Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-03-09
Armies i'm Great
Battle
Germans Striking Against Finland
And Austrians In The
South.

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Although the military operations
along the Western front in France
and Belgium daily are growing in mag
nitude until it seems apparent thai
fierce battles cannot much longer be
delayed, the situation in Russia con
tinues to hold an absorbing place in
public interest throughout the world
Scant advices from Petrograd are
coming through, but those that are
finding their way out of the turmoil
ridden capital at Petrograd indicate
that while the Germans have ceased
operations in Great Russia, following
the signing Of the pecae compact with
the Bolsheviki, they now are striking
against Finland, and that in the south
the Austro-Hungarians are making in
roads into Podolia in an endeavor to
drive out the Bo!sheviki and thus Sc
cure an untrammeled hold on the
country in which so much dependence
has been placed for the feeding of the
Teutonic allies.
While ostensibly the German opera
lions in Finland, which are being car
ried out from bases in the Aland Is
lands, have as their purpose driving
of the Finnish revolutionists and Boil
sheviki Red Guards from Southern Fin.
land, it is probable Germany's ambi-
tons in this region have in view the
securing of Southwestern Finland to
as far as Helsingfors.
This stretch of territory along the
| northern shores of the Gulf of Finland,
taken in conjunction with the holdings
Of the Germans on the southern shore
to the region of Reval, would give the
invaders mastery over the western
approaches to the gulf, and paralyze
completely the movement of Russian
ships of war or commerce into the
Baltic.
The contents of the peace treaty
between the Germans and the Bolshe-'
wiki have not yet been made public, but
there is no room for doubt that the
Teuton representatives exacted from
the Russians a price in keeping with
their full desires. The treaty is to be
ratified next Thursday.
In Polalia the Austro-Hungarian
forces evidently are meeting with
slight resistance as they over-run Lit
tie Russia. A strong indication of
this is the Vienna statement that they
already have captured more than TO
guns and 1000 machine guns.
In Eastern Siberia the Bolshevik
elements evidently are placing OBJ
stacles in the way of possible Jap
csc invasion of that territory. AL
ready they have destroyed bridges
along the Trans-Siberian railway, be-
tween Lake Baikal and the Chinese
frontier, in addition to having mined
for eventual destruction, if necessary,
other portions of the railway line.
Since Sunday the Germans have left
the Americans in comparative peace
on their sector near Toul. Probably
finding that their attempted forays
were too costly, they have failed to
launch further attacks and even have
cut down materially their artillery fire
and gas shell bombardments. Again
the American gunners have worked
havoc among the Germans by heavily
Smelling large cantonment where
troops were assembled
Near Warneton, southeast of Ypres.
the Australians have carried out a big
raid against enemy positions, killing at
least so of the German defenders, de-
stroying dugouts and bringing back
prisoners. Around Lens the Germans
have begun rather intensive bonn
bardment against the British troops
Desieging the great coal CENTER
The nearest approach to a big bat.
lie on the Western front has occurred
between the French and the Germans
n the Verdun sector. Here the
French troops carried out brilliant
attack against the Calonne trenches
md penetrated the German positions
Is far as their fourth line The point
IT penetration was over a front of
200 meters and to a depth of 600
meters, and $50 Prisoners were taken
n the operation. Attempted attacks
~ the Germans north of the Chemin
les Danes, near the Malincourt
Wood, and in Lorraine went for
taught owing to the accuracy of the
french fire.
In Palestine General Allenby's force
gain have dealt the Turks a hard
low, driving forward their front along
2 miles to maximum depth of three
thousand yards. Little opposition was
by the British command
r against the Ottomans, whose
morale seems to be deteriorating with
ach fresh attack
Rumanians Accept German Terms.
Berlin (via London. 1.-THE Ruman-
ans have accepted our armistice con-
itiOnS" saws German official nam