The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-10-02

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THE enemy is still maintaining him.
self along the whole front and IN order
to do so is throwing into the hight de-
tachments composed of units from the
different formations. the active army,
reserve. and landwehr, as is shown oy
the uniforms of the prisoners recently
captured.
Our progress, although slow on ac-
count of the strength of the defensive
position against which we are pressing,
has in certain directions been continu-
Gus, but the present battle may well
last for some days more before a de-
cision is reached, since it now ap-
proximates nearly to siege warfare.
THE Germans are making use of
searchlights. This fact, coupled with
their great strength in heavy artillery,
leads to the supposition that they are
employing material which may have
been collected for the siege of Paris.
Confident of the Result.
THE nature Of the general situation
after the operations Of the eighteenth,
nineteenth and twentieth, cannot be
better summarized than as expressed
recently in neighboring French COM
mander to his corps Having repulsed
repeated and violent counter attacks
made by the enemy, we have feeling
that we have been victorious
so far as the British are concerned,
the course Of events during these three
days can be described in few words.
During Friday, eighteenth, artillery
fire was kept up internationally by both
sides during daylight. At night the
Germans counter-attacked certain pOr-
tons of our line, supporting the ad-
vance of their infantry as always by
heavy bombardment But the strokes
were not delivered with great vigor
and ceased about a. m. During the
days fighting an aircraft gun of the
Third army corps succeeded in bring
ing down a German aeroplane.
News was received also that body
Of French cavalry had demolished part
of the railway to the north, cutting, at
least temporarily, one line of communi-
cation which is of particular import
ance to the enemy.
German Attack Stopped.
"On Saturday, the nineteenth, the
bombardment was resumed by the Ger
mans at an early hour and continued
intermittently under reply from our
guns. Some of their infantry advanced
from cover, apparently with the inten
ton of attacking, but on coming under
fire they retired. Otherwise the day
was uneventful, except for the activity
Of the artillery, which is a matter OF
normal routine rather than an event.
Another hostile aeroplane was
brought down by US, and one of oul
aviators succeeded in dropping severa'
bombs over the German line, one in
cendiary bomb falling with consider
able effect on transport park near
La Fere
"A buried store of the enemy S
ammunitions of war also was found not
far from the Aisne, ten wagon loads
Of live shells and two wagons Of cable
being dug up. Traces were discovered
Of large quantities of stores having
been burned-all tending to show thai
as far back as the Aisne the German
retirement was hurried
There was a strong wind during
the day, accompanied by a driving
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reconnaissance.
Several German Attacks Fail.
ION Sunday, the twentieth. nothing
Of importance occurred until the after
noon, when there was a break in tn,
clouds and an interval of feeble sun
shine, which was hardly powerful
enough to warm the soaking troops
The Germans took advantage of thi
brief spell Of fine weather to max,
several attacks against different points
These were all repulsed with loss Il
the enemy, but the casualties incurred
by US were by no means light
In one section of our firing line tn,
occupants of the trenches were unde
the impression that they heard a mill
tary band in the enemy's line just be
fore the attack developed 1t is nov
known that the German infantr
started their advance with bands play
ing.
The offensive against one or tw
points was renewed at dusk, with n
greater success. The brunt of the re
sistance naturally has fallen on the IL
fantry. In spite Of the fact that the
have been drenched to the skin 70
some days and their trenches hav
been deep in mud water, and in spit
of the incessant night alarms and tn
almost continuous bombardment t
which they have been subjected, the
have on every occasion been ready 70
the enemy's infantry when the latte
attempted to assault, and they hav
beaten them back with great loss. II
: deed, the sight of troops coming up ha
hpon nositivp relief after long irwin