The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-03-06
GERMANS GET HOT
RECEPTION FROM THE
AMERICAN BOYS
Again Kaiser's Troops in Lorraine
Have Attacked American Soldiers
and Again Have Met
Their Defeat
BATTLE FOUGHT IN SNOW
Bolsheviki to Destroy War Stores Be
lore Evacuating Petrograd-Ger-
mans Are Still Advancing

Again the Germans in Lorraine
nave attacked the American troops
and again they have met with defeat.
Notwithstanding the heavy snow and
the previous rcpulses they had met
with IN their effort to penetrate the
American positions the enemy Mon
day night in the Toul sector essayed
surprise attack in considerable
force. The American sunners and
rlflcmen were quickly after them
however, and they were forced to beat
hasty retreat to their trenches.
Later, the Americans themselves In
the same region took the initiative in.
to their own hands, and sallyirg forth
as raiding unit, penetrated German
positions and brought back a number
Of prisoners.
Bad weather generally prevails
along the entire western front, never
theless the Australians have again
raldcd enemy positions near Warne-.
ton' which lies to the southeast OF
YprcS and have taken more prisoners
and several machine gums. Fhis was
the second venture of the kind on the
part of the Australians in as MANY
days IL which the enemy losses have
been fairly high.
The Germans, after having heavily
bombarded the British lines west Of
Lens, launched an attack, but the
BIltlsh easily repulscd it, inflicting,
heavy casualties on the Teutons and
taking number of prisoners
AS IN France and Belgium the
weather conditions on the Austro- -Ital.
IAN front are extremely bad with snow
storms in the mountains and lower
rains on the plains. During breaks in
the storm, however, patrol parties
have been active in the mountain
regions and artillery ducls of consid
cradle violence also have taken place
on various sectors.
In Little Russia the Austro- Hun-
garian forces are still going forward
against the Bolsheviki troops driving
them hither and thithcr with the pur..
pose of restoring "order" and security
IN the Ukraine. In the north although
German official communications pre-
vlously announced that hostilities
against the Russians have ceased an
official dispatch from Pctrograd dated
Monday Announces that Narva, one
hundred miles southwest of the capital
has been taken b ythc Germans who
are reported to be continuing their adj.
vance toward Pctrograd In addition
a German airplane is said to have
bombarded Petrograd Monday after.
noon and Ieppelins were scon short
distance outside Of the city flying TO-
ward the capital but were driven off
by antiaircraft batteries.
Still further adviccs from Petro-,
grad indicate that the BolsE eviki
council purposes to use the time iE-
torvening between the signing Of the
peace treaty with Germany and the
date set for its ratification, March ~,
to evacuate the capital, destroying all
stores of provisions and war mater.
ials which cannot be removed, and
possibly to organize Red Guard
army to defend the country against
the invaders.
Sir Eric Gcddcs, the first lord of
the British admiralty, in an address
to the House of Commons, spoke op-
tlmistically Of the successes that are
being achieved by the Entente Allied
warships, which he said were destroy,
ing underwater boats i'm Interesting
numbers.
"For some months" said Sir Eric.
I'VE believe that we and the Ameri,
cans have been sinking subma rincs
as fast as they are being built"