The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-09-30
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR

The third week of the battle of the
Aisne finds the forces of France anC
England and the allies in deadlock
Reinforcements are being rushed III
by both sides and it may be that speed
will determine the winner of this, the
worlds greatest battle. The allies
claim they can bring up more new
men than the Germans.
The battle line extends for a dis
tance of about 120 miles. General Vor
Kluck's army composes the right
wing, General Won Buelow the center
and the crown prince the left flank o
the kaiser's force. The allies, it ap
pears, hive been making strenuous eff
forts to turn Won Kluck's wing an
force his army back on Won Buelow
who would thus be at disadvantage
Such a turning movement would bC
fatal to the Germans, experts hold.
Paris and London reports claim that
the German right wing has weakened
and that the allies are gaining GROUND
daily. These same reports say thai
the Germans are vigorously pounding
at the center of the allies without sue
cess, while the crown prince on the
left is not giving much trouble.
Berlin advices report that the Teu
ton line is Withholding against ever!
attack and that while Won Kluck /!
standing off the tremendous attacks
at his end the center and left of the
German army are battering down the
enemy's resistance and are making
. appreciable gains.
1t is admitted by all the war Offices
that the losses during the great battle
are tremendous, in some places tn
trenches being piled high with dead
The losses to the allies are said to b
greater than the enemy for the reason
that the French and English have beer
on the offensive.
The Russians are continuing theil
successful invasion of Galicia, every
day reports Of captures of new towns
coming in. The great stronghold Of
the Austrians, Przemysl, is reported
as fallen. Frzemysl was the last fortl
fed town OF any consequence in Ga
licia and now the cars great armies
can advance on Cracow, the old capi
tai of Poland. In east Prussia the Ger
mans have oeen able to keep back the
czar's soldiers. A new Russian army IL
reported on its way, however, which
may combine with the army now re
leased from Galicia for march into
Germany.
Zeppelin airships and German aero
planes have been busy, flying ovel
Paris, Warsaw and cities in Belgium
In Paris a man was killed and his
daughter was crippled. In Warsaw
three of the czar's soldiers were slain
and in Belgium an aged man was NOR
tally wounded by bomb.
Several important naval battles have
taken place during the week. The
greatest disaster that has befallen the
English fleet since the war began oc
Cured when a German submarine
boat, U-9, sank three English cruisers
with an estimated loss of life of 1888
The ships were the Aboukir, Cressy
and Hogue. Each was torpedoed by
the submarine and sank within a few
minutes. English survivors say that
there were several submarines and
that at least two were SUNK by the
Hogue before that vessel was sent to
the bottom. The German admiralty
announces, however, that only one sub,
marine was engaged. The English also
lost a cruiser when the Pegasus, which
was in the harbor OF Zanzibar, was
put out of commission by the German
ship Koenigsberg. 1t is reported Ger
many suffered the loss of a cruise
and two torpedo boats when a Russian
cruiser discovered the vessels laying
mines in the Baltic sea. These encoun
ters, it is believed, are only the begin
ming of series of great engagements
between the contending countries.