Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1917 — GERMAN RETREAT ON SOMME [ARTICLE]

GERMAN RETREAT ON SOMME

Berlin Statement Admits Withdrawal Between the River and Serre. Berlin, Feb. 16.- —German troops in the region between Serre and the River Somme, in France, withdrew from some of their advanced positions, in accordance with orders from their commander, says the' official statement issued by German army headquarters. iyeven entente airplanes were brought down by the Germans. Paris. Feb. 16.—French detachments made an attack between the Oise and the Aisne and penetrated as far as the second German line, the war office announces. The German losses were heavy. ;