Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-09-24
BOTH SIDES GAIN
AND LOSE GROUND
FURIOUS BATTLE ON FRENCH
SOIL CONTINUES WITH BOTH
SIDES CLAIMING ADVANTAGES.
Troops Fighting From Floode
Trenches and in Almost Exhausted
Conditlon-Germans Report Re-
Inducements Coming.

The battle between the allies an
the Germans on French soil is still ur
decided. Reports differ as to the pre-
gress Of the great battle.
Some indicate that there is ex
tremely heavy fighting, while other
tell OF the great masses OF troops "
Ing in flooded trenches, many of then
at the stage of exhaustion.
Az some points, at least. fierce en-
gagements have been fought with III,
tide flowing first in one direction anc
then IN the other. The allies hays
won position here and the Germans
nave gained one there. But all re-
ports, official and otherwise. agree
that there Is much fighting yet to be
zone oerore material advantage can
Dc claimed by either side.
The British in the trenches saw.
we are slowly beating them back >
Inc French official statement de.
ciares that though furiously counter
attacked by superior forces and
oDhged to yield some ground, this was
regained almost Immediately.
Berlin officially announces that The
fTanco-British forces have been oblig.
cd to take the defensive in entrenched
positions, and that therefore the result
81 the German attacks are slow
Unofficial advices from the German
]apital say that members of the gen
dral staff manifest implicit confidence
IN favorable outcome OF the fight.
ing In France. Their armies are be-
ing reinforced and through lines OF
communication reformed. it Is stated
Dispatches from Vienna reported or
nclally that the Austrians and Ger.
mans in Galicia have formed q new
aefense line and are awaiting a Rus
Sian attack on the strong fortress OF
Przemysl, fifty miles west of Lem.
berg
From Petrograd it is announced or
hcially that the Russian troops have
captured the fortified positions OF
Seniava and Sambor, in Ealicia. the
Austrian rear guard has been REFUSED
beyond the San river, and the Rus.
SLAMS have taken 5000 prisoners.
o.
5000 cases of ammunition and some !
guns. The Russian official reports
also say that there has been no fight
Ing on the German frontier.
Some observers estimate that the |
total caualties of the Germans and al.
lies to date are in the neighborhood |
of 10000.
Interesting information has been
given out by the British admiralty
regarding British successes and mis-.
fortunes in various waters. The Brit.
lsh merchant cruiser Carmanfa has
sunk a German merchant cruiser. SUD.
posed to be either the Cape Trafalga.
Dr. the Berlin, off the coast of South
America, but the German cruiser
Aoen1gsDerg completely disabled the
British cruiser Pegasus while the lat
er was overhauling her machinery in
harbor, killing TWENTY-FIVE
men and wounding more than three
lines that number, and the German
cruiser Emden has sunk six British
merchant steamers in the Bay of Ben.
gal.
In the fighting around Reims the
natter OF greatest general interest,"
las been the destruction of the fam.
'us cathedral, one of the most noted
structures in the world, dating back
o the thirteenth century. 1t is re-
ported TIC have burst into flames.
Against this destruction of the ca,
hedral, the French government has
iecided to send through diploma,lc
a protest to all the powers.
There has been a review off the
sland Of Halkr by the sultan of the
Turkish fleet. including the former
herman cruisers Breslau and Goeben.
'fter which the warships proceeded to
'onstantinople for coal
1t is officially announced from To
no that japanese troops were Landed
It Laoshan bay. Laoshan is rNutraI
errftory, forty miles north of Using.
Eau.
A report from the Austro-Italian
rontier from Rome says that 3OO. oou
AUSTRIAN troops are watching the Ital.
an border.
The Austrian dreadnought Vir;bus
Jnitis. one of the largest ships in the
Iavy, Is reported to have been badiy
amaged in an engagement in the
Adriatic but escaped her pursuers.