Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-02-22
European.

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York the American troops are in bat.
tie on three sectors on their own line
east of ST Mihiel and with the French
in Champagne and on one of the mos
famous battle fronts in the world
According 10 military officers. The
Americans at he front arr already
veterans. for nothing The Germans
have in stock remains to be- shown
them except a mass attack
Stories from The front tell Of the IN
trepidity of the men in trench orpcra
lions of their GOODNESS under fire and
in returning fire, and Of The accuracy
of aim OF the gunners.
Aside from their daily task of
knocking down the German trenches
and dugouts with their guns, the latest
experience Of the Americans and a
thrilling one, was a night patrol
.German airplaneS again raided Lon.
don TWO nights in succession Sever.
al bombs We're dropped in the London
district. only one Of which caused any
casualties
The Polish army, formed and dcvel.
oprd by Germany and Austria, in hopes
Of deriving thereform military benefit,
is now on the side OF the prevalent
Polish sentiment against the central
powers, according to reports from
Warsaw
That The power OF The Bolsheyiki in
Russia is slowly waning. is the con,
cluSion Of an American who reached
stockholm from Petrograd, where he
had resided for eighteen months
German soldiers at Grodno and
Kovno, according to report received
here from Moscow have refused to
obey a command TO move to the
French front
That Germany and Austria were
still al war with Russia. was Inc be.
lief expressed by Or Richard Son
kurhlmann, The German foreign sec.
rotary at the concluding session Of the
recent peace conference at BreSt.Li.
toysk after Leon Trotzky. the Boshe.
wiki foreign minister had made his
final statement that Russia was out
of the war and her armies would be
demobolized, but that she would desist
from signing formal peace treaty
4 Paris cablegram says that with
out the slightest tremor. Bolo Pasha.
convicted of high treason, heard Colo.
mel Voyla, president Of the courtmar.
tial, pronounce sentence of death up
on him, amid an impressence silence
in the court room. The colonel had
not completed reading the sentence
when the cheers of the multitude from
outside drowned his voice. so fast
spread the news through The Assem-.
bled throng
tho terrain in France and Belgium is
fast drying out and the Teutonic allies
are continuing to pour thousands Of
troops to positions behind the battle
line, there still has been no indicltion
inat the enemy is ready TO begin his
much advertised offensive
Accompanying Secretary Baker on
his inspecting tour were Maj Gen.
William G. Gorgas, surgeon general
Of the army, Lieut. Col. G. l.. Forbush.
executive officer of General Gorgas,
and Mai w. f. WEIGH
The first man of the coterie OF
French and other propagandists' favor.
able to Germany-Bolo Pasha who
by their Vaccinations sought 10 dis.
rupt the soldiers and popuace Of the
French republic and bring about sep.
arate peace between the public and
the Teutonic allies. has been sentenc
ed to death by French courtmartial
Eight British craft, which were
on hunt for submarines have been
sunk by raiding fotilla OF enemy
destroyers, 1t is announced officially.
After having sunk these vessels, sew.
en- of which were "drifters" and one
trawler the enemy destroyers re.
turned rapidly northward before they
could be engaged The destroyer raid
took place in the Straits of Dover.
The only criticism thus far heard re.
garding the Americans is their desire
to be up and at the enemy, as one
French officer expressed ii, "They are
too anxious to get at grips with the
enemy"