Gilpin observer., 1914-10-01
PANic-sTRIcKEN HOST PURSUED
BY AUTOS WITH RAPIpFIRE
GUNS is REPORT.
FIRING ON ANTWERP
cZAR's HOST BEATS BACK PRus.
SIAN FOE, AND INVADERS
MOVE ON cRAcoW.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

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army under General Won Kluck has
been broken and is in complete rout,"
says Paris dispatch. "All the auto
mobiles in northern France have been
requisitioned for the purpose of pur-
suit. Armored motor cars with mitrail-
leuses are also being used to pursue
the retreating enemy"
The official communication Issued at
8 o'clock demonstrates Enthusiastically
that the Germans have been surround
ed in the Somme department, the
French front extending further east.
1t is officially stated that Peronne
has been recaptured.
Fighting of the past few days,
which took the form Of heavy offens-
i've operations, has beaten back the
opposing armies in northern France.
Some hard blows have been struck by
each side, but the allies continue to
advance on the west wing
The lines of the allies are roughly
sketched in the statement and it is
gathered that the French right still
rests on Pont-a-Mousson and from
there turns southwark to cross the
Meuse near st. Mihiel. where the Ger
mans have succeeded in pushing a con-
tingent forward.
Thence the front proceeds north
ward to encircle Verdun, from which
fortress it strikes directly westward to
Rheims and thence northwestward
across the river Aisne at Berry-au-Boa.
1t follows the Aisne to Scissors and
runs from there northwestward, cross
ing the river Disc at Rfbecourt to
Roye, Albert and Combles The two
latter places are north Of the Somme.
In the west the wings are in very
close touch, the Germans holding Las
signy, which lies between Ribecourt
and Roye, which are in possession OF
the French, and also Chaulnes, which
is in an almost direct line between
Roye and Albert.
1t is here that the allies have been
| making wide turning movement, to
prevent which the Germans have ap-
parently sent out strong opposing
| forces. The French announcement
| says that the Germans have con-
tinued their day and night attacks only
to be repulsed, but 1t is evident they
making a supreme effort to prevent
the allies from working around their
| right.
To the north of the Aisne two we'll
entrenched armies still face each 9th
er, neither being able to make much
headway, while in the center the ar
| tillery duel continues in the district
| between the Argonne and the Meuse.
The French claim slight progress
an indication that they are making
heavy attacks to compel the Germans
| to withdraw from St. Mihiel, where
they might bend, IL they did not break,
the French front.
The French also report that they
| captured a number of prisoners but do
not say where this capture was ef-
| fected
Both sides profess to be we'll salts
fled with the position, which must,
however, prove very wearing on the
troops. Naturally fresh troops are be-
ing brought up continually, but it Is
dangerous for either side to withdraw
many men from the fighting line even
| to give them a short respite.
| A dCCOuul vi Lht Opti otiOAAo
| in France up to five days ago was is-
sued by the official press bureau. 1t
pays high tribute to the work Of the
airmen who, since the outbreak OF the
war. have succeeded in keeping the
special staffs on both sides informed
of the movements OF the opposing
forces
| The seventeenth day of the battle
of the Aisne thus far has brought no
decisive result, but all indications con-
| tinue to point to an approaching end
of the Homeric struggle. Hand-to-hand
| fighting, now raging with such fury,
is bound 1t is generally held, to de-
| eide the issue.
| GaIlcia Almost Cleared Of Austrians.
Petrograd-Having invested Prem
ysl, the Cars armies are making
| their way not only through the Car
| pathians to sweep across the plains In
northern Hungary. but are also ad-
vancing in strength toward Cracow.
Their arrival at Cracow would be the
| signal for a battle along the Russian
| German frontier.
| The Germans are concentrated at
Cracow, where the Austrians would
form their extreme right and they
have considerably reinforced their
front extending north of that fortress
through Kalisz, Russian Poland. to
Thorn, in the province of West Prus
sia.
Galicia has been almost cleared OF
| Austrians, according to an announce
ment at Petrograd, and the Russians
crossing the Carpathian mountain
have entered Hungary and are driv'
ing back the Austrian achievements
sent against them.