Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-10-07
all their strength and courage
against the attackers.

against the attackers.
The scene of the most yioler
attacks changes day by day. Th
Germans finding it imppossibl
to penetrate the allied lines in th
vicinity of Rheims and Scissors
quickly transported many of the1
divisions farther northwest an,
today hurled them against Roye
| Again they failed. although to-
night they had not ceased thei
efforts to batter down tie resist
ance.
The allies great tuning move
ment continued today their west
ern wing extended toward Arras
Reports from the other end of the
line on the frontier show the pro
gress of the allies to be slow bu,
sure. Hundreds of German
prisoners fell into the hands Of
the allies at every point and il
was remarked that the majority
were Bavarians who seem to have
been prominent in the front of
the German attacks.
Spies are SO numerous along
the front that orders have been
issued stating that any German in
civilian dress encountered will be
considered spy and those fur
nishing him with clothes will be
regarded as accomplices. Ger
mans who do not surrender on
the first summons will be execut.
ed.
The order says that any group
of more than three armed Germans
found behind the allies lines
will be considered as ghouls and
shot while every person found
committing robberies on the bat.
tlefields whether civilian or sold
ier will be court martialed.
Monday.
''On our left wing the struggle
is i'll full swing" an announce
ment in the official bulletin issued
by the French War Office, epito-
mizes the situation in the field of
battle in Northern France for it
is at this point that the real strug-
gle for supremacy is being fought
out.
The scene of this determined
action is around Arras, the de-
partment of Pas de Calais, show
ing q decided movement by the
Allied army to the northward, as
Arras is about 20 miles north of
Albert. There has been no de-
clsive result, up to the present,
which, in(the nature of the fight
ing going on, would seem to in
dicate that the relnforcements of
each side must have bsen about
equal.
1t is believed that the British
Indian troops ara on ths line and
possibly some of the British terri
torials and it is known the Ger
mans have sent up reinforcements
from the center to aid the hard
fighting soldiers on the right.
Field Marshal Frenoh's men
evidently have been in close ac-
tion again for in the region of
Soissons, on which rests the west.
ern end of the British line, some cf
the German trenches have been
captured.
Along the remainder of the
front the infantry has remained
fos the most part in their trenches,
while desultory firing continued
with the big guns.
The Belgians claim to have re-.
sisted the German attaohs on the
fortresses around Antwerp al.
though Berlin officially reports
the destruction of several of the
forts, as we'll as satisfactor ry prog.
rest on the main font.
In the battle of Augustowo in
Russian Poland, victory is claim
ed for the Russian arms, the offici.
al communication from Petro.
grad declaring the German defeat
is complete.
President Poinoare and Emper.
or Nicholas have started for the
front, probably only with the in
tention of cheering the men who
are fighting for their countries.
A casualty list issued by the
British official bureau shows the
loss of 727 non.commissioned of.
foers and men in the battle of the
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