The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
Slight Advance on Lens.

LONDON, Aug. 23.-Lens was still
the hottest point in the fighting on
the British front today, but despite
all resistance, the Canadians ad-
vanced their ctrcling lines slightly.
Field Marshal Haig's report said
the slight advance was to the south
east of the French coal city.
On the Ypres battle front east of
langemarck, hostile attack at a
strong point under gun fire, was re-
pulsed" the British commander in
chief asserted. I'm the neighborhood
of Lombartzyde the enemy raided a
forward post. Two of four men are
missing"
Gun Every Thirty Yards.
by John H. Hearley, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMIES IN
THE FIELD Aug. ga gun every
thirty yards over a front of thirty
seven miles was the concentration Of
Italian artillery achieved today at
one place in the great line where
General Cadorna's men pressed on
ward.
Approximately 1000 artillery pieces
Ol every COHCelPdDlo CdllDCi, "CiS
increasingly active In this sector to-
day. Prisoners declared the fire had
silenced numerous Austrian batteries.
The enemy is resisting desperate
ly, but headquarters today detected
signs of wavering morale in the face
of the incessant italian artillery fire
and the superb dash of the attacking
infantry.
With the Air Fleet.
WITH THE LAFAYETTE SQUAD
RON IN FRANCE, Aug. 23.-As the
land fighting today on the. western
front is the greatest of all battles on
the earth, so are massed aerial fight
ing forces on both sides fighting the
greatest Of all battles of the skies.
In the thick of it is the Lar'ayette
squadron of American flyers. They
are around Verdun. Here at their
Headquarters today, it was declared
the squadron had never before ex-
perienced such fighting or flying.
German aviators around Verdun are
thick and vigorously aggressive. Ger
many has concentrated an unprece-
dented number of anti-air craft guns.
Her gunners are infinitely more &C
curate than ever before.
Nevertheless the LaFayetters are
daily gaining new honors and making
new scores. The flyers make s~sHral
patrol trips daily over the entire
Verdun front and likewise participate
in bombing raids far behind the Ger
man lines. The Americans planes
have been re-equipped with bomb
troopers for big missiles and they
carry, in addition. quantity OF smaii
| bombs for hand throwing. d.
FLYERS today expressed the utmost
tndignation against the German ar
mems newest atrocity-using eSciu'
siyeIy in their machine guns eXpio-
siye and incendiary bullets.
CORPORAL Stephen Bigelow, OF BIOS.
ton. was recently slightly wounded
| nv one of these explosive pellets dur
ing a raid far to the rear OF the en-
envy lines. ,ou 80
Chicago. and Sergeant J. P. DOC
little of New York have been awarded
tho French war cross for bravery
Corporal VIM. E. Dugan. of South Or
onge N. J., has been granted three
weeks leave for a visit to the united
States.
| Sea Adler Was Sunk.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug 70.
The German raider Sea Adler winch
created terror in South American wa
ters last winter has been SUNK, aC'
cording to members OF Brltsh
steamships crew here.
The German raider. they said. went
down fighting hard after a battle with
pritish war ship. Only few OF
Iher men were saved. The snip
which brought the news is said to
have twelve members Of the Sea Ad
lers crew aboard.
| Today's War Map.
| NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Germany
has been bruised badly by the allies
Concerted offensives-but she still has
strangtb TO fight every inch of those
,,ns ,nd t.row thousands Of men into
s,nendinp counter attacks. In addition
sba has strength enough to start a
nowcrful thrust against the Russlan
Riga front. .,,;nor,,+ &c
capitals plainly showed this German
strer til today. They indicated tne
choin of battles On the west front mao
slackened perceptibly. England's hot
test attacks today were concentrated
rounn Lens-and there United Press
dispatches showed the Germans hae
ttrnwn no less than thirty violent
counter citacks against the fierce on
s,.uehts of the Canadians. The Brit
ish however. were slowly gaining
, ground
Frances great offensive at Verdnr
apparently ceased today.
semf-ofiicial DISPATCHES fna1cateo
tho obiectives of the allies had beer
The Italian offensive was the only