Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-08-24
ALLIES ARE DRIVING
TEUTON ARMY BACK
ELECTED FROM THE CANADIAN
TRENCH LEAVE MANY DEAD
FRENCH MAKE GAIN.
AvIATORS ACTIVE EVERYWHERE
Austrians Continue Gains IN MoIdavia
Against Russians-French Drop IA
Tons Of Explosives From Ar
planes on German Soil.

planes on German Soil.
Grown 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
a considerable number of dead on
the battlefield.
Germans Concentrate Fire.
Saturday morning at 1:30 the heavy
action began along the entire line
north of Lens, the Germans support
ing their infantry with concentrated
fire. The Germans repeatedly hurled
themselves against the Canadians, but
the defenders held like 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
tillery bombardment on this front
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
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-
tons in Caurieres wood, enabling
the French TO retake all the trenches
which had Been wrested from thep'
on August 16 and II.
Aviators Continue Active.
u Aviators Of all the belligerents on
the western front were active as the
week closed. French aviators shot
down several German machines and
forced eight others to land in a badly
damaged condition. On the night OF
August 17-18 French aerial squadrons
dropped IA tons of explosives on Ger
man aviation grounds, railway stations
and encampments British airmen
destroyed % Teuton airplanes and
forced 'l3 others to land. Eleven
British planes and two French ma
chimes. according to the British and
French reports, did not return. The
Germans claim to have accounted fol
rs entente airplanes.
AuStrianS Take Prisoners.
On the eastern front military activ
ity was largely confined to the Ru
manian front. South of Grfozechi, in
southwestern Moldavia. forces OF
| Archduke Joseph of Austria attacked
the Rumanian and Russian troops
taking more than 1000 prisoners.
Canadians Triumphant,
Canadian Headquarters in France
The most fierce engagement on the
, Canadian front since the beginning Of
the war is gradually coming to a tri
: umphant end by the exhaustion of the
enemy.
: Since the capture of Hill 70 and st
( Laurent on Wednesday morning the
> Canadians defending their newly wor
t positions have been compelled tt
l stand by almost without cessation tt
: meet the counter-attacks.
) The leaders Of the German troops
are utterly regardless of the lives o.
: their men and as soon as one division
: has spent itself in frantic and futile
! effort to recover the lost ground an
! other is sent forward to the scene.
French Winning Battle.
With the British troops engaged II
! the successful parrying of German
. counter thrusts against the newly woI
ground in Flanders, the French and
Italians have started monster offens
ives-the French against the German,
Q near Verdun, and the Italians agains
the Austrians from the region of Pla
+ va to near the headwaters Of the Adri
C attic sea-
4 Sharp. decisive blows have gained
4 for the French positions held by thu
: Germans on a front of more than /.
= miles, extending from the Avocour
J, woods eastward across the Rive
r Mouse and into the Boise Chaume
( while the Italians, after a lombard
r ment Of an intensity never before ex
: perienced in that theater, have levelet
| Austrian dofansoa crOasod the ruin,