BRITISH SHIPPING SITUATION CRITICAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12064, 20 July 1917, Page 5

BRITISH SHIPPING SITUATION CRITICAL.

■ AMERICAN NAVAL ASSISTANCE URGENTLY NEEDED, SUCCESSFUL OPERATIONS ON WEST FRONT. FRENCH VERY HEAVILY ATTACKED AT ST QUENTIN. THE LONDON CORRESPONDENT OF THE " NEW 10RK TIMES" DECLARES THAT THE AU<l ED SHIPPING STTUAIION IS EXCEEDINGLY SERIOUS. AS THE RESULT OF THE SIBM A TONE CAMPAIGN, AND URG„ES THAT A Til. AMERICAN DESTROYERS SHOULD IMMEDIATELY BE SENT TO EUROPEAN WATERS. THE BRITISH ON THE WEST FRONT TLU ED THE ADVANCE POSTS EASTWARD OF MONCHY LE PREUX WHICH WERE LOST ON JULY 10. ENEMY RAIDERS WERE REPULSED AT TWO POINTS, AND THE BRITISH CARRIED OUT SUCCESSFUL RAIDS EAST AND NORTH OF YPRES. AFTER A HEAVY BOMBARDMENT THE GERMANS ATTACKED THE FRENCH NEAR ST QUENTIN, AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE A PORTION OF T&E FIRST LINE TRENCH, BUT WERE EJECTED FROM THE GREATER PART B\ THE FRENCH COUNTER-ATTACK. GERMANS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED TN THE UNITED CT\TES CHARGED WITH A DIABOLICAL CONSPIRACY TO K'iTTER TETANUS GERMS BROADCAST. By Telegraph—Pri'ss* Association—Copyright.