Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-27
As the result of this. Count Czerin,
the Austrian Foreign Minister was re-
moved from Office.

the Austrian Foreign Minister was re-
moved from Office.
The most recent addresses on the
subject Of peace have been delivered
Richard Won Kuehlmann, the foreign
minister; and the other by Imperial
Chancellor Won Hertling. The form
er's sensational admission that the
sword by itself could not bring peace
resulted in his resignation, and Won
Hertling's address voiced the senti-
ment, that as long as the Allies were
intent upon destroying Germany
the war must go on.
The Enemy Ofensives.
Last winter 1t became known that
the Germans were massing forces on
the Western front. Reports came
that large units were training behind
the lines and that new and more ter
rible engines of war than had been
known before were to be used in
German effort to break the Allied
lines. crush their armies and force
them to make peace, where it was to
be launched was known with COM
parative certainty.
On the morning of March Fl, the
Germans began their attack from the
vicinity of Arras, on the north, to La
Fere, on >the south, and centering
their heaviest columns against the
British forces. Under General Cough,
at St., Quentin. .-.s
the blow, the British army fell back
rapidly. For eight days the Germans
poured through the old Allied line in
an effort to crush the British and
drive a wedge between them and the
French, who were holding the lines
to the south. Then came a period
Of reaction and the Germans came to
a stop. They had driven ahead for
thirty-five miles, along a front ex-
they were halted.
Hardly had their legions been held
before Amiens than a new offensive
was begun in Flanders on April 2.
1t swept the British back through
Armentieres, but did not break their
lines. The British, with the French
who were rushed up to the front,
stopped the Germans after they had
reached h hills southwest Of Ypres.
There, on April 8, the Germans suf-
fered a terrible defeat that halted
their offensive in that quarter.
FOch, In Supreme Command.
In the midst Of the drive in the
sector toward Amiens. the Allied Ma
lions took a vitality important step.
They named General Ferdinand Foch,
fhero of the first battle of the Marne,
eCaiS~1AAooALlo Va I1lS Alll0u r OTCSU on
the western front, which includes all
the line in Italy as we'll as in France.
Even the Thurman coast, in northern
Russia, has been held to be under his
command.
After a period of quiet, the Ger
mans attacked once more. this time
on the Aisne river, and in seven days
they reached the Marine at Chateau
Thierry, making q penetration Of
about vnrfv.e{oht o.ilos ~.
Marine they were checked and the
impetus OF the blow a broken.
With hardly a days pause for re-
organization of their forces, the Ger
mans again attacked. choosing the
sector between Montidier and Noyon,
on the southern side Of the salient
driven into the Allied line during the
March offensive, as the stage of their
onslaught. This offensive ran for
five days and was stopped north of
Compiegne after losses which were
described as unprecedented had been
inflicted upon the Germans.
From June II until July is the
Germans were engaged IN shifting
their forces Inc then they again
struck This time the line Of attack
was from Chateau Thierry eastward,
around to the north of Rheims and
lthen down the Vesle river to Prunay
and from that village eastward to
Massiges. This attack at the CLOSE OF
the year developed into one Of the
most ambitious of the German
strokes. ~
Italians Stand Firm. III
On June Is, the Austrians began a
drive against Italy. It was q failure,
The Austrians crossed the Pave, but
on the west bank met with such stub
born resistance that progress a i'm,
possible. Slowly the Austriaps were
driven back toward the river, and
then h PiAve, swollen by rains IN
the mountains. completed the over
throw Of Austria's hopes. After suf-
fertng terrible losses the Austrians
~retreated to the eastern bank Of the
piave from the Mohtello plateau to
Minor Operations.
Among the years operations OF
comparatively lesser Importance were
the British drives in Palestine and
Mesopotamia; the Turkish advance In
The Cauca1us; h French and italian
offensive In Albania; and the fight
ling I'm the German African colonies
Jerusalem vas captured by the
British on December 10, and shortly
afterward the fall Of Jericho was An.
nounced. Since the taking OF jericho
1.-The British forces In Palestine have
not been active on the offensive.
General. Maude led the British
troops into Bagdad on March II, ard
EshOrtly afterward died from cholera,
HIS forces pushed further up he III
gris until the intense heat Of summer
Terminated operations.
The Turks after the COLLAPSE OF