Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-08-16
European.


over curying front OF more than
twenty miles the British and French
troops are continuing to sweep back
the Germans eastward across the Pi.
cardy plains from the region north
OF the Somme east OF Morlancourt to
the eastern bank OF the Ayre north.
west OF Montddier
The Franco-British offensive has al.
ready captured 1900 prisoners and
between 200 and 300 guns. many OF
them Of heavy csliber, and innumer.
able machine guns. trench mortars and
kindred small weapons
On the famous Lys salient north.
west OF Labassee and in the region
southwest Of Ypres on the equally fam
Gus battle ground north OF KENNEL
the Germans are reported 10 be giving
ground
Premier Lloyd George says he is
not too optimistic He believes the
determination Of the Germanic hordes
will be long and terrible JOB, bu, he
has no doubt but ,ha, victory will
crown the efforts Of the allies
The French government has lodged
an objection 10 the appointment u a
Chinese minister to the vatican and
the reception q papal nuncio a. Pc.
kin as being in con,rayention Of the
Tien.Tsin treaty Of lS5s. which recog.
inze- French protectora'e over he
Roman Catholics in China
An idea OF 'he heavy losse. suffered
BY the Germans in the fgh'ng in the
Marne pocket i given 81 German doe
umen's in possession II United States
and French officers and men. and OBJ
tanned IN various other WAYS since the
allied offensive began on July Is One
regiment lost onethrd Of its electives
in one day Other units we're reduced
by one.hat
The British have been for some time
and are now making extraordinary ef
forts 70 concentrate troops on the
western from Coupled with United
states and French Efforts. this gives
promise 81 such overwhelming forces
n the battle next year that a compar-
a'iyely short and bitter fgh, may see
the issue decided and the German ar.
mics driven beyond the Rhine, il not
destroyed in the field
British Premier David Lloyd George
speaking before the house Of commons.
says General Foch's counter stroke il
the most brilliant event Of all The war
and that the Germans are on the run
and, unless something nov unforeseen
contravenes, will continue to run til
he gets back home il, indeed. they are
not entirely obliterated from the face
of the earth
Lloyd George says that it matters
not what may happen on land, Ger.
many can never win till she whips
the allied nayies OF the United States
and the triple entente.
It is authortatiyely stated that $50
German submarines have been de-
stroyed since the war began. This
service is so hazardous that mutines
are reported in the German navy by
men who claim that submarine war.
fare can never be success.
Beyond the killing Of the Bolsheviki
commissioner OF war the entrance OF
the allied units into Kandaslsska, Rus
STA. was virtually bloodless. The Boil.
sheviki is retreating southwark from
Archangel,
Twenty-three ringleaders OF a revolt
against submarine duty are reported
to have been arrested and sentenced
to death at Wilhelmshayen.
There has been a further lombard
ment Of the Paris region by the Ger.
man long-range guns
The English have forced their way
into German positions between the
Ancre and the Avre, according to a
statement issued by the German war
office.
Four years Of effort with our
staunch allies, four years of trials, sto.
ically endured, begin to bear fruit
NU long ago said to you: Abne-
CATION patience; your comrades are
arriving. Today | say: Tenacity, au.
dacity; you shall have victory" Thus
reads General Petain's recent order
OF the day to the French troops.
An inkling OF what the Germans
have lost in men made prisoners and
guns captured by the allies has be- !
come public through the utterance of
the French premier at a session OF
the ministerial council
Much interest attaches to the man.
euvers OF the Germans and the French
and British troops, with the latter Of
whom some Americans are believed to
be brigaded, on the front running from
Montdidier to the region around Ypres.
the operations here may
have a strong bearing on those now
in progress in the south.
The Germans have been heavily
shelling the American and French sol.
Hers who have made their way across
o the northern bank Of the vesle or
the strongest counter at
acks against them.