Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-09-20

~
~->-~-~~~~~.~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~e-~~~-~~~>
tin was the goal Of a race between the
British and the French, the former
winning vermnnd. Attllly and Wendell.
les and closing In on the important
city from the northwest, while the
French southwest Of the objective
crossed the Crozat canal and took
number Of villages. A little farther
south the French forces captured
Trnvccy on the Disc. just north OF La
Fere and from Its heights were able
TO dominate the latter town, which was
reported to have been burned by the
Germans. This operation, together
with the French advance eastward
from COucy.leC hatenu. threatened to
flank ON both sides the forest and mas
Sif Of ~. Gobain, the chief defense OF
Laon. Withdrawal Of the enemy frocl
that forest. which Is full Of guns In
strong defensive positions. might thus
be compelled without direct attack,
which would be expensive and diff.
cult.
AT the western end Of the Chemln
DIES Danes the Germans were fighting
furlously In the region OF Laffaux.
whore they were trying TO regain pos
session OF the dominating ridge which
the French aud Americans had taken
from them. Many fresh troops were
used in these attacks, but their efforts
were all In vain.
IL
Although the stupendOus German re.
treat OF the past eight weeks has been
conducted slillfully and the enemy line
has not BEEN broken through. his ar.
mics maintaining contact with one an.
other. II has been In every way Il most
expensive operation for the Huns. In
addition TO the loss Of great numbers
OF guns and immense quantities Of ma
terinl, captured or destroyed. they
have lost more than 100000 men, the
majority Of whom, fortunately, were
killed. The morale of the army Is
being gradually broken by relentless.
continuous and successful blows de.
livcrrd by the allies, the supply OF
fighting electives Is getting low, and
the people AT home are becoming daily
more dissatisfied and restless. Can.
tured orders reveal that the wounded
men ARE put back In the ranks before
they are cured, and prisoners released
by Russia are not given time to re-
cover their strength and health. Aus
tria has reluctantly responded to the
call for aid and In the quieter sectors
Austrian divisions are placed between
German divisions, or Austrian soldiers
are used to fill out depleted German
regiments. This is taken to mean that
there will be no renewal of the leu
tonic offensive IN Italy this year, II
ever.
A considerable advance made last
week by the Belgians In the sector
north of lpres was significant, mas.
much as some military critics expect
that Marshal Foch will strike there
In force before long.
n
The war department announced that
Americans have been landed at Arch.
angel to take part with the other al.
He'd forces there In fighting the bolshe-
Wiki and re-establlshing order In north.
ern RUSSIA. These troops are from
some of our northern states and many
OF them speak Russian Hitherto the
only Americans there We're marines
and sailors.
In Petrogrf |. Moscow and other
cities OF Russia proper the bolsheyik
government Is struggling desperately
against the ever-lncreaslng counter
revolutionaries, Strengthening the hitter
mercilessly whenever they fall into
their hands. Petrograd Is reported to
be given over to massacres and flames
and to have been captured by revolt
Ing peasants; Yaroslav and vologda
have been burned by the soviet troops,
anu "os'oN 10 liiTthttEtu Win the
same fnte by Trotsky. Two ATTEMPTS
were made on the life OF Doctor Helf-
ferlch, the new German ambassador TO
Moscow, but he fled back to Berlin.
The soviet rulers, persistent shout.
ers for peace without annexatlons and
indemnltles, have just paid to Ger.
many 25OVO,O00 rubles. the first in.
stallment of the indemnity exacted
from the unhappy country by the
Huns
In Siberia the allies, with the
Czecho-Slovaks, Cossacls and LOYAL
Russians, have been making satlsfac.
tory progress, hut the Austro.G erman
ex-rrlsoners and the bolsheviki are
putting up so obstinate a resistance
that Japan is contemplating sending
much stronger force In order to in.
sure the safe of the expedition and
Its allies before the winter sets In.
The japanese government Is convinced
that the American government will
~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~-~
a German fired Mt the pIlot from tx /,