Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 227, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1917 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

With terrific fighting still in progress in Flanders the full extent of the allied gains in the latest British and f rench drive cannot be accurately determined. Latest reports put the advance at two miles, on a front of approximately wtenty miles. The British captured the important village of Poelcappelle, 4 miles from Passchendael, the key to the sector of the ridge for which Marshal Haig is battling. The French, on the British left wing, stormed and captured the villages of St. Jean de Mangelars and Valdhoek, with numerous blockhouses. Their advance is estimated at 1% miles on a front of more than a mile and a half before the Houtholst wood.

The British report 1,000 German prisoners counted, with a stream of captives continuing to pass back of the lines. The French have captured 300 Germans, together with much material. On the eastern front artillery firing of extreme intensity in the region of Riga and around Dvinsk, indicate the Russians are about to make an advance. Heavy fusillades are also reported on the southwestern and Roumanian fronts. Russian submarine and torpedo boat activities are also reported in the Black Sea.