Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1917 — ALLIED ONSLAUGHT GROWING [ARTICLE]

ALLIED ONSLAUGHT GROWING

Russians Continue to Inflict Severe Losses on Teutons. The Teutonic allies continue to suffer severe losses on both the. eastern and western fronts. The Russians have not alone made considerably, gains in territory but have captured since July l about 36,643 officers and men, ninetythree heavy and light guns, twentyeight trench mortars, 403 machine ' guns and ninety-one guns of other description. The French and English liare continued their advance on the western front. It is felt certain that many of the Germans have been taken from this section to the eastern front in ah effort to stop the Russians, and the opposition to the French and English is growing weaker day by day. One of the most important even+s of the week is the news from Greece 1 that indicates its entry ihtc the war on the - side of the allies. While no formal declaration of war has been made, yet such a condition actually exists and mobilization of Greece's forces is * under way. Greece is capable of raising an army of 300,600 if they P’e furnished with munitions, and this number added to the allied forces in the Balkans would mean muck.