New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-07-19
FRENCH YIELD, Then
DRIVE OUT GERMANS
Grown Prince Chose Mile Wide
Front for Attack
Pc TR0GRAD IN ARMS
Developments in War Situation In
tense After Slight Inactiy1ity-An
Fronts on Edge, Anticipating Re-
neWed Action.

neWed Action.
| While the world today is awaiting
| with keen interest the declaration of
German policy which the new imper-
| fal chancellor, DR.. George Michaelis,
! is expected to deliver in the Reich
stag, the military forces of the bellig-
erents for the moment are engaging
infantry operations of major import
| ance only along the front in eastern
Galicia. Vs. ..
Reports from this theater of in
| tense activity have indicated lessen
ing in the speed Of the Russian drive.
There has even been a recession at
one point where Austrian and Ger
man reserves have been thrown into
the fray in an effort to stop the Rus
sian onrush which was threatening
to roll up the entire Austro- German
line from Galicia down through the
Rumanian mountains and plains
All on French Front.
Otherwise, the French front in
northern France presents the most
notable features of momentary inter
| est Few days pass without an effort
on the part of the Germans to get
back some of the valuable territory
which was wrenched from them in the
spring offensive, or to make local in
| roads elsewhere on the French lines.
A new field was chosen for an at
! tempt of this sort last evening, the
| first really sharp attack for some
| time in the field of the great Hinden-
burg retreat of last March being de-
| livered to the south of st. Quentin.
~
nearly a half mile in extent, where
the French occupied a hillock to the
east of Gauchy. Gen. Petain's forces
were taken aback at first by the in
tensity of the drive and yielded some
ground in the first line. They rallied
quickly however, and drove the Ger
mans out of the greater part of the
occupied position.
Petrograd in Turmoil.
The situation in Petrograd con-
! tinues troubled, but the provisional
government apparently has decided
to take hold with a firm hand and
have it out with the ultra a-eXtreme ele-
ments which are keeping the city in a
| turmoil Martial control has been
established and drastic measures seem
| to be the order of the day.
Meanwhile the cabinet council Is
considering a proposal to transfer the
seat of government to Moscow to re
move it from the scene of turmoil and
it is also announced that the general
assembly of workmen, soldiers and
peasants will be held at Moscow tic
prevent interference from an ire
81 sponsible section of the Petrograo
garrison
rT>1.a -, III, 81 *
by a Russian destroyer in the Baltic
is reported from Petrograd.
Paris, July 19.-The Germans at
tackled last night on front of S0N
meters south of St. Quentin The wal
office announces that the enem,
gained a footing in the French hrs
line, but was expelled from thu
greater part of these positions by {
counter attack A German attemp
to regain ground captured by tn
French near Avocourt wood on thu
Nerdun front, was defeated.
From the French front comes th
story that the Crown Princes army
! suffered the rudest shock When tn
! French attacked and recaptured al
the positions northwest OF Nerdun
These cost the Germans much harde
| lighting when they took them from tn
, French The affair cost the German
. ! not only the loss OF their former con
! quest and about five hundred prisoner
| but the French cut into their line an'
repeated German counter attack
failed to recover any part thereof an'
! resulted even in more losses. Tn
! Germans When they advanced at tn
end Of June obtained possession of
| number of observatories giving then
splendid views of the French line
The Germans have been for severa
days anticipating that the Frencl
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