The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-08

the vicinity Of Roye. the French, ac
cording to the official communication
issued ct Paris, have resumed the Of
fensive at several points, while othe
positions on their left have been ap
preciably maintained.
The great effort Of the Allies to en-
yelop the German right wing may
therefore. be said to be again In opera
tion, and It II believed that the whole
French column from Roye northwart
to Arras Is moving eastward against
the German positions. It Ii the same
operation that has been tried re
peatedly for the last three weeks IN
an attempt to reach the German lines
Of communication and encircle the
German army forming the right wing
or force 1t to fail back to Belgium
and Luxembourg. 8.
French Reach Douai.
London, Oct. 5.-The Daily Mails
correspondent In France reports fight.
ing in and around Douai, eighteen
miles south of Lille, and says that 4
the French have reached Douai in
force that the situation Of General Won
Kluck must be desperate.
General Won Kluck," the cores
pondent says. has had all the re-
endorsements which can be spared
him and yet finds himself outnum.
bered at every point"
Enolish Ars II Antwerp.
London, Oct. 5.-The Morning Posts
correspondent in Antwerp makes the
following statement: THE Belgian
field artillery is cooperating effect.
ually with our heavy artillery. Our in.
fantry, is entrenched on the rear bank
of the Nethe opposite the main Ger
man forces. Two German attempts to
cross the river have been smothered
by our artillery"
The dispatch Is the first intimation
that English forces have gone to Ant
werp and are cooperating with the
Belgians in the defense of that city.
A cattaro Fort Destroyed.
Chiasso, Oct. 5.-The Anglo-French
fleet has resumed the bombardment
of Cattaro and has destroyed Lustica,
one Of the strongest forts. The wire
less station has also been destroyed.
The Serbs have completely surround
ed Sarajevo, the capital Of Bosnia.
London, Oct. 5.-The Rome cores
pondent of the Exchange Telegraph
Company has sent the following dis
patch: "A message from Bucharest,
Rumania, announces that the presi-
dent of the council of the crown and
and Democratic leaders
have decided to ask King Charles not
to hold the council meeting fixed for
this week, saying there is no need
for Rumania to change her policy Of
neutrality"
Making Slow Progress.
Paris, Oct. 3.-The following official
has just been issued:
, 'First-On our left wing one of
our detachments which came out Of
Arras "a fortified town and capital
Of the department Of Pas.de.C alais)
has fallen back a little toward the
east and north Of that city. North Of
The Somme we have made progress in
'front.' of Albert. Between Roye and
Lassigny the enemy has directed vio-
emit attacks which have broken
against our resistance.
"Second-Quiet prevails along the
est of the 'front.' It Is reported that
n the neighborhood of st. Mihiel (de-
,artment of Mouse, twenty miles |
outheast Of Verdun) there remains
10 enemy on the left bank of the
deuse."
Premature Reports Of success.
London, Oct. 3.-The battle of the |
Aisne, as it is still called, although the
rmies contending in 1t have spread
ar beyond that river, now has been
n progress just three weeks and no
ecision has been reached.
Reports from Paris earlier in the
1eek that the allies operations were
bout to succeed were premature.
rom all appearances there must be
lore fighting before either side gives
ray. 49,. .. So
The heaviest blows are being given
nd taken In the western area, where.
ccording to French official COM
an extremely violent bat
Q continues, especially in the Roye
lstrict where the Germans have con-
considerable forces. The
added that the action
as extending more and more north
ard and that the fighting front now
ktended to the district south Of
isne.
No Result In East Prussia.
Petrograd, Oct. 3.-The general staff
has issued the following
'ficial statement:
1.-THE battle on the front In Eastern
russia continues ON the line of
iriampol. No decisive result has
sen obtained. We have at last &C. ]
lpied the German position at
west Of Symno. Under
ght of offensive attack by the Rus.
ans the enemy retired from Lei.
,uny, In the direction Of Suwalki. ,
4 the road from Seyny. northward toll /