The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-01
Turning Movement
Continued by Allies
INDICATIONS THAT
BATTLE NEARS END
Paris Reports German Right
Wing Is Bending Under
Terrific Pressure.

London, Oct. According to the
official bulletin given out by the war
offioe In Paris the turning movement
of the allies on their left wing north
of the Somme river is developing rap
idly.
No one knows except those on the
ground just how the great siege bat
tie of the Aisne is progressing, but
there are many indications that its
nineteenth day may be witnessing a
stupendous and decisive struggle in
the valley of the Somme,
Between the Rivers Disc and Aisne
the Germans have delivered vigor
Gus attack on Tracy-le-Mont, north
east of the forest OF Aigue, which has
been repulsed with heavy losses.
Confirmation of a news agency story
that the German right wing had brok-
en- and was In fight still is lacking.
Military experts show an inclination
to discount this story, although they
consider the breaking of the German
right wing would be only a natural
result of the great turning movement
which, according to line given out
by the French Official reports, shows
the German right wing virtually Is at
right angles with the rest of the line.
Reports Show Similarity.
For the first time In the war there
is some concordance in the drifts Of
the reports from the headquarters of
the three armies holding the center
of the stage in France. 1t is to be
noted however. that corroboration by
one side of claims of the other is
largely negative. The French ad-
vances In the vicinity of Verdun and
Toul have been renewed, according to
the official German statement, and the
communication CT General Joffre, COM
mander-in-chief of the French forces.
agrees with it in the statement that
his troops have made Slight progress"
In the field
At the other end of the 250-mile
line the allies are holding their own.
is the report from British headquar-
ters, and the Berlin announcement
seems indirectly to admit this claim
by announcing that battles on this
line have been indecisive. Both the
French and German Official reports
agree the center is relatively calm.
The fact that the German army head
quarters admit their great efforts to
throw back the pressure of the allies
is regarded in England as significant.
Belgium again has been the scene
of fighting which in war Of less
magnitude than the present titanic
struggle would be called great bat
| tie, as 1t is estimated that more than
10000 men were engaged In the Ant.
| werp triangle. Desperate fighting
took place along line extending
| from Termonde to Aerschot. The
Germans are reported to have been
reinforced from the south of Brus
sells and steadily are drawing their
lines about the Antwerp fortresses.
German Troops Recalled.
That Germany is hard pressed by
the allies In France is indicated In
advices from Copenhagen that all
the German troops who have been In
Schleswig, Prussia, have been sent
hurriedly into France and Belgi
and to protect Sylt, one of the No.
Frisian island, on the west coast oil
Schleswig. These soldiers will be re
placed by smaller divisions of land
strum troops.
A dispatch to the Reuter- agency In
London from Amsterdam says a tele
gram reaching there from Brussels, Wis
Berlin, says in the battle around
Malines, Belgium, the German artil
lery was instructed not to lombard
the town In order to spare the cathe
dral. The dispatch said the Belgian;
themselves threw heavy shells intt
the town from Fort Woelheim.
+ The commander of the German
troops around Antwerp is said to hav,
expressed his readiness to make thu
following agreement with the Belgian