Gilpin observer., 1914-10-22
THOUSANDS KILLED AS TEUroNs
TRY TO HAMMER ROUTE
TO COAST VIA LILLE.
CLEAR RWAYT0 FORTRESS
RUSSIAN SIEGE GUNS BATTER AT
PRzEMvsL sERvIANs At
WALL OF SARAJEvo.
Newspaper Union News Service.


progress in west Flanders and north
west France.
The Belgian army, supported by the
allies, Is holding stubbornly to the line
Of the river User, and thus far has
successfully halted determined efforts
of the Germans to advance along the
coast. This is announced in the
French official communication issued
Yesterday afternoon and is admitted in
the report of German general head
quarters, which says fighting has been
going on since Sunday in the vicinity
OF Nieuport, which stands at the cross
Ing OF the river near the sea-
| A little further to the south the al
lies are attempting to advance toward
Lille for the relief of that city. which
has been in German hands for some
time. They also are pushing on to the
north and south of Arras. Their ef-
forts Tuesday to advance on Lille,
where the Germans hold strong posi-
tions, were repulsed, according to the
German report.
To the southwark, at the bend of
the line, the Germans continue to make
furious but futile attempts to break
the French line. Along the Meuse in
the east. according to the French ac-
count, the Germans have failed to re-
pulse the French troops who de-
bouched along the territory in which
is situated the Camp des Romaines.
now in the hands of the Germans, in
an attempt to cut out that portion of
the German army which is thrust
toward st. Mihiel.
Generally speaking, the French
claim to have made some detailed
progress at various points along the
front. Paris reports that the allies
have destroyed fifteen German ma
chine guns, two of which were arm
ored, near La Bassee, and battery
of German heavy artillery in the en-
virons of st. Mihiel.
Both sides are bringing up reinforce
ments to the western front, where one
OF the supreme struggles of the war
is on. The Germans are not bringing
new troops from the east, but are
throwing every available man in Bel
gium into the firing line.
y They seem to have the railroads
working well, although they must have
been seriously damaged during the
battles of August and September.
Troops are being transported over
them, and Dutch sources report that
train after train of wounded is being
taken back to Germany.
sIavs Would Rescue conspirators.
| German and Russian reports agree
that the situation in the East has not
changed although the armies are in
desperate conflict along the east Prus-
sian frontier and across Poland and
Galicia. In Galicia, however, the Aus
trians claim to have repulsed the Rus
sian attacks and to be making some
progress in their campaign to drive out
the invaders.
The Russians, on the other hand, say
they are taking large numbers of pris-
oners.
| Heavy fighting is still going on
around Przemysl, and the cupolas OF
the forts surrounding the town are
said by an Italian correspondent to
have been destroyed by the big Rus
sian siege guns, while the forts have
been mined and dismantled and the
magazines blown up. The town ITSELF
however. has not been damaged.
This correspondent says the battle
continues on the Vistula, San and
Dniester rivers. There Is a system OF
| great entrenchments on the Russian
side, and the entire front is furnished
with powerful guns which day and
night hurl thousands Of projectiles into
the enemy's lines.
The Austrians and Germans. adds
| the correspondent have been obliged
to remain on the defensive, but have
repulsed a great cavalry attack to the
west of Warsaw.
Italy Issues Denial.
Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital, ac-
cording to a report issued at Nish. is
completely enveloped by Servians. De-
termined efforts are being made to
take the town before the end of the
trial of the alleged assassins of the
Austrian heir Archduke Francis Fer
dinand, whose murder started the war.
Italy has issued an official denial OF
the report SO often circulated that she
had occupied Avlona, the Adriatic port
Of Albania.
The news from Italy shows that the
italian people are growing more antag-
onistic to the Austrians because the
Italian fishing industry has been inter-
rupted by Austrian mines In the Adri-
attic and because the service of many
steamship lines has been suspended
for the same reason.
Won Moltke's Son Slain In Battle.
London.-A Paris dispatch to the
Daily News says that Dr. Klein, at