Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

The fifth German offensive of 1918 appears to be definitely checked if not absolutely beaten. Attacking on a «ixty-five mile front west of Chateau Thierry on the Marne River to the Argonne forest, for east of Rheims, the Germans threw forward sixty divisions (700,000 men) of shock troops. At no point were the allied lines pierced, though least of Rheims a withdrawal at one place of some four miles was necessary. On the Marne, where possibly the greatest effort was made, the enemy suffered a sharp defeat. After the Germans had crossed the river at three places and pushed back the Americans for a mile and a half, our trops reacted, captured 1,500, including a brigade staff and drove 15,000 of the enemy back to the north bank of the stream. This line is being held firmly by the Americans today. ’ Gen. Luderndorff is understood to be in supreme command of the German although j it is the Crown Prince’s troops that are being used in great numbers. The gain that has been made in the first day of what is declared to be the supreme enemy effort to end the .war this year is not commensurate with the losses. The gain, in fact, is confined to four or five unimportant villages, most of them near Rheims. West of Rheims, where Italians were brigaded with the French, and on the Marne, where the Americans and French fought regiment by regiment, under French command, the enemy was repulsed. The allied command looks forward confidently to the outcome.

Ruth Rainier returned to Indianapolie today, after a visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Raimer.