The Elbert County tribune., 1914-09-25
ALLIES TURN
ENEMY'S FLANK
ZINE MILES OF DEAD IS COST TO
BOTH SIDES FOR THE
VICTORY.
BRITISH DROP BOMBS
SIXTEEN HUNDRED DEAD IN SEA
BATTLE LASTING ONLY
20 MINUTES.
.Lert Newspaper IlnIen Nea. sel.Iee.

Wssterr Newspaper Union Sews scfyico.
London, Sept. e4.-After nine days
of desperate hammering at the Ger
man trenches along the Aisne river.
and after suffering frightful slaughter
from the 'kaiser's huge krupp howit-
zers. the allies have segun to turn the
German flank on the vest 1t is the
belief in London that the general Ger
man retreat has begun and that 1t will
nat stop until the vast invading hosts
have been swept back OF the fortifica-
tons, well over the German frontier.
: The French official report speaks of
an advance made by the allies left in
the region of Lassigny and unofficial
reports say that this advance was one
Jf twelve miles
Military experts. however. warn the
pul'ic not to ignore the German eff
forts to force the French barrier chain
at its more assailable points. and de-
clare reverses must be expected.
1t requires much of patience to
await the result of this battle, but so
confident are the English and French
that their armies will be successful,
that they are not much worried
In Galicia the Russians are pushing
steadily on to their goal, which for the
moment is Przemysl They apparently
have that place well surrounded by
now, for. following the capture of .Jaro-
slau. they annouaced the occupation
of .Wislok, a town on the Hungarian
border. southwest of Przemsyl and an
important station en- the railway which
runs from Sanck through one of the
passes of the Carpathians to zemply
and thence to Budapest
Wislok probably was taken by tha
part of the Russian army which adj
vanced from I-emberg by the southern
route to cut off the retreat of the
Austrian army through the Carpathi
ans to Hungary. 1t Is also another link
in the chain which the Russians are
are drawing around the fortres~es o.
Przemsyl and Cracow
On the German frontier the Russians
are in close touch with the German
forces. according TO their report, but
no fighting has occurred.
The Servians record almost daily
successes. This time 1t is the capture
of Liubovia on the river Drinu.
The event of the day was the flight
of British naval aeroplanes from Ant
werp to Dusseldorf. approximately &
distance of 500 miles, In the course OF
which they dropped bombs on the
Zeppelin sheds of the German aerial
fleet, which would cooperate with the
German navy sin case Of a raid on Eng
land. The official bureau intimates
that the flight was undertaken as q
warning to the Germans that if more
bombs are dropped on any unfortified
towns in Belgium or France the allies
can retaliate. \
tits quite likely that the warning is
also intended to include London. which
has been looking for visit from the
zeppelins for some days. The flight
of the British aeroplanes was one. Sc
far as distance is concerned, that they
were quite used to. as for some time
the British flying men have been put
to the test. They have made flights
from Montrose. Scotland, to Salisbury.
which is about the same distance as
the round trip between Antwerp and
the Rhine fortresses.
Paris-Nine miles of trenches filled
with unburied dead were the fruits OF
fighting by the British troops now
making up the allied left wing. They
were taken, according to reports re-
cefved from several sources, unofficial
but well authenticated. in a success
ful turning movement between the dis
trict Just south OF st. Quentin and Per
onne,
Fifteen Hundred Killed.
London Great Britain's loss in the