Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 194, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1918 — LATE WAR BULLETINS. [ARTICLE]

LATE WAR BULLETINS.

CAVALRY IN ACTION. With the British Army in France, Aug. 25, 10 p. m. —On come parte of the northern battle front the British have reached points a thousand yards from the old Hindenburg line, which seems strongly held. In addition to crossing the AlbertBapaume road at many places, the British have made progress . southward for a considerable distance, with the cavalry operating in frbnt of the infantry.

TWO TOWNS FALL. ' London, Aug. 25.—Field Marshal Haig today continued his attacks against the Germans north of the river Somme.. Contalmaison, three and three-quarters miles northeast of Albert, and Warlencourt-Eaucourt, on the Albert-Bapaume road, three mjlek southeast of Bapaume, have been captured by the British, according to the official statement issued today by the war office. * TAKE 400 HUNS. Paris, Aug. 25.—The French have contjnued their progress east of Bagneux, between the Ailette and the Aisne, according to the war office announcement tonight. They repulsed counter attacks west of Crecy-Au-Mont. Four hundred additional prisoners have been taken. THANKS. I Paris, Aug. 25.—“ The fine victories of the past week have definitely decided the fortunes of war,” says M. Clemenceau, the French premier, in a message today, thanking the departmental councils which voted con-' gratulations to the government on the trend of the war. Amsterdam, Aug. 25.—Cxecho-Slo-vak and anti-Bolshevik forces have re-occupied the town of Kazan, on the river Volga, says a Moscow dispatch to the Weser Zeitung, of Bremen. The Bolshevik were forced to retreat after heavy fighting.