The Daily Missoulian., 1914-10-30
TROOPS TOO TIRED
T0F|GHT ANY
MOORE
DEsULToRY CONFLICTS ONLY IN
FRANCE AND BELGIUM, BUT
RUSSIANS ARE ACTIVE
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cialm 10 nave made some progress to
the south of Nieuport, the French in
their communication this afternoon.
say there is no change.
Around Lille.
1t was said Germans seem to have
transferred hheir operations further
inland and to be trying to break
through the allied lines from Lille.
which, if successful, would compel the
allies, who are holding the front
through Ypres to the coast, to fall
back toward Dunkirk.
However, nothing of great moment
is likely to be accomplished until the
troops, who have been fighting stead
lily for fortnight, have been given
some rest, and reinforcements arrive
to fill up the gaps which have been
made in both armies as a result Of the
continuous artillery and infantry at
tacks. -7"'
In the meantime there has been some
sharp fighting while each side is en-
deavoring to hold the positions they
at present occupy or to secure better
positions which would give an advan-
| tage when the next big battle breaks.
Both claim to have been successful in
| this and the official reports are full
of sentences such as "the enemys at
| tacks have been repulsed,' or 1--WE have
made progress"
At Verdun.
| The same thing is going on to the
eastward, where the Germans are
pushing their long promised attack
| toward Verdun. while the French are
| doing all in their power to keep them
away from the fortress. In all these
attacks prisoners and guns are lost
by one side or the other, while
| trenches are evacuated.
| In Poland, where the Austrians and
| Germans are retiring before fresh ar
mics brought up by the Russians,
Having a week ago driven back the
German right, which was advancing
| on Warsaw, the Russians have now
struck at their center, southwest of
the Petrograd report, have broken the
resistance of the last units of the ar
| mics, which are trying to maintain
| themselves north of the Pilitza river.
ON, where many men and guns and
much war material has been captured.
In East Prussia.
On the East Prussian frontier, along
which line the Germans took the Of
| fensive, both sides lay claim to sue
| cess.
In South Africa the situation ap-
| pears to be more favorable. General
Louis Botha, the premier, is at the
head of the army, which is operating
against the rebellious commands un-
der Generals Beyers and De Wet, while
loyal commanders, Dutch and Eng
lish, are gathering in the remnants of
the commando of which Lieutenant
Colonel Maritz was the leader until he
was wounded and fled across the Ger
man border.
Mines OFT Ireland.
With the presence of German mines
off the north coast of Ireland, which
made it necessary today for the steam
er Olympic to put into a north of Ire
land port, the London newspapers are
asking that the admiralty take more
vigorous measures to prevent the con
tinuation of this sowing of mines. II
is believed that vessels flying neutral
flags are responsible.
The papers are also urging that
stronger measures be taken to rid the
country of spies, the presence OF
whom is proved by the capture of
man on the Firth of Forth, While OPP
Grating a flashlight apparatus.