THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16230, 28 March 1917, Page 7

THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION.

Prau A«ociatioa—By Tel—CSopryjright.

(United' Service.) Received 9.35 p.m., March 27th. LONDON, March 26. Great battles in France are developing, with immense possibilities. French critics are exhilarated, declaring that the greatest event , since the Marne can be expected. BRITISH MOVING FORWARD. X GUNS AS WELL AS MEN. ! \v (High Commissioner's Cable.) LONDON, March 26 (10.5 p.m.) British official.—This morning we captured the village of Lagnioourt, north of the Bapaume<-Cambrai road During the afternoon the enemy made determined counter-attacks but was driven' off. A third aittack was caught in the open by our artillery and was not developed. FRENCH PROGRESS.. .ON THE OISE. (High- Commissioner's Cable.) '' : ' LONDON, March'26''(4.so p-m/T '"" ' Freuch of the Oise wo made important 'progress in the Couc-hy forest, in spite of difficulties of the ground and a lively resistance of the enemy occupying Folembray and La Flueille. . North of Soissons equal progres • was made in the region .of Vregny. NEAR 7HE NEW GERMAN LINE. , SOME" STRENUOUS ACTIONS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received 10.20 p.m., March 27th. • Mr Gibbs, war corespondent, states: The enemy has now reached Hindenburg's line of defence from Arras past Cambrai, SL Quentin, and Laon. The French are fighting heavily around St. Quentiu, threatening to turn the enemy's line. The Germans are fighting determniedly near Beaumetz and Cambrai. endeavouring to prevent -us | holding high ground overlooking their main defences. We took Beaumetz tin-' opposed on Wednesday. The Germans l retook it on Thursday, but we drove them out. They again attacked un-' availingly on Friday. I The German Command called for, volunteers for this operation, but with-: out result, therefore companies specially I trained as assaulting troops were' ordered to take Beaumetz. They tried; and failed. ' j We took Laonicourt this morning. It' was occupied by four companies /of Germans. BELGIUM AND FRANCE. UNDER GERMAN RULE. ("The Times.") Received 0.55 a.m., March 28th. LONDON, March 2G. An Englishman who has been living ! nninterried at Roubaix, Lille, Brussels and Antwerp since the outbreak of the war, describes the occupied territories under German rule. This at tW otitset was comparatively mild. Civilians were ordered indoors at eight, except for a fortnight, when they were sent jndooi-3 at five because they cheered a British airman who brought, down a : fokker over the town of Roubaix. They were repeatedly postered with orders regulating civilian life. Every Genran victory was oompulsorily celebrated. English and French newspapers were smuggled in. "The Times" was loaned at 2s an hour. The poorer class paid a franc for admission to a back room, weekly, where the war news was read. When the Allies declared a blockade in March, 1915, th« German iron heel appeared- Civilians were treated more rigorously.