Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-09
GERMAN RIGHT WING CHECKS
FRENCH AND BRITISH ENVE-
Looping MOVE IN NORTH
FRANCE.
BOTH SIDES STILL EXPRESS
UTMOST CONFIDENCE
Picturesque Villages Suffer Severely
in Furious ghting-Country Flat
and Under ultivation--AIIies
Play May Aid Hard-pressed
6e!gians.

huck, reinforced with troops from
the German center, continues to make
determined stand against the at
tempt Of the allies to outfank him.
French Yield Ground.
The French who had officially re-
ported that all German attacks in this
region had been repulsed and that the
allies had resumed the offensive. an
nounce now that the battle to the
north of the Disc, which commenced
seriously about Sept. %, continues
with great violence, with no decisive
result but that at certain points the
French troops have had to yield
ground.
The Germans i'm their report say the
battle is proceeding successfully for
them.
Both Sides Confident.
Both in London and in Paris there
is the greatest confidence, although
some surprise is displayed at the sue.
cess Of the Germans in preventing the
outfanking movement There is a
feeling, however, that the Germans
cannot extend their line much further
north without weakening it at some
point.
Along the rest of the line. the
French communication says, there has
been no change. Therefore the prog
ress in the regions of scissors and
Woevre previously reported either has
satisfied them for the moment or they
have been checked by the Germans.
Progress Necessarily Slow.
Of the lighting here, as on their
right, the German report says it is
proceeding favorably for the German
arms.
Progress by either side must be ex-
tremeiy slow, for after every advance,
no matter how slight, the troops max
ing it must entrench themselves.
Encounter Strong Resistance.
Battle Front, via Paris, Oct. 6.-The
allies, after having permitted their adj
versaries, as they thought, to exhaust
themselves by continued attacks, at
tempted a most vigorous offensive.
The British and French encountered
such a strong resistance, however
that their most advanced detachm ents
on the western wing were compelled to
fall back.
Only One Point of Contact.
Only at this part Of the long battle
line did the opposing troops actually
come into close contact.
Many picturesque villages, around
which hundreds of thousands of men
occupy positions, have suffered severe
ly in the recent fighting and probabl,
will suffer still more before the strug-
gle for supremacy is over.
The country where the chief fight
ing is going On is fiat and under cult
walton, In many places it is Doggy
and there are scattered coal mines.
The allied armies are continually ex-
tending toward the north and bending
eastward toward the Belgian frontier,
thus compelling the Germans, in order
to prevent the crumbling up of their
main army, to move large forces from
the center and to keep pace with the
allies, which position menaces the Teu-
tons along the whole line. The allies
play, it is thought, may compel the
Germans to release the pressure on
the Belgians.
French Change Rapidly.
The rapidity with which the French
change positions is considered remark
able. Two entire divisions of infan.
try marched nearly 80 miles Saturday
and % miles Sunday.
The Germans, however, by means of
their aViators, who are continually
fitting over the lines, despite numer-
GUS casualties, discovered the move
ments and brought up re-enforcements
| to meet them. AS the Germans occupy
the inside Of the circle they are en-
abled to reach an appointed spot with
a much shorter march
At one point on the allies front a
French regiment after three days in
the trenches, on being ordered to the
rear for rest, sent q petition through
their colonel to the commanding gen
| eral, asking permission to remain until
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