The Washington times., 1914-10-04
Battle OF the Aisne Has Been in
Progress lust II Days.
Longest in History.

contact. The German right had be.n
bent back. but 1t had not been broken.
| Neither had the allies succeeded in
gaining possession Of 81. Quentin anB
Tergenfer, two important railroad june
| lions controlling the communications
with Belgium on the north. Thus on
its twenty-arst day the battle Of ths
| Aisne remains undecided.
The battle Of Mukden In the Russo
japanese war lasted twenty days: a re-
| cord for duration.
Campaigns in the East.
In the East. along the border Of East
Prussia and in Galicia. the Russians
| had collected their great army. They
| had been driven back from Allenstetn
At the end Of August with considerable
loss and the Germans had begun an
| advance into Russian Poland.
| Further to the south the Russians had
nad better success; They had driven
from Russian Poland the Austrian
army that had advanced almost as far
a. Lubelin and were pursuing the REM
nants Of these forces toward tho Cali
clan border. The armies Of the two
Austrian commanders. Generals Auf-
fenberg and Denkle, were both reported
In peril Of capture.
| Tho army Of the former had sought
refuge at Przemysl. ono Of the strong
| est fortified positions in east Galicia,
| and the army Of General Denk had
been divided into two parts near the
junction Of the San and the vistuIa.
to the protection Of Cracow. and the
other went south toward Jaroslav.
The Russians invested Przemysl and
began q vigorous bombardment Of its
outer defenses. Some of these they
, succeeded in capturing. They finally
isolated the position by leaving strong
Russian force there and advanced to-
ward the west. They captured Jarosiav
and thus had possession Of the prfn-
cipal railway from the San valley to
taking several minor positions. and
finally arrived at Tarnow.
The Russians, according to later re-
ports. had a force of 900 In Galicia-
Thus 1t was their intention. according
cr.cov. invest It and leave a sufhcient
force to isolate 1t and begin at Cracow
their advance through Silesia toward
Breslau and Berlin.
The German forces. which had
Russian Poland. were confronted by q
large Russian army along the Niemcn.
at Kalisz and to the east of Thorn.
They were driven back from the last
named two points. and after severe en-
gagements at Augustowo. Drusskeniki.
and Grodno. which lasted several days :
and entailed great loss to both armies.
they were forced to retreat:
The Germans. according to the latest
TepoEts have been strongly Hr, f9tatyins 3hat n1
Itends from Thorn southwark to Galicia
between Tarnow and Cracow. Against
this line the Russians are prepared to
throw a force estimated at million.
and IL Is believed that at some point
one Of the great battles of the war viii
take place.
Belgians In Frequent Fights.
Tho Belgians. after the retirement
from their territory Of the main body Of
the German troops. have been engaged
in frequent encounters against the
bodies that were left at several points
sisting the allies in their efforts to
cut the communications Of the Germans
through Belgium to their front operating
IN France. The Germans renewed their
north, bombarding Malines. and after
special preparations BEGAN the cannon
aiding Of the great Notifications at
Antwerp. They have. so far. however.
succeeded in destroying but one Of the
The most important naval action dur
ing the month was the sinking Of the
three British armored crufsers-the
Aboukir. Cressy; and H3sue-in the
stroyed by German submarines. One
report says that the destruction was
due entirely to the activity Of one sub
marine. the Us.
attention Of the naval authorities was
the German activity at Antwerp and
Ostend. It was believed that they were
making an effort to obtain secure pos
purpose Of using them as naval bases
FOR operations against the British feet
and the English coast