Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

The armies of the German crown prince, although bolstered up by reinforcements from the armies of Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, are continuing to retreat from the Sois-sons-Rheims salient under constant pressure from the Franco-American armies. While counter attacks and rear guard actions have slowed down the allied advance, the latest word from Paris is that) armies nowhere have been stopped and that the movement forward continues. The Germans evidently are planning a withdrawal to Hie line of the Vesle, which would give Gen. Foch a practically . straight line from Montdidier to Verdun. The enemy i» burning his stores and blowing •up the munition dumps he is unable he remove in the triangle between Soissons, the Marne and the cathedral city. Prisoners in large numbers still are taken by the allies. Paris experts now estimate the total Gorman iosses at 150,000. ' Indicative of the growing belief is the statement that coincident with the detachment of German troops from the northern front to assist the hard pressed crown prince, the British have sent an equal number of~ picked divisions to the Rheims sector. An allied blow in force east of Rheims would have interesting possibilities. There still are no signs of the Germans doing anything but retreat. Rupprecht has been reported for several days all. set for a smash at the British, who, it has been hinted, have delayed an offensive of their own because they did not .wish to run head-on into a German advance. Meanwhile tbe initiative in raiding remains with the British in the Flenders and Picardy sectors.