Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

General expectation of a Teuton offensive in the west was heightened by the report from Switzerland today that the Germans have again closed' the Swiss and Dutch borders. These frontiers will be virtually hermetically. sealed for thirty days. On she fighting front the general lull continues. General Haig reports three successful trench raids by the British near Ypres and heavy artillery action by the Germans near Bullecpurt, Lens and Ypres. The Italians were successful in local enterprises during the last twenty-four hours. Snow is falling heavily in the mountains now and is already proving a valuable ally to the Italians. No large-scale fighting activity is now looked for on that theater until spring. y