The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-02-05
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Bolsheviki Breaks With
Rounania
British Inflict Severe Loss on the
Germans in a Trench Raid and
Capture Prisoners and Machine
Guns.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Feb. 5.-Another attempted
German raid on the American sector
of the battle front was beaten off
Monday morning by the prompt aud
efficient action of our artillery
The Germans had massed a consid-
cradle force before the American
trenches, and it is believed that the
Yankee gunners inflicted heavy cas-
ualties upon them.
Information had reached the Amer
leans that the Boches planned to de-
liver a surprise attack on Monday
morning without any artillery prep
aration, counting on Saturday nights
artillery duel to have cut the Ameri-
can telephone wires.
A few minutes before the time the
Germans were expected to attack, the
American artillery began to roar and
a barrage fire was laid down all
along the enemy's front line.
The censor now permits it to be
known that the Americans are hold
ing the line at a point northwest of
Toul.
Toul lies 81 miles southeast of st.
Mihiel and about the same distance
from the German frontier. This in
dicates that the Americans are on the
Woevre plain, that section of France
Lying between the Meuse and Moselle
rivers. st. Mihiel lies about 20 miles
south of Verdun and is the apex of
the famous st. Mihiel salient. 1t was
there that the Germans were able to
establish themselves on the western
bank of the Meuse river, but they
never succeeded in getting any furth-
er.
To Johnstown, Pa, goes the honor
of being the home town of the first
, American soldier to kill a German af
ter Pershing's men formally went in
to the trenches.
Herbert Sleigh. a sergeant major
from Johnstown. shot and killed a
German from a distance of 400 yards
He has been mentioned for the croiS
de guerre.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.--Confirma
ton of cabled reports that communi-
: cation between the Roumanian gov.
eminent at Jassy and the Russian
Bolsheviki government has been bro
ken came from Ambassador Francis
at Petrograd today. He cabled tha
on January 29 the Roumanian minister
in Petrograd was given ten hours t
, leave for Jassy and added that h'
'GOL away W1Jn1n the time limit.
While the text of the Francis dispatch
was not made public ii is understoo,
that the situation between Roumani;
and the present Russian government
is distinctly critical
e GENEVA, Feb 5.-A German strike
l. tossed a homemade bomb into tn,
) grounds of the imperial palace durinj
d labor demonstration at Berlin las
week, according to a report received
e here today
T. LONDON, Feb. 5.-British troop
: raided German trenches near Fleur
$ baix and the Ypres-Steden railway dur
l. ing the night, inflicting severe losses
as well as capturing prisoners and ma
: chine guns the war office announce
at noon.
= (Fleurbaix is near the Franco-Bel
+ gian frontier. The Ypres-Staden rail
way is on the west Flanders 'front.'
! GENEVA, Feb. 5=The hostility be
tween German and Austria-Hungaria
+ soldiers on the eastern front ha
spread to the Italian front according
to information from Milan today
Austrian prisoners have told the
Italian captors that German officer
encourage their men to scott at tn
Austrians and to taunt them with tn
assertion that they could do nothin
e against the Italians until they got Gel
IT man aid.
S, So far, however, there has been n
IL news of armed clashes such as o,
n Cured on the eastern front