Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-09-28
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Along almost two-tbirds Of the great
battle line across northeastern France
the armies of the allies and Germany
fought fiercely today, at some points
with the bayonet, and tonighVs stHte~
menta from both sides are worded
with the optimism which characteriz-
es all these official pronouncements.
Ii was agreed that the allies had con-
tinued their advance.
The French claimed marked pro-
gress and the German announce
ment from Berlin. though insisting
that the advance had been repuised,
nevertheless referred to Il as an ad-
vance
Elsewhere along the battle front
neither side seems To have achieved
any notable success
The continued forward movement
OF the Russian troops in Galicia; the
appearance Of German aerial fleet
dropping bombs over various places In
Belgium and again In Paris ana War
saw, and the movement OF vast bodies
of German troops into Russia by way
OF east Prussia, were chiefly signifi-
cant In a summary Of the events In
both theaters Of war.
or the German bombs thrown none
seems 20 have done extensive damage.
One man Is reported TO have been
Killed in Belgium and one IN faris
The explosives in Paris. however. fell
near the quarter occupied BY many
Americans.
There Is an unconfIrmed report that
an attack on Antwerp IL impending.
M Notable Achievement
Neither army has achieved any
thing notable since the allies have re-
ported progress In one direction. the
allies al one point claim To have
thrown back desperate advance by
the crack Prussian guard. and thu
Germans insist that today. with
weaker force, their right has checked
the advance of a mixed French and
British force brought up by rail.
Recurring references TO bayonef
charges seem to prove conciusiNelS
that this picturesque and romantic
phase of warfare, which Il was
thought had been killed by the advent
of the great guns and other equipment
of modern armies, Is not all think
of the past.
The French official communication
says that at some points the trenches
a small portion Of the millions en-
gaged have known the stimulation and
thrill Of hand To hand fighting.
Dispatches from Petrograd report
that fierce fighting still goes on In Ca
licia, though Cracow. towards which
the Russian hosts have been marching
ever since Prezmysl was invested and
the communications cut, has not yet
been attacked
10 the north. the German invasion
is assuming vaster proportions, not
withstandlng the Russian war office
inslsts that the Germans are being re-
pulsed at the frontier. II is estimated
here that the German front extends
from the Baltic coast to the southern
boundary OF Silesia, a distance oil
about 400 miles
What opposition the Germans have
met Is believed 10 have been little
more than a cavalry screen. The fight
ing centered again today along the
river Niemen, from Suwalki Russian
Poland 10 SopotzlSin. The official
statement issued tonight at Petrograd
said that the German artillery had
been unable TO assume the offensive
at Sopotzkin and that their retreat
was mere or less general
ncarih OF Naval News.
There has been dearth OF naval
news in the last twenty-four hours.
and, although the fall of the Austrian
seaport Cattaro has been reported Inn
minent for several days, that event
has not vet been recorded.
The German emperors Illness va
riously described last week as a Sc
we're cold and Influenza. IL now said
to be inflammation of the lungs. due
to the emperor falling into a water
filled trench
To the cholera. heretofore reported
among the Austrian troops, has been
added. according To an Antwerp dis
patch, typhus fever. which Is said to
be raging IN the German camps
around Brussels and near Termonde.
II is reported that several hundred
Germans have alrendy succumhed to
this disease.
Quick to realize. as did Germany.
the necessity OF a high birth rate 70
offset the deaths due to the war, q
movement has been started in Eng
land to reduce the marriage fees and
to encourage soldiers and sailors to
take wives before leaving for the front
The archbishop of Canterbury has adj
dressed an open letter on the subject
10 a London paper. IN Germany "A sims
ilar mqvemont was inaugurated some
time ago.