Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-19
ALLIES CLAIM PROGRESS.

Between Craonne and Rheims the Germans are acting purely
on the defensive, having dug themselves into entertainments. - The
German official reports are almost Identical with the allies. They
say no decision has been reached, but the allies power Of resistance
is weakening. The French attempt to break their right has failed,
and in the center, the Germans are gaining ground slowly. The
allies from Verdun were Iepused. 1t would seem from all this that
the commanding generals have not found the weak points in the
opponents positions, each Withholding the determining blow for,
as Lord Kitchener said in the House Of Lords, ''the right moment
JoFFRE's ATTACK UNCERTAIN.
The Germans having reached selected positions in which they
are strongly fortified, appear to have an advantage, according to
military critics, but for the fact they must defend the whole Of their
front to make good their retirement, should attack by them fail, or
the allies break their line, while the French forces are declared to
be free to mass at any point which Jotfre may select as the most
suitable for an attack.
1t is not certain where the. French commander will direct all
assault. 1t is thought Joffres making arrangements for an at
tempt to cut through the German front somewhere north Of Yer
dun, and thus drive the armies Of the German crown prince, Duke
Wuertemberg, and Generals Won Buelow and Won Kluck westward,
and sever their communication with the Rhine through Luxemberg
and compel them to rely on lines running into Belgium, which are
menaced by the allies and also the Begians.
PREPARED TO OFFER RESISTANCE.
The Germans are reported to be prepared to offer tremendous
resistance to such a move They are in strong positions with addi-
tional defended positions upon which they can fall back if neces-
sary. Reinforcements and munitions can reach them easily.
PURSUIT OF PRUss1ANs CONTINUE.
Petrograd reports say the Russian pursuit Of Austrians contin-
us. and the Russians have gained important successes over the Aus
trian rear guard. Conveys Of two army corps with thirty guns and
ammunition and 5000 prisoners are said to have been captured: The
whole Austro-Russian border between Yusevoff and Annapol is re-
ported to be overrun by Cossacks, leading the Russian advance.
The Russian army in Ga1cia will be left there to complete It's
work, for according to a Rome dispatch, an army of 100000 Rus
SLAMS are marching into Central Poland followed by another army
Of 100000 while a third army also 100000 is coming from more
distant regions and will reach the front in October. Already, it is
said, there must be a million Russians in Galicia and 100000 in East
Prussia.
The official information bureau announces that Commander
Sahson, with an armored motor car force attached to the naval fly
ing corps, encountered a patrol of five Uhlans near Soullens,
France, Wednesday and killed four and wounded and captured 50.
There were no British losses. S
GERMAN POSITION IS GOOD.
A Copenhagen correspondent Of the Central News forwarded
the following from Berlin; sSThe situation Of German troops in the
great battle on the western frontier is good, especially in the center.
where the Germans received substantial renforcemens. An end
of the battle is expected soon.
An announcement of the official press bureau says: Accord
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