Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-23
European.

Us Of league OF nations.
Available from French sources il
i pointed gu, that the German losses
since the beginning OF the war o
the presen; has been not less than six
million men.
i From the British Army headquarters
f In France, il is learned that German
Acknowledges her man power is OWN.
ding.
Judging from the news emana;ing
I from Russia, the march OF events Is
rapidly assuming proportions OF rolt
70 the Bolsheyiki
CGechoSloy have taken new
heart IN their heroic hght against the
Germans and Austrians. due 10 the
rapid movement OF allied troops at
vladiyosiok and 10 the west OF that
city
Just four wees ago the residents OK
Paris were awakened BY the sounds OF
such cannonade as they never had
ye, heard II was General Mangn's
counter preparation" against the Ger.
man attack which the enemy believed
vas to take him into the gates Of elias.
sic Paris
Allied troops. among whom the men
from America have borne creditable
part, have captured $4,000 prisoners
and more than seventeen hundred guns
in the four weeks drive aga INST the
central powers.
The German supreme command on
the western front II is reported. has
passed to specialist in retreats Cen.
eral Won Boehn, who conducted such
a mastery retreat four years ago, when
General Joffre turned and hi, them so
hard they never knew what had hap
pened.
The Germans are being beaten and
outgeneraled al every point and The
soldiers from America have hardly yet
started
Another defeat for Us; We shall
lose the war We have nothing 10
eat, no clothes. no shoes, W. shall
s,arye and be utterly ruined As a
cure for this state OF mind the Volks
Zeitung says an Amsterdam dispatch,
administers an antidote in the shape
Of rag ing article about the enemy
wanting to murder, rob and ensaye
German men, women and children.
eFoch and Haig probably will con
.inue attacking on the Somme, bu,
they will never achieve more than
pyrrhich victories, which will assist in
the at;rition OF their own forces. says
Baron Won der Osten, The military
critic OF the Rheinische Westtalische
Zeiung OF Essen
The Weser zeitung OF Bremen, with
!llconcealed pessimism. regretfully ad
mits hat the once derided United
States army is giving Uore trouble
than was anticipated.
The Frankfort Gazette is pleading
with the German military authorities
70 tell the whole trtuh as far as pos
sible.
Allied and neutral shipping sunk by
enemy submarines during July amount
I'd to 270,000 tons This is about one
half OF the tonnage sunk in July, 1917
The entente nations constructed
during July tonnage in excess OF
: 100000 tons that were destroyed dur
ing the month by enemy operations
J Turmoil in Bohemia has resulted in
: the execution OF seventy four Czech
. soldiers and wholesale arrests in many
raids The Hungarian garrisons art
: being reinforced and arms are being
conhscated Public and private meet
ings have been prohibited and sew
] eral newspapers suppressed while 9th
ers are censored
] Munich newspapers say il is DelieY
ed that even slight incident vii
: bring about general uprising in 30
hemia.
Four hundred and forty.two men arr
missing as result OF the torpedoins
OF the French steamer Djemnah in this
Mediterranean the night OF July 1915
while bound from Bizerta to Alexan
dria, with troops on board, accordin:
TO a French official announcement
The British government has ISSUED
declaration formally recognizing th'
Czecho-Slovaks as an allied nation anC
the three Czeeho-Sovak armies as al
allied force regularly waging warfare
again the central powers.
Three German generals recently
commanding near Montdidier hav,
been cashiered for neglect Of duty. A
large number OF soldiers were court
martialed.
Il is announced that the Czecho
Slovak forces have increased to 300,
900 and are being reinforced by Ser
bans, Cossacks and counter revolu
tionists to the Bolshevik.
The social revolutionists have an
nounced, through German sources
that they will soon institute reign
of terror in Moscow. 1t is stated that
conditions in Petrograd are equally
as bad
Reports from all directions, even
from German sources, say that the
Bolsheviki government of Russia has
collapsed.
The German emperor is reported ia
have moved to Brussels, due to the
great uneasiness said to he prevalen,
among the Belgians.
The allies continue to gain ground
despite the stiffening Of the German
defense.
Premier Lenlne is reported fleeing,
together with his colleague, Trotzky,
from Russia. They are reported to
lhave taken refuge at Kronstadt