The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-24
ARMIESCARRYON
ARTILLERY DUEL
80ROER OiAZEs As ALLIES
eYRuGGLE IN oUAcMiRGS
TO oUTelANk kAis-
ER's TROOPS.
GERMANS DRIVEN BACk
MAKE DESPERATE EFFoRr TO
RGcAPrURG RHEiMs AND
PRGSGavg sUppiIGe.

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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London. Sept. 33-The unparalleled
struggle ON the river Aisne, which
commenced about . week ago sstsr.
lay. has developed into siege opera
lions. The two armies. strongly e.
.renched, are carrying on an artillery
iuel. while the infantry makes attacks
and counter attacks which are In the
nature of sorties from . besieseA
fortress. Occasionally one o. ths 9th
Or gains little ground, but It 10 20
little that the opposing forces remain
in their trenches or. take up positions
In new entrenchments Immediately BE-
hind those from which they we're driv-
en-. The western wing OF the German
line has been thrust back about seven
miles during the last forty eight hours
IS q sequel to continuous fighting
night and day.
Both armies, despite almost superhu-
man fatigue. show the utmost determi-
nation not to yield an inch of ground
without q terrible struggle; but the
fresher troops at the disposal Of the
allied commanders have gradually
forced the Germans to recede.
| It is now becoming the conviction of
military men that nothing but out
thanking movements can have any ~
rious effect on either army. The Ger
mans, according to their own official
report. have been strongly reinforced
both on the right where General Won
kluck is making such . stubborn stand
In almost impregnable positions on the
hills north Of the Aisne, and in the
center where tho Germans are making
almost superhuman efforts to recap
ture Rheims.
It 10 probably the desire to recapture
this town at all costs, because Of its
importance rs the key to important
communications that will improve all
their connections for attack or retreat.
that has led the Germans to continue
the bombardment, which has resulted
in the destruction Of the famous ca
thedral. This bombardment has been
Of the most severe kind and is being
0AeStS0 LoIu DAbuoAI, "HASA INC
French recaptured but lost again, and
from other hills around the town.. and
10 of deadly character.
The French have brought up addi-
tional heavy artillery in an attempt to
drive the Germans ont Of these hills.
for until this Is done the situation In
the town must be difficult.
! I'll nrtn
Of the Afsne and in the Craonne dis
trict, where the Germans. the French
official communication says. have been
repulsed st all points with consider
able losses. This is an extremely diff
! ficult country over which to make an
advance The plateau Of Craonne is
of limestone formation, with the sides
almost as perpendicular as walls. The
valleys in wet weather become .quag
mires. It was on this plateau just 8
century ago that Bluecher failed te
check Napoleon The desperate re
sistance Of the Germans Is probabl,
due to the fact that a retreat woule
mean the abandonment Of their. artil
lery and gigantic siege guns In tht
auagmire.
On the allies left the French repor
claims another advance on the righ
bank of the river Disc as far as th'
heights of Lassigny. west Of Noyon
which has been the center Of hear.
fighting for a week past.
The allies apparently have scaled+th'
walls of the plateau and now hold th'
heights. but ahead of them they foun,
Won Kluck, in great strength, and. ar
now awaiting the outcome of the al
tempt to turn his flank, which woul'
clear the road for them
The French army. which is tryin
to work around the German right. /
pushing its way slowly along. STAR
ing from Compeigne, it reached No,
ON, and is on the heights of Lassign,
It's next objective point is Tergniel
nineteen miles from Laon, an impor
ant railwa; junction which the Gel
mans are using for provisioning thel
forces.
The French have made some heat
way In Champagne and On the wester
| slope of the ArgOnne and have reo
cuppied Mesnil les Hurlus and Mess
ges, but elsewhere the situation r
mains as it was. One thing is certail
neither front has been broken, all .
tempts to do this having been r
pulsed and. while the German. rigi
may be bending back little. it Is NJ
yet outflanked.
panki Continues Race for crseow.
London, Sept. 22.-The Russian gr
on the scattered Austrian forces
Galicia is holding relentlessly. Accor
ing to Petrograd advices the fortre'
of Jaroslau is being bombarded. Prz
mysl has been invested and Gener
, Danki's army which is retreatir
toward Cracow has been surrounde