Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

Heavy artillery fire in Picardy today is believed to presage a prompt renewal of the German offensive against Amiens. Dispatches from the front say that the cannon are roaring with ever increasing intensity and that all the signs of quick movement on the part of the Germans are present. Von Hindenburg’s “strong local attack” in Flanders, reported yesterday, has gained the Germans nothing but losses. Field Marshal Haig reports today that his position on the five-mile front attacked has been completely restored. A slight German success at Albert is reported, together with increased activity on the front held by the Americans before Amiens. In the east, Berlin reports that German troops have reached and occupied Rostov, the great port at the mouth of the River Don. There are indications that the German cleannup of the Ukraine is about finished. artillery fire is reported from the Italian front.