The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-12-13
GERMANS REINFORCE
ARMIES INFRANCE

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Heavy German reinforcements
have arrived in France, it is believed,
in allied capitals, but where the ex-
pected blow will fall is yet to be dis
closed. For the moment the infan-
try is inactive along the western
front but the artillery and especially
that of the Germans, is very active
in various sectors.
On the British front the Germans
are bombarding heavily the positions
southwest of Cambria and east and
northest of Ypres, the two sectors
which have seen virtually all the
heavy fighting in the past few
months. From st. Quentin to the
Swiss border Paris reports great ene-
my artillery activity between the Disc
and the Aisne, in Campagne north
east of Verdun and in upper Alsace.
The British and French cannon re-
plying in kind against the German
positions.
The heavy German artillery fire
may mean that the Germans are at
tempting to find a weak point and 1t
may be only for the purpose of draw
ing allied attention to one spot while
the troops from the Russian front
are massed froma strong effort on a
hitherto quiet sector. Strong local
German attacks on the right bank of
the Meuse, northwest of Verdun
have been repulsed by the French
who took prisoners.
Infantry fighting has stopped mo-
= meHtarily, at least, on the Italian
front, from Asiago to the Pave riv-
er. The Austro-German effort to
break through between the Piave and
the Brenta failed with losses. The
enemy reformed his shattered forces
and attempted to break through be-
tween Asiago and the Piave. He fail
ed again. The Austro- G ermans cap
turcd some terrain but without inn
proving their tactical positions and at
heavy cost. An apparently local
attempt to cross the lower reaches
of the Pave has been checked by the
: Italians who recaptured observation
trenches taken by Autrian soldiers.
May Enter Jerusalem Today.
Official entry into Jerusalem, the
: holy city of the Christians, is planned
for today. Allied troops entered the
, capital of Palestine after it was sur
| rounded and the Turks were forced
, to surrender. Capture of the city
) was delayed through the fear that
fighting operations might result in
the damaging Of religious shrines.
The delverance of Jerusalem from
the hands of the Moslems marks not
only the success of Gen. Allcnby's
drive into Palestine but probably
ends all Turko-German hopes of cut
ting the Suez canal.
Meagrc reports from Russia indi-
cate tina: the Bolshevik are meeting
with difficulty in maintaining control
of Moscow. The situation there is re-
portetd grave with the Bolsheviki
garrison refusing to obey it's com
mander, who has ordered machine
guns placed in the streets in antici-
patton Of an uprising.
| A Copenhagen dispatch says that
the Bolsheviki have ordered troops
from the Caucasus to put down Gems.
kaledlncs, Kornilof and Dutoff while
from London it is reported LARGE
forces are being sent from the Baltic
Black sea front into the Ukraine and
the CoSsack provinces. Whether
clashes have occurred between the
Bolsheviki and the counter revolu
tion!s's IS not apparent The Boil
sheviki government controls virtually
all the direct means of communica-
ton with the interior Of Russia.
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