The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-07-19
BRITISH FORCES
sent TO SIBERIA
ANNOUNCEMENTS DISPATCHED
TO AID czecho-sLAvs BATTLE
BoLshEvIkI
White SEA PORT TAKEN
PARIS REPORTS CAPTURE OF 600
rEUToNs IN THRUST NEAR
MoNTDioIER.

Western Newspaper Union News eeryice.
London.-British forces. after land
ing on the Thurman coast, have occu-
pied the Russian port Of KEN. on the
White sea, the Frankfurter Zeitung
says, according to a Rotterdam dis
patch to the Daily Telegraph.
"ashington.-News OF the dispatch
OF British achievements to Siberia to
support the Czecho-Slovaks and Rus
sia controlling Vladivostok and a long
stretch of the Transsiberian railroad
was received here through official
channels
Picking. July 15.-Czecho- Slovak
forces. which captured Nikolsk. north
west of Vladivostok, are now closely
pursuing the Bolshevist troops, which
| are retreating toward Khabarovsk.
The Czecho-Slovaks are receiving aid
from a force Of 500 Cossacks and a
number Of Chinese and Japanese. Rail.
way and telegraph communications
have been opened with Vladivostok.
| Paris.-Further progress 10 reported
in the war Offices announcement. an
/ operation in the neighborhood of Long
pont enabling the French to cross the
Savieres river opposite Catifet farm.
The statement says: THE number
OF prisoners captured by US In the re-
gion Of Montdidier is more than 600.
We took, in addition, more than eighty
machine guns.
The allies have been repeatedly
pushing back the German lines little
by little at various important points
These have gained valuable defensive
ground and brought in thousands of
prisoners.
1t is announced at Washington that
the number Of troops dispatched to
France has grown to 100000. some
10000 men having left last week. The
formation Of three army corps from
the troops in France, each corps COM
prising from 225.OOO to 100000 men,
was also made known.
The advance, made mainly by the
Italians with the French on the right
flank. in the Albanian compaign, has
already reached a maximum depth of
twenty-five miles on . front Of some
eighty miles, Strengthening the allied
line as 1t runs from the Adriatic and
links up with the Macedonian front.
Paris. July 13.-French troops at
tackled over a front of approximately
three miles between Castel and north
Of Mailly-Raineval Gin the Picardy Sec
toa) according to the war office state
ment. The village of Castel. the An
chine farm and a number of strong
German positions were taken and 500
prisoners were captured. The attack
penetrated the German lines to a
depth of more than q mile.
The American attack on Cantigny
some time ago advanced the line ma
terially at that point, while the Aus
tralians and Americans. July 4 and 6.
cut deeply into the German line at Ha.
mel and Villers-Bretonneux. south OF
; the Somme. The French attack was
launched at a point between positions
of the Americans at Cantigny and the
Australians farther north.
, Between the Marine and the Aisne
the French have continued their Of
fensive operations. 1t is reported that
the village Of Longpont, south OF Cor
cy. the capture of which was reported
Thursday. has been taken by General
Petain's men, who have also made
progress north Of Corey, at the Cha
! vigny farm. East Of Faverolles the
: lines have been advanced.
On the Marine front American troops
have routed German patrol which at
tempted raid.
Austrian forces in eastern Albanis
continue to retire under pressure. II
the Tomorica valley the enemy Is flee
ing noTthward before the French, wht
have reached the valley from the cas-
l and occupied several villages. Italian
: troops on the west have occupied tn,
l commanding peak Of Glumaka, captur
ing $50 prisoners. This height com
mands the district between Berat anc
the Tomorica.
A revolt of Austrian troops in Ser
rbia is reported from Italian sources
The mutiny was suppressed only aftel
hard fighting. Athens reports a sim
liar state Of affairs in Turkish gar
rison in Asia Minor, where, it is said
German officers were murdered BY
Turkish soldiers.
Pan-0erman to Succeed kuehlmann.