Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-13
Two WEEKS OF
SUCCESSES FOR
ALLIED FORCES
Rapidly Clearing up
Territory Taken by Aus
trians in Weston Albania
New Leader Has Been
Proclaimed in Siberia
400 Prisoners Taken by
French in Recent Raid. !;
By Associated Prees

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Allied smashes into the German
For more than two weeks the.
Allies have been jamming into
the German defenses here and .
there and the results now as fav.
orable as at the beginning.
French Strike With Force.
For the first time since the at-
tributiOn campaign was under.
taken the French have struck
with force in the Picardy battle
field. Along the Avre river,
northwest OF Montdidier, the
French advanced their lines
more than a mile on q front OF
three miles and captured over
500 prisoners. This blow, like
astridc the Somme, has driven
the enemy back on sector vital
to he defense of Amiens, the OBJ.
jective of the first German of
fcnaive, begun on March 21.
In capturing Castcl and strong
fortified positions the French
have advanced almost to tho
western hank of the ,Avre. Fur.
ther gains southwark toward
Matlly-Raineval will emdangee
seriously the German positions
west of the Avre to below Mont.
didier, west of which the Ameri.
vance toward Amiens the Ger.
mans would either follow the
Somme or go up the valley Of the
Avre which joins the SOmme
near Amiens.
No Hun Countcr-thrusts.
Between the Aisne and the Marine
he Germans apparently still do not
AXE seriously the French gains east
If the Forest of Villers-CotteretS.
Several villages and fortified farms.
including Corey and Longpont have
been taken by the French this week
ous efforts to re-take the positions
md are slowly being forced of the
aigh ground. f'
Bad weather continues on the. Brit.
Ish front, especially hindering the
bombing activities OF British airmen
The German artillery fire is strong
On the Lys salient. At Bucquoy, be.
.ween Albert and Arras, the British
irove off German raiders. Continua.
lion OF the rain on the British front
may hamper German plans as the
of Flanders and Pi-
cardy are likely to turn into seas ot
mud. Rain has been falling OF and
On. on the British front for five days
Claim Capture Of U. S. Aviator.
Berlin now reports that the sixth
American airplane Of the squadron
which was flying toward Coblenz wa,
brought down. Thursday it an,
nouned that five out of six machine.
with their crews had fallen into Ger
man hands. Franco-Italian suctes,
in Albania has enabled the Allies tt
establish a connected battle-line owe,
a stretch OF 200 miles from Salonik
to the Adriatic. The Italians rap
idly are. clearing.
Italians Clean Up Territory.
The Italians rapidly are clearing ~
the territory taken from the Austri
ans in western Albania and prepar.
ing for further attacks. Betweel
Berat and Lake Ochrida the Frencl
have occupied all the territory be
tween the Devoli and Tomorica river
except near the Confluence where tn
still hold out. Prisoner
taken by the French in the Tomoric,
Valley have increased to 400.
New Siberian Ruler.
Supporting the Allies. the ney
set up in Siberia ha
Lieut.. General Horvatl
as p rovisional ruler. General Hor
vath. who for many years was Rus
sian commander at Harbin and gen
eral manager Of the Chinese Easter
Railway, the Eastern link of tn
trans Siberian system. is anti-Ger'
man and anti-Bolshevik. He pro
poses to form an army and to actfvet
aid the Allies