ALLIES AWAITING NEXT MOVE IN THE WEST
ADVENT OF VON MACKENSEN NEW CRISIS IN RUSSIA GESMAN OCCUPATION OF PETIOGRAD EXPECTED Very little news came through from the Western front last night. ■The lull continues, , and the tension of expectancy along the Allied line is increasing. According to the air reports, the enemy is displaying great activity behind hie line.?, but the cut-up slate of tho ground and the harassi'Cg attention of the Allies' bombing 'pianos are impeding his concentration!;. It is reported that Field-Marshal von Mackenson is in command of tho 'Sermiin. forces from tho Somme to Arms. Press comment on tho Navy's lulost raid on Ostend complains that these enterprises should iiavo been tried much sooner, before the Germans had time to develop th.eir defensive works at Zoobruggc and Ostend. The internal chaos in Russia aad tiie truculent demands of the Germans are reported to have evolved a new crisis, with the probability of a German march on Petrogsad and Moscow.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 201, 14 May 1918, Page 5
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162ALLIES AWAITING NEXT MOVE IN THE WEST Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 201, 14 May 1918, Page 5
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