Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-01

! German right wing had been undertaken
/ by the French on September 26, when a
/ large French force moved az far north
I west AZ Bapaume, which was checked,
however by what the Germans claim TO
have been a much inferior force. Rapid
railroad transportation seems 20 have
been Of great assistance TO the French in
these flank movements. that in tho direc-
1 ton OF Bapaume being entirely made
possible by II.
( The activity Of the French against the
German right obliged the latter 90 bring
new troops from the home garrisons. and
in forced marches additional bodies were
taken from the vicinity Of Verdun 10 meet
the cnveloplng mancuvers OF the French.
Meanwhile the losses on both sides had
4 been very heavy. the wounded monop-
olizlng almost the entire railroad service
/ OF the two camps.
The herculean efforts of the French left
and German right continued. but on Sep
TENDER 20 the French advance was vir-
tually checked along the entire line. The
French left wing has finally become too
attenuated 10 continue its enveloplong
maneuvers A further extension OF the
line might lead to a break and in that
case tables would have been turned corn
pletely. other German endorsements had
meanwhile reached the vicinity OF Ba-
paume and the German right wing began
TO bury itself in entertainments
German Right wing Rests.
On September 30 the German right wing
again rested on Albert. where, on that
day. it defeated large French force, ac-
cor6ing to Il report Of the German head
quarters.
The bombardment Of the forts between
Verdun and Toul continued with un-
abated vigor I'm the meautlme, but the
ground gained by the Germans on the
right bank of the Mouse had to be sur
rendered again. according TO French off
cial reports.
While the French gained some ground
In the Vosges they do not seem TO have
penetrated as far the submits of the
range, as has been asserted In the French
and English official dispatches Nor is IL
possible TO find confirmation of the report
that the French had again invaded the
Sandgau IN Upper Alsace. That another
invasion OF German ter.itory was at
tempted from that direction seems likely
In the face OF German reports, but that
II was effective Is denied by the fact that
no operations OF any Importance have
been recorded from there. On October 2
| the Germans repulsed a frontal attack
on their right wing at Roye. The Germans
gained considerable ground in following
up the retareat Of the French
both Forces Concerned.
While the Germans made every effort
TO break tho Epinal-Toul-Verdu line the
French were equally concerned with
breaking the German center north OF
Verdun, whose strong entertainments have
so far detied every attempt OF that char
acter. French, English and Italian OBJ
servers have combined in saying that no
! field works OF such an elaborate and ex-
tensive character have ever been laid out
| by a modern army and the French opera
| lions Of the last few days have indicated
| that II has been abandoned as hopeless TO
! further attack them. From German
sources II has been learned that these en-
| trenchments were laid out behind the ad-
! vancing German forces by working coll
umns OF the German "landsturm with
, out arms. as the organization is known.
This instance OF remarkable foresight per-
mitted the retiring German forces to fall
| into position which had been carefully
selected and prepared, in which, in fact.
everything was ready for most stub
| born defense f.r3
| According to French and German off,
cial dispatches fighting in the vicinity OF
Arras, northwestern France. was In full
| progress on october and T. while there
| was a lulu In operations In the Peronne
district Slight gains were made by the
French in the ncighborhood of Scissors,
where several German trenches were car.
ricd In the Wocvre district, near Apre-
mont on the Mouse, the French claim sew
eral successes. with German dispatches
claiming the very opposite.
Get Into sharp Battles.
| Several sharp attacks were made by the
Germans on October 3 and 4 on the
French positions between Craonne and
the Argonne forest Some of the ground
gained by the Germans was lost again On
tho fourth. but on the whole the opera
ton appears to have been advantageous
to them. On October 4 fighting on the
German right and French left subsidized
considerably, the attention of the various
commanders being occupied with an OK
tension Of their forces beyond Arras,
where, on tho following day the inter
mlnable series OF attacks and counter at
lacks of the two opposing wings were
continued without decisive result. West
OF Lille and west OF Lens collisions be-
tween cavalry screens OF the two forces
occurred, but these, like the fighting on
tho Arras-Albert-Hoye line led to no
definite developments.
Meanwhile the situation on the French
and German centers had remained the
same, no fighting being reported from
either the oise-Meuse or Verdun- Belfort
lines. The claim of the French to have
made slight advances in the Meuse hills
is ind rectly supported by the German dis
patches dealing with the situation on oc-
tober as,
New GeRrrai arrangements.
On october a new general engagement
had begun on the French left and German
right wings. French cavalry penetrated
as far as twenty-five kiometers northeast