Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-10-07
-Four Weeks Of Battle
The Stubborn Conflict in Europe Proceeds
With Much Slaughter and Little Progress.
Saturday.

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Saturday.
Petrograd. Oct 2.-The Rus
sian General Staff has given ou,
the following official communion
tion: H.
"The Russian troops have con-
tinued to repulse the enemy form
the boundries of the Governments
of Suwslki and Lomza. The en-
gagement has been very fierce
west of Symno.
1.-The German troops that were
attacking Ossowetz are retreating
hastily to the north. Consider
able forces of the enemy, of which
the bulk arrives from the west,
are concentrating in the districts
west of the Governments of Poin.
trkow and Kielce.
"The Russian cavalry and van
guard are accommodating energeti.
cally through all that region, inn
peding through vigorous attacks
the movement of the enemy. The
Germans always endeavor to use
the highways in Russian territory
because the other roads being
rough paralize their artillery
trains. An attack by the Russian
cavalry against the German van
guard in front of Andrew and
marching on Kielce was crowned
with great success The German
infantry was caught unawares and
is retreating III disorder, pursued
by the Russian cavalry.
"The bombardment of Ossowetz
did damsge to only . few private
dwellings and a few telephone
lines as the garrison was sheltered
by numerous concrete walls.
1.-THE offensive by the Russian
troops marching through the for
ests of Augustowo was not covered
by the artillery. South of Angus.
towo hand-to-hand engagement
took place. II was particularly
fierce in the seml-circle between
the Blalobroxeg basin, which was
crossed by a Russian column and
the Augustowo Canal near the
Borki basin. The issue of this en-
gage ment was decided by an at
tack from Augustowo.
"Northwest of the forest of Au-
gnstowno the Russians were COM
PEELED to attack the rear guards of
the Germans through numerous
defiles and 10 fort.f fed positions,
where the Russian infantry receiv.
ed great help from it's heavy artiI.
lery which caused great losses to
the enemy, who we're dislodged
from the sntrenchments and re-
tired under cur fire.
"The battle is p oceeding over
an extensive front, the Germans
occupying positions near Marian.
pol and South of Stshutahin.
SIN the vicinity of Wresouch
the ground Is very rough, making
it very diff cult for the troops to
keep their battle lines. This has
resulted in series of individual
engagements.
"The advance of the Russian
troops is meeting with success
everywhere"
On the battle front, via Paris,
Oct. $50 p. ma thrill
was in the air all along the sx-
tended allied lines today. The
French and British troops who
for more than a fortnight have
been in closest contact with the
Germans, felt they had accom-
plished their hard task or prevent.
ing the Germans from breaking
through the human barrier erect.
ed between them and Paris, their
main objective, and that this
meant eventual victory for the
allies.
The line of trenches make the
battle front appear like deeply
SCARED fields. The allies who
quickly lsarned the lesson of bur-
rowing, face the Germans within
a quarter of q mile at some places.
Their field entrenohments offer
admirable shelter from the Ger
man artillery which consequently
reduces their casualties and per.
mits the allies to wait in compa.
rative safety the Germans attacks
which must be made across the
open and often at terrible cost.
The fury of the Germans on
slaught was unabated today, es.