Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-09-23

nouncement made to-day, ended In
| complete disaster for the Austrian
army.
The announcement declared that
10000 Austrian troops were en-
gagged in this encounter, while the
Servian forces included various
| bodies of men who had been concen-
trated along the Drina, reinforced by
troops hastily recalled from Semlin
and Slavonia. The lighting was very
sanguinary.
Both Sides claim Gains.
London, Sept. 22.-An eyes are
now fixed on the western section Of
the great battle line in France, where
the allied army is expected to de-
Scend on the German right, which al
ready is bending backwards under
persistent pressure to the northward
of the River Aisne. If these Ger
man positions are once carried, STRAIT
egists here bell We the whole Ger
man front will be in danger.
However, "perceptible progress"
is all the light the official chronicler
permits himself to throw on the
great siege Of the fortified positions,
which now has lasted ten days.
Fresh Troops for Germans.
German reinforcements, according
to Berlin reports, have beaten their
opponents in the race to the fighting
zone and the result is seen in the
rapid series of Hussar strokes which
Gen. Won Kluck has been able to de-
liver in an effort to stem the allied
enVeloping movement around ST.
Quentin.
Thus far the battle OF the Aisne
reproduces on a larger scale the fea-
lures of the struggle on the Marne,
but whether in the final outcome the
victory will rest with the same side
is likely to remain secret for few
| days more.
Allies Gaining on Wings.
On the River Aisne, as on the
Marne, the Germans are thrusting
perSistently at the allies center
while the French and British troops
are pursuing their favorite movement
of working around the German flank.
Day by day the allied line. though
stationary in the center, seems, ac-
cording to official statements, to gain
a little ground on both wings.
If the report that Gen. Won Kluck
has moved his headquarters back to
Mons be true it will be of the great
est significance, as showing his rec
ognition of the danger which might
threaten him from an army march
ing from the west
Berlin, however, reports that the
German counter attacks about
Rheims have resulted in their cap
ture of the strong hill position at
Craonne, Is miles northwest Of
Rheims, and the occupation Of the
village of Betheny, three miles north
of the French city. Berlin claims
also successful attack on the line
Of forts south of Verdun, defended
by eight French army corps, as a re-
suit Of which German troops have
crossed the east border in the Girec-
ton Of Lorraine. Berlin reports fur
ther the defeat Of a sortie from the
northeast of Verdun, but declares
there has been no important engage
ment elsewhere on the western bat
tie front.
City of RhcimS May he R4s9efIs
The noted city OF RheiuhN se
/ Ialed TO the ground, it is fefSNaas Ne
don. not because it in jtself has any
strategic importance, nut betause IL
happens 10 be in che way OF the
operations directed against the
plateau above the city, where the al
lies undoubtedly will endeavor again
to d'sprove, as did Napoleon, the
theory Of Bluecher that these heights
are impregnable, even if defended by
only 5000 men.
The walls of the tower of Rheims
cathedral, according to latest reports,
are still standing, but it is not be-
lieved they are strong enough to en-
lnre much moro hnm ha I'd IN ont