The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-19
EAST FRONT Is
WITNESSING new
war ACTIVITIES
Rumanians and Russians
Make Drives Against
German Lines
CBy Associated Press.)


Rumania's army is continuing its
activity on the Moldavian front and
has won another success. Petrograd
reports the occupation by Rumanian
troops of a Teutonic position on a
height near Grozechti. The Russian
front proper is comparatively quiet
neither side apparently being in any
important operations.
Reports from the British front In
Flanders continue to mention only
raids and artillery and airplane
activities. Notwithstanding that
virtually all the recent London OFF,
cial statements have been similarly
lacking in REGARD Of major operations
the British casualty list discloses
there has been heavy lighting.
Operations Extensive.
Point is given these facts by the
recent report of correspondents that
despite the laconic official announce
ment the British activities are by no
means as unimportant as they might
seem, and that arms OF the British
service are being constantly employ
ed in the process of wearing down
the German resistance. The German
casualties for specific periods are
not so readily available, but observ-
Iers at the front calculate them as
extremely heavy in the sort OF fight
ing now in progress.
Berlin Minimizes Damage.
Berlin minimizes the damages done
by French aeropIanes in their extern
sive raids last Sunday over cities In
Wuerttemburg, Rhenish Prussia ana
Upper Alsace.
News dispatches from Norway re-
port the sinking Of two German sub
marines. The Norwegian foreign Of
fee announces the destruction by
German submarines of two Mora
wegian steamers aggregating nearly
5000 tons.
Russia, having recovered in great
measure from the effects of recent
internal difficulties, is preparing to
make a firmer stand against the
common enemy. II announced that
the leadership Of the Russian armies
has been reorganized and that the
fruition of reformative plans in the
armies themselves is expected short
ly.
Premier Kerensky and the Uar and
marine ministers in his cabinet have
gone to Mohilev, Russian great head
quarters, to confer with the military
leaders. They will also see General
Korniloff and his leading aides In
the recents revolt. Whether Korn1-
loff is to suffer the supreme penalty
for his act probably will depend up
on the result of the conferences at
Mohilev.
The Russian northern army, which
has made some progress toward drtv-
ing the Germans back to the Dvtna
line in the Riga region on Sunday
occupied several German positions
between Pskoff and Riga. On Mon
day they captured Teuton defenses
north of F'riedrfchstadts south of
Riga. In its official report Berlin
makes no mention Of activity in this
region. H
General Stcherbatchef, commander
on the Rumanian front, has carried
out successfully an offensive move
ment in the Suchitza- valley north
west of Fokshani. A section Of the
fortified Austro- German defenses
near Varnitza were occupied by the
Rumanians. German attacks in the
Pantziu region. to the southeastward,
were repulsed. ,.a4.
Raids continue on the northern end
of the western front, with both the
British and the Germans as the ag-
gressors Berlin, however, mentions,
no infantry activity on the front of
Crown Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria
The artillery and aerial activity on
the western front remains intense.
From Newport to near Arras and es-
peciaIly in the Ypres sector, the OPP
posing guns are active.