The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-12-27

trains carrying vast numbers of troops
and immense Quantities of supplies,
anu Tor days the German artillery was
excessively active. Various f%eeling-out
movements were undertaken against
ne French without success, and on
Wednesday the Germans made three
violent attacks on the British between
Bull"court and Qucant. The first two
were rcpulscd and the third gave the
enemy possession OF an already oblit-
Grated trench at the apcx Of the angle
In tho British lines.
This, Of course, was not the main Mt
tack planned by Won Hindcnburg, who,
1t was believed, would soon start his
greatest offensive ON the west In two
years. with the assistance OF many
Austrian divisions. The British and
French were on tiptoe to meet 1t, and
1T was taken for granted that some at
least of General Pcrshing's American
FORCES would have Il part in the battle.
indeed, some observers predicted that
an attempt would be made to smash
that part OF the line toward Alsace
IVA vi llS ktIIltIlCtlIlS nave
been stationed. Others believed the
main attack Of the Germans would be
delivered against the French between
Rcims and Verdun.
ITALIA Front Seems Safe.
For several days the AuStriunS. Hun
ghrianS and Germans made continuous
ana heavy assaults on the Italians be-
tween the Iiuve md Brcnta rivers
north of Monte Grappu. The fighting
was sever and the losses lurgc. but
the enemy made slight impression on
the Italian line, gaining Il ~prccarious
foothold in some positions on Monte
~Spinoncia and Col Orso. The Italians
are lighting with the utmost determine
ton ana are greatly chccrcd by The
prospect of American help. On Thurs
daN a large number of American am
bulhncc men with their cars left Rome
!oF the Pave river front. II is inter
eSllhS TO note that the first American
shot against Austria was fred by Ron
rcsrntntivc Tinkham of Massachusetts
on the lower I'iuvc. On invitation Of
an ltailah officer he sent Il big shell
hurting across To the Austrian line,
regardless of the fact that If the enemy
should capture him he could be exc
cuicd ns Il "franc-tircur."
B"'rlng out the statement that the
l"ut"nic effort in Italy has Exhausted
ltS"ii Is the welcome news That heavy
snow is falling i'm the mountains at the
west end of the front, rendering diff.
cult the further transportation Of men
material. The Italians. however,
expect to hold the enemy by strength
Oh arms rather than with the aid Of ma
turc.
IN" itailan navy is doing its art
IN me defense and on Sunday night q
'"rpcd" boat lotilln entered the har-
Dor oi Trieste and sank two Austrian
hh''I'N'IrS, one of them being the
Wien.
Occupation Of Jerusalem.
1h" occupation Of Jerusalem by Gen.
cral Allcnhy'S expedition caused great
rejoicing among Christians and Jews
OF No" civilized world. The event has
more than q sentimental value, for tho
possession Of the Holy City by the
British makes safe the Sucz canal ant
provides them with q base from whicl
to threaten seriously the Turks to the
east and north. In conjunction will
the British operations in Mcsopo
tamia, Allonhy's success in Palestine Is
very important to the cause of the nj
ncs. AS was predicted, Jerusalem wa
taken without the necessity of a BON
pardhleht, and It's captOrs are ade
quately protecting the holy places.
In McSop0tamia General Faikenhayr
launched his expected offensive, at
lacking General MarShall's army viii
II strong force OF Turks and Germans
me British were compelled to FIJI
BACK across the Diala ana Irdkem rly
crs VIII The enemy I'm pursuit. 1t Il
taken Tor granted that F%alkcnhayn'.
intention is to make a great effort r.
recapturc Bagdad.
} Ihough the number of British yes
] seis sunk by submarines, as reportc,
+ by me admiralty, was still too large 70
comfort, those In q position to knoy
Z assert that he U-boat campaign renll
mas proved a failure and that the suh
Ia 'rsip'eS are being destroyed or car
.ureu UTMOST as fast MS Germany On,
I ""l'u 'he'h' Moreover, the British shir
Z !ardS are now turning out almost n
! iiiuci tonnage monthly as the German
destroy ana are fast increasing thei
output. -
investigating Dilatory Methods.
! Ihe expected II inevitable nttoc
G on u methods OF war prepnrotio
G came last week in the form OF nm /,
l. v~es.isn.ioh ny the senate committe
on military affairs. Enough of who