The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-09-25

LOhuOHi Sept. -. . 10 y. Ill., he
official press bureau tonight issued
a report from Field Marshal Sir John
Freach's headquarters supplementing
the dispatch of September % on
British operations in France. The
text follows:
"The enemy is still maintaining
himself along the whole front and 10
do so is throwing into the fight
units from different formations, the
active army reserves and landwehr,
as is shown by the uniforms of pris.
oners captured.
"Our progress, although slow in
certain directions has been continu.
GUS but tine present battle may well
last for some days more before de.
eision is reached, since it now ap
proximates somewhat Of q siege war
fare
"The Germans are making use Of
searchlghts. This TACT, coupled with
their great strength in heavy artil.
lery, leads to the supposition that
they are employing material which
may have been collected for the
siege OF Paris.
The nature of the general situa-
ton after the operations Of the 18th.
18th and 20th cannot be summarized
better than as expressed recently by
a ueighboring French commander 10
his ocrps
Having repulsed repeated and
VIC ent counter attacks made by the
enemy, We have a feeling that we
have been Victorious
so far as the British are con.
cerued, the course of events during
these three days can be described in
a few words. During the 18th artil
lery fire was kept up intermittently
by both sides during the daylight At
night the Germans counter attacked
but the strokes were not delivered
with great vigor and ceased about 2
a. NJ. During the days fighting an
air craft gun of the third army corps
brought down a German aeroplane.
News was received also that a
body of French cavalry had demol-
ishod part of the railway to the
north, cutting at least temporarily
one line of communication of par
ticaIar Importance to the enemy.
"On Saturday, the 18th, the bonn
bardment was resumed by the Ger
mans at an early hour and continued
ntermttentiy under reply from our
owa guns. Otherwise the day was
meyentul except for the activity )f
the artillery.
Brought Down AeropIanes.
We brought down another hostile
aeroplane and one OF our tliers
dropped several bombs over the Ger
man liae, one falling with consider
able effect on a transport park near
La Fere, There was a strong wind,
accompanied by driving rain,
which initiated against the airships.
"On Sunday. the goth, nothing OF
Importance occurred until the after
noon, when the Germans made sew
efal small attacks against different
points These were repuised with
loss TO the enemy.
The offensive against one or two
points was renewed at dusk with no
great success. The brunt of the re-
sslance has naturally fallen upon the
Infantry In spite of the fact that
ihey have been drelched to the SKIN
Tor days and their trenches have
Deen deep in mud and water, and u
spite of the incessant night alarms
and the almost continuous bombard'
Ment to which. they have been SUB
leeted, they have on every occasion
ueen ready for the elemy's infantry
and have beaten them back with
great loss. Indeed. the sight OF the
troops coming up has been a positive
\ lelief after long, trying hours OF IL
action under she'll fire.
The object of the great proper
uon Of artillery the Germans employ
to beat down the resistance oil
neir enemy by concentrated and pro
ohged fire, to shatter their nerve
win high explosives before the IN