The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
Allied Forces
Make Good Gain
Armies Drive Forward And Take
Many PrisOners-The Russian Fleet
Makes Escape
q. n. S. Leased wire)

PARIS, Oct. 22-Striking in con-
cert with the British on the west
Flanders front French troops today
drove forward on a thousand yard
front making important gains, the
war office announced this afternoon.
All the detectives were taken in the
first rush North of Veldhoek num-
Der of German prisoners were cap
tured.
North of the Aisne river the French
made a number of successful raids be-
tween sectors in which the artillery
was very active.
Another of the stray Zeppelins that
lost their way over French soil while
trying to get back to their base from
England has been brought down, fall
ing into the Mediterranean sea. it was
unofficially reported here today.
An earlier advice told of four and
possibly five Zeppelins being downed
by the French since last Saturday.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 22-Russia's
Baltic fleet, which the Germans
thought they had bottled up in Moon
island at the entrance to the gulf of
Riga, has escaped without suffering
any losses, the ministry of marine an
nounced today. Small attendant craft
got away with the warships.
works of military Importance at their
base before dashing northward to the
gulf of Finland which they reached
in safety.
The Germans have begun to land
troops on Verder peninsula to cooper
ate with the German naval forces OPP
Grating against the entrance of the
Gulf of Riga according to war an
nouncement today.
The foregoing contains the first in
formation about the landing of Ger
man troops on the Russian mainland
since the German fleet began operat-
ing against the island dominating the
gulf of Riga. Verder peninsula lies on
the east of Moon island and AsthOnia
and is not far from the Russian naval
base of Hapsal where the Russians
are reported to be evacuating
LONDON, Oct 22.-Another flareup
OF fighting activities on practically
all of the fighting fronts was report
ed in a dispatch from various sources
today.
A telegram from Rome stated that
the -Hungarians are evidently
planning another drive against the
Italians on the Isonzo river front. 1t
added that German troops are being
moved into the Julian Alps and that
there are indications that an Austro-
German drive may be launched in the
Bainsizzi plateau sector in an effort
TO dislodge the Italians from the sum
init of Monte San Gabrielle.
Germany's sea operations against
Russia on the Baltic have now given
them possession of five of the six
islands commanding the entrance to
the Gulf of Riga. Worms island is
the only one remaining in the hands
of the Russians.
Intense artillery and aerial activity
marked the operations of the past "a
hours along the western front.
The Anglo-French wedge was driv-
en- deeper into the German lines on
the west Flanders front today.
Both north and south of the Ypres-
Staden railway, British and French |
troops delivered strong local attacks
against the German positions and the
war office reported at noon that sat
isfactory progress has been made.
PARIS, Oct 22.-Germany is making
. desperate efforts to launch a great
aerial offensive before the United
States can place her air fleet at the
service of the allies, according to the
Temps today.
According to German prisoners Ger
man aeroplane factories are turning
out nearly 1000 machines a month,
some of them being of a new type BIZ
plane for bombing purposes.
LONDON, Oct 22.-Spectacular air
battles in which at least six German
machines were shot down, marked a
British raid over German military
aerodromes in Belgium on Sunday.
The admiralty announced today that
the German air bases at Visseghem
and Houlthave were both bombed by
British naval planes.
BERLIN, Oct. 22-According to an
official statement issued today the
whole of Dago island is now in the
hands of the Germans. The statement
adds that in addition OF a quantity of
guns and stores, 100 Russians were
captured