Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-09-25
Both Sides Claim Advantage.

Both sides claim to have the adVan
tage in the great battle which IS no"
raging in northern France.
An official communication issued
from Paris declares that the allies
are progressing on the left wing, Dut
that there is no striking change since
the issue of the previous announce
ment." This announcement statec
that. the allies had repulsed the Ger
man attacks north of the River Aisns
end advanced slightly.
An official German statement says
the Germans are advancing slowly
but surely and that there are "'sure
indications that the enemy's force Is
falling"
The only official bulletin issued II
London, however, says the situation
is practically unchanged. This bulletlr
IS as follows:
According to report received
there Is no particular change In the
situation.
"There has been some activity on
the part of the allied cavalry, but
without, at the present time, any def
mite result"
The war office statement issued in
Paris said:
"The battle continued during the
day of Sept. II along the front from
the River Disc to the Woevre district
least of the Meuse) without import.
ant changes in the situation at any
point.
"First. On our left wing, on the
heights to the north Of the River
Aisne, we have made slight progress
against certain points. Three offensive
counter attacks undertaken by the
Germans against the English army
failed. From Craonne twenty-five
miles northwest of Rheims) to the
city of Rheims we ourselves repulsec
some very violent counter attacks ex'
ecuted during the night. The enemy
tried In vain to take the offensive
against Rheims.
eSecond. On the center, from tho
city of Rheims to the Argonne, tho
enemy has reinforced himself by con-
structing important Notifications, anil
has adopted a purely defensive atth
tude. To the east of the Argonne, in
the Woevre district, the situation IL
unchanged.
"On our right wing, in Lorraine anil
the Vosges, the enemy occupies posi-
tions organized on defensive basis
in the vicinity of the frontier"
A later statement said:
"There is no change in the gener:i
situation except that we have cont:n
ued to advance on our left wing a.!
that the battle generally has calme.I
down a bit"
The official Berlin statement is as
follows:
"The battle between the Oise Al
the Meuse rivers continues, but the. =
are sure indications that the enemy !
force is falling.
1.-THE French attempt to cut through
the German right wing was broken
down without notable exertion on tic
German side.
"The German army is advancing
slowly but surely.
"a sortie from Verdun on the right
bank of the Meuse was most easily
repulsed."
A Bordeaux dispatch to the Ey.
change Telegraph company states thai
the battle continues with great fierce.
ness along the whole front. The death
Is announced of General Bataille, who
was killed in action.
Germans Thrown Back Six Miles.
A comprehensive account of tha
five days battle of the Aisne, describ.
ed as the flercest in the western tea.
ter of war, was given by a Freac'I
military officer who arrived in Paris
He declared that the allies hal thrown
back the Germans six miles, capture q
600 men and many guns.
The retreating Germans, said tn:
ohcer, called halt on the morni.
OF Sept. IA, and gave battle to Il,
pursuers. aud the battle bocame &C.