WEST FRONT ACTIVE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 141, 4 March 1918, Page 5

WEST FRONT ACTIVE

FKEII AND AMERICAN LINES ENGAGED EMEMY. ADVANCING IN RUSSIA. REFUSES TO CEASE HOSTILITIES GERMAN NAVAL CRAFT LOST A notable feature of to-day's dispatches from the Western front is a distinct "tuning up" of activity right along the line. British, Belgian, French, and Americans have all been engaged—at some points very strenuously—in dealing with attacks of the enemy. In no instance were the Germans able to score. Some particularly severe fighting is reported from the French-American front. The artillery bombardment i 6 very heavy. "In Russia the Germans, refusing to ceaso hostilities till peace is signed, continue to advance, but the speed of the offensive is slackening before the growing resistance of the Russians. Japanese intervention is still keenly discussed. Action is certain, but its extent is not yet clear. Japan manifestly does not wish to take any steps likely' to provoke hostile comment from her Allies, and at this juncture it is necessary that Russia should clearly understand that the intervention of Japan is a friendly act, designed to restore internal order and frustrate German schemes for aggrandisement in the Far East. Several German naval vessels were caught in a minefield and sunk.