seeking to give Petrograd into his
hands Furthermore. the council has
given 20 its delegate 10 the coming con
ference Of the allies In Paris inStruc-
ttonS that cannot fail 10 be dispensing
10 the other allies They cover the
whole ground and would result in a
peace in some respects more German
than Germany itself dareS Ia hope for.
another source Of anxiety to the al
lies, Great Britain especially, is Ire
land. With the able assistance Of Ger
man agents, the militant Sim FeinerS
are becoming more defiant every day
until now the whole west part Of the
Island is said 10 be on the verge Of
open rebellion. Several of the con
Spirators have been arrested In the
United States and others In Ireland
Germany Loses Zeppelin Fleet.
Germany. ridiculously indignant at
the promises " repriSals for her muir
derouS air raids, threatened that 'for
every brick which falls from peaceful
German homes whole rows % buildings
will be overthrow IN Paris" Then
she sent big fleet of Zeppeins over
England, their bombs killing 81 per
sons. From there the monster airshipS
sailed across to France TO punish
Paris. But the Frenehmen were awake
and such an army Of aviators end
storm of an'iaircraft guntire met the
invaders that four of them were
brought down and three others were
partly disabled aud fed one Of the
LeppeliuS was captured unlnjured and
as IL is Of the latest type IL has been an
interesting object OF study.
Preparing for Two Years More.
Although America s -lsud forces have
NOT yet begun 70 participate in the con
HSct 10 becomes more apparent daily
that We viii take s commanding part
in the war. Great Bri'aip and France
make 3; plain that 'hey rely. on the
United States 10 cljnch the victory.
AMI Uncle Sam is girdlns W his loias