The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-25
BATTLE OF THE AISNE
STILL RACES FIERCELY
Dispatches Tell Of Oc-
OupatiOn Of PerOnne After
Desperate Resistance.

hUHuout Sept. GO.-n uIluSf SUI
cessss of the armies of the allies,
which are attempting to turn the Ger
man right wing. are announced in Of
fetal statements issued at Paris. 1t
is stated that the allies western wing
has advanced considerably and Pc
rome has been occupied after a des-
perate resistance.
The turning movement of the Fran
co-British forces, directed against
General von Kluck In an effort to en-
velop his army, appears, from unof1-
cial dispatches, to have met added re-
sistance from strong German rein
forcements.
At the eastern end of the battle line
In France there has been heavy fight
ing on the Mouse river, the allies
alternately advancing and retiring.
On the center. between Rheims and
the Argonne district, the situation
shows no change, according TO the
French official report, but the latest
German official advices stated that the
Germans were breaking through the
allies center.
The correspondent of the London
Times In France reports that Uhlans
blew up the railway bridge at Miraunt,
between Amiens and Arras. He adds
On Eve Of Big Event.
I'VE certainly are on the eve of
great events In this region (the west
ern end OF the line), whence the
enemy is being gradually pushed out,
but the Germans are still behind a
strong line drawn roughly from st.
Aman through Denain. The Germans
are practically in touch with the
French Thirteenth army corps at
Courchelletts and Arleaux, where
fighting may be expected"
Paris news advices say the diver
sion In Lorraine has proved ineffec-
tual and the Germans are now making
q fierce drive In the Woevre district
northeast OF Verdun. the object ap-
parently being to cut off the army
operating around Nancy. AS the Ger
mans failed to make an opening be-
tween Verdun and Toul. while besieg-
ing Tryon, 1t Is believed In Paris they
win succeed no better this time than
they did In the former attempt. The
movement, however, constitutes O
great menace to the allies, who are
resisting desperately and have re.
pulsde attacks with heavy losses.
Interest In the fighting centers In
Woevre, says the Bordeaux CORE
spondent OF the Times, where the
enemy Is making a serious effort to
pierce the line of forts linking Yer
dun and Toul.
Wounded Germans Reach Paris.
That the Germans are losing heav-
lily on their right is attested by the
constant arrival in Paris of prisoners
and wounded. Several automobiles
containing wounded Germans and al.
lies passed through Paris streets dur.
ing the day.
The steady progress of the allies
left fortifies confidence In Paris and
the press is unanimous that the bat
tie Of the Aisne cannot last much
longer, for the steady retirement of
the German right must entail q weak.
sning of the center elbow that the
Germans threw out along the River
Disc to prevent being turned by the
H1lies.
French official advices say between
the River Disc and the River Aisne
the Germans continue Il maintain i'm.
portant bodies OF troops, we'll in,
trenched. The French report a slight
advance to the northwest of Berry.
Au-Buc.
In Belgium defenders and invaders
hold their relative positions without
change. but many reports are being
transmitted to England that the Ger.
mans are fsverishly intrenching along
their line OF communications in Bel.
s1um.