Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 276, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1917 — WAR SUMMARY [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY

While spirited fighting continues on the western front there is little change in the situation. London, admitting a retirement southwest of Novelle-sur-l’Escaut and Bourlon wood, claims a gain of ground in the vicinity of La Vacquerie, indicating that the British wedge has , been strengthened at the point , where the German counter attack , threatened the positions most seriously. Berlin reports the number of prisoners taken in the German counter offensive around Cambrai at 9,000 and the big guns caputred as 148. The official statement also says German troops have occupied the towns of Graincourt, Anneux, Cantaing, Noyelles and the wo6ds and heights north of Marcoing. South of St. Quentin, Paris i reports, French patrols took prisoners. Successful raids are also reported north of Ailles and in Alsace. On the right bank of the Meuse, French guns shelled German batteries between Louvemont and Bezonvaux. On the Italian front new Aus-tro-German offensive has resulted in the capture of 11,000 prisoners and sixty guns, according to Berlin announcement. The Italians are lighting stubbornly but Rome admits enemy gains at Monte Tonderecar. Elsewhere along the ten mils front, says the official statement, the Asiago lines still hold. Meanwhile the battle continues with unabated fury and no definite decision has yet been reached. <. 1 • - —,®. ■- •