Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1916 — DEADLOCK ON WEST FRONT [ARTICLE]

DEADLOCK ON WEST FRONT

Battle Rages All Along the Line, With No Advantage for Either Side. London, July 28.—Every variety of warfare, from urtlllery duels to hand-to-hand combats, marked the day’s activities on the western front, without any pronounced advantage by either; side. General Haig reported “no events of importance” along the British front, but Indicated German counter-attacks, and specifically mentioned hand to hand lighting. The German version of the fighting In this region was that a British grenade attack west of Pozleres was repulsed. The Teutons, however, mentioned an entirely new bit of activity—a British reconnoiterlng attack southwest of Warneton and near Richebourg. This is in the Ypres sector, where there has been a lull for weeks.