Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mentioe from Many Places. ITALIANS PRESSING AUSTRIANS Germans Suffer Heavy Losses in Fierce Counter Attacks.

No changes of any importance have occurred on the fighting front in France, although military activity has increased all along the line. The Germans have been making numerous attempts to wrest from the French the commanding ground in the Champagne captured during the recent offensive. Their attacks, however, have only netted them heavy casualties at the hands of the French artillery. Considerable artillery fighting has been reported south of the Scarpe and in the Ypres sector. Airplane combats resulted in the destruction of twelve German machines. The Italians have crossed the Timavo river and occupied the village of San Giovanni, northwest of Duina, near the Gulf of Triest, the Rome war office announces. They have captured nine six-inch guns. The Italians have fought their way forward to within two miles of Duino, the most formidable natural barrier between them and Triest. The great battle now enters its eighteenth day without any sign of abatement in the fury of the struggle. Vienna stubbornly refuses to concede the Italian victory, but the map tells the story of General Cadorna’s steady advance.