The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1918-03-19
THE GERMANS
MAKING |NROADS
Digging Still Deeper in Rus
sian Territory. Artillery
Active on
ALL THE FRONTS

With the ratification of the treat!
of peace with Germany, the Sovie
congress in Moscow has dissolved
But the Germans have not yet ceased
their inroads into Russias riches
territory in the south. Nlkolayev, tn,
great navy yard city northeast O
Odessa, and headquarters Of the higl
command of the Russian Black Ses
fleet is the latest prize that has beer
wrested from the Russians. Situated
at the mouth of the Bug river, the
capture Of the town gives the Ger
mans a water route Of great value
through the rich agricultural country
from Volhynia to the Black Sea.
Up to the last some of the chie1
members Of the Soviet congress op'
posed the hard terms of the Ger
mans but to no avail. Warning was
sounded by several of them Of 8
further German attack and of he ne
cessity for amalgamating for resist
ance. Before adjournment the con
gress approved the removal Of the
capital from Petrograd to Moscow
and late dispatches say that the
evacuation of Petrograd has been
completed.
No change in the situation in ST.
bera has been noted. AS late as Sat
urday the Japanese, according to
Premier Terauchi, had not decided
what should be done by Japan with
regard to the menace of the Bolshe-
Wiki and the German elements who
are aiding them in their reign of
terror in Siberia. While the opposl-
ton partly in Japan continues its ef-
forts to prevent the sending Of troops
to Siberia, almost the entire press OF
the country favors japanese interven-
ton.
With the approach Of spring each
day witnesses an increase in the
fighting activity. IN every theatre,
except Russia, the infantry and artil-
lery are hard at work. From the
North Sea to the Swiss frontier no
day passes without numerous "patrop
encounters which at times reach the
intensity almost Of battles and ar
tillery ducls of violence but little
short of the great exchanges or
shells which in the past year reached
the high water mark in intensity.
Probably the most ambitious of-all
the attempts by the belligerents to-
pierce an opposing line has been
made by the French troops over a
wide front in the Verdun sector. The
attack was delivered after prepara-
tory artillery fire lasting ten hours,
according>to the Berlin war Office was
of sanguinary characted is indicated
by the statement that the troops
came in to hand-to-hand encounter.
1t is claimed by Berlin that at an
other point in this regoin the Ger
man penetrated French positions
and captured 200 prisoners. including
the staff Of one battalion.
At numerous points along the
British front Field Marshal Haig's
men are under heavy combardments
from the Germans. Particularly vio-
lent has been the pounding Of the
shells along the Bapaume-C Cambrai
road in the Scarpe Valley and around
Lens. Only one enemy infantry at
tack was attempted This occurred
north Of Lens and was repulsed. The
British were successful In similar
maneuvers near Epehy and Gavrelle.
On the American front near Toul
the Americans are ever on the alert
and frequently open up with their
guns against German positions and
compel the enemy to evacuate the
sectors under fire. Posts occupied NV
snipers and listeners and nests OF
machine gunners recently have been
effectively taken care 81 by the Amer
lean gunners. The Germans, how
ever, are not permitting ths men from
overseas 70 40 al Tie snoctins. fctI
they themselves afssat times putting
the Americans under an extraord rdinas
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