The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-23
TRE LATEST EUROPEAN WAR NEWS
GERMANY
[6y Karl Won Wisgand. United Press
4 a&aff Corraanondont

[sy Karl Won Wtsoand. United Press
Staff Correspondents.
[Passed on and edited by both Ger
man and British censors.
MoNTMEDY, France, Oct. 21.-
VIA Metx, Berlin, The Hague and
London, Oct. 2s.)-The German cen
tral armies are making = determined
effort 70 reduce verdun. They have
mounted heavy batteries with which
some Of the outer fortifcatlons n
ready have been destroyed. The off'
Ger In command, General Won (name
deleted by censor) told mo today he
was confident the strong French for
tress will be overwhelmed and taker
within a fortnight at the outside. He
praises the French bravery unstlnt
insIy and says that the French artII
iery 10 excellent, but that their work
10 partly nuIIlfisd by inferior ammunl
tion. In this connection, he called
my attention to many shells which
have failed TO explode because Of I'm.
perfect manufacture.
Montmedy 10 the blgeest hospital
center and clearing house for the
wounded behind the first line Of Ger
man center. Here the wounded, Ger.
man and French alike, are brouoh.
and the serious cases treated while
the lightly wounded are sent back In.
to the interior for treatment.
After a personal tour Of the actual
battle front from the extreme Ger
man left In the neIghborhood Of TouI
and Nancy to the left center, II ID
possible to state that, while the
French line has bent In places, At no
point has Il been broken and where.
ever the French have retired. they
have Immediately dug themselves In.
TO new positions Of equal strength
There has been very heavy fighting
, all along the line Of forts between
Tout and verdun and st. Mixlel and
Camp pc Rpmalns have both bser
taken by ths Qsrmsn&- Ihe Gsrsaana
/ I'sahave finally Crossed the Meuss q
two places IN the vicinity Of st. Nj.
xtsi.
The fighting here 10 practically
continuous and OF the most desperate
character. The French are making
most determined efforts TO retake
these lost positions and DRIVE the
Germans back across the river, but
90 far without success. In these
maneuvers, both sides have lost an
enormous number Of men. The
wooded ridges are covered with the
wounded, who are uncared for be.
cause II has baen impossible for the
Red Cross to gather them up. The
whole territory Is being riddled BY
the artillery Of both armies and Il ID
Impossible for any living person to
cross the fire zone.
The Germans have driven . tri-
angular-shaped wedge into the French
positions in the neighborhood Of st.
Miziei. They were able 70 do this by
taking advantage Of several Of the
heaviest fogs Of the year which.
while they lnterferred with the accur-
aey OF the artillery, afforded splendid
cover under which the corps Of sap
pers advanced the German trenches.
In the wooded region Of Apremont,
five miles southeast Of st. Miziel, and
! again In the neighborhood Of Verdun,
there are positions whore the rival
trenches are only seventy yards apart
and (remainder Of paragraph dsleted
by the British censor).
The French sallies from Tout
against the German line which holds
q position on the heights there have
been repuIsed with heavy loss by the
Germans. Under cover Of tise fog,
General (name detected by the Ger
fCon+,nuas ~ napa 2N