The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-09-26
Russians Still in Pursuit.

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fresh defeats Of the Austrians have
led the Russian headquarters to he
1 lieye that it will be impossible for
Austria to assume the offensive in
Galicia until next spring.
Dankrs Army Surrounded.
| London.-The Russian grip on the
scattered Austrian forces in Galicia
| is holding relentlessly. According to
! Petrograd advice4, the fortress ot
Jaroslaw is being bombarded. Pre-
mysl has been invested and General
/ Dankls army, which is retreating to-
ward Cracow, has been surrounded
/ on the River San, by the Russians
| has cut Przemysl off from tie western
armies. so that it must now rely for
defense on the Austrian and German
army corps which are there.
| Germans Sink Jap Warshp.
| Peking g-Adyices from Tsimo state
that the Japanese lost second tor
/ pedo boat outside kaio Chow The
vessel was sunk by a German cruiser.
/ Aid for Won kIuok
! London.-The Exchange Telegraph
| Paris correspondent says; The
steady advance by the British and
/ French Oh the left is highly important
/ as the German General Won kluck's
( flank is now exposed.
I General Won kluk S army. accord
/ ing to scissors dispatch to the Daily
/ Express, is being heavily reinforced.
/ The dispatch reports that 100000
troops are coming through Belgium
/ by way OF Maubeuge.
Reports from the front. says the ElI-
! change Telegraph Company's Paris
correspondent. show that the French
! and British troops are fighting waist
| deep in water the rains having flood
| ed their trenches.
The French Statement.
| Paris.-The official statement says
in violent fighting north OF scissors
the Germans gained ground which
afterwards was recaptured by the
allies. The statement follows:
| On the left wing, north OF the
River Aisne, below scissors, our
| troops were furiously concentrated
| by superior forces and yielded some
ground, which, however, they regain
| ed almost Immediately
/ On the other hand. we have con-
tinued our progress on the right bank
of the River Disc.
Likewise to the north OF Reins we
! have repulsed all the attacks of the
enemy, although they were very yigor-
ously conducted.
On the center to the east of Reims
We have made new progress through
our attacks
Battle Still Rages.
London.-One of the fiercest bat
| Ties of all times, which has been rag
ing across Northern France for
week past, with first slight advan-
tage on one side and then on the
other, remins undecided.
The great armies. which have been
! fighting for month with few inter-
missions, have dug themselves into
intrenehments on rivers and mountain
ranges on a front reaching from the
Disc to the Meuse and then southeast
ward along the Franco-German from
tier.
Great Artillery Battles.
Artillery ensa gements such as never
have been seen before are being car
ried on with the hope of compelling
the evacuation of the strongly held
positions, with occasional successes to
the opposing sides, while the infantry
in the face OF a calling fire, have
charged right up to the guns only to
make their opponents give way slight
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The fighting has been fiercest on
the allies left, which lies on the right
bank OF the Disc River in the vicinity
of Reims. the famous cathedral OF
which has been set afire by German
shells, and between that town and the
Argonne ridge it has been give and
take all the time.
Waiting In the Trenches.
Paris-The bulk of the allied arm
les remained in the trenches waiting,
while their artillery exchanged a fur
ious cannonade with the strongly
/ placed German batteries.
Some brilliant feats at arms were
performed at various points on The
/ lines, extending along the Oise. the
Aisne and Noervre. The seasoned Al.
gerian troops made a gallant capture
of another German flag.
Hated to Bombard Reims.
Berlin.-An official statement Just
issued says: "Reims was in the bat
tie line of the French and the Ger
mans were obliged to lombard it. We
regret tile necessity but the fire OF
the French came from that direction
Orders have been issued to save the
cathedral. The attacks on the French
are progressing at several points.
At Last Reports Agree.
The German official reports are al.
most identical with those of the allies