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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
2
London reports the German war office admits a withdrawal along an eleven mile front on both sides of the Ancre in France. The ground was evacuated voluntarily and a new defensive line prepared, with the movement kept concealed from the enemy.
British forces advance about 600 yards on a mile and a half front north of Miraumont with little German opposition, as 2133 prisoners are reported in a month of retreats. German raids near Ablaincourt and Rancourt are repelled. Paris and Berlin note limited action elsewhere. In Mesopotamia the British pursue Turks toward Baghdad. a German plane bombs Broadstairs injuring a woman.
London dispatch reports February captures: 2133 German prisoners including 36 officers. Villages seized or surrendered include Ligny Thilloy Lebarque Warlencourt Pys Miraumont Petit Miraumont Grandcourt Puyisieux au Mont Serre and Gommecourt. Ground advances along the Ancre and minor raids plus artillery activity noted.
Official Paris reports a surprise French strike against a German trench near Tehure successful. Other briefs note British assaults east of Souchez failing, bread cards planned in Paris, British advances near Le Transloy and Sailly held, German withdrawals along the Ancre front, Romanian troops taking Teuston positions near Rekoja, Austrians pushed back by Italians on Monte Mosciagh, Gorizia bombarded by Teuton aircraft.
In the House of Commons today Laurence Ginnell asks Lord Robert Cecil if William Pedlar an American citizen has been deported from Ireland and held at Oxford. Lord Cecil replies he has no knowledge of such a case. Ginnell urges inquiry, but Cecil says no.
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