The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-10-09
HA|C FOLLOWS
VI VICTORIES
By new DRIVE
Blow Fell Early Today East and
Northeast Of Ypres-
French Participate
MORALE OF GERMANS
DETERIoRATEs FAST
Believed Entente Can Shake Pre-
carious Hold of Teutons on
Flanders ~

carious Hold of Teutons on
Flanders ~
BY Associated Press. =: .>
Without regard to highly unfavor'
able weather conditions and in sur.
prisingly short time after the success.
full British thrust OF last. week, the
British and French forces in Belgium,
have launched another heavy attack
on the German lines -.
The blow fell early today east and
northeast OF .Ypres, where Crown
Prince Rupprecht's lines have already
been dangerously bent. The British
commander early reported satisfactory
progress. The attack, he announced,
was made in conjunction with "our
allies on our Left" ..->
Favorable Development.
Shortly afterward, the Paris official
statement indicated clearly that the
French forces in Flanders were those
alluded to by the British, commander
in.chief. The launching of an attack
in concert with the British was an
nOunced, and the favorable develop
ment of the attack reported.
French troops took part in. the be-
ginning Of the Flanders drive on July
81, and in subsequent fighting con-
sOlidated the ground won, by them
from a point northeast of Langemarck
as far north as Dixmude.
This section of the front remained
comparatively quiet while the British
to the SOUTH were renewing their
drive last month. Apparently the time
is, now considered opportune for bring
ing the hnel to the north, mora nearly
on the level with the advanced Brit
ish front, The French attack today
extended as far north as Houtholst
forest.s about sfiYe- miles toward the
coast. Of BixsCho0te,
~ atn,A lmirable Position ,fs1bp
1t 6d,6eAA pointed ont that, with
the salient psrt4p the Passchendaele-
Gheluvelt ridge In their hands as the
result ofathAisasdtcess 'lasf week, the
British. were ipsnn admirablelpositi0n
to push bfArtAe6h east s'towardi&fthe
MeniRRoNlara: railway. col This invalu-
able Aps40f ,qOnRluni0 ation. to the Ger
mans between their bases in south.
western Belgium, and northern France
and their Belgium coast positions pr was
already commanded by the British
guns 49, -, = %'@;. la@
=" Morale Deteriorates. ...
The renewed push is toward this
line, which, before this mornings at
tack began. was about five and one
half miles from the point of the Brit
ish wedge at Broodseinde.
Numerous indications have been
found, according to reports from the
Flanders front, that the German NOR
ale in this sector had notably deterior.
ated under the crushing blows OF the
British and their overwhelming artil-
lery superiority. Lack Of the, former
vigor III the German counter attacks
and their comparative infrequency are
cited az corroborative of this.
The theory is thus suggested that,
despite;the unfavorable weather condi.
tions, Field Marshal Haig decided to
hit tf1es Germans another hard blow
while they were still staggering from
the effects Of their defeat last week,
AMI thus tl,i.ke still further their al
ready precari0us hold on western Bel.
GUM, possibly to the point where they
would be compelled to let 60.
GREECE 70. HELP.
Washington, Oct. 9.-Greece is near
ly ready to put large and effective
army in the field to cooperate with
the allies, according to dispatches
from the Athens foreign Office to the
Greek legation here. Lack of equip
ment is being remedied with the allies
aid
Minister Roussos today gave the
following summary of the situation in
his country as described in the lega-
tion's dispatch:
The situation in Greece is becom.
ing more satisfactory every day. The
people are thoroughly confident of the
efficiency of their government and
they are willing to allow the present
ministry to continue the work of re-
organization of the resources of the
country so that Greece may throw
her full strength into the war"
The new British drive is being made
in the same region as the attack of
last Thursday, one Of the most sue
cessful British efforts of the war. On
that day the Germans were expelled
from high ground along the ridge east
of Ypres, giving the British dom1nat
Ing positions of great strategic i'm
portance. The wedge in the German
line has been driven so deep that, with
the high ground lost, their position
has been made most unfavorable, ano
another "stragetic retreat" has oeen
predicted.
Recent dispatches from the British
front, however, told of heavy rains
and deep mud, conditions under which
ordina rily renewal of the offensive
would not be expected. The decision
of the British staff to return the at
tack 80 quickly may indicate pur
pose to force a decision before the
cold weather sets in, or before the
Germans recover from the last blow
The British have pushed back the
Germans thrOngh Poelcappelle and
fcnrtinnAii On pass Thrcc.l