Progress of the War.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16153, 6 March 1918, Page 6

Progress of the War.

The French forces have lost no time in answering the recent German attacks on their lines. According to a message to-day they carried out an extensivo coup-dc-main east of the and penetrated as far as the enemy's fourth line on a wide front, inflicting heavy losses on the foe. There have apbeen some fairly brisk actions on the British front, Sir Douglas Haig reporting that enemy raiders were repulsed after sharp fighting westward of Lens r.nd in the neighbourhood of St. Quentin. The operations connected with the battle of C'ambrai are dealt with at some length in a despatch from Sir Douglas Haig, and much that was not clear at the time—particularly the details of the enemy's counter-attack — is now satisfactorily explained. Details of the ignominious peace which has been forced upon the Russian people by the Lenin-Trotzky regime are given in a message from Berlin outlining the articles of the treaty, signed at BrestLitovsk on Sunday, but whether the Jlussians will carry out the terms of the treaty is another matter, messages from Petrograd indicating that the people regard the agreement as a "scrap of "paper," and are still talking fight. No further light is thrown on the situation in the Far East, and it would seem that Japan has not yet initiated active hostilities against the Bolsheviks. A Palestine report announces a further British advance,- little, opposition being encountered from the now war-weary Turks.