The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-18
KITCHENER SAYS TIDE
OF BATTLE HAS TURNED
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the Russian right from making a
march on Berlin from Warsaw
| The Petrograd military critics cx-
| press the belief that the Germans nav
ing recognized the strategic unimpor-
| tance of East Prussian operations, viii
detach their army from that region and
begin a march on Warsaw, thus fore
! staIling a Russian offensive on Berlin
| from that direction.
The position at Grodek, Is miles
west Of Lemberg, occupied by the Rus
| slams is Of great natural strength nro-
vides an ideal operating base and n
| case of a counter attack can be easily
defended.
| The Servians and Montenegrins, con-
tinuing their campaign in Bosnia and
| Here govnia are we'll within the prov
inces and are enthusiastically planning q
march on Budapest.
THE WORLD is GUESSING.
| The world has once more been set
| to the task of guessing how the ter
| rife clash of arms on the heights
northward Of the river Aisne is pro-
crossing.
Berlin claims that the attacks Of the
allies have been repulsed and that the
! German counter attacks have been sc-
| pulsed and that the invaders are slowly
giving way. Sympathizers with Aota
! sides are thus met with directly con
| fiCting statements which can be recon
Ciled only on the assumption that the
| narrators are referring to different
points in the vast field of action
AS the crow flies the front OF the
opposing armies, which with the heavy
achievements that have reached
them, probably total in the ncighbor-
! hood of 100000 men stretches for 10
miles. Making allowances for the de-
viatioA north to Laon, the line must
| be quite $50 miles long, SO there is
! ample room fer successes on one part
of the field and reverses elsewhere.
| The Germans are in their selected uo-
sitions, which strong reinforCements
rushed up from Lorraine; consequent
| ly this great battle may yet prove to
| be one of the most decisive and mo-
mentOus Of the war.
The British and the French armies
seem to he attempting to repeat on
the Aisne the turning movements Ger
ried out 50 successfully on the Marine.
and in the present case they have The
additional incentive Of knowing THAT
! should the German right Ie ag.tiu
turned there are no great defensive
| positions behind the invaders until they
reach the river Meuse.
The position of the army % the
! German Crown Prince. making lis WAY
toward the StcnaE gap remains fun of
! interest. The French army which
barred the exit Of the Crown Prince
by Toul is still hurrying in pursuit &
him
This afternoon official announcements
at Paris says that a great battle con
tinues all along the river Aisne AMI
, that the Germans are slowly Givlu-
way.
In Galiria he Russian successes
seem to he continued with the Aus
trians and Germans falling back IN
Przemysl. Enormous losses TO The
Austrians are admitted at Vienna to
which city thousands Of wounded re
being brought
The latest official announcement ~
Nish claims less for the Servian arms
than have earlier statements indicat-
| ing that Austria stil has considers Ie
forces available to oppose the ServsaH
! invasion The Servians, however, wiki
the aid Of their MOntenegrin allies "n-
pear to he more than holding their
own
The most recent word from the FHr
East describes the Japanese troops a~
struggling through the flooded North
Of shan Tung peninsula trying to
reach Kiao Chow. There is TO lndi-
cation Of an early investment of that
German stronghold.
The Turkish army is reported from
Petrograd to be concentrating on the
Bulgarian frontier.
The final attitude of Italy is awaited
with intense interest. Demonstrations
in favor of the allies at Rome and
other places have been suppressed 3y
the military. Meantime Italy is en-
gagged with the serious situation IN
Albania where the insurgents have
been threatening since the withdrawal
of Prince William OF WED. Italian
troors already have -een landed at
AVlona
NO CONFIRMATION HAD
There is no confirmation Of - We
ported German abandonment of Iiege,
but it would not be surprising in the
opinion Of observers in London. to eoe
! the Germans quit Belgium altogether
if there is any truth in the report that
the Eastern arena Of the war has be-
come the decisive position in German
eyes, and that Germany will be con-
tent for the present to maintain de-
fensive attitude in the west
Italian and Rumanian activities seem
today to point to decisive action in
the near future. Should these coun-
tries take the field against Austria
Hungary, It is argued here that Rus
STA would have her hands freed ana
that Germany would be thrown en-
| tirely on her own resources to repcI
the Muscovite hosts thus strongly re-
| inforced.
Italy seems to have called her re-
servists to the colors and to be or the
| point Of occupying Avlona in order to
! safeguard her interests in the Adriatjc.
Each side claims a slight advan-
| tage-and no more. It IS known only
that the German retreat has been
turned into a stubborn resistance. The
allies assert that they were so close
| on the heels Of the Germans that the