The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-19
FIGHTING THREE
DAYS. RESULT
IN DOUBT
Battle Of the AIsns Progressing
with Undated Fury
HEAVY RAMS HAMPER TROOPS
Severe Losses Sustained BY Both
Sides and Wounded Suffer Be-
cause Of Bad Weather

Berlin, Sept 10, via Sayville Wire.
less station: The German forces
this morning stormed and took Beau
mont with $500 prisoners and large
quantities of supplies.
The war Office announces that the
Battle of the Aisne still continues
with the result in doubt. The Ger
man center has advanced and it Is
believed that the French attacks are
weakening.
The fighting has been in progress
for tire days in cold heavy rains
which is severe for both armies
The loses are heavy and greatly IN
creased by the exposure to which
the wounded are subjected.
In the east the Germans continue
TO make head against the Russians
and the Russian army has been fall
ing back steadily for several days
with heavy losses.
Paris, Sep. 19-The Battle Of the
Aisne still continues in the widest of
torrential runs which make the move.
ment of troops difficult The French
soldiers have been fighting for two
days, standing knee-deep in water
and the number of deaths from ex-
posture is growing.
The battle is still deadlock with
no material advantage on either side.
The losses are enormous as "a
fighting has been at shorter range
than any preceding battle of the war.
London, Sept. 1s.--The Paris cor.
respondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph company says;
'All accounts received in Paris
agree that the famous Prussisn
guards corps, the elite of the empire
and the especial pride of the German
emperor. has been practically blot
ted out from the battles which have
been waged along the Meuse, Marine
and Aisne rivers"
London, Sept. 1s.-For five days
the British and French armies have
heen trying to dislodge the Germans
from the strong line Of defenses
stretching from tho Disc to the
Meuse rivers. There have been at
tacks and counter-attacks, but, In
the words Of the official communica-
ton, there has been no change in
the situation"
The allies claim to have made
slight progress at some points
against the German right wing north
of the River Aisne and to have re-
pulsed counter-attacks there and be.
tween Craonne and Rheims, while
they say in the center and on the
right the Germans are acting purely
on the defensive having dug them
selves into entertainments"
The German official reports are al.
most identical with those Of their
enemies. They say that no decision
has yet been reached, but that the
allies power of resistance is relaxing.
that French attempt to break their
right has failed. that in the center
the Germans arc gaining ground
slowly and that allies from Verdun
have been repulsed.
II would seem from all this that
the commanding generals have not
yet found the weak points in their
opponents dispositions and that each
is Withholding his determined blow
for. as Lord Kitchener said in the
House of Lords, "the right moment"
The Germans, having reached Sc
lected positions. which they have
strongly fortified. would appear 70
have the advantage scco ding to mil
tsry critics. but for the fact that tn,
must defend the whole Of Their frluL
to mako good their retirement should
an attack by their side fail or a
smashing blow from the allies break
their line while the Anglo-rench
forces are declared TO be free to
mass at any point Gen. Joffre may
select as most suitable for attack.