Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-10-08
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1857 IN
full SWING
Northeast France Is.
Pivot Of Battle.
ALLIES ON OFFENSIVE,
Have Set Themselves Task lpl
Forcing Germans Back.
ALL IS QUIET IN LORRAINE
No Change In Positions Of op.
nnsing Armies
ALL IS QUIET IN LORRAINE
No Change In Positions Of op
posing Armies.

vicinity of Roye, the French, accord
ing to the official communication is
sued at Paris, have resumed the of
fensive at several points, while Other
positions on their left have been ap
preciably maintained.
The great effort of the allies to en-
velope the German right may there
fore be said to be again in operation
and it is believed that the whols
French column from Roye northware
to Arras is moving eastward against
the German position.
1t is the same operation that has
been tried repeatedly for the lasi
three weeks in an attempt to reach
the German lines of communication
and encircle the German army form
ing the right wing or force it to fal.
back to Belgium and Luxembourg.
It is believed that the British In
dian troops are now on the line arc
possibly some of the British terri
torials and it is known that the Ger
mans have sent up heavy reinforce
ments from the center to aid the hare
hghting soldiers on the right.
Invaders on Defensive.
The Germans have had a long time
in which to make their position Sc
cure, so there is lot of hard fightins
ahead for both the attacking forces
and the defenders. The defensive role
is now apparently being assumed by
the invaders.
In the center, from the Disc to the
Argonne, the two well entrenched ar
mics are still watching each other
ready at a moments notice to meel
attacks or on the advance of aerial OBJ
servers to move to some point where
the line is threatened.
In the Argonne district, where the
crown princes army attempted an ad
vance few days ago, there has beer
additional fighting, with the result
that the Germans have been pushed
hack northward. In southern Woevre
the French are making progress, bu
very slowly" against the Germans
who crossed the Mouse at st. Mihiel
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Quiet In Lorraine.
In Lorraine and the Vosges there i:
no change in the positions of the Cd
posing armies. This probably is ac
counted for by the fact that the Ger
mans have not sufficient forces to at
tack the almost impregnable line o.
Notifications, while the French are
too busy elsewhere to ATTEMPT an in
vasion of the lost provinces. They
have set themselves the task of get
ting the Germans out of northeastern
France. and if this can be accom-
plished they are faced with the neces
sity of attacking the German positions
in Alsace-Lorraine.
OF the result of the operations
around the line of Notifications Of
Antwerp there is considerable mys
terry.
Relgians Fall Back.
The Belgian legation at London an
nounced that the Belgians had beer
compelled before violent artillery
attack to fall back east of the rive
Senne, toward the Nethe. This wa.
taken to mean that some of the forts
had fallen, and the German official re
port asserts as a fact that Forts Lierre
Waelhem and Konigshoyck had beer
taken. with redoubts and earthworks
and that the Germans had entered
The line of forts thu ough the breaches
Later the Belgian minister, on au
thority of a telegram from Antwerp
declared that the forts had not beer
captured. although Waelhem was bad
ly damaged
In the battle of Augustowo, in Rus
sian Poland, victory is claimed for the
Russian arms, the official communica
ton from Petrogard declaring that the
German defeat is complete.
The Japanese in their campaign
against the German concession Of
Ktauchau have been reinforced al
Weihsien. in Shantung province. Hav
Ing made answer to the protest Of the
China government they are proceed
Ing with the business In hand withou,
further 0nfnmnS,A