Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-10-08
FRANCE ALMOST
RID OF GERMANS
Kaissis Armies Have Been Pushed Back
In France Close To the Border
Of Belgium.
GERMANS ATTACK ANTWERP
Belgian Forts Are Holding Out Against
The Great Siege Guns OF
the Germans.

The Russians have attacked Prem
syl, the last Austrian stronghold in
Galicia, and according to reports from
Petrograd two of the forts have been
taken. The Austrians are fighting des-
perately, but the odds are greatly
against them. The siege OF Antwerp
continues. The plucky Belgians have
succeeded in holding their own against
the German soldiers. So far the forts
surrounding the city have been able to
withstand the shells from the Ger
mans great siege guns. King Albert,
of Belgium, is prepared to fee to Eng
land in the event of the fall of the city.
Antwerp is considered one of the
strongest fortified cities in the world,
and much interest is being manifested
in the attack of the Germans ON the
city.
According to the latest dispatches
from Paris and London the Anglo
French armies have almost succeeded
in driving the Germans entirely from
the French soil. The left wing of the
allied army is said to be within thirty
miles of the Belgian border. On the
right wing the allies are reported to be
gaining steadily pushing the Germans
before them. In the center there
seems to be a hull in the trenches of
both the allies and the GermansY The
battle of the Aisne, as it is called,
though the great armies are now
fighting a great distance north of the
river, will probably not end until the
Germans have been driven out OF
France into Belgium.
Battle of Aisne Continues.
For three weeks the fate of the bat
tie of the Aisne has hung i'm the bal
ance. Along the great battle line,
which extends over a. hundFed miles
in length, thousands of men fought
with the desperation of demons. Thou
sands of lives were sacrifices by the
opposing armies in their effqEs to sain
an advantage over their aggfessmerAt
different points where the aghtiis, lsas
in progress success was wofversityby
one side and then the otheA' pup-at
no time was any permanent advtioage
gained by either of the great armies.
Soldiers Fight Day and Night Z
Every art, known to mple moYe-b- /
fare was resorted to by the Command
ers of the German and allied armies.
The suffering by the men in both ar
mics was Undesirable. DuriT Tekthe
three weeks the fighting continiworkay
and night. After day OF haluttedt'
ing night came with it's terrors&y che
soldiers slept at short intervals 18th
their guns at their sides ready to
spring into action when the alarm was
given. Then cold, chilling rains added
to the suffering of the fighting men.
Their clothes we're soaked and their
trenches filled with water.
Germany Fighting Two Wars
These have been trying days for the
German empire While their armies
have been battling against the allies
on the northern frontier of France re-
sisting the desperate onslaughts OF
their enemies another great menace
doomed up in east Prussia, when the
Russians began victorious campaign
against the German army corps de-
tenQlnR J0e 6dSIeIu lIOhllci Va luS7
STA. The complete failure of the Aus
TRAN armies to check the Russian ar
mics in Galicia also proved bitter
disappointment to the Germans. When
the kaiser learned of the Russians ad-
vance in east Prussia he rushed every
available soldier from Belgium and
France to defend his own country from
invasion by dreaded foe.
In Poland the Germans and Rus'
slams have been in continuous battle
for the past week with slight advan-
tage to the Russians. 1t has been
the endeavor of the German troops in
Poland to push the Russians backward
and force them to withdraw into Rus
sian Poland. In Galicia the Russians
seem TO have almost rid that country
of Australian troops who have retreat
ed south of the Carpathian mountains,
where the Russians are pursuing them.
II is reported that the Russians have
captured large quantities of guns, am
munition, army automobiles and pro-
visions from the Austrians.