Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

The town of Bray, north of the Somme, ten miles west of Peronne, is reported to have been entered by American troops fighting with the British left wing in Picardy. This is the farthest point to which Haig’s forces north of the Somme have penetrated, and the advance indicates that the German right,, which held most stubbornly during the last four days, is being slowly but steadily pushed back upon the Bapaume-iPe-ronne-Ham railroad, toward which the allied center and right has made such menacing progress. Latest reports show that the City of Albert mi&t fall within a few hours. Front dispatches reporting the evacuation by the Germans of Roye, the main railway center in their Picardy pocket, ten miles northeast of Montididier, are still unconfirmed officially, but the town’s occupation by the allied center is * expected shortly. The fifth day brought few important changes in the battle line, but the Franco-British-American pressure continues, while artillery is being brought up and the gains are being consolidated. All along the line German resistance has stiffened strongly. Teuton counter attacks, however, were without avail.

Parie> advices quote authoritative estimate as placing the number of prisoners taken so far at nearly 40,000, and that of captured guns at 700. Though fighting is continuous north of the Vesle, where the Americans, who have crossed the river are maintaining their positions, no attempt is being made to storm the steep slopes which the Germans are defending with great number* of machine guns. Fismette, in the outskirts of Fismes, is nothing more than a mere heap of ruins and is unoccupied by either Germans or Americans.

We have just received • another shipment of Southern Indiana Sorghum. This will take the place of sugar in making pies, cakes, and in doing all kinds of cooking and baking. It can also be used in making plum and apple butter. $1.29 a gallon when you furnish your own jar to put it in. EGER’S GROCERY Helen Odaffer, who had been the guest of her sister, Mrs. S.' P. Hilliard, left thi smorning fpr her home in Van Wert, Ohio.