The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-03
EVERY COUNTER-ATTACk
REPULsED BY ALLIES.
Task OF Army: Islto Maintain Itself
Until There Is General Resump-
ton OF Offensive. s8,
IMPROVEMENT IN SITUATION
Recent Efforts af. Enemy Made with. .
out CohesioR and Hostile ArtiI-
lery Fire Decreases in Volume.
Some Ground Gained. 5~i,

LONDON, October e (midnight) THE e
Official Press Bureau Tonight issued
statement from the Headquarters of
the British expeditionary force, under
date Of Septem Der 30. concerning move
ments of the British force and the
French armies in immediate touch with
It The statement follows: ~ E y.
THE general situation as viewed on
the map remains virtually the same
as that described .inSthe last letter, and
the task of the army has NOT changed.
1t is to maintain itself until there
Is a general resumption of 1.-THE offen-
lsiye. - s5 - ~ :taiy
mo ground has been lost. Some has
beer: gained, andgeyery counter attack
has been repulsed, in certain instances
with severe losses to the enemy.
Nevertheless. the question of posi-
i'tion is anly u part of the battle, and
there has been considerable improve
ment in the situation In, another re-
spect Recent offensive efforts of the
enemy have been made without cohc--
sion, his assaults being delivered by
comparatively small bodies acting with
out cooperation with those .oni either
| side. Some of them,. indeed, evtnce
clear signs Of Inferior leadership, this
bearing out statements made by prison
l;ers as to great; Losses In officers suf-
fered by the enemy. ~, -,
HOSTILE ARTILLERY. FIRE
DECREASES IN VOLUME
g. "Further. the hostile artillery fire
has ,. decreased in volume1.s and de-
perforated. both in control and direction.
The first probably is due>to the trans
two latter facts may be the direct re-
suit Of the activity of our aircraft arid
their, inter- ference with the ienemy's air
reconnaissance and observation of his
fire.
'The Germans recently have heen re-
1,,tn .nho q
from captive balloons sent up at some
distance in the rear of 'theiraflrst line,
which method. whatever Its cause. is
a poor substitute for the direct over
head reconnaissance obtainable from
j.aerOplanes.
done to us is wholly disproportionate
to the amount of ammunition expended
by the enemy. For the last few days
IT. has amounted to pitting certain
areas with large craters, and In n.render-
ing some villages unhealthy, as the
soldiers put 1t. "A concrete example of
what was on one OCCASION achieved
against our infantry trenches is given
later.
"Of recent events an actual nara
tive Will, be carried on from the 25th
/, to the Goth.
During this period the weather re-
mained fine. On Friday, September
| %, comparative quiet reigned In our
sphere of action. The only incident
worthy Of special mention was the
passage OF German aeroplane over
the interior of our lines. 1t was flying
high. but drew general fusillade from
| below. with the result that the pilot
| was killed outright and the observer
was wounded. The latter was able to
continue the flight for some miles, but
finally was compellec to descend, his
petrol tank having been struck. He
was captured by the French.
GERMANS EVERYNSHERE
REPULsED WITH LOSS
THAT night a general attack was
made against the greater part of the
allies position. and twas renewed In
the early morning OF the 26th The
Germans everywhere were repulsed
with loss. Indeed, opposite one por-
tion of our lines. where they were
caught In mass by, our machine guns
and howitzers firing at different
ranges, 1t Is estimated thoy left 1000
killed or wounded
stThe mental attitude of our troops
may be gaused from the, fact that the
official report next morning from one
Continued on 1seeond Paas.) q.