ALONG LINE OF VESLE

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 187, 7 August 1918, Page 5

ALONG LINE OF VESLE

AIR HAID ON LONDON FAILS SIBERIAN CO-OPERATION WITH ALLIES Latest French advices show that there is no change in the position north of the Aisne. French forces are still operating to the north of the river, but not in large numbers, and it seems that the position here has been temporarily stabilised, though many experts incline to the belief that the Germans will not attempt a definite stand with the Aisne in their rear. The Allies have taken a thousand guns since the Marne counterstroke began, but so far no official estimate of the number of prisoners has been given. The torpedoed hospital ship Warilda had 800 wounded aboard when she was sunk, and there were many blind aboard. It was midnight when the vessel was struck, but despite the darkness and confusion there was no panic aboard, and the utmost heroism was displayed by the crew and the unwounded in their efforts to save life. According to advices received by the Russian Ambassador at Washington the Siberians are uniting to assist the Allies in re-establishing a battlefront against the Austrians and Germans. The Czecho-Slovaks will be used as a centre on which to found a new organisation. The Russians on the Murman coast are gratified at the assistance of the Americans in the Archangel. landing, accepting this as an assurance that the Allies' intentions in Russia are not predatory.