The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-10-06
ALLIES GRADUALLY
FORCING TEUTONS BACK
ARMY OF CROWN PRINCE MADE
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
TO PIERCE FRENCH LINES.
FIERCE ENGAGEMENT AT ROVE
Real Work in the Great Battle of the
Alsne Is Being Done on the
TWO Wings.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-Roye, the little town on
the main road from Amiens to Noyon,
the heights around which have been
alternately occupied by the French
and the Germans during the past
week, still is the center of battle OF
great violence.
The Germans, who are fighting stub
bornly to protect their flank at this
point, have brought up reinforce
ments but, according to the French
official communication all their at
tacks have been repulsed. The &C.
ton, however, still is proceeding and
upon it much depends, for if the Ger
mans are beaten, their line of com
munication at Tergnier will be Sc
riously threatened.
OF other operations on this front,
which extends as far north as Arras,
nothing has been disclosed since the
French themselves announced that
their force debouching from Arras
had fallen back slightly on the east
and north of that town.
There is evidence from other
sources that the Germans are making
preparations to protect their flank.
should retirement become necessary.
They have evacuated West Flanders
and their attack on Antwerp is be
lieved by many to be designed to keep
the Belgians busy and to prevent them
from operating on what would be Gen
eral Won Klucks left should be fall
back through Belgium.
But the battle is not yet over and
1t may be many days before either
side attains its objective. Except for
the forces absolutely needed else
where. the Germans are maintaining
their strength in France and besides
fighting off the French efforts on their
right, are themselves remaining on
the offensive on the French right.
The army of the crown prince
which has been in the thick of the
fighting since the Germans began
their invasion of France, made an at
tempt to slip through the wood of La.
Crurie, but the French report says
was thrown back to the north of the
Varennes-La- Vienna-La-Ville
road. This road pierces the northern
part of the Argonne forest, - that
the French must have made a con-
siderable advance in this region and
Strengthened out the line from the
north of Verdun to the north Of
Rheims.
This attack of the crown princes
army doubtless is what the Germans
referred to in their Fridays report
that the troops advancing in the Ar
gonne had gained ground in a south
erly direction.
In the Woevre and the heights of
the Meuse the French claim their
progress continues There apparently
has been hard fighting further south
for the German report speaks of vi
gorous sallies from Toul having been
repulsed. Along the center compare
tive calm still reigns. The Germans
have been keeping up a heavy artil.
lery fire on the British and French
forces entrenched in front of them.
but the British accounts say little
damage has been done.
The real work is being done on the
two wings. and the troops in the GER
ter. who have had much fighting, are
being given a respite until the mo-
ment comes for them to move again.
This, of course, depends on the sue
cess or failure of the outlflanking
operations.
Commenting on the status of the
battle in Northern France. the CORE
spondent of the Times at London
says
THE violence of the battle seems
to be concentrated for the moment OF,
the left wing, which has prolonged II
self to a point within 30 or 40 miles of