Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-08
OFFENSIVE IMPENDS
ON ALL FRONTS
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continue long and it is not improb-
able the Germans will break it by
hurting their masses against the al
lied line 10 crush it, if possible.
Correspondents at the front, while
reporting that a new German blow
is impending obviously are unable
to give grounds for the belief. But
the Germans have had much time in
which to prepare for further great
strokes and it is known they have
from 80 to 40 divisions in shape to
throw into the fray. Added to this is
the fact that the Germans have not
been very active for more than
week and their counterattacks have
not been carried out with the usual
strength and determination.
Allies Are Busy
Meanwhile, the allies are busy
strengthening the positions taken
from the enemy in the past week.
Raids are being carried out here and
| there but not in great strength ex-
cept in the case of the Australians
who have moved forward 400 yards
on front of more than a mile in the
Hamel region south of the Somme.
The American sectors have been
quiet since the activity of Saturday,
when the French made a slight gain
near Chateau Thierry on a sector ad-
joining that held by the Americans.
Berlin reports this very local Incl
dent as attacks in strong force
which were repulsed.
On the italian front the Italians
are consolidating and Strengthening
the positions retaken near the mouth
of the Piave. Vienna admits the loss
of the ground east and southeast of
/ Cappo Sile which was the nearest
the enemy had gone to Venice. There
has been only slight activity in the
mountain zone.
Russia is Troubled
There are many indications that
the news from Russia in the next
few days will be important and sig
nificant as concerns the future of
that troubled country.
In the north the residents of the
Thurman region have 30 '"n
authority of the Bolsheviki govern
ment in Moscow and Joined the en-
tente allies. There is a great amount
of war supplies in this region and
American, French and British troops
are guarding it, while German and
| Finnish forces have been reported
advancing in force northward from
Finland. The Murmansk coast offers
a starting point for allied operations
! in Russia.
Hun Envoy Murdered
Germany has not yet acted on the
murder of Count Won Mirbach, the
ambassador in Moscow. The Bolshe-
| vik government has made apologies
and has enforced strong measures in
| Moscow in an endeavor to find the
| assassin. Opinion in France and
England is agreed that far-reaching
results may be expected from this
act which is compared in importance
| to the murder of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, the Austrian heir-appar-
ent. Former Premier Kerensky be-
I lieves the Germans will march on
| Moscow, but thinks the murder is the
! first sign of awakened anti-German
/ feeling in Russia.
Forge Ahead
! Again the Australians have made
| a successful forward plunge in the
! Somme sector northeast of Amiens,
where with some American help they
! carried out their brilliant operations
/ of last week.
| The latest drive by the rangy men
| from the Antipodes, launched last
| night, resulted in what is described
| by the British official statement as a
| slight advance.
| The aggregate of the ground gain
ed recently in this area has been
! considerable, however, and the new
| progress made apparently has affect
! ed a considerable movement in the
| British position along a front of we'll
! toward two miles on both sides of
| the river Somme.
Yankees Aid
While the British thus are fortify-
| ing themselves against the expected
/ renewal of the German offensive in
| one of the sectors where it is con-
sidered quite likely to be launched,
/ the French are finding themselves
somewhat actively engaged in an
artillery duel on the westerly side of
| the Marne salient.
With the help of the Americans
northwest of Chateau Thierry, the
allied line as a whole on this front
already has been Strengthened and
improved in anticipation of another
enemy offensive.
The French are replying spiritedly
to the German bombardment, which
is marked in the sector defending
the Villers- -Cotterets forest. This eX-
tensive wooded area offers one of the
most important obstacles to renew
ed German advance should it be at
tempted in this region.
American Front Quiet
Other artillery actions are report
ed southwark along the front to the
Marne. but these seem not to have
affected the American sector no.
tably. as the news dispatches from
the American front report a COM
paratively quiet night and similar
easy conditions this morning.
There is tension all along the
front, however, in expectation of the
Germans breaking loose at any mo-
ment with their new drive, and the
air scouts on the American side are
increasingly busy in efforts to SPOT
aimportant enemy movements,