Renewed Attacks on England

Southland Times, Issue 17777, 1 October 1917, Page 5

Renewed Attacks on England

enemy meet with poor success America Must Build Ships BRITAIN’S NAVY TREBLES Counter Efforts on West Front Exhausted BALKAN OFFENSIVE FORESHADOWED PROGRESS IN EAST AFRICA

The Gertnans have continued their aerial efforts against England, and it •ays much for the improvement in the defences that they have been unable to inflict any damage worth talking about. London is now apparently very effectively protected by anti-aircraft guns, which are massed in such numbers that hostile machines cannot approach the central district. The coastal areas wiff, of course, always be open to attack, but the vital pointe appear to be adequately guarded, and the German raids are a poor answer to the important destruction which British machines are inflicting on military objectives In Belgium.

The Gormans have exhausted themselves in vain efforts to reconquer the ground lost by the last British thrust. They failed to win back a single yard of ground, and the British have now been left to consolidate their gains without molestation, and to prepare for a further blow.

A statement issued under the authority of the Ministry of Munitions says plainly what the Allies expect of America. The submarine losses since February have undoubtedly been serious, and it is up to America to make the effort, of which she is undoubtedly capable, to neutralise the losses by new •onstniction. Emphssis is laid on what the principal Allies have done in the years before America came on the scene, and it is interesting to note that Britain, besides becoming a great military Power, both in regard to men and munitions, baa trebled the size and strength of the Navy.

The campaign in East Africa is progressing slowly, but our forces are successful in every direction. Present indications are that the enemy will be forced to make a stand at Mahenge, towards which their main bodies have been retreating.

Conditions in the Argentine are very unsatisfactory, and it is obvious that the enemy’s influence is considerable. The strike has assumed serious proportions, and there is a demand for firm Government action.

There ia a report from Washington in regard to what the AUies intend rlnfng in the Balkans with the aid of 300,000 Greek troops. The programme ia likely enough, but it ia not the Allies’ custom to advertise their plans, and so real importance can be attached to the reports of such a nature from this quarter*

1154 th Day of the War

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