The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
Events arc Speeding Up.

Events are Speeding Up.
[By William Philip Simms, United
Press STAFF Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, March 4.-Events are speed
ing up on the west front.
| Believing artillery; quarrelsome,
swapping machine guns; jostling pa
trolls and wild, dashing raiders have
all Increased their activity in the past
forty-eight hours. There have been
dozen raids on this front alone In the
past thirty-six hours-some important
enough almost to be called attacks.
Field Marshal Hindenburg is prob
ing and testing everywhere, losing
heavily in each raid. Apparently he
is unworried ct the loss Of fifty OF
sixty men II the remnant Patches oack
one or two samples OF the British
troops opposite.
The Germans are initiating the Brit
ish methods OF raiding. But they lack
the latter's dash and cunning-the
first requisites of raiders
For instance, in raid against the
Australians in Flanders, 200 Germans
and nine officers rehearsed frequently
for many days. Yet they left twenty
one dead on the British wires. includ-
Ing the commander and also lost some
prisoners.
In a raid on the Polygon wood re-
gion, FIVE Germans reached the British
line Three OF these were killed and
two taken prisoner.
Tho raids, while unimportant in
themselves demondttate q tension
| ing OF the situation.
There is considerable enemy she'll
ing west of Lens, in the Scarpe and
Cambria regions. A furious wind has
blown away the snow storm and a
thaw has succeeded 1t. The weather
is raw and penetrating.
Outside Jerusalem.
LONDON, Mar. 4.-Astrdde Of the
| westward road, leading from JeTus-
alem to Nablus, General A1lenby's
forces advanced a maximum depth
northward of three thousand yards on
twelve mile front, Saturday and
Sunday, it was officially announced
today. The enemy offered little op-
position.
Six aiven Medals.
| PARIS, Mar. 1.-Two Am erican Of
ffcers and four prtvates who par
ttctpated in Fridays battle today
| possessed the French croix de gueTre,
conferred personally by Premier
Cle1nenceau yesterday.
| The premier reviewed the American
| troops and praised them highly Tor
| their valorous conduct.
Austria Makes a Report.
, VIENNA, March 4.-"Our opera
tons in Podolia are progressing sue
cessfully," the Austrian war Office
| stated today. "At present our booty
includes more than TO guns and
more than LOO machine guns, be-
sides huge amount of war ma
terial."
[Podolia is a province in south
western Russia, bounded on the north
by Colhynia and on the east by
Kieff.l
English Attacks Repulsed.
BERLIN, (v1a London) March a.
English attacks in Flanders made
after violent artillery preparation,
were repulsed, the Berlin war Office
announced today.
RepuIsed Superior Force.
by Fred S. Ferguson, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
Franco, Mar. 8.-On the basis OF
the recognized rule that the wounded
are quadruple the killed, the German
casualties In Fridays raid on the st.
! Mihiel sector were far greater than
| the American 1osses-possibly three
or four to one.
The highest praise has been &C.
corded the officers and mon, both OF
| the infantry and artillery, for the
manner In which they repulsed
superior force.
Documents found on a dead Ger
man show the enemy advanced in
five parties, one attacking frontally
while the other attacked from the
| flank. Pioneers accompanied the in
fantry for bombing.
A fourth prisoner was found IN 4
shell hole some time after the fight
| The prisoners range IN age from 1S
! to %. They are all PTussian storm
troops. They said the raid was in
retaliation for raid by the French
foreign legion in January. They had
heard of the German offensive, but
did not know when it was coming Off
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