The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-10-09

From the north Of the Aisne where
two forward movements by the Anglo
French troops have been mentioned
within the last few days, the Germans
seem to have withdrawn some of their
own men, probably to strengthen tlcir
extreme right around which the allies
have been trying to work ever since
the battle began, nearly four weeAs
ago.
I On the center between Rheims and
the Meuse the armies are resting on
| their arms, awaiting their turn to
take the offensive. But on the
| heights Of the Meuse, between the
| fortress of Verdun and the St. Mihiel
| where the Germans crossed the
Meuse a couple OF weeks ago, the
contest still goes on. The Germans
/ have withdrawn to the north of Hat
tonchatel. They still, however, hold
st Mihel and some positions north
of that town on the right bank of the
river.
The conjecture, therefore, that the
French had driven them back across
the river soon after they made their
advance and captured besides the
town itself, the forts of Romans and
ParocAes. proves Incorrect
In the W oevre district the Germans,
without success have delivered vio-
lent attacks against the French, who
doubtless were trying to get behind
the German force on the Meuse at St.
Mihiel With the Germans to the
north Withdrawing and the repulse Of
their attack west of Apremont the
Germans at St. Mihiel are considered
to DO in rather a dangerous position
As an offset to this favorable
French statement the German ac-
count ISSUED last nfeht, says the
French attacks in the Argonne and to
the northeast of Verdun were re.
pulsed while no decision has been
reached in the fighting on the Ger
man right wing.
The latter statement remains true
today for althoueA the French claim
to have met with success there is
nothing TO indicate any definite re-
suit has been attained and there prob.
ably will be much more fighting and
a furAer extension OF the wings, pos
sibly@in the direction of Antwerp, be-
fore either side is compelled to give
way
On Prussan Frontier.
The other big battle line between
the Austro-German armies and the
legions on Russia extends from the
Galician frontier, near Tanow, north
to the East Prussian border. Another
Russian force is besieging Przemysl
in Galicia and still another is invad-
ing Hungary.
On the East Prussian frontier the
fighting appears to have come to a
standstill. The Russians. having
driven the Germans back after their
advance to the Niemen river, found
on getting TO the German border that
reinforcements had been brought
from Koenigsburg and their further
progress was arrested. The Germans
in fact claim to lave defeated the
Russians near Suwalki and to have
taken 200 prisoners and nine ma
chine guns
Fighting on a larger scale soon will
be resumed and then it will be de
cided whether the Germans are to re.
invade Russia in this region or the
Russians are to overrun Prussia.
In southwestern Poland the Austro-
German armies have advanced along
both banks of the Vistula river with
the object of compelling the Russians
to evacuate part Of Galicia, and ac-
cording to their reports having de-
feated and captured 4,S00 prisoners.
The Russians reply that they al
lowed the enemy to advance as far
as the Opatow and Sandomir front in
order to force them to abandon their
strongly entrenched position near
Kielce and accept battle in the open
country Since this battle nothine
has come throuah concerning the
movements of the two armies.
The advance of the Russians into
Hungary has aroused intense feeling
in Roumania in respect to Transyl
vania and a section of that country is
advocating that Roumania ioin the
allies. so that should victory rest with
the allies, Roumania may fall heir to
that part of the AustrolHun?arian
empire.
| Lesser events Of the day included
the drorping of bombs nv a German
aeroplane in the neighborhood of
! Paris.
Great Britain and Austria have ar
ranged for the exchange of cviian>
detained in the two countries who are
not of military age This is imnortant
to ENGLAND as many prominent ner-
sons were at the Austrian WATERING
mlaces taking the cure when the war
broke out.
| French Seize German Supplies.
Paris. oct. S--6. 81 n. m-The
French authorities have seized food
supplies valued at between s1.500 00o