Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-10-01
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nouncement seems indirectly to admit this claim BY announcing that
man official reports agree the center is relatively calm. Ihe TACT
that the German army headquarters admit Their 81 gT great eno !t si 9
throw back the pressure of the allies is regarded IN England ~ sig
nifcant. ..
Meuae. The German report says the army operating against the
forts on the Mouse was repnsed while the French report says be-
tween the Argonne and the Mouse the allies have made slight pro-
20. Fight Desperately Near Antwerp.
Belgium again has been the scene Of fighting which in 9 war Of
great battle, as IL is estimated that more than 100000 men were en-
place along a line extending from Termonde to Aerschot. The Ger
a nmll a E stasalg are e a araui Desn them heip'G Gnes a l5om II. the s 9ntWe = 1 foat-
resses which their artillery thus far only has felt out
Calls German Loss Great.
The correspondent Of the London Daily Chronicle wit hthe Bel
gians, writing under Tuesday i date, says:
This battle appears to be the last effort on both sides Bel
magnificent
ment until the result Of Tuesdays battle is known. II any case the
town is well provisioned and defended. The German losses in the
last few days must have been enormous. Certainly many thousands
Russia and Austria.
London Sept so-Advices from Petrograd received ~ the
Exchange Telegraph company say a fierce battle between the army
denburg has been raging since Sunday morning along a front seG
tending from Grodno to Druskeniki, on the Neimen river. -Four
being reinforced constantly frow Wilma The advices say the Rss-
slams already have repused the Germans at several points.
Say Russians Hold Rails.
The Rome correspondent Of the Exchange Telegraph company
wires that = message from Vienna, dwelling On the situation il Gal
icid, ~ ~ huSSIans are Iii possession o i Ill the railway lines p
the district of Przemysl and that the Russians are advancing rapidly
in two lines.
The northern Russian column is said to have made an assault
on Tarnow, the last obstacle between II and Cracow.
Would Cut of Retreat.
The southern column, which apparently is following the rail-
way line between Przemysl and Cracow, after occupying sanok, has
advanced westward with the intention Of cutting off the retreat id
that section Of the Austrian army which Isl being driven southwark.
The Exchange Telegraph correspondent says indications are
that the Russians do not intend to capture Cracow, but to leave it
cat Oft and then advance toward Breslau, hoping to make a juno
ton with the Russian center now in Poland.
Fear Zeppelin Raids.
London, Sept. 30-A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam
says that further forays have been made by Zeppelin drigible bal
looms. -Four bombs were dropped on Deynze, Mn miles southwest
OF Client, and. two thrown on Thielt, fifteen miles southwest Of
Bruges. At the former place the Convent Of ST. Vincent was dam
aged.
Gibes are no longer heard at the inactivity Of the Zeppelin bal
Icons, which now seem omnipresent. These unwelcome visitors ere
ated CONSERVATION yesterday at Bialystok, to- the southwest Of Grods
10, somessIxty miles inside of the Russian frontier. This dirigible
was more fortunate In getting away than was its SISTER ship, which
was shot down in the neighborhood Of Warsaw the day before.