Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-09-12


new line by advancing it TO Moislans
and to the east of Neuvile. Then, on
Monday, came a grand British smash
which wrecked the undetermined Wo-
tan switch line of tile Hindenburg line,
from Drocourt to Queant. Despite the
resistance of great masses of infantry
and artillery, the British rushed for
ward on a ten-mile front and speedily
made Il gain of some five miles. the
German losses being frightfui. In the
succeeding days they kept Zip The drive
remorselessly, putting much gf the Ca
raj du Nord behind their lines and ap-
preaching within Il few mites of Douni
and Cambrai. These two cities We're
sly important to the Germail,tlefensive
system that large numbersapf troops
we're rushed to their rescue and the
British drive was slowed down percep-
tibly by the end of the week. though it
was by no means stopped.
All through the week there were re-
ports that many towns and villages
back of the German lines in Picardy
were in flames and it was certain that
the foe We're destroying great quanti-
ties of supplies which they were not
given time to remove.
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In the Lys sector, the salient west
/ Of Armentieres, the German retreat,
under. complllsion, continued steadily
and the British advanced as far as
Neuve Chapelle and Laventie, taking
Al number of villages. The northern
part of this sector became of especial
! interest to Americans because the Yam
/ KEGS We're there eng a sir sieis first
battle on Belgian soil. These troops,
later identified by General March as
| the Thirtieth division. of Tennessee,
4 North Carolina and South Carolina
| men, captured Noormezeele and other
towns in the vicinity, and next day
| pushed on further eastward. Thurs
| day the British, presumably nided by
these same Americans. took Ploeg-
stccrt village and Hill 63. dominating
! points on the Messines ridge. BY that
time the British, from Neuve Chapelle
south to Givenchy. had reached the line
they held before the German drive of
/ April 9 last. and east Of Givenci,y they
lad occupied parts of the old German
/ positions.
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Altogether it was 81 highly satisfuc-
tory week on the west front The
! German military critics have given w
tiNing To conceal wholly the truth of
! the Hun rcvcrses, but some of them
| predict that the retreat will not 90
| much farther. The German crown
! prince broke into print With an inter
view in which he declared the German
idea of victory now is ito hold oul
own and not allow ourselves 10 be
yanquished." He said only the allies
were waging a war of determination
tl.at the Germans wished To annil,ilatt
none of their enemies. The Hun peace
offensive seems 10 have petercd out
! entirely for the time being.
The British governments. aroused by
tho sacllillg of its embassy in Petrograf
and the murder of Captain Cromic. tlit
British attache, has sent an utmnt,lu
4 To the soviet government at Moscow
demanding reparution and prompt pun
ishment of The guilty and threatening
to hold the members OF the bolshevil
government individually responsible.
and to have them treated as outlaw.
by all civilized nations. Meanwhile
the British are holding Litivnoff, Dol
sheyik representative In London, ant
his staff under arrest pending the re
lease of British officials who ware ar
rested in Russia.
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Belated dispatches from Siberia tel
Of the destruction of the bolsheyil
army east OF Like. sBaikai by thu
Czecllo-Slovaks and say the Cossacls.
4 arc cooperating with the Czechs.
appears that uninterrupted connection
has been established between the al
lied forces across Siberia all the wa!
from the Volga to VIadiyostok ant
that the vanguard of the Czechs ha,
joined hands with General Semenoff'.
troops on the Onon river.
In northern European Russia th
| allies and loyal Russians have gained
further successes south of Archange
and inflicted severe losses on the Dol
sheviki.
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/ On the Ussuri front in eastern 81
IBERIA the allied forces have becn ,lyjy
ing the bolsheviH northward. defeat
ing them in every engagement and in
ficting heavy casualties. The Ameri
cans under General Graves joined II
4 these operations.
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