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Show I PROGRESS OF THE WAR. i I'-.J'if'' it thim.i-'run- ti.r.ats with i hv hi.' guns ami th; bar. 1 1;.- !''-- t'jtm-; t'jtm-; 'I'Tmih t!ir-:itH (jf hni'i I t.i at home, (u.-ritiatiy has nut ,vt !(.-,;an a .-uta:if'i ijff'i'iiMvi'-Di! tl:' w'ttjrii l'i out. It is nut to Iju a-MiHn'.l t lint 11:0 urive ha l.c.-a li.;, ,,-ft. Th-M! have Im-vii vv- j Ui;,l .'-aiSM-S of 'l''liiV. One of til. Mil aub- ably was C'iuthI IU u ' uin'Xvr!.ed j drive to Cimljiai. It ili.-oi'uni.ed th OtTiiian.s by eoinpuliin thorn to utiltzo reserves whi'-h they had intended for (heir own uffelisr'e. To obtain additional reserves Mer-tnanv Mer-tnanv is ealltllL; bnek more men 1 rotn the. ! Ku.ssiau front, where iie;ut!:i; ions ith the llolshoviki are proeoeditiu apaee. The piolslieviki have prorlai uied tlie.r intention to insist that no Teuton troops shall be sent to the front in Franee mid Flanders, lint this is camouflage. Already Al-ready hundreds of thousands have b-en transported to the west, and the Belshe-viki Belshe-viki are hastening the negotiations in order to J'aeilit.atc the movement of other German troops. They are further assisting the Germans by permitting the sale of foodstuffs, sorely needed by the starving Russians It may be presumptuous to predict that the Bolslieviki will try to force Russia into a war against the allies, but wo are inclined to think that the only thing that restrains them is the fear that they may need all their forces to combat counter-revolutions. A few days ago Generals Kaledines, Komiloff and Dutoff, leading the Cossacks, began to mako head against the Holshoviki in eastern and southern provinces of F.u-ropean F.u-ropean Kussia. General Dutoff threw his Eoldiers across the trans-Siberian railway near the Siberian border, while Kaledines and Komiloff attacked Bolslieviki Bol-slieviki contingents in several towns. .Reports concerning the battles are obscure, ob-scure, but it is evident that each side won victories and met with reverses. On the whole, the counter-revolution does not appear to have shown much strength, but the reports from Pctrograd must be taken with reserve. The Bolshevzki are probably receiving the trained aid of German officers an i even of German troops posing as Russians. Rus-sians. If Kaledines aud Komiloff are defeated, the German army officers in Eussia are apt to attempt a bold stroke. There is a hint that they may seek to restore the czar, who is reported to have escaped from imprisonment. With the forces sent to the west, the Teutons have been enabled to keep up a heavy pressure against the Italian lines in the mountains between the Piave and Brenta rivers. Heavy guns in vast numbers have been installed in the mountains and are bombarding positions po-sitions far behind tha front Italim lines. After the giant drive which netted them 16,000 prisoners and caused the bulge in the Italian line to collapse near Asiago, the Austio-German forces attacked at-tacked eastward of Asiago between the Piave and Brenta. After suffering heavy losses they gained a number of positions in the forward defense zone of the Italians. Within the last few days they have shifted their attack still farther far-ther to the eastward and have made some gains, especially at Col di Beretta, northwest of Jlonte Grappa, which is the chief mountain stronghold in that region. Apparently the Teutons have not yet attacked any part of the line held by the British and French. Airmen Air-men of the Italian, British and French armies appear to have assisted one another an-other in the reconnoissances and to have maintained superiority. Weather conditions changed considerably consid-erably in the last week. Snow fell in the mountains, impeding the Teutonic transport. The melting snow filled the Piave river, which had become almost dry, and this rendered the Italian-defense in the flooded regions near Venice more so.;ure. t the northern end of the flooded section the Teutons attacked a bridgehead held by the Komaus at Capo Sile. They overwhelmed the small garrison gar-rison and occupied the position. The Italians awaited the night and then sent a brigade to recover the bridgehead, which was important to them, because it guarded one of the most vulnerable canal approaches to Venice. Scouts who crept forward found the Austro-Hungarians asleep. Seizing this favorable opportunity the "brigade attacked. They rushed suddenly in among the confused Austro-Hungarians and a brief hand-to-hand struggle ensued. en-sued. All of the enemy force was either killed or captured. One of the most remarkable naval feats of the war was performed by two Italian destroyers. In some mysterious fashion probably as the result of information in-formation furnished by spies t hey passed the mine fields and obstructions guarding Triest harbor aud attacked a squadron of battleships, sinking two with torpedoes. A tremendous fire was opened upon them, but they retired quickly and made their way back into the Adriane and thence to their base without receiving any damage. The Germans, after artillery preparation, prepara-tion, assailed the British line between Bullecourt and Queant. This sector is only a few miles north of the Cambrni sector, and was involved in the Byng offensive, but no appreciable advance was made. The Gumans sought to break through at this point, and launched wave after wave of infantry. They succeeded in occupying trenches on a front ot about 500 yards. In the Ypres sector the Teutons captured cap-tured o')i' yards of trenches, but later were exn-'Ilcd from most of the captured positions. Just where tiie Germans will launch j their i:iL:ui ofiVh-ive is a matter of ; '-riilation among the aliies. Flyers report re-port heavy coniT-ntrations of troops east and northwest of llhe:ms. This would , be the ae.st favorable region for an at-' at-' tack, bc a ise in Flanders and along the i 1 1 iiee-nrmrg line ate! a!so on the Aisue , fj-oiit held by the French the Germans ! have !ot some of their best positions. H'-t'.veeu tiie llheim set-tor and Verdun they still hold positions taken in the j lull of ::.'U. j it is j ussible that the Germans may ! attempt two uffeusives, and that one jot' then: will be in Alsace or Lorraine, j The Ann rican troops are in -Lorraine, witli their base in the -Nancy region, and j it may be that they will be forced into I the fighting. ' General Ailenby's forces were successful success-ful in or.-upying Jerusalem without being be-ing co;.;peMed to bombard it. By means of an er.cinding movement they rendered ren-dered the Holy City untenable for the Turks, who evacuated it aud slipped through the narrow "neck of the bottle" bot-tle" .just before all egress was closed by the converging British lines. Some weeks ago General Al'enby's aiinv nioed past Jerusalem along the coast road and took' Jaffa, its seaport. The army also advanced midway between the coast and Jerusalem. This plac-en the British only a few mi'es from the I'oly ( ity to the west and norrhwest. Then General Alienby began preparations prepara-tions for his encircling movement by taking ili bron, to the southwest. From there a Biitish force marched to Bethlehem, Beth-lehem, the birthplace of Christ and then passed to the east of Jerusalem, th it is tu say. l etweeu the city and the vDead sea. To complete the movement it was only necessary to deieat tho Turks on the Jericho road and effect a junction with the British moving from the west around ihe northern outskirts of Jem- i saieiu. The plan was carried out ir. al1 its details, and tbo Turks, seeing capture cap-ture was inevitable unless thr;v fled, retired re-tired to ihe north (before the British east and west forces joined. Since the capture of Jerusalem the British have continued their progress to the northeast, north and northwest, taking a number of villages. In Mesopotamia, northeast of Bagdad, British and Russians advanced. The Turks, retreating, set fire to a number of coal mines. The American destroyer, Jacob Jones, was torpedoed in the war zone near the Irish coast by a U-boat. The attack was made late in tiie afternoon. The destroyer de-stroyer sank quickly, and only about forty-five were saved out of a crew of 110. The British admiralty reported that in the last week of record fourteen ships of more than 60U tons and seven of smaller tonnage were sunk. In accordance with the act of congress con-gress President Wilson proclaimed a state of war between the United States and Austria-Hungary. i |