Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-11

is in imminent danger of being beaten.
But the magnitude of the operations.
the amounts of damage inflicted and
the loss of life resulting in these first
three months of fighting is almost be-
yond the comprehension of man.
Winter is now on in Europe. The
heavy fall rains have turned to snow
and the plains of Poland and Eastern
Prussia are covered with several inches
of slush and drifts are piling up in the
passes of the Nosges. A lull in the
fighting is probable. The hostile arm
les are expected to settle down in their
positions soon to await for the com
Ing of spring. Jack Frost soon will
be the commander in chief OF the DOW
erful warning forces.
First German Check.
In point of losses and logged IN
d%urance, the battle of the Aisne and
the consequent engagements growing
out of the defiant stand of the Ger
mans following their check on the
River Marine. when they failed to break
through the allies lines and subdlic
Paris. doubtless is unequaled in all
history. For almost 60 days and nights
the hostile armies have been at almost
constant grips.
But it was the battle OF the Marine
which marked the turning point in the
German tactics in the western field
of action. Here the great German mil
itary machinery-the greatest the
world has ever known-was definitely
checked and hurled back in its own
tracks. 1t a failed to accomplish
it's purpose of breaking down the OPP
position by sheer weight of numbers
and superior equipment and was forced
to adopt defensive methods.
The German plan evidently contem-
plated the quick subjugation of France
in order that the powerful military
m G 4 III m ont ghfn1 ytn 10 tho~ 49, l~-,.
believed to be invincible, might be
turned against the Russians in the
east. The tiger-like resistance and
reckless heroism of the B%elgians de-
layed the Germans for nearly a month.
once clear of Belgium. the Germans
pressed on. rolling back the OPPOSE
ton in front OF them until the Marine
was reached.
Turning Point Of Battle.
The first indication of the French
strategy came to light in the battle
which stretched almost from the very
gates of Paris eastward along the
Marine valley to Verdun. thence south
along h Franco-German frontier. An
army of approximately 500. 900 fresh
troops. the Paris garrison. rushed into
the field. fell pon the right wing of
the German army under the intrepid
Won kluck n drove it back east and
north in the ace of a veritable in
ferno of rifle and artillery fire. Re-
sistance was beyond the power of hui
man endurance.
The German lin was forced to retire
to he lines it previously had selected
for the e stand against the allies
pursuing forces. AT the Aisne the
faced about Int the greatest artillery
duel in history was begun. Charges
were met with counter charges. On
slaught was met with onslaught. The
davis and NIGHTS Vvara ~ onrcforf hal1
The rain poured down in torrents. Men
went In the trenches and died
from hunger, exposure and the terrible
strain. They burrowed in the
ground like moles to escape the terrific
rain of shells. Still neither army
budged. The lines established more than
a month g are still intact. The iron
courage of the Germans is still unbro-
ken and the desperate heroism of the
French n their English allies has
never waned.
~OutfIanking M~ansuvers.
While the valleys Of the Aisne, the
Somme, the Orcq and the hills and for
ests of northern France were being re-
duced to a SHAMELESS. by this series of
terrific engagements. the French STRAIT
egg called for q turning movement
against the German right wing. Thou
sands OF men, mostly British,
ed by French, began hurting themselves
against Won Kluck's division with de-
moniac fury. in an effort to bend it
back against the German center. The
warning forces move northward and
westward in an attempt to outflank
each other. until the line of battle was
extended to the Belgian border, form
ing a right angle, with the ENTER in
the neighbOrhOod of scissors and Ber-
ry-Au-Bac.
Then the battle scene shifted. Re-
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right. the Germans. in order to release
the troops remaining in Belgium.
hurled their forces against Antwerp
and reduced It's forts with their power
eul 42-centimetre guns with unprece-
denied expedition. Leaving detach-
ments OF landwehr. or reserve troops,
to hold the conquered points In Bel
GUM. the Germans rushed their fresh
troops into action along the Franco
Belgian frontier in q line extending
E sm Ostend to Lille. In all 600, 900
fresh troops were rent into action along
this line, according to British reports.
Here again dauntless German cour-
age was met by logged British spirit.
the intrepid French and the valorous
Belgians driven to their last stand. The
battle OF Flanders became q mellay in
which men threw away their arms and
fought with bare hand. German Zep-
pelins and British and French war
ships added to the carnage until the
battle along the Ypres river and the
User canal became a The
streams were clOgged with dead and
dead Uttered the fields.
Second German Check.
It was necessary for the Germans to
break through that lin to reach Calais
and Boulogne. the coveted points on the
Nnglish channel. His imperial majesty.
M kaiser. IL said to have ordered his