South Bend news-times., 1917-08-25
FRENCH GAIN IN
FIERCE FIGHTS
italians Capture 20,500 PriS-
onerS-BritiSh Continue
Attacks at YpreS.

Gen. Cadorna's army IS stl hard
after the Austuaus an alone tho
Isonzo and Carso fronts Of the Aus
tro-Italiau theater and. aided bv
the valiant Italian airmen. who are
dropping bombs iu great numbers
on conceutra tious behind the enemy
lines. it has made further progress
ana taken additional prisoners and
war stores
Already in the offensive not vet
n week old. 900 Austrian officers
and 10000 men have becn sent be-
mind the Italian lines prisoners OF
VAT and i'm the neighborho0d of so
guns cf various calibre have been
captured, i'm addition to numerous
others destroyed by the intensive
gun fire Of the Italians
on several sectors to the west the
enemy has made semblances of Of
fensives. probably hoping 20 distract
the attention Of the Italian COM
mander-in-chief from the work ne
now has I'm hand. But seemingly.
there is little likelihood that for the
moment. al least with his army
working smoothly and the Austrians
unable 10 withstand the pressure. he
is 20 be diverted from pressing on
toward his objective -Triest.
French Take Hill 3OI.
Although il had been believed the
French would rest content with the
gains they had made against the
Germans IN the region of Nerdun.
of the German crown prince and
capture the famous hill 3O4. the
scene OF some Of the bloodiest con
flicts Of the war. the Camard wood
and fortified works between the
HaucOurt wood and BethincOurt.
The penetration OF the German
front was at an average depth of
one and quarter miles.
Hard fighting continues between
the British and the Germans around
Lens. i'm northern France ana
Ypres i'm Belgium. The Canadians
have captured and now hold trench
es az the southwestern edge Of Lens
on the monster Stag heap known as
the Green Crassier The position
was not captured without the hard
est kind Of fighting being taken
and retaken several times before it
rested securely i'm the hands Of the
Canadians
British Pushed Back.
Near Ypres however, Field Mar
shall Haig's forces have met with "a
slight reverse at the hands Of Crown
Prince Rupprecht's army having
been compelled 90 yield ground cap
ture1 Wednesday along the Ypres
Manin road I'm the face OF extremely
>Ioleut attacks carried out 10y fresh
reserves The battle is still going on
fr this region
The Berlin war office asserts that
in the recent British offensive 21
tanks were destroyed by the Ger
man guns and are now lying i'm
front OF thN opposing positions i'm
no mans land Some Of the crews
81 the monsters were made prison
cr while others were killed.
Details OF the German offensive
in northern Russia. 20 the west Of
Riga are still meagre. but the Ger
man war office announces that the
German troops have reached the
vicinity OF the "A river along the
Gulf OF Riga The Petrograd official
communication dismisses the hos
<iliues I'm this sector with the bare
announcement "Ouly unimportant
actions have taken place.
Tn Roumauia a notable stiffening
fu the Russo Roumauia front is oh
served Inn the failure of the Austro-
Germans 90 make further sains- At
tack- delivered at several points
have been checked by the Russo
Eoumanians and AZ some places the
defenders Of the kingdom even have
forced the issue. and with some sue
cess.