Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-20
BIG GUNS BELCH
SHELLS AS SMALL
TROOP UNITS RAID
Western Front, From North
Sea to Adriatic, Scene
of Violent Fighting.
FRENCH PENETRATE ENEMY
LINES THREE-FIFTHS MILE
Belgians Repulse Attack and
Capture Prisoners and
Machine Guns.
SAMMIES BLOW UP BATTERIES
British .Aviators Drop Tons of Bombs
on Many German Cities
and Trenches.
FRENCH PENETRATE ENEMY
LINES THREE-FIFTHS MILE
sAMMIEs BLOW UP BATTERIES
tBy Associated Press. !

10y Associated Press.
/ Notwithstanding the fact that the
| Germans for some time past have ad-
vcrtised largely their intent to begin
general offensive on the allied fronts
at no distant date, nothing beyond IN
tensited hombardments and here and
there infantry attacks on various sec
tors have been forthcoming.
! In both these kinds OF maneuvers
/ the Teutons have met more than their
! match in the guns of the men of the
/ allied armies--the Belgians. British.
/ French, Americans. Italians and Por-
/ tuEueSe.
| In the meanwhile, all along the bat
/ tie fronts in the west, from the North
/ Sea to the Adriatic, the hostilities con-
/ .inue to be carried out by means of
! the big guns of the opposing sides and
| by small units of infantry in raiding
! operations. In none of the raids has
| any material gain been achieved by
either side. except possibly by the
| French troops of General Petain who,
! in the Rheims region. have penetrated
/ German positions to a depth Of about
| threc-fifths of q mile and put down
effectively an attempt on another part
! of this front. made by the German
! Crown Prince, to pierce the French
/ line.
| The Germans are trying out with
/ relatively heavy attacks positions held
/ By the Belgians. Although they sue
| cccded at several points in their OBJ
| jcctives, they later were driven out
| from the greater portion OF the posi-
tions gained. leaving prisoners and ma
| chine guns in the hands OF the forces
of King Albert.
The American troops on the Tout
! sector fI.,il OF,
little rest. homharding towns behind
the lines and also trenches in the front
OF them. Along the Chcmin -des- Dar.es,
! another portion OF the front held by
! the Americans, there las been n rather
heavy play of gas shells from the Ger
man guns. hut the men from overseas
have answered fourfold all the German
/ projectiles
AMERICAN ARTILLERY
/, BLOWING UP BATTERIES
/ The American artillery in the I.unc-
vile sector is continuing ) effective
work. it's latest reported exploit being
| the blowing up OF u battery Of Ger
| nan mine -ihrowers. which had been
causing the American troops in this
sector considerable trouble. In The
! Chemin des DANES sector the New
| iIngla>d troops were subjected to
prolonged bombardment from gas
shells. to which the American and
f'rcnch batteries replied with some
| ming like fourfold Intensity
| In 255 flights carried out by British
aviators into Germany only ten British
machines have been lost, 1t an
nounccd in the House of Commons to-
day. In one of the --latest big raids
carried out yesterday. the city OF
Nannhe!m was attacked, and more
than ton of bombs dropped upon IL.
BRITISH .tVIATORS DROP
HoMBS on AIRDROMES
On the British front, the artillery
bombardmcnts have been most intense
around fpres and in the region OF
Armentieres. British airmen have ac-
counted for twenty-siX more German
machines. and have dropped bombs or
airdromes. ammunition dumps and biz
let's on tho French front the artillery
has been most active northeast of
Ncrdun and in the Vosges.
Everywhere the airmeu of both sides
are kee-'ly active. Particularly SO are
the british, who. in addition to numer-
Gus air raids Wind the lines, bomb
ing points of vantage and induiginE
IN tights In the air with enemy avia-
tors. since October have carried OUT
2o5 flights or thirty-eight raids into
German territory. The important town
OF Mannheim has been their latest tar
get. explosive bombs exceeding ton
IN weight having been dropped there
i5oth sides are claiming Il heavy toll
! in aviators shot down during combats
in the air.
While scant news now is coming out
from Great Russia. advices received
from Siberia seem to Indicate IL pre-
carious situation there. 1t seems def
nitely established that former German
| prisoners are actively aiding the Boil
sheriki In their inroads into the coun-
try, and that, in addition to numerous
outraScs on the population, chaos
reiGns generally.
ALLIES REFUSE TO HONOR
GERMAN-MADE TREATIES
German-madc peace treaties forced
OF Russia and Roumania will not be
recognized by the entente allied pow
erS' the supreme war council has de-
rided 1T session in London. The Ger
man policy OF plundcr is denounced
and the declaration is voiced aha. tho
allied powers ARE fighting. and mean
10 continue hshting." to put an end TO
this aggression.
The treaty with Russia is called a
political crime in the statement issued
by the council, and Germanys attitude
toward Russia at present is declared
10 ne tantamount to annexation. Ger
many is described as q DESTROYER Of
national independence and the Inn.