Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04
TEUTONS PERFECT
PLANS FOR DRIVE
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made that American forces have
taken over a sector northwest of
| Toul and that number of detached
units are in action in the Cham
! payne.
Operations in the eastern theater
are expected to affect events in
France, through a modification of
German plans, the review intimates.
| SIX Teuton columns are operating
in Russia, and to only one of these
/ the column moving towards vi
| tebsk-is any opposition noted.
turkish forces advancing in the
Caucasus are meeting with little re-
nian residents of the districts re-
taken from the Russians.
The review follows:
The third month of relative
quieScence on the western front has
come to a close. During this period
| both belligerent groups have been
massing their forces.
There is evidence that the enemy
continues to bring up fresh units.
Owing to transportation difficulties
this has been slow and laborious
process.
The Allied War Council now is
in continuous session, assuring
| complete unity and fleXibility of
control.
The British have extended their
front.
L. s. Takes Over Sector
Our own forces have taken over
a sector northwest of Toul. In ad-
dition a number of our detached
units are in action in Champagne
and the momentum of battle is in
creasing.
I'VE have but to note the occur
rences of the past week in our own
sector in Lorraine in order to gain
an idea of what is taking place.
Patrols have been very active. Early
in the week the enemy made two
attempts to reach our lines but was
driven off by machine-gun fire. On
March l the enemy developed a
sharply driven attack. After a short
struggle the hostile detachment was
repulsed.
The Germans now are using gas
along our front Our men are be-
coming accustomed to this weapon.
Our gas masks are efficiently pro-
tecting. Our artillery was very busy
/ shelling enemy positions and in
| flicted considerable damage on gun
and mortar emplacements.
important troop movements took
place behind the German lines op-
| poSite our front.
I'm spite of the low visibility, hos
| tile aircraft continued active and
made frequent incursions over our
| lines.
I'm the region of the Chemin des
| DANES. lively encounters took place.
A French raid against the German
outposts, in which a number of
I American volunteers participated,
was successfully carried through.
"On February "a the French exc
cuted a coup de main, destroying
hostile defensive work and shelters
near Aspach, in upper Alsace. Small
raids in Champagne and Lorraine
we're also recorded. The enemy also
was driven back while attempting to
react in the vicinity of Butte Du
Mesnil and the Chemin des Danes.
THE boldest enterprise under
taken by the enemy during the
week took place north of DiXmude.
Here after prolonged artillery prep
arations the enemy endeavored to
throw a bridge across the User. The
Belgians successfully prevented six
consecutive attempts to push this
operation to successful conclusion.
Advance Eastward
THE new trend of events in Rus
sia has no doubt modified German
plans to. a certain degree. For the
time being the enemy continues to
advance eastward. Following the
highways and railroads, six columns
of invasion along a 700-mile front
are operating in careful co-ordina-
tion. In Esthonia the enemy has
reached a point approximately 100
miles from Petrograd. In Livonia,
Jurjev, $50 miles east of Riga, has
been entered. The column moving
4 ,;,
age rate of sixteen miles daily and
has passed beyond Pskov. This force
has met with some opposition. After
the capture of Minsk the hostile
enemy operating in this area con-
tinued it's advance and is apparently
headed for Smolensk and its ulti-
mate objective, should it continue to
find it's course unimpeded, would be
to cut off and possibly occupy Mos
COW.
"The fifth column. operating in
the Pripet sector; also is converg-
ing on Smolensk and Moscow as a
| final objective. The sixth column,
composed of Austrian forces operat-
| ing in Volhynia, owing to the favora-
BILE reception the Austrians have re-
ceived at the hands of the Ukraini-
ans. has been able to advance more
than 200 miles into the interior and
| is reported to be within sixty miles
of Kieff
'"The Russians are believed to be
preparing to stem the tide of inva-
sion. Petrograd is being prepared
to withstand a siege.
I'm the Caucasus the region from
the Lake of Van to the Black Sea
is again in Turkish hands. In the
districts reoccupied by the Turks it
is stated that they are massacring
the Armenians
"In Palestine the British are in
close contact with the Turks. who
are retreating northward through
the valley of the Jordan. In Meso-
potamia the British are advancing
up the Euphrates and have arrived
in the vicinity of Hit, which is re-
ported to have been evacuated by
the Turks =. - -