Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-26
GERMANS HOLD
STRONG POSITIONS
ENGLAND HAS LOST HEAVILY IN
WAR, 7e7 OFFICERS HAVING
BEEN KILLED TO DATE.
JAPANESE kVIATORS BUSY
The Russian, Servian and Montene-
grin mics Report Victories and
Their Armies Have Advanced Stead
lily Against Austrians and Germans.
Summary of War News to Date.

The nature of the struggle between
on the battle front in France, which
stretches from Noyon in the west tC
Verdun, is indicated by the latest of
fetal communication from the French
war office, which says that the en-
gagements have become less violent
From this it would seem as if both
sides had reached the conclusion that
the gaining of few yards of ground
hardly warranted the losses entailed
and that preparations are on the way
for strong offensive movement at
some strategic point.
The French also report they have
made progress in the territory be-
tween Rheims and the Argonne for
est. On their left wing they have
reached the heights of Lassigny.
With the French on this part of the
battle line are the British, who, ac-
cording to an official statement is
sued by the British press bureau,
have Jared badly since the beginning
of the war in the loss of officers.
The casualty lists show that 797
British officers are among the killed,
wounded and missing, a very high
percentage of the total losses. Among
these are 80 colonies and lieutenants,
IS majors and 246 captains. The
Coldstream guards have lost 81 of
their officers, the highest on the list
The German emperor has taken up
his quarters in Luxembourg, accord
ing to a Paris dispatch. To guard
against possible raids by French avia-
tors a squadron of German aero
planes is held in readiness.
A Vladivostok dispatch says jap
anese aeroplanes have destroyed with
bombs two of the important forts at
Tsang To, in the German protectorate
of Kiauchau, while Pekin reports that
a British detachment left Tien-Tsin
Saturday to assist the Japanese in
the attack on that place.
The Montenegro army is believed
to be close to Sarajevo, capital of
Bosnia. The Montenegro foreign Of
flee learns that the Austrian army is
in retreat.
Because of his disapproval of the
action of the British government in
seeking the conquest of German
Southwest Africa, Brigadier General
Beyers, commandant general of the
Union of South Africa's defence
forces, has resigned.
President Wilson, it is reported
from Washington, while announcing
that he is "prayerfully working for
peace in Europe will take no further
steps for the present regarding me-
iiation.
Reports differ as to the progress
Of the great battle in Northern France
between the allied British and French
armies and the Germans. Some indi-
,ate there is extremely heavy fight
ng, while others tell of great masses
If troops lying in flooded trenches.
many of them utterly exhausted.
Berlin officially announces that the
Franco-British forces have been OBJ
iged to take the defensive in in
renched positions and that therefore
he result of the German attacks are
low.
In the fighting around Rheims. the
natter of greatest general interest
las been the destruction of the ia.
nous cathedral, one of the most noted
structures in the world, dating back
o the thirteenth century, which is re-
'orted to have first been pierced by
many German shells and then to have
'urst into flames.
There has been a review on the
sland of Halkr by the sultan of the
turkish flee., including the former
ierman cruisers Breslau and Goeben.
fter which the warships proceeded to
for coal. il