Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-09-30
Many British officers Killed.


The official casualty lists received at
London are proof that the battles in
France exceed in violence and stub
bornness anything since the struggle
in Port Arthur.
The part the British officers are
playing is Illustrated by the bare testi-
mony OF the casualty lists. Seven hun
dred and ninety-seven officers are
among the killed, wounded and miss
ing, which is percentage out OF all
proportion to the losses in the ranks
One hundred and thirty officers have
been killed, 3SS have been wounded
and 279 are missing. Many of the
missing probably must later be re-
corded as killed or wounded
Famed Cathedral Razed.
The French minister of the interior,
Louis J. Malvy, announced that the
famous cathedral of Notre Dame at
Reims had been destroyed and all the
other historic and public buildings
either laid in ruins or seriously dam
aged during the bombardment Of
Reims by the German artillery.
Report Danki's Army Hemmed In.
A dispatch to the Tribuna from Pc
trograd says 10000 Austrians under
General Dankl are surrounded by 300,-
900 Russians between the Rivers San
and Vistula. The Austrians are short
OF provisions and have been sum
moned to surrender.
Russian troops have occupied the
fortified Austrian position of Jaroslau,
according to official announcement
made at Petrograd The Russian flag
is now flying over the town.
First Details of Great Combat.
II is now possible to give the first
details of the terrific battle of the
Aisne--the greatest battle in the his
tory OF the world.
II is story of deadly duel of big
guns, of furious attacks, of terrific coun-
ter.attacks, of hand-to-hand clashes
and bayonet charges and OF frightful
carnage.
II is a story of a succession OF
battles, which have been fought now
on one part of the line and now on the
other, hour after hour for every hour
of the twenty-four, day after day and
night after night, for six long days.
and still with no result at the time of
writing.
the story starts with the day of the
fourteenth From the twelfth to the
morning of the fourteenth. the rival
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action, precipitated when the retreat
Ing Germans turned at bay to give bat
tie to their allied pursuers.
The real fighting started on the
morning OF the fourteenth, when the
battle became general along the range
OF heights to the north of Aisne.
The fighting was sustained with
deadly earnestness during all of the
next day, the Germans contesting
every foot OF the way in supreme
endeavor to hold their position until
re.enforcements could arrive.
on the night of the fifteenth they
appeared to have been strengthened,
and commenced their formidable
movement against the French and
British all along their front. A furi-
Gus attack ON the allies extreme left.
with the big guns of the rival artil-
lerlsts lighting the line of the oppos-
/ ing fronts in fierce silhouette, was re-
pulsed with great courage by the al
! lies. Again and again the Germans
returned to the attack with the tenac-
/ ity that was the marvel of French
troops. but each time they were re
pulsed No fewer than ten times did
they drive their dense masses OF
troops at the allied infantry, but never
we're they able to break through.
On the morning of the seventeenth
/ lighting again was resumed with the
desperation that rivaled that of the
big night attack
At the end OF the day il appeared
that the Germans had been forced to
retire about seven miles,
During the lighting. which lasted all
day and into the night. the Germans
lost 500 prisoners, aside from the
dead and wounded. which could not
be counted, and number Of rapid.tire
guns.
Hand-to-hand fighting. in which the
bayonet was used extensively, result.