Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1918 — WAR SUMMARY. [ARTICLE]

WAR SUMMARY.

The situation in the Picardy salient in France remains virtually unchanged, where the allied troops still Canadian and French troops conprogress is slow. 1 forecast an attempt to counter attack tinue to close in on Roye, while, farther south, the French are moving in toward Noy on. Opinion of allied experts to incline to the belief that a big German retreat still is in prospects, although the enemy has given no new evidence of breaking away. One dispatch from Amsterdam today stated ' that Germany had sent neutral military attaches to the Montdidier-Amiens sailent, soiMhing the German are fond of doing before starting operations on a large scale. This may promise of from ! ten to fifteen Ausin force. It is reported from The Hague that Germany has secured the promise of from ten to fifteen Austrian divisions on the western front by agreeing to the Austrian solutionof the Polish problem, which practically means turning Poland over to Austria. This report may prove to have been delayed and to account for the closing of the Austro-Swiss frontier last week. In Russia, the situation continues to develop favorably to the allies. It is" learned that four shiploads of American soldiers are with the army which landed on the White Sea and is pressing southward. Of particular interest to Americans is the announcement that our airplanes have successfully carried out their first large scale raid on the enemy. The big squadron was headed by a Chicago boy and all escaped safely an attack by enemy pursuit planes following the completion of their mission, although their leader was wounded.