Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1917 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

The situation in chaotic Russia, where the Meximalist revolution has brought about the downfall of the Kerensky regime, in Petrograd at least, continued to hold the center of interest in the war news today. The Maximalists, who have declared for peace, are reported to have gained control of the city only after a fourhour battle in which the women’s Battalion of Death fought a heroic but losing fight. . In Italy, the Teuton steam roller is smashing ahead. “We are fighting our way ahead in mountain and in plain,” is Berlin’s latest word. Earlier the German war office announced the capture of 17,000 Italians, including a general, bringing the total bag since the drive began to 250,000 men and 2,300 guns. The Germans have swept across the Livenza River and are advancing on the Piava. On the west front, Berlin reports increased artillery fire at Dixmude and Passchendaele, probably forecasting *-a new allied thrust in Flanders. The Paris night communique reported violent artillery combats on the whole Aisne front and in upper Alsace. Tuesday night, the statement says, French flyers threw 2,300 kilograms of" explosives upon the stations of Therout, Cortsmarck, Roulers .and Lichtervelde. In Macedonia artillery activity has been revived. There have been sharp patrol encounters.