The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-09-24

ents to make overtures to the others.
SEPTEMBER 20.
In the midst of heavy gales. the bat
tie between the allied forces and the
Germans in northern France continues.
apparently with undated fury, after
six days of fighting. Seemingly the
most serious engagements have oeur-
red around Rheims on the plateau Of
Craonne and near Noyon. The French
official statement announces the cap
ture of prisoners near Craonne, in which
Is termed "a rather serious engage
ment," with the Twelfth and Fifteenth
German corps. The Germans in this vi
cinity have carried out several violent
attacks, which, however, are reported
to have been repulsed. The town of
Rheims has been under Commandment
for three days, the Germans using thei.
heavy guns from a distance of three
miles and pouring a veritable rain of
shells on the place which is one of the
most historically interesting cities of
France 1t was from this city that
Joan of Arc expelled the English in
1929. The famous cathredal of Notre
Dame, dating from the thirt zenith CEN
fury, is reported to have been struck
by German shells. The British au-
thorities give out no statement as to the
progress of the battle but have issued
a list of officers killed in action dur
ing recent days. The list contains the
names of Captain r. n. Greenfell, the
polo player; Captain Lord Gurnesy, cid
est son of the earl of Aylesford, and
Colonel F. III. F. Boileau, of the gener
al staff From Petrograd it is announc-
ed officially the Russian troops have
captured the Notifications of Senivia
and Sambro in Galicia. The Austrian
rear guard has been repulsed beyond
the river San and the Russians have
taken 5000 prisoners, 5000 cases of am
munition and some guns. The Russian
official reports also say that there has
been no fighting on the German from
tier. A report from the Austrian-Ita
ian frontier from Rome says that 300,-
900 Austrian troops are watching the
Italian border. The Austrian dread
naught Virlbus Units, one of the larg
I est ships in the navy, is reported to
have been badly damaged in an engage
ment in the Adriatic, but escaped her
pursuers.
SEPTEMBER 81.
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-
cate that there is extremely heavy
fighting, while others tell of the great
masses of troops lying in flooded trench
es, many of them at the stage of ex
haustion. At some points, at least
fierce engagements have been fought
with the tide flowing first in one direc
tion and then in another. The allie!
have won position here and the Ger
mans have gained one there. But al
reports official and otherwise, agre,
that there is much fighting yet to b.
done before material advantage can b.
claimed by either side. The British ii
the trenches say, 1--WE are slowly beat
| ing them back" The French officia
statement declares that they are fur
! iously counter attacked by superior fore
es and obliged to yield some ground
This was regained almost Immediately
Berlin officially announces that tn
| Franco British forces have been oblig
| ed to take the defensive in entrenche
i position and that therefore tn result c
| hte German attacks are SLOW Interest
| ing information has been given out b
the British of successes and misfortune
| in various waters. The British merch
ant cruiser Carmania has sunk a Ger
man cruiser, supposed to be the Cap
Trafalgar, off the coast of South Amer
| lea, but the German cruiser Koenigs
berg has completely disabled the Brit
ish cruiser Pegasus, while the latte
was overhauling her machinery in Fan
zibar harbor. killing % men and wound
ing more than three times that mum
Der, and the German cruiser Fmde
has sunk six British merchant steam
ers in the Bay of Bengal. In the fight
ing around Rheims the matter of great
est interest has been the destructio
of the famous cathredal, on of the mos
noted structures in the world, datin
back to the thirteenth century, which
reported to have first been pierced b
many German shells and to have burs
into flames. Against this destructio
| of the cathedral. the French governmer
has decided to send protests throug
diplomatic channels to all the power
There has been review on the islam
of Halkr by the Sultan of the Turks
! fleet, including the former Germa
cruisers Breslau and Goeben, after viii
4 the warships proceeded to Constant
t nople for coal Italy, according to r.
q ports from Rome, now has more thf
= 100000 men under arms. An offici