Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

Two important allied victories have been achieved on the west front. The British gained one mile on a three and one-half mile front between Bailleul and Bethune at the eastern end of the forest of Nieppe. They captured 350 prisoners and twenty-eight machine guns. Southwest of Sbissons the French advanced almost a mile on a four and one-half mile front from a point south of Amblemy to east of Montogobert. They captured the heights .to the northwest of Cutry and certain hills south of the village of St. Pierre Aigle. Thu attack was the culmination of several recent local operations, in which more than a thousand Germans have been taken prisoner.

A third notable success was scored by the Australians, who stormed and captured important u posts near Merris, to the north of where the British advance ,was made. The significance of these developments lies not in the immediate results, but in the .effect which may be noticed on the offensive which it is expected the Germans soon will undertake. The French and British lines were notably weak at both points where advances have just been reported. This was particularly true in the case of the British. Hazebrouk whose loss would have entailed the evacuation of Ypres, and consequetnly would have imperiled the channel ports, was menaced by the German line between Mailleul and Bethune. The English had insufficient room in which to maneuver either for offense or defense. By their sharp and victorious blow they have removed this danger. Three villages—L’Epinette, Vert erue and La Becue—fell into their hands. On the Asiago plateau in Italy the British made an important, though small, advance.