25 AUGUST 1917, page 1

The Austrians Began On Monday Night A Series Of Attacks

on the Trentino front, by way of diversion, but the Italians were not caught napping and these efforts failed. General Cadorna can concentrate his attention on the Eastern......

The French Army Has Surpassed Itself. Not Content With...

a most active part in the Flanders ban t le, while harassing the enemy on the Chemin des Dames and in the ( hampagne hills, our wonderful Allies began on Monday a tremendous new......

On The Eastern Front The Rumanians Have Had Another Week

of very Revere fighting, as the result of which their southern front has been drawn back a little way south of Ocna, in the Carpathian foothills. Their southern centre, at......

The Grand Italian Offensive Began Last Sunday Morning....

attacked on the whole line from Monte Nero, on the Upper Isonzo, to the sea—over thirty miles as the crow flies. They soon captured all the enemy's advanced positions, which......

News Of The Week.

T HIS has been for the Allies the greatest week of the war. j. The combined offensive on a grand scale that we all hoped for has begun in the West, though not, unhappily, in the......

The Battle-lino Does Not Stop At The Adriatic Coast. There,

in the shoal water near Trieste, the Italian Army has called to its aid the Italian and British Navies. Monitors from both Fleets are outflanking the Austrian positions and......

Sir Douglas Haig, With The French On His Loft, Resumed

the Third Battle of Ypres on Thursday week. While the French cleared the marshes on their left flank as far as the confluence of the Steen- beek and the Yser, the British pushed......

On Tuesday The Canadians Resumed The Second Battle Of Loos.

For days past they had withstood terrific counter-attacks without flinching. They moved forward on Tuesday morning just as the Prussian Guards were beginning a fresh effort,......

Last Sunday, East Of Langemarck, Our Troops Again...

a front of a mile, clearing out a number of fortified farms. On Wednesday a larger operation from Lengernarek to the Menin road, on a front of three and a half miles, enabled us......

The Germans Have So Often Told The World That Our

brave Allies were exhausted that many people have doubtless come to believe it. France has indeed suffered more than any other of the Allies, and her ill-luck in her great......

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