Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-27


with comparative certainty.
On the MORNING Of March q, tn
Germans BEGAN their attack from tn,
vicinity of Arras, on the north. to Ii
fere, on the south. and centcring thell
heaviest columns against the British
forces. under General Cough at st
Quentin.
STAGGERING before the impact OF thu
blow the British army fell back rapidly
For eight days the Germans poured
thru the old allied line in an effort t.
crush the NRritish'And drive II wedge be-
tween them and the French, who wer,
holding the lines to the south, Their
came period of reaction and the Ger
mans came to n stop. They had driver
ahead for thirty-flve miles. along 0
front extending more than fifty miles
before they were halted.
Hardly had their lesions been held
before ~Amicns than new offensive
was begun in Flanders, on April o. l,
swept the British back thru Armen-
there's, 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 the
hills southwest OF Ypres. There. or
April Q, the Germans suffered ter.
rible defeat that halted their offensive
in that quarter.
Fooh in Supreme Command.
In the midst of the drive In the Sec
tor toward Amiens the allied nations
took vitality important steh They
named Glen. Ferdinand Foch. hero OF
the lrst battle Of the Marine. generals
simo OF the allied forces on the western
front. which includes all the line in
Italy as well as in France Even the
Thurman coast. in northern Russia, has
been held to be under his command.
After a period Of quiet. the Germans
attacked once more, this time on the
Aisne river, and in seven DAYS they
reached the Marine at Chateau Thierry
making penetration Of about twenty
eight miles. At the Marine they were
checked and the impetus OF the blow
was broken.
With hardly a days pause for re-or-
ganiaatfon OF their forces the Germans
again attacked, choosing the sector
between Montdit1ier and Noyon. on the
southern side OF the salient driven into
the allied line during the March often
sive. as the stage OF their onslaught.
This offensive ran for FIVE days and
stopped north Of C6mpiegne after l6ss-
es which were described as unpre-
cedented had been inflicted upoA the
Germans.
From June IA until July Is the Ger
mans were engaged in shifting their
forces and then they again struck.
This time the line OF attack was from
Chateau Thierry eastward, around to
the north Of Rheims and then down
the Vesle river to Prunay and from that
village eastward to Massiges. This at
tack at the close OF the year developed
into one Of the most ambitiousso the
German strokes.
italians Stand Fissn.
On July 15 the Austrians began a
drive against Italy. It was failure.
The tAustrians crossed the piaye, hut
on the west bank met with such stub
born resistance that progress was Inn
possible. Slowly the Austrians were
driven back toward the river, and then
the Piave. swollen by rains in the
mountains. completed the overthrow of
Austrias hopes. After suffering ter
rlble losses the Austrians retreated to
the eastern b0lk Of the Piave from the
Montello plateau to the Adriatic.
Among the years operationA OF COM
paratively lesser Importance were the
British drives In Palestine and Meso-
potamia, the Turkish advance in the
Caucasus. the French and Italian Of
fensive in Albania, and the fighting in
the German African colonies.
Jerusalem was captured by the Brit
-1sh on Dec. 10. and shortly afterward
the fall Of Jericho was announced.
Since the taking Of Jericho the British
forces In Palestine have not been
active on the, offensive.
General Ma,lde led the British troops
into Bagdad on March II. and short
~ afterward died from cholera. His
forces pushed further up the Tigris
until the intense heat OF summer ter
minated operations NJ
The Turks after the collapse Of Rus
sia took advantage Of the demoralized
condition Of the Russian forces to adj
vance thru the Caucasus and obtain
possession OF the regions subsequently,,
ceded them by the treaty Of Brest-
Litovsk.
The French and Italian drive in Al
bania began on July s and is still in
progress.N
During the year British forces in
Africa drove German forces before
them in German East Africa and III,
German Southwest Africa and finally
compelled them to dispense or sur
render. This took, from Germany the
last of the vast colonial possessions
held by her when the war began.
Continued Submarine Warfare.
The past year has been marked by
a gradual decline Of submarine sink
ings as compared with the number OF
ships being built by the entente allies.
The operations Of fhe British and
American destroXers have spread
terror among the "wasps of the sea-
while great mine field completed In
May by the british navy converted vir-
tually. the whole North sea into an
area closed against U-boat activities.
The harbors of Zeebruggee and Os-,
tend. from which German submarines
had been operated against entente
shipping were either sealed entirely
or made virtually valueless as subma-
RING bases by daring naval and air
raids by, the British in May. ~.
8 German submarines visited Ameri.
can waters in June and sank at least
ten ships. the field of the U-boat oper-a
atoms being from the north New Jer-
sey coast south to the Virginia capes
and easterly half way to the Bur-
mudas. 3ii
The only United States transport
lost while carrying troops to Europe