The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-02-28

London, Feb. 25.-The Germans have
been raiding the British lines at vart-
GUS points, according to the : report
from Field Marshal Haig's headQuar-
ters in France. The statement says:
"A hostile raid against our positions
on hill 10 was repulsed with loss. An
other raiding party, which attacked
one of our. posts north of Poelcapelle
was driven off by rifle fire before
reaching our position. A few prisoners
were brought in by our patrols on va
riOus parts of the front. A successful
raid was carried out by Scottish
troops in the neighborhood of Monchy-
Le-Preux."
The Germans again have tried to
outgun the Americans in their sector
northwest of Toul. AS on several for
mer occasions, the Americans retail
ated with such fierceness and accur-
acy of aim that the enemy desisted.
French troops raided the German po-
sitions north of the Ailette river and
in the Champagne. Prisoners and war
material were brought back by the
French.
The Turkish forces dislodged by the
British by the capture of Jericho. in
Palestine, have retired to the north
and east, the war office announces.
I Possession of Jericho is an important
step toward establishing touch. be-
tween the British and their Arab al
lies.
The Turkish army In the Caucasus
has begun an offensive.
London, Feb. 23.-Innesbruck, which
has been reported as the center of the
Teutonic munitions plants for the
Italian campaign, his been bombed by
allied airmen.
American troops. probably units OF
one Of the National Guard divisions
taken TO France late in 1917. are in
training along the famous Chemin-des-
Danes road and have carried out .
successful raiding expedition and have
brought in the first unwounded pris-
oner captured by Uncle Sans forces.
The heavy artillery of both sides II
laundering over wide stretches of the
French front, along the Aisne. In
Champagne and in Alsace. No infan-
try fighting Is reported. The Germans
claim to have brought down twenty
four allied airplanes and two captive
balloons in the past three days.
A regiment of Eathonian troops has
gone over to the Germans. the Berlin
war office announces.
The main committee of the reich
stag adopted the peace treaty between
Germany and the Ukraine,
-
Russian troops are evacuating
Pskoff. $50 miles southwest of Petro-
grad. and are also reported fleeing
from the city of Polotsk. In the cap
ture OF Minsk the Germans gained
300 guns and 5000 prisoners.
In a brilliant attack in Lorraine,
French troops have gone through the
German first line on q lengthy front
and captured more than 500 prisoners.
This attack, the first of large proper
tions on the western front in 1918, was
carried out north Of Bures ard east of
Moncel. Virtually on the Franco-Ger-
man border south Of Chateau Salins.
A German attack at Four de Paris,
in the Argonne, has beeen repulsed
WIN iOSoeo Dy tho cAcuCu. OA tuc oElt-
ish front in France there has been
no increase in the raiding and artillery
activity.
Entente airmen continue to be busy
in air fighting and bombing expedi-
tions. French and British fliers have
brought down 20 German machines
and British airman have carried out
raids into Germany. On the Italian
front Italian and British airmen have
bombed enemy airdromes and other
targets.
New Zealand troops carried out
successful raid east of Polygon wood.
on the Flanders front, and captured a
few prisoners.