Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1917 — FRENCH MAKE GAINS [ARTICLE]

FRENCH MAKE GAINS

ADVANCE ON LINE NORTHWEST OF BIXSCHOOTE. Berlin Says Artillery Duel in Flanders Has Agajn Increased to Greatest Intensity. London, Aug. 10. —Another gain of ground by French troops on the Flanders front, northwest of Bixschoote, is reported in the official statement on ti.- Fra neo-Belgian front operations. The Britjsh statement reads:,,;. •'French troops have again made pr<>gres> northwest of Bixschoote. .; “A party of the enemy which endeavored to approach our line north of Roetix, was driven off with loss by our fire.” Continuous rains and fogs have made the lust week one of little activity on the western fr«>ut. said Maj. Gen. Frederick B. Maurice, chief director of military operations at the war office. Berlin. Aug. 10. —The artillery duel in Flanders has again increased to the greatest intensity, reports the German general staff’. The bombardment had been ’ especially heavy’ On the Belgian coast and from Bixschoote to Hoilebeke. Paris, Aug. -lO—ln the region of the ridge of Chevregny and the Pantheon there was artillery activity, says the Official report given out by the French war office. North of Vaux-les Palameix on the Aisne front a French detachment cleared a Teuton trench, inflicting losses on the Germans, and returned to their own lines unhurt. Great masses of smoke clouds hang over the German lines as the French and the enemy exchange blows along various sections of the front,