The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-10-09
GEN. FRENCH TELLS HOW BRITONs
HAVE FACED GIANT GERMAN GUNS

ISSUED FeEsFx NOM Nteid MAx2M&l lit
It'hn Ersneh's headquarters O. the
BrttAsh operations il Franea Ia
kext f0ilows.
The saesay % Stila feAinfxinlag ktm-
sslf alcas tho whole trent ana IL e<ser
10 do % = ihrWwing inio ths ilEhs 80
taehaaenfs composed OF xnitn from the
&inersnt formations. the active array.
reserve. and lasdvahr. ~ b shows ~
the uniforms " he prison<rs rscefssy
captured.
Our pFogresa. aithaakh slow On 90.
count q the strength 81 tho defensive
position against which We are pressing,
has In certain directions been contina-
Gus. but the present battle may wail
lasi for some days moro before d Do
cision II reached. since II now ~.
proximafes nearly to siege warfare.
The Germans ara making use Of
ssarchlights- This fact. coupled with
their great strength tn heavy artillery,
leads to the superstition that thsy are
employing material which may hare
been collected for the siege Of Psris,
Confident Of the RssulG
The nature Of the general situation
sftsr the operations O. ths eighteenth.
nineteenth and tweasissh, cannot be
better summarized than ss expressed
recently In . neighboring French CEN.
mander to his corps: Having repulsed
repeated and violent counter attacks
made by the enemy. we have Q feeling
thai We have been victorious
so far as the British are concerned.
the course OF events during shese three
days can be described in n few words
pariHg FSid&y, eighteenth. artillery
IRE was kept up internationally by both
sides during daylight. A. night the
Germans counter attacked certain parN
tons Of oar line. supporting the ad.
vance OF their infantry M always by
. heavy hombardment. But tho strokes
were not delivered with great vigor
and ceased about a. M. During the
days hghting an aircraft gun of the
Third army corps succeeded In bring.
Ing down German aeroplane.
News was received also that body
Of French cavalry had demolished part
Of the railway to the north. cutting. at
least temporarily, one line OF communl.
cation which 10 al particular import
ance 10 the enemy.
German Attack Stopped.
"On Saturday. the nineteenth, the
hombardmsnt was resumed by the Ger /.
mans at an early hour and continued
internationally undsr reply from our
suns Some OF their infantry advanced
from cover. apparently with the intsn,
ton Of attacking. bat on coming under
Gre they retired Otherwise the day
was uneventful, except for the activity
Of the artillery. which Ia a matter Of
normal routine rather than an event
Another hostile aeroplane was
brought down by VI, and ono Of our
aviators succeeded In dropping several
bombs over the German line, one In
eendiary bomb falling with consider
able effect en- . transport park near
La Fore
"A buried store Of the enemy's
smmunitions OF war also was found not
far from the Aisne, ten wagon loads
Of live shells and two wagons Of cable
being dug up. Traces were discovered
OF large quantities Of stores having
been barned-all tending TO show that
~ far back as the Aisne the German
retirement was hurried
There was 4 strong wind during
the day. accompanied by . driving
rain. This initiated against the aerial
reconnaissance.
Several German Attacks Fall.
On Sunday. the twentieth, nothing :,
Of Importance occurred until the after.
noon. when there was break In the
clouds and an interval OF feeble sun.
shine. which was hardly powerful
enough to warm the soaking troops, |
The Germans took advantage Of this
brief spell OF nns we&ther to- make
several attacks against different points,
These were all rspulsed with loss to
the enemy. but the casualties incurred
by us were by no means light
In one section OF our firing line the |
occupants OF the trenches were under |
the impression that they heard mill
tsry band in the snemy's hne just be- /
fore the attack developed II IL nov
known that tho German infantry |
started their advance with bands play |
Ing
The offensive against one or two |
po,nts was renewed At ausk. with no
greater success. Ths Arvnt OF the re
distance naturally has fallen on the In !
fAatry. In spite Of the fact that they
have been drenched to the skin for
some days and their trenches have
been deep In mud water. and In spite I
Of the incessant night alarms and the |
almost continuous bombardmeut to |
which they have been subjected, they
have on every occasica been ready for |
the enemy's infantry when the latter
attempted TO assault. and they hare
beaten than hack with great loss. In
decd, the sight OF troops coming up has
been a positive relief after Tong. trying |
hoars Of lnaction under sAeh FIRE.
German Cannon Fire Fails.
.'The OBJECT ct the great proportion |
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