The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-27
HEAVY BLOWS ARE STRUCK
BY OPPOSING ARMIES
REPORTED
GERMANS GAINING
Official Freneh Reporta Give
the Kaiser's Troops Credit
For Most Succssful End
OF Fight


London, Sept. ,2S.-s:25 p. m.-The
wings of the opposing armies in
Northern France still are striking
hard blows at each other in an effor.
to break through the. respective posi-.
tions.
Both sides, according to the Frenci
official report issued late today, have
made some progress, the Germans or
the allies right perhaps the greatest.
For three days or more a violent
/ battle has been raging in the hills
and plains between the Rivers DIS
and Somnle. OFFICIAL accounts, bott
German and French, are Silent as tc
how this fight Is going, but in the
frontal attack on the Germans strong
ly fortified ard we'll reinforced posi-
tions farther south the allies hav.
/ made some slight progress. The Ger
mans apparently are satisfied to re-
main on the defensive until the bat !
tie on the flank has been decided.
From Soisspns to Rheims and
thence to Verdun4 there has been no
change In the situation, but in the
south OF Woevre the French continue,
: to make progress and have. defeated
a German corps with heavy losses.
On, the. French extreme right the
! French have taken the offensive with
the -eseryists and have renalsed
German forces holding the line along
the frontier.
CT the activities or the British army,
the war office is sparing with infor-
nation. 500 eEs'
Al brief paragraph recounting ti:e
activity of the Germans all along this
line and the repulse of heavy counter
with considerable loss to the enemy
is she extent OF the news given out
Casualties among the officers up to 2
week ago are published. but thus "a,
those among the men in the ranks
have not been made public. With thr
continuous fighting, the general star
probably has no time to prepare ia,
list, ~
There III no unsa6ins5s III England.
notwithstanding this lack of infor-.
nation. the people feeling confident
tiig allies can noid their own il ther
do not drive the Germans back
There has beeu a luil III the right
Ing In }Galicia while the Russians are
I psrfeotinE their plair' for the Invest
Ing Sof. Przeinysl. which is now cut
off from all communication with the
outside world. The Russians have
taken Rzeszow, an important railway
center between Tarnow y and Prem
zysl and have captured two prtiffed,
positions nuA and south of the latter,
fortsess. This gives then, aossessfor.
~ the whole Of Galiciag with tile .exl
reption of the marrow wetern5 peck,
, Al, the head or botii which stands{ Graz
cow.
Along The western frontier ofpolanf
which the ermans have been threat
Rnfng for some time, thav now are re-
! sssissstas IN h:a foriifsing fhainse;Sas. Tn
fact from Craco@ TO the extreme
north d East Prussia. the Russian and
e5man armies apparently are faeInp
SsBcti other across tiiA boundary. each
writing for n favorabie oprDrtnnitr to
! iattac ck. The Germaiis are satistied they
l,aye rid themselves OF the P,ussians
Z IN East Prussia. the Russian ana
GaFBian armies apnarently are facinq
each other aoroaa the honn dary. each
waiting for 4 fayoraliiS oDportlinify;
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they fssve Rid fi6fJaeIyee 81 the pms
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