The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-02-15
AMERICANS SMASH
Surprise ATTACK
INTENSE ARTILLERY BARRAGE
is TURNED ON CROUcHING
GERMAN TROOPS.
CASUALTIES THOUGHT HEAVY
Teuts Waiting for Word to Go Over
the Top When Storm Breaks
AirpIane Activity on Battle
Fronts.-Strike Wanes.

London, Feb. 6.-From the North
sea to the Swiss frontier the military
activity daily seems to be growing in
intensity, and it may be fair to as
sumo that in the not distant future
some of the big battles that have been
forecast will break. The American,
British and French armies have been
taking hacks at the German line, either
by fairly strong patrol attacks or by
commandments, while in turn the leu
tons have been giving considerable at
tention on various sectors to their enc
mics.
FROM the American point of view
another successful maneuver by the
Americans on their sector of the front
Is OF the greatest interest. As on
last Saturday, the Americans again
nipped in the bud an impending sur
prise attack on their trenches and
taught the Germans a salutary lesson
win their artillery. In the German
trenches the Teutons were waiting the
word to go over the top for an at
TACK when the Americans opened a
heavy fire on the positions.
Heavy casualties are believed to
nave been inflicted on the Teutons
ana considerable damage was done
Dy the Io'S on the German trenches.
due to the accuracy of aim of the
American gunners.
The Germans have not vet been able
to re-occuppy the trenches and dug
out battered by the American fire
Saturday nvpnipn
forced to build another line of trenches
at that particular point.
Next in importance to the OPERA
ions on the American front have
been attacks by the Germans against
ne French in the Aisne region and
north of Verdun, near Beaumont. The
trench war office asserts that the
attacks north of the Aisne were re-
pulsed, but the German war office
ayS that south of Baucourt, Baden.
'tormlng troops pushed far into the
french front, inflictfng heavy casual
les. and returned to their own lines
With prisoners.
The British have carried out suc-f
essful raids against the Teutons
outhwest of Armenteres and in the
icinity of the Ypres-Staden railway.
fhere many of the enemy were killed
nd others captured
Intensive air fighting has been go
lg on between the French and the
iermans in France and between the
Italian and British airmen and the
iermans in the italian theater. Sun
ay IL enemy planes We're downed
y the French far inside the GArman
nes' while an equal number were.
not down by British and Italian Nir-
len.
IN Germany, according to the latest
1vices, the strike situation has about
led out, although discomfort is said
i'll to exist. This feeling was ex-
'nded even to the German troops in
landers, who are asserted to have in
ted Belgian workmen to strike.
Seeming evidence that the peace me-
citations at Brest-Litovsk are ended
r the moment, or that they are pro-
eding without the attendance of
me of the chief delegates of the leu
mic allies, is the fact that confer
ices took place in Berlin Monday
tween the German emperor and
own prince and the Bulgarian pre-
Ter, Count Czernin the Austro- Hum
rian foreign minister. and the Turk
grand yizier. That knotty ques-
ms were TO be solved was also indi-
ted by the fact that after the con-
rences the emperor presided over
own council.