The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27

Reinforced Russians and Ru-
manians Put Down Attack
on kasin0 River.
SLAVS SHELL DANUBE TOWNS
Cars Troops Carry Out Successful
Raids Near Smorgon-British
Extend Lines in France

Extend Lines in France.
Washington, Jan. 19.-AdVices from
| the war fronts received here today
indicate that the advance of the leu
tonic Allies in Rumania apparently has
been brought to a standstill, for the
time being at least, by the reinforced
| Russians and Rumanians In the
latest Berlin official communication
the only successes reported for the in
vaders were gained through surprise
attack between the Suchitza and
Putna valleys, where the army of
Archduke Joseph captured an officer,
230 men and one machine gun from a
hostile position, and south of the
Oituz road, where a strong Russian
attack was repulSed with artillery and
machine gun fire.
On the other hand the Rumanians
put down an attack south of Monestar-
Kachlnul, on the Kasino river, and
| southwest of Pralea surrounded Ger
man position and captured a large
number of men and four machine
guns. The Russians are Smelling the
towns of Tultcha and Isakcha, across
Bulgarian guns are active against hos
tile shipping and military positions
| near GalatZ and ISakcha.
On the Russian front and in Galicia
| there has been violent artillery activ-
ity and minor fights between raiding
parties at isolated points. Near Smor-
gon the Russians have carried out
successful raids and sapping opera
| tions, according to Petrograd. In the
region of Krashina, a Russian force
entered German position, but later
was driven out.
The British in France have further
extended their gains of Wednesday
near B a C o u r t-Sur-Ancre. The
French and Germans in the Vosges
mountains, in Lorraine and near Sois-
sons, are engaged in artillery duels,
which are described by the French
war office as being of rather seri-
Gus character" The big guns of the
belligerents also have been active
near Ramscapelle, Dixmude and Het-
Sas, Belgium.
In the Austro-Italian theater heavy
| snowstorms are impeding the opera
lions.
New Drive in France.
London, Jan. 18.-The report from
British headquarters in France issued
last night reads:
After heavy preliminary lombard
ment Wednesday morning we occupied
a line of enemy posts north of Beau
court-Sur-Ancre. The whole of our OBJ
| jectives were gained on a frontage of
cix h do foxx
ualties. The positions gained consid-
erably improved our observation in
this area.
This afternoon an enemy counter
attack was broken up with heavy loss
by our artillery barrage. The CONSOLE
dalton of the new positions is pro-
| ceeding.
Late in the afternoon yesterday the
German positions south of Cit Calonne,
west of Lens, were entered under
cover of a heavy bombardment. Our
troops reached the enemy's support
line and bombed and destroyed dug
outs and inflicted many casualties.
Our losses were small. We success
fully blew a mine in connection with
this operation.
| full daylight raid was carried out by
Canadian troops northeast of Cit Ca
Tonne. The attacking parties entered
the enemy's trenches on front of
seven hundred yards and penetrated
to a depth of three hundred yards, as
| far as his second line. Here also
heavy losses were inflicted on the
enemy and all his dugouts were COM
! pletely wrecked. We captured one Of
ficer and ninety-nine other ranks, two
machine guns and a trench mortar.
Our artillery and machine guns CO
operated very effectively with the in
fantry. Our casualties were slight
Russians Recapture Vadeni.
| Petrograd, Jan. 18.-The war office
announces the recapture of the vii
| lage of Vadeni in Rumania, six miles
southwest of the Danube town of
Galatz.
An attempt by the Teutonic forces,
with reinforced columns, to recapture
Vadeni was frustrated by the Rus
SLAMS who inflicted heavy losses.