Asuncion, Aug. 16, 'Smashing advances in' the Gran Chaco war against Bolivia were claimed in a communique issued today by the Paraguayan War Office.
Paraguayan troops in the jungle where sanguinary hostilities " have been in progress for more than two years yesterday captured Fort Pieuiba, a strategic stronghold in the Bolivian line, the communique claimed.
To-day's announcement was the first official word to come out of the "Green Hell" for several weeks, the battle having languished since he furious engagements around Fort Ballivan some years ago—United
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