Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-09-25
ALLIES GAINING IN
BATTLE OF A|SNE
HAVE PUSHED GERMANS BACK
IL MILES AFTER INCES.
SAINT FIGHTING

Fighting necessarily since the be-
ginning of the battle of the Aisne
more than a week ago, the French
and English allies, as near as can be
determined from the official reports,
have succeeded in pushing the Ger
mans back a distance of nearly IL
miles, forcing them to seek further
defensive positions on the plateaus
and in the rough country, which,
however, offer excellent opportuni-
ties for retrenchment.
A week ago the extreme German
right was south of Noyon; today it
has been driven back to Noyon, the
French occupying the heights west
of that city, on the German flank
Further east, the allies are endeavor-
ing to drive wedge into the German
army between Reims and Loan in the
north of Alsace, where, after much
fgh ting, they have gained the heights
north Of the river and have strongly
entrenched themselves.
Meanwhile. the Germans have as
sumed the offensive at various times,
but particularly have been lombard
ing the town of scissors for nine
days. Official reports from Berlin
express entire satisfaction over the
progress of the battle from the Ger
man standpoint, though the recent
active operations of the Germans in
Belgium point to fears being enter
tanned of an attack upon the Belgian
communication of the Germans in
France and the Germans are appar-
emily preparing for retreat in that
direction.
Advantage With Allies Apparently.
Apparently then. with the excep-
ton of the attack on the German
center at Reims, which has remain
ed steadfasr. the advantage in all
other parts OF the long battle line
has been with the allies, but the cost
has been fearful. A big part Of the.
battle has been with the artillery.
which has wreaked great havoc inA
both armies. Stubbornly the Ger
mans have contested every foot OF
the allies advance and just a. stub
bornly 1t has been pushed forward.
Attacks have been made upon the
French line from four directions, all
Of which. are reported as repulsed.
The first of these seems to have
come from the army Of Duke AL
brecht and directed from the north
east Of Verdun. The second came
from Metz and apparently has failed.
as the Germans are reported TO have
evacuated Arracourt, Just within the
French border and short distance
from Metz. The third. apparently
part of the operations Of Prince Rup-
precht. has come from the direction
of Thiancourt and has been directed
against Troyon. The fourth ID 20
miles to the south at Domevre.
Russians Forced Back.
According to German advices, the
army OF Gen. Won Hindenberg has
pursued the Russians into Suwalki
until they retreated under cover OF
their fortresses in that province. This
is confirmed by Russian dispatches.
which describe the retreat as being
orderly. The kaiser is said to have
congratulated his army on throwing
back three Russian armies over the
borders of Prussia, and it ia officially
stated in Berlin that the Russian
losses in the battle of Tannenburg
were $4,000 men captured and 150,-
900 men killed. The first bulletin
stated that two army corps had been
crushed and 10000 men captured.
Austrian Army Trapped.
The occupation Of Wislok, town
on the Hungarian frontier in the Car
pathian mountains. to the southwest
of Przemysl, is reported by the Rus
SLAMS. 1t is the only road leading
from Przemysl into Hungary across
the mountains. Retreat from
Przemysl is thus effectually cut OF.
All roads across the mountains to
the south of this are also in Russian
hands, and if there is an Austrian
force, as reported from Vienna, at
Drohobycz, to the south of Przemysl,
it Is hopelessly entrapped.
Earlier in the week Great Britain
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