The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-20
With the Teutons Nearing Rus
sian Metropolis There l. No In
dication That Defensive Meas
ures Are Being Taken
HERALDED CAMPAIGN IN
WEST NOT UNDERTAKEN
SO Far There Has Been No Indi-
cations of the Announced Drive
of Hindenburg; Baker Marrow
ly Escapes a Big Shell,


The fall Of Petrograd is immi
merit.
German troops, probably ad-
vanciug along the Baltic coast
from Narva and northeast from
Pskov and Dvinsk, are nearing
.he Russian metropolis, according
to dispatches received IN London.
The population is said TO be await.
ing the coming OF the invaders
passively and there are no indica.
tions that the Boishevild author.
tiles will attempt to oppose the
Germans before giving up the
city.
Evacuation of Petrograd by the
Bolsheviki government depart
meEts was ordered last week and
all are now in Moscow, which the
Lenine government has declared
the Russian capital. When the
order to move to Moscow was
given il was said that Petrograd
probably would be declared free
port
German possession oil Petrograd
would give the enemy complete
control If the Gulf of Finland and
all the important ports on its
coast except those in Finland yet
in the hands Of the Finnish rebels
who are being attacked by the
Germans and Finnish government
forces This would cut Moscow
off from the Baltic sea, On the
south tae Germans have been re
ported within $50 miles of Mos.
COW and they virtually control the
Black sea.
Although they cGn advance iii
the east against disorganized Rus
sia, the Germans have not yet dis
played any intention to carry out
their heralded offensive in the
west. Except for most intense ar
tillery bombardment on some sec
tors there has heen no great activ-
ity on the lengthy western front,
trench raids having decreased in
number.
On the British and French
fronts, the German artillery has
been most active on the sectors
which were bombarded heavily
last week - Ypres, Armentieres,
Cambria, the Champagne, Verdun
and Vosges. The marked aerial
( fighting on the British front con
tinues and British airmen have ac-
counted for twenty eight more
German machines, making a total
of fifty four in two days, thirty
seven of which were destroyed.
Entente ayiators have been busy
/ bombing enemy billets and air
dromes and British airmen have
/ dropped bombs in Mannheim, Ger
many,
/ On the Toul sector the Amer.
leans have been repaying the Ger
mans FOR their lavish use OF gas
shells by throwing large numbers
of the same shells into the enemy
lines. The bombardment is re-
ported to have had the effect de
sired by the American gunners.
Towns and positions behind TIE
German lines also have been sub.
iected to American fire while the
enemy has replied with gas shells
East of Luneville the big guns also
have been busy and in both the
Luneville and Toul sectors Amer
ican gunners have demolished
more German gas projectors,
Secretary Of War Baker visited
the American trenches Tuesday
and when he was returning a large
German shell burst dangerously
near the automobile IN which he
and his immediate party were rid
ing. The enemy shell caused no
damage,
Russian adyices indicate that
the Bolsheviki while preparing 10
give up Petrograd without a
struggle, are seriously concerned
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