Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-06
&c R NJ ANY ATTEMPTS
To CUT UNITED STATES
COMMUNICATION LIVE
Screen of Submarines Placed
More Than 800 Miles Out
in Atlantic, Navy Depart
ment Informed


has placed a screen of submarines
tic in an effort to cut Americas COM
munication lines. according to navy de-
partment information.
The department announced it had
received an official report that sub
marines are operating on the Azores
a group o. Portuguese islands. 500
miles from the mainland. Important
relay cable stations are located there
\ submarine was reported to, have
sheIled Fonta Delgada. city in the
Azores. Naval officials refused TO COM
ment or a report that an American
transport IN the harbor helped repulse
the U-nca; attack.
NEW YORK. July 5.-,By Foreign
Caoies from European CapitalsD-With
Russia proving that her army. now re-
habiktated. can strike telling blows
again. the entente forces apparently
are preparing 10 resume the forward
movement on the western front.
Notable activity is developing in
Belgium. Germany senses the trend of
things there withou; question. and ex-
treordinary efforts by her airmen TO
find out what IS going on behind the
British lines are reflected in the Off
cial statements.
From all appearances the German
filters are having poor success. Lon
don's report fo- last night, for in
stance. showed nine German airplanes
pat out OF action TO one lost by the
British.
That The British blow will fall north
OF -Arras is the German expectation. &C
ha TD~-1e-
sian minister of war. He told a Ger
man reichstaE committee yesterday
that General Haig apparently was pre-
pairing for an offensive on a large scale
i'm this sector.
In this connection il is 10 be noted
that the British. in a local operation
last night. pushed their lines forward
slightly on a 600-Xard front southwest
OF HOliebeke, in Belgium.
General Petain, on the French front.
is bending his efforts toward retaining
intact ali the commanding positions his
troops now occupy. The --latest Ger
man attempt 20 wrest control OF an inn
portant sector on the -Aisne from him
not only came TO naugh: with eXcep-
tionally heavy German losses. but the
French in their reaction took a salient
near Ce-ny from the Germans.
Paris dispa tches report the American
terday as proceeding to the permanent
American training camp. and announce
that the other units of the army now
at a French port will leave there short
iy for camp instruction. The entire eX-
petition is expected 10 be encamped
by July Is, under command of Major
General Sibert.
In eastern Galicia the Austro-Ger-
man forces are evidently in an uncom-
Portable position at some points as the
result of the Russian advance this
week This condition is manifested
notably AZ Brzezany. where they have
been reported hemmed in on three
sides and an attack was launched upon
the Russians there yesterday. Matters
were not helped by this move. however.
as the Russians promptly broke up the
assault by their gunfire.
Attacks on the Russian lines further
south near Lipnicadolna, east of he
NaTayuvka. also were repulsed.
Signs Of a Russian reawakening APP
pear in today's German official state
rent- il reports little movement i'm
Galfcia. hut an increase in the activi-
ties along the lines in western Mol
davia and eastward to the Danube.
In MesOpotamia the Russians, after
having driven the Turks out of Pan
Twin. are attacking them in the posi-
tions 20 which they retired on the
heights south mad west of the town,
where they are offering a tenacious re-