The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-10-15
BELGIUM AGAIN
Centre OF war
Germans Making Desperate Assault On
Antwerp, The Temporary Capital
Of The BeIgians
AISNE BATTLE UNTETTLED
Allies Have Forced Battle Line To BEL
sian neutrality-suspicious. Ex-
tend To The Coast

Belgium is once more the scene OF
the fighting of the allied armies Of
France and England against the Ger
mans. During the past week the al
lies have succeeded in pushing the
German armies back to the Belgian
border. Antwerp, the temporary capi-
tai of Belgium, and one of the strong
est fortified cities in the world is be-
ing besieged by the Germans. The
wo,ld awaits the outcome.
The battle Of the Aisne, which was
In progress north of the Aisne river
in France for more than month, will
go down in history as one OF the great
est battles the world has ever known.
The area over which the fighting oc-
Cured occupied almost the entire
portion of France and at times the
main battle lines extended over $50
miles in length. The casualties on
both sides were astounding.
For days the great armies of the al
lies and the Germans swayed back and
forth. At some points the allies would
gain the advantage, while at others
the Germans were victorious, but dur
Ing theseidays neither side were able
to gain an appreciable advantage. Fol
lowing desperate fighting on both
sides for several weeks the battle
settled down to a siege. 1t was even
predicted by military experts of the
contending nations that winter would
6nd the contending armies still fight
ing on the northern border Of France.
The predictions that have been made
by writer's that areoplanes would play
prominent part in the future wars
has in part become true. Although
they have failed so far to live up to
the expectation CT the writers when it
came to destroying whole fleets of
ships and entire cities but they have
proven themselves indispensable in
aiding the armies in battle.
It has been the aeroplanes that have
scared over the battle lines that To-
Gated the strength of the enemy and
made it possible for the commanders
to keep in touch with what was going
on along a hundred mile battle line.
Raids over Paris were made by Ger
man aeroplanes during the past week
and the British aircraft succeeded in
making another successful excursion
into Germany. The damage done in
both fights were slight.
The war in Europe has been in
progress for more than two months
and so far there has been no decisive
battles fought either on land or on
sea. It now appears that the war
will last through the winter with al
ternate victories for the combatants.
The battle of the Aisne between the
allies and the Germans in the north
of France has developed into siege
and may last for weeks longer. The
greatest activity is now being found
in East Prussia and Poland where
the great armies of Russia are pre-
pairing for an invasion into Germany.
Germans Defeated In Prussia
The fierce struggle which has been
going on between the Russian and Ger
man troops along the Niemen river,
in East Prussia for nine days, ended
with a complete victory for the Rus
SLAMS. according to dispatches from
Petrograd, the Russian capital The
fact that Car Nicholas has left the
capital to join his armies in Prussia
and that Kaiser William of Germany
Is already on the ground testifies to
the importance of this campaign.
European Rulers With Armies
An important development in the
war in Europe is the report that four
Of the rulers Of the countries at war
are at the front. When the condi-
tons in East Prussia grew to alarm
Ing proportions and Russian invasion
menaced Germany, Kaiser William
fastened to East Prussia. King AL
bert Of Belgium has been constantly
with his troops in their fighting
against the Germans in Belgium. Car
Nicholas has left Petrograd for the
German border.
President Pcincare Of France has
gone to visit his troops fighting the
Germans in north France.