The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-09-28
TEUTONS Retire
FROM FLANDERS
Evacuation Of Several Towns
Is Reported.

Amsterdam, Sept. 1.-THE popula-
ton of the Belgian city of Roulers.
behind the German front, has been
removed and the transportation of
the inhabitants at Ostend has been
begun, according to the Handelsblad.
The newspaper says 1000 persons
have departed from Courtrat, and
that many Belgians have been forced
to work on the defenses of Tourco-
ing.
This report is in line with advices
received a week or so ago from Hazes
brouck northern France, that west
ern Flanders was being evacuated by
the Germans as far as the Courtrait-
Thomrout line.
Raids by the British near Iverness
Copse and Cherisy. on the Flanders
front, which gave them new positions
from which the Germans were I'M
able to expel them in counter attacks,
and stubborn fighting on the north
ern Russian front are the principal
developments in the war theaters as
related by the latest official communi-
cations.
The Petrograd statement says that
the Russian troops in the Riga sector
are fighting with determination. re
polling German attacks. Attacks on
the Roumanian front also have been
beaten back
I'm the direction of Riga and on
the Pskoff road, in the region of Ze-
gevold farm, stubborn battle is pro-
ceeding," says the statement Our
troops are showing great firmness and
stability. repelling attacks. In the
region north of Lake Petchur our
scouts found the burned remains of a
German airplane which our fire had
brought down. On the remainder OF
the front there were fusillades.
In the direction of Fokshand
(Roumanian 'front.', in the region of
Fitioniesch and Merechesohi, enemy
scouting parties attempted at several
places, under cover of artillery fire,
to approach Roumanian trenches, but
were repealed everywhere. An enemy
attack northwest of Merechesci was
repealed"
The Berlin statement says that the
British troops attacked German lines
in the region of the Ypres-Menin
road, where they were thrown back
except at one point north of the road
where they forced their way into the
German line on a small front.
The Paris statement reports artii-
lery engagements on various sectors
of the west front, but records no
fighting of consequence.
Following their successful raid
west of Cherisy, our troops raided
enemy trenches in this neighborhood
a second time during the night and
penetrated the German positions as
far as the western outskirts of Cher
isy," says the British statement. I'VE
captured few more prisoners and
were again slight. In addition to the
prisoners taken by us and the
enemy's casualties in wounded, over
seventy Germans were killed in the
course OF these two raids His dug
outs and defenses were completely
wrecked During the night hostile
party attacked one of our posts north
of Lens, but was driven off.
Early morning the enemy counter
attacked north of Iverness COpse in
an endeaver TO retake the strong
pc ut captured by us in this area
This also was repulsed.
The hostile artillery showers IN
creased actively during the night
east of Ypres."
Italian troops gained ground along
the southeastern side of the Balm
sizza plateau. it is announced official
ly. More than 400 men were cap
tured