The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-28
OPPOSING ARMIES
FACE EACH OTHER
FROM TRENCHES
Battle Continues With Per-
ceptible Progress for
FrancO-British Forces.
FIGHT RACES ALONG
TWO-THlRDS OF Line
Prussian Guard Reported Unsuc-
cessful in Vigorous
Offensive.
HURLED BACK NEAR CENTRE
Russian Troops In Galicia Continue
Their Forward Move
ment.
Russian Troops In Galfcia Continue
Their Forward Move
ment.
Fiercest Operations
Of Present Conflict

For three long days without
cessation the Germans have hurled
their masses nEninst the French md
English along the entire front I'm
Northern France. The French Of
fetal view is thnt these operations.
the fercest that yet have taken
place. are by high command, menn-
Ing possibly direct Instructions from
the Emperor himself.
Their purpose has been to break
through the allied lines. but both
French and British official reports
say they hnve failed. From Paris
IL k announced that not only hnve
the Germans been unable to achieve
their object. but they have lost n
nag, gums and men In the attempt.
The British. as usunl, nrc lnconlc.
"The situation is satisfactory tho
report reads, "and the counter
attack on the British front hns
been beaten hack with heavy losses
to the enemy,
The bayonet has played an I'M
portant pnrt In these enEnEements,
where the men In the trenches
the ono side or the other, only
few hundred yards apart, come to
grips vttH steel nfter the positions
have becn shelled and rnked with
rifle fire.
The French claim apprecinbIe
progress on the left wing and N
decisive victory over the famous
Prussian Guard I'm the centre, Or
the Woevre district, where the Ger
mans have made gains In the Inst
two or three days. little Is suid.
One OF the remarkable things In this
great battle, which has entered upcu
ITS siHteenth day, Is the spirit main
tanned by the troops. british,
French md Germans have uithstood
the most terrific Smelling the world
ever hns known. nm almost con-
sfant rnfn or rifle huiietS and
hnnd-to-hand encounters with gun
nnd bnyonet. but nn reports agree
that they arc lighting with the same
determination md tenncity as in thc
beginning, and thnt even the COM
mhndcrs In some cases nrc having
difficulty In holding their men bncI<.
'Thc German general StnH. by way
OF Berlin, reports thut the nllicS
nre using their railroads in :. gen
crnl attack on the extreme end of
the right flank of the German nrEny.
The general stan also reports slight
xnins on the centre OF the battle
front nnh an engagement with artii-
Icry south of Verdun.
The German casualty list. ns Of
fciniiy reported from Berlin, num-
bers iO4,5S0 up to dnte, of whom
f5.67l are dead, 85,0OS wounded nnd
23.O05 missing.
In the Far East. accordinr to
Japanese reports. the JapAnesc have
defeated the Germans on the ont
skirts of Tsing Tau. cnpitaI of the
Germnn prOtectorntc of kinuchnu
fhouSh the battle lasted fourteen
hours. the losses, no far ms known.
were email.
"ermnn ZeppeIins have dronp.d
bombs on Hclginn towns. n German
neropiunc has paid another visit TO
I'aris. dropping explosives i'm fts
hight while Zeppelin also hns np-
pcnred above the city of Warsaw.
The Germnn Emper9ris reported
suffering from Inflammation OF the
lungs. Only day or two ago hi.
hffh son. Prince Oskar. was obliged
10 withdraw from his regiment, md
Is being treated for IA heart affection.
Inv result OF overexcrtion. The
Cmpcror's youngest son, Prince
Jonchim. has Just recovered from 7,
bullet wound.
From PetroSrad COMES an O,iriol
statement from the Russian general
stnf TINT German attempts In Rus
stnn-foinnd hnvc been rcpulsed, und
thnt the Germans arc in retreat