The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-10-09
CONFLICT NORTHOF
O|SE GROWS MORE
AND MORE VIOLENT
LARGE MASSES OF GERMAN CAV
AIRY REPORTED NEAR LILLE,
NOT FAR FROM THE BEL
CLAN FRONTIER.
TEUT0NS HAD PENETRATED
81 MILES INTO RUSSIA
Muscovtes Now Asser. Enemy Has
Been Driven Back Across Border
and Preparations for Active In
vasion of East Prussia Are
Begun.


Begun.
London, Oct S.-That the battle
between the allies and the Germans
to the north of the river Disc is grow
ing more and more violent, is one of
the few statements that have been
permitted to winnow through the
sieve of official secrecy concerning
the conditions prevailing on that part
of the long battle line in France upon
which the eyes of the world are TO
cused.
War 81 Days Old.
The sixty-third day of the great Eu-
ropean war has passed and no deci-
sive conflict on land or sea has oc-
Cured. From Berlin and London
came nothing in the way of German
claims to progress or reverses.
Diversity of Operations.
There were, in the closely worded
French statement, cryptic to an extent,
as always, hints of greater diversity
Of operations than it ordinarily con-
tains.
Above all stood out the presence of
what was described as large masses
of German cavalry near Lille, hardly
10 miles from the Belgian frontier as
he crow flies, and behind them Ger
man forces moving on line between
Tourcoing and Armentieres, the lat
ter point right at the Belgian border.
Allies Not Idle.
At the same time the official COM
nunicatiOn makes it plain that the
allies have not been idle and have
been extending their line on the left
wing more and more widely. Blow
for blow evidently is being dealt
around Arras, the scene of sanguinary
lighting recently.
The same may be said of the region
between the Somme and the Disc, for
It is noticeable that the allies claim
nothing there except see-saw ad-
vance and retirement.
Claim German RepuIse.
They do maintain they have repuls-
ed the enemy near Lassigny, upon
which the Germans made violent at
tack.
At scissors, where the allies recent
y cleared the German trenches, ac-
cordiTg to the announcement, they
have pressed their advantage by max
ing a slight advance. Noyon forms
he elbow from which the allied line
sweeps eastward. Some advance by
The allies is also reported at Berry
au-Bac.
Antwerp Situation In Doubt.
From Belgium comes nothing to in
1icate any change in the situation be-
tore Antwerp, except brief line tuck
ed at the bottom of the Paris official
statement asserting that the German
attacks along the line Of the river
Rupel and the Mver Nethe have failed.
The British press takes occasion to
emphasize that while the battle of the
Aisne holds first claim in the matter
Of sentimental interest the gigantic
operations of the Russians, German
and Austrian armies in the east may
bring first the solution of the war.
Will Return Seat to Paris.
London.-The French government
will return to Paris at once, accord
ing to the Paris correspondent of the
Express, who makes this announce
nent on high authority. The visit
81 President Poincare to army head
quarters is considered good omen.
Victories in East Prussia.
London, Oct. S.-Petrograd official
statements continue to repeat in a.
general way what has been accepted
here as fact for days-that the Ger
many army along the East Prussian
frontier has been more or less routed
and cut to pieces, but as this is only
4 small portion of the front, it is ex.
ceedingly hard to get anything like
clear cut perspective of the conflict.
Vienna Denies Russ Victories.
What purports to be an official dis
patch from Vienna insists in broad
terms that the condition of the Ger
man and Austrian armies, both in Po-
and and Galicia, is favorable and that
in attempting to breast the Carpa-
thians at Uzsok Pass, the Russians
have been beaten.
"Breasting the Carpathians and
pouring on to the plains of Hungary
by the Muscovites has been so often
referred to that it is becoming trite
and the fact remains that, generally
speaking. aside from the defeat of
Rennenkampff's army in the early
stages of the war in Poland, his re-
venge by a crushing return and a
steady advance of the Russians
through Galicia, there has been moth
ing from the east to stand out in the
nature of a clearly defined conflict like
the battle of the Aisne.
The Petrograd official statement
dealt entirely with the German stand
German Army Head Dismissed.
London, Oct. Am Amsterdam dis