The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-10-09
Won klUCK GAINS
SLIGHT ADVANTAGE
on RIGHT WING
Violent Battles Raging Along
the Battle Front Of
100 Miles.
ALLIES GRADUALLY
FORCING TEUT0NS BACK
ARMY OF CROWN PRINCE MADE
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
TO PIERCE FRENCH LINES.
Fierce ENGAGE MENT At ROVE
Real Work in the Great Battle Of the
Aisne 10 Being Done on the
Two Wings.
ARMY OF CROWN PRINCE MADE
AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
TO PIERCE FRENCH LINES.
Fierce ENGAGE MENT At ROVE
Real Work in the Great Battle Of the
Aisne 10 Being Done on the
Two Wings.
THE SITUATION.

" ing upon its fourth week with
. evry little change along battle
" front Of 120 miles. The Allies
" continue to push their lines grad
" ually northward, although Gen.
" Won Kluck on Monday succeeded
" In toiling their attempt to turn .
" the German right wing. There .
" are constant encounters. and fire. =
. quently great loss Of life all along =
. the line, but the positions of both
" armies appear almost impregna-
" BILE. It is reported in London that
the emperor has removed Gen.
. Won Moltke as Chief Of Staff be-
cause Of a difference of opinion
, In the strategy Of making an at: I
= tack IN force with air ships on =
. England. q
In the East the Cars armies
. have begun their advance on Ger =
man territory, having completely .
. defeated and routed them at Au-
. gustowo, Poland. It is reported
that the Germans lost 10000 in
that battle. The Russians are al
" 30 swarming into Hungary.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London.-Roye, the little town on
the main road from Amiens to Noyon,
the heights around which have been
alternately occupied by the French
and the Germans during the past
week, still is the center Of battle Of
great violence.
The Germans, who are fighting stub
bornly to protect their flank at this
point have brought up reinforce
ments but. according to the French
oncial communication all their at
tacks have been repulsed. The &C.
ton, however, still is proceeding and
upon It much derends, for II the Ger
mans are beaten, their line Of COM
munication at Tergnier will be Sc
riously threatened.
OF other operations on this front.
which extends 40 far north as Arras,
nothing has been disclosed since the
French themselves announced tina.
their force debouching from Arras
had fallen back slightly on the cas-,
and north of that town.
There 10 evidence from other
sources that the Germans are making
preparations to protect their flank
should retirement become necessary
They have evacuated West Flanders
and their attack ON Antwerp Is be
1ieved by many to be designed to keel
tho Belgians busy and to prevent them
from operating on what would be Gen
ersl Won Kluck's left should be fall
back through Belgium.
But the battle is not yet over an!
Il may be many days before eithe1
side attains ito objective. Except TO-
tho forces absolutely needed else
where, the Germans are maintaining
their strength In France and besides
fiehting of the French efforts on thei
rixht, are themselves remaining OF
the offensive on the French right.
The army Of the crown prince
which has been In the thick Of tn
fighting since the Germans bega'
their invasion Of France. made an al
tempt to slip through the wood Of La
Crurie, but the French report say
vas thrown back to the north Of tn
varennes-La.Harazee vtenna-La-Vill
road. This road pierces the northern
mart Of the Argonne forest, 30 tina
the French must have made . cor
siderable advance in this region an
etraishtened out the line from tn
north OF Vsrdun to the north 9
Rheims.
This attack Of the crown prince
.yay doubtless II what the German
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