FORESHADOWING PORTENTOUS EVENTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12063, 19 July 1917, Page 5

FORESHADOWING PORTENTOUS EVENTS.

BRITISH MAINTAIN AERIAL SUPREMACY, FRENCH SMASH ENEMY ATTACKS ON MEUSE. AMERICANS FAVOUR CONCERTED NAVWL OFFENSIVE BY ALLIES. THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF WARFARE ON THE WESTERN FRONT IS THE TREMENDOUS AERIAL ACTT"\ m . A COLOSSAL BRITISH* AIR OFFENSIVE ON THE FLEMISH COAST IS REGARDED AS FORESHADOWING PORTENTOUS EVENTS. THE ENEMY, ALTHOUGH MAKING A BOLD BID FOR. AIR SUPREMACY. ARE UNABLE TO HOLD THEIR OW N AGAINST THE BRFTCSH. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG REPORTS A FURTHER GAIN OF GROUND EASTWARD OF MONCHY LE PREUX. THE FRENCH- tfORCES ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE MEUSE REPULSED WITH VERY HEAVY LOSSES TO THE ENEMY REPEATED GERMAN ATTACKS ON RECENTLY CAPTURED POSITIONS. AMERICAN NAVAL CIRCLES FAVOUR A GREAT CONCERTED NAVAL OFFENSIVE BY THE ALLIES AGAINST THE ENEMY. THE OPINION PREVAILS, ACCORDING TO AN AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT IN LONDON, THAT VON LUDENDORFF WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME THE MILITARY DICTATOR AND RUTHLESS CHAMPION OF AUTOCRACY IN GERMANY. KING ALEXANDER OF GREECE HAS YIELDED TO THE DEMAND OF M. VENEZELOS FOR THE CONVOCATION OF THE 1915 CHAMBER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.