El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-28
ALLIES REPULSE
ATTACK ON CENTER
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battle line across northeastern France
the armies of the allies and Germans
fought fiercely Sunday, at some polHHts
with the bayOnet- It was agreed tudt
the allies had continued their ADVANCE
The French claimed marked pro-
gress," and the German announceIneH t
from Berlin, though insisting Inal the
advance had been repulsed-, never int
less referred to it as an advance
Germans Say Advance Checked.
Neither army has achieved anything
notable since the allies have IetO 49,, 80
progress in one direction Inc d-Lle i5
at one point claim to have throw H. u1CF@
a desperate advance by the crack 7 -
sian guard, and the Germans lllsL9t
that Sunday, with a weaker force, lnel5
right checked the advance OF a ME-
French and British force brought up Oy
rail ,..
charges seem to prove Gomez tl.- lsLs ~
that this picturesque ana IollL L4ll,l-
phase Of warfare which IL was nouslll
had been killed by the advent on lne
great guns and other equlpInehL or
modern times, is not all lnlhs OF the
Fight Hand to Hand.
The French Official communication
says that at some points the lrencnss
are only 100 meters apart thus a sinall
portion Of the millions engaged nave
known the stimulation ana thrl4 OF
hand to hand fighting
CracOW Not Yet Attacked
Dispatches from FetrOgrad report
that fierce fighting sLllI goes on IN
Galicia, though CracOW, towards Whlcn
the Russian hosts have been marching
ever since PrZemysl was invested and
the communications cut, has not yet
been attacked.
To the north the German invasion
Is assuming vaster proportions
Austrians still Retreat.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 2S.-Fhe
lowing dispatch from the foreign office
at Bordeaux
The Austrians in the south Of
PrZemysl continue their retreat toward
the west In east Prussia attempts OF
the Germans to assume the offensive
to the east of SuWalki and south Of
Grajewo. were repulsed-
Germans Admit Terrible Losses
Berlin. Germany. Sept. 2S.-The cor
respondent Of the LOkal Anzheiger. in
a dispatch published here today, points
out that a decisive turn In the battle
which has been raging in the western
theater of war need not be expected
for some time Subordinate actions OF
a decisive character are becoming more
general the correspondent declares
The losses Of the Germans have been
extraordinarily heavy and the fact that
those Of the enemy have 1een even
greater is poor cOlsO4alLou- 4 ne A4ools
are confident that in the end they viii
win
\ long column Of French prisoners
Of war arrived during the week from
the direction of Reims- Last Monday
the CORRESPONDENT met a column Of
about 1000 men whose faces showed
that they were glad to hav, at least
escaped the turmoil Of this great battle.
AuStrians Deny Forts Taken
Manchester, Mass, sept -S--Ihe
Austrian ambassador today gave out
the following Official dispatch which he
said he had received by wireless from
Vienna:
The situation in the northern and
southern war theaters remains IN
changed. Favorable information pub
lished by the enemies is wrong, par
ticularly the information from London
The story that two forts Of the
Przemsyl in Galicia have been con-
quered is entirely an invention
The dispatch was signed by count
BerrchrOldt, foreign secretary