Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-03
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\ dtingE the night. while friendly and
Ftile shells roared overhead.
AZ thick. wet snow which now Is fall.
III isFmeltinE rs soon as II touche.
81 mud.
! .,hA bodies OF the Americans slain In
vi :, lighting north OF Chemin- des- Dames
4 I've, been buried near where they fell
~ sir French and American comrades
rticipaung in impressive ceremonies
% AIDS GROWING INTENSE
Il AND FREQUENT on FRONT
Raids of growing intensity and
Iequency on the Franco Belgian front
re furnishing the chief features of
hilitary interest, particularly in view
( the increasing degree of America n
Anticipation in the nghting. Larger
ysues. however, are involved in the
.ussian situation. the uncertainties of
rhich are giving rise to manifold mil
cary and political complications.
The peace negotiations between the
i;olsheviki and the Germans seem to
ave been broken of. AIanifestly. at
any rate. there is developing grow
ing measure of belligorency among the
2ussian proletariat. who. with the
safety OF the revolution as rallying
cry, are reported to be responding
from all sides to support It.
Likewise. the peace negotiations be-
tween Roumania and the central
powers are reported in unofficial ad-
vices from Berlin to have failed. Tho
i unsatisfactory reply OF the Roumanian
King Ia said to havo been responsible
for the break. a semiofRcial Berlin
statement, however. says the German
and Austrian representatives have not
left Bucharest, where the sessions
were held.
GERMAN ADVANCE INTO
RUSSIA IN FULL SWING
The German advance into the In
terror OF Russia is In full swing again
with columns reported moving toward
Petrograd from Pskov and pushing
northeas; along the railway from Po-
tolsk with the object OF cutting tho
Moscow Petrograd railway at Bolosie.
midway between the two cities, and
starving out PetroErad By shutting off
its supplies.
In the south the Germans have Sc
cured their immediate objective In the
Ukraine by occupying Kiev. the capt
tai Of the republic. after a little more
than a ten-day march through the
country on the 2oo-mile route east
from the former lighting front. The
German reports do not indicate what
price in casualties the Bolsheviki ex-
dcted for the surrender of Kiev. which
they had captured from the Ukrainian
I dosu
Sorted total casualties for both sides
.5f 1000 killed and 1000 wounded.
Presumably the Rada. which negoti-
hted the separate peace between tho
central powers and the Ukraine at
,Brest-Litovsk, will be speedily re-
i instated in the captured city.
Tentative proposals for Japanese in
PREVENTION in Siberia because of the
Russia situation have not eliminated
in any definite decision by the allies,
SO far as the current adviccs reveal.
London dispatches mention n growing
tendency there TO discuss the situation
fully and await developments. particu-
larly the attitude the United States
may assume. China is also involved
in this situation, and press dispatch es
from that country report political un-
settlement there because of 1t. The
Chinese government, II is said, Is TO
send re -enforcements to Manchuria.
TWELVE AMERICANS ARE
CAPTURED by GERMANS
Twelve Americans were taken pris-
oner by the Germans in their raid Fri
day morning on the American trenches
east of ST. Mihiel. the German War
Office announces 1t was In this raid
thut hn ~
slaught of picked German shock" de-
.achments in gallant style. strcwing
the ground in front of the intrench-
ments with German dead and cap
turing three of the attacking party
The German statement claims the in
Fiction OF heavy casualties" upon the
Americans
A powerful raid was carried out
against the French in the Verdun
ATcEion south OF Haucourt, more than
400 prisoners and many machine guns
being captured'' according to the Ger
man claim The British. on their front.
drove off several German raiding
parties, with the loss OF only few
men in prisoners by the British. who
took not few Germans in rai6ing
operations OF their own. Portuguese
troops haHuied themselves well against
the Germans. who raided trenches on
wide front north Of Neuve Chappelle
tho p or u COMMUNICATING
promptly and completely restoring the
situation.
THREE GERMAN SHIPS
ARE SUNK ny MINES
fFfre e'''"s were either torpedoed
-or hit mines and were destroyed &C
cordinS to the official statements
reaching London late to-day. OF this
number one was n German torpedo
craft, two others were German mine
sweepers, another was 4 Dutch fishing
smack, while the fifth was the Spanish
ship chartered by Switzerland and car
rying 5000 tons OF wheat from America
to Europe.
The sinking OF the latter has had
D strong politica leTect in Kern, where