Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-25

I@OAuODg NJCPks @1s ~soV Ps AAA' AA~ heavy artillery continues to play a leading part in the battle of the Aisne, which has now been in progress close on to a fortnight. With the greatest stubbornness, the opposing forces con- tinue to hammer away at each other from their well entrenched and strong ly fortified positions, but, up to the present. without reaching any decision
 Great Shells Being Hurled.
 Almost without a Hull, great shells are being hurled across the rivers, val 1eys and plateaus stretching from the River oise in the west to the Mouse in the east and thence southward along the whole Franco German bor- der, while the lighter guns play on the infantry lying in the trenches await ing an opportunity to deliver attacks and counter-attacks with. as the French official communication says. ''alternate retirement on certain points and advance on others" Battle Line Stretched to Westward' The battle line has stretched out further to the westward. the French left wing having made some progress in the direction of Npye which lies to the northwest of Noyon. The latter place few days ago was the allies extreme left, A detachment has oc- CuplcQ fcTOHHC, WulCu lS SlAIl 1ul IAC4 north.
 A report from German headquarters, dated Sept. 23fi says, however, that the efforts of the French to encircle the German right have not had any result.
 French Claim Advance.
 The French also claim to have made an advance to the northwest of Berry . Au-Bac,which is about the point where the German line crosses the Aisne; continuing southeast to Brimont, which has been the center of many vigorous although there have been fierce en- gagements, in which both sides claim victory, the situation is unchanged, except that, according to German re- ports, the German troops have recap tured Varranhes. department of the Meuse which the French took few days ago.
 The French account of the battle compares it with Mukden. In the lat ter case the tide of battle was turned by the arrival on the Russian right oi Nogi's army from Port Arthur, whicf 1t had just captured, and the Russian left was almost enveloped when Gen eral Kuropatkin withdrew the grcat bulk of his army horthward, leaving the rear guard to fall into the hands of the Japanese.
 Denial of Russian Victories.
 In6 AuStrldn general SldIl lSSueS denial of the reports of Russian vic tories and the defeat of Genera DankIs army The Austrian forces the report says, have been concen trated in a new position for Severa days, but have waited in vain for an. serious Russian attack.
 From ether sources. however, it il reported that the Russians have sur rounded Przemysl and have got be tween that fortress and Cracow. l
 u, l~.~ 11s battle takes place there, as one Aus trian army is behind the forts 0 Pr=emysl and the other is making it way to the remaining fortress of Ora COW, while the Russians are takfn the smaller towns in Galicia unde their wing.
 Germans in Prussia Reinforced.
 4 report which lacks official con ffrTnation says that General Rennen kanlpf, who withdrew over the eas Prussian frontier when the Germa endorsements arrived, has hinsel received more men and has agai taken the offensive and compelled tn Germans, in their turn, to withdraw.
 It is considered probable that tn fall of Jaroslau and the isolation ( Przemysi has compelled the German to lcok more closely to the protectio of their line drawn from Thorn Kaltsz, which guards Posen, ets tn Russians are now able to release large number of men for the invasio of that part of Germany.
 se:viars Flushed With Victory.
 The Servian and ATontencgrin ai mics, composed largely of veterans the Balkan battlefields, are before Sa rayevo, capital of Bosnia, flushed wit victory. and preparing to take 1h latest acquisition of the dual monarch the possession of which by Austria hs been such thorn in the side of tt southern Slavs.
 In the operations here the invader lcok forward to hearty welcome fro the greater part of the populatio who belong to tho same race
 The war; while in Bosnia and Galicie, is uniting races long separa ed by artificial boundaries, is all drawing together the races and sec of ell the countries engaged.
 German Socialists Loyal.
 In Germany the socialists are fgh ing in line with their greatest enernie the miiitaTists. In Russia, revolution lSts are fighting or returning home hsht for the emperor. Great Brita Is receiving support from all scctiol of the empire and the Irish and u Welsh have now decided to organize \ army mace up entirely of their n