Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1917 — AMERICANS ENGAGE GERMANS [ARTICLE]

AMERICANS ENGAGE GERMANS

Enemy Lost Men but Number Is Not Known? WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRAJNCE, November 19. — sphere has been another dash between American and German patrols in No Man’s land. Full details are not known at this hour, beyond the fact that one American S’ tier was killed. merican patrols have been esially active the last two nights.' One encountered a German patrol close to the German lines. The firing at this point was hot, but brief. There is believed to have been German casualties but they cannot be determined. Artillery firing on the sector continues more active. . I While the Italians are holding the middle and lower reaches of the Piave river successfully against the Teutonic allied invaders and even have thrown back the greater portion of those who crossed the stream 1 and gained the western bank, the enemy is trying with strong forces in the north to beat back the troops of General Diaz, pierce the line and force a retirement westward from the river from the region off Vidor to the Adriatic sea. In this endeavor the invaders have captured several important points of vantage notably the villages of Quero and Monte Cornello, and have compelled the Italians under a heavy bombardment to etvacuate their strongly fortified position on Monte Tomba, almost the last stronghold barring the way to the northern edge of the Venetian plains.

London, November 19. —Premier Lloyd George defended himself in the house of commons this afternoon against the first serious attack his administration has faced and so far as the commons is concerned his defense seemed highly successful; the prime minister’s admirers called it a triumph. The attack was focused upon two points—the character of the war council which the premier announced in Paris and the condemnation of the allies’ past strategy which he pronounced in his Paris speech. ♦ The situation in Russia remains unchanged except that conditions are reported quieter but still! chaotic,. Ambassador Francis reported that he had obtained transportation from Petrograd to Harbin for Americans who wished to depart from the capital. Hie had recommended that all unattached women and men accompanied by women and children leave.