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FLANKS IN FIERCE
BATTLE OF THE
AISNE NOW IN
FOURTH WEEK
Fran
rig
of ¢
forces
Von
forced,
sent
Every atts
the preceding
The Allies
their ba
flanking
the
of
the
draw
they
in
and heavy
The
strength to withsiar
west
ing the
movement
more and
the German
more advance will szelze
Kluck every rallroad d
for communication w=
he has not been
strain beeca
wedge
come
The communiques
ports make |t
retreat is all
Alles
centre and cer
circling
LOOMS
more toward the rear
few miles
Von
upon
But
that
drive a
have
woat
from
epended
Belgium
able to
ith
lessen
use attempts to
through the Allies’
to nothing.
line
and unofficial re
appear that German
the near becaue efforts
to break the Verdun-Tou! line of for
tresses have failed. Ground gained
by the Germans at St. Mihiel has
been lost. The grip of the Allles
is everywhere tightening.
News apart from battle reports sig
nifies an early withdrawal from
France. There is a report that the
German General Staff has moved from |
Luxemburg to Mainz; that the Ger |
mans are preparing to withdraw from
Brussels and that the preparations |
for the defence of Cologne are being |
rushed. The line of retreat through |
Belgium is Already threatened,
WAR'S LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
VON KLUCK REINFORCED.
le arned t)
British artillery
been augmented by
type that
British
guns
operating
the Oise and the
north of the
ing the Germans
intrenched
have
iat the French and
now In action has
big naval guns of
proved so effective with
in South Africa.
These
force q
have heen
in the
Alane
Somme
gent to
triangle
and to
engaged in driv.
from their strongly
positions there Others
rushed to the army oper
the Woevre region.
the
of
those
been
The complaint heretofore
in the intrenched positions the
army had the longer range
that the shells of the Allies fell
short. This has now been remedied.
and the uninterrupted series
cesses that have marked all
due to the aid given by the naval guns,
which it is stated are manned by
thelr own gunners
German Armies
Are Not Lacking
i-official
in
communication was issued
According to announcement
i Berlin the great battle
is still undecided The
described as
positions at
made
in
}
nammering the
French
nNUMEerous by
neavy
2,500,000 Soldiers
Prepared to Resist
Russians at Cracow
For
as Tsar's Troops
ces Are in Battle
Press
Forward for Greatest Engage:
of Campaign.
Austro-German
Formation
ment
WAR NEWS
The French War Office annc
the extreme end of the
of dhe Allied Army reached
Arras. the ortherly point yet
attained in the flanking movement,
but
there was checked
German Army
that its heavy artillery is
ing the positions of the Allies at
many points, and that all attempts
of to break through the
German lines have been repulsed.
contrast to this, Russian reports
say that the Germans have suffered
a terrible defeat in the Provinces of
Lodz and Suwalki, losing 30,
killed and wounded and 2
prisoners.
Riots broke out in Brussels, and the
City was reported in grave danger
of being burned in reprisal for up-
risings.
Germans and Belgians in a continuous
battle, the line extending from
Termonde to Aerschat,
Alost was set on fire by German
shells, while the Belgian forts de.
fending Antwerp withstood fierce
bombardments,
Archduke Frederick of Austria in a
proclamation to the Austrian armies
told them that they and Germany
were defeating the Allies on every
side.
An unofficial despatch from Paris to
London said that the German right
wing had been completely broken
and was in full retreat, pursued by
the Allies,
The British official news bureau an.
nounces that the German cruiser
Emden, during the past few days
has captured and sunk in the In.
dian Ocean the British steamers
Tumeric, King Lud, Riberia, and
Foyle, and captured
Bursk.
unces that
left flank
has
most n
an attempt to push on from
Oy
Headquarters
the Germans
reports
hammer
the Allies
in
000 men
0,000
in
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WAR'S COST TO NATIONS.
One Estimate That the Bill
$21,900,000 a Day.
LONDON.—It is expected that
the Government will soon name
a further issue of $75,000,000
Trepsury bills,
in the last eleven days of
Beptember Government supplies
cost in excess of $75,000,000, the
bulk of which went for war pur-
poses, while in the preceding
week $43,505,000 was absorbed
in the same way,
The Government
hand Sept. 30
$20,000,000.
us more than
balance on
not exceed
is costing
$25,000,000
ly, the expenditure on “supply
services” having cased by
$211,910,000 during the eight
weeks of the war,
does
The war
week
incr
Berl
expend
gay
An estimate from
Germany's war
$5,000,000 a
mates place the
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est
France
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Foes of Russia
Are Massed to
Hold Cracow
German
Belgium
ning to «
of Antwerp
ugh
mare
ment
men
thre
are
HIDE TRENCHES
FROM AVIATORS
With Leaves and Grass French
Sappers Make Them Invis-
ible to Air Scouts.
London.—A war correspondent
sends a description of the crafty
way in which the French sappers
construct trenches so that they
are hidden from the eyes of Ger.
man aviators,
“lI watched them at their
gtask,” he says, “and they made
it a work of art, covering the
trenches most craftily with grass
and leaves, so that even Ger.
man aviators flying low would
never perceive these pits along
the wayside whence French rifle.
men would pour withering fire
upon the enemy's battalions.”
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