Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-09-25
A|SNE BATTLE IS GREATEST Of ALL TIMES
Result StiR in Doubt
Au3trians in Critical
Position.
RUSSIANS CLAIM THEIR CASUAL
TY LIST WILL NOT EQUAL
oNE-TENTH THAT OF DUAL
MONARCHY.

Paris, Sept. 23.-The German right
wing under General Alexander Won
Kluck has been forced back seven
miles. 1t has been driven back into
Noyon where it has been forced to
seek defensive strOngholds to the
southeast of the city and on the left
bank of the Disc and it is now eX-
posed to the thanking movement OF the
allies left, which has been progress
ing up the right bank of the Disc in
an enveloping maneuyer.
Germans Retire Generally.
The French and British have driven
forward until they occupy the heights
of Lassigny, west of Noyon, have
swept by Noyon itself on the north
and have stretched their lines as far
east as Laon. An officer returning
from scissors to Paris reported that
an aerial scout just back from recon
naissance of the German position, says
the Germans were seen retreating in
large bodies.
An announcement from the war Of
flee at Bordeaux said that the fighting
had become less violent 1t added
that obvious progress had been made
by the French troops operating be
tween Rheims and the Argonnes.
Lull Follows Conflict.
This report indicates that a lull
came after the fighting earlier had
been furious. Most terrific were the
onslaughts directed by the Germans
against the allies lines in the region
of Craonne. Here, with the British
troops under Field Marshall Sir John
French, bearing the brunt of the at
tacks, the invaders charged desperate
ly with bayonets fixed and ferocious
hand-to-hand combats ensued in which
the Germans were hurled back, but
came on again until the carnage was
appalling.
Rheims Laid Waste.
The bombardment of scissors con-
tinued with undiminished and deadly
effect while into Rheims, already prac-
ucally laid waste, steady stream of
German projectiles still fell, although
the bombardment lacked the energy
of the previous fusillade. The heavy
guns were the only arms in action
around Rheims, the infantry still re-
naming in the trenches.
The Germans have received rein
fo-cements at several points along
their front, but these have been met
by attachments in strength being
brought up from the French reserves.
Crown Prince Entrenches.
The crown prince appears to have
reached a position to the north of
Montfaucon where he has entrenched
in a defensive position against the
pursuing French column. Here he has
been driven to stand at bay to protect
the avenues of retreat which are still
open to him through Luxembourg
According to an official announce.
ment of the French navy office the
fleets of the allies now control the
Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the
North Sea.
Cold Steel Plays Part.
Cold steel again played consider
able part in the battle of the enormous
hosts fighting along the Aisne, the
Disc and WOervre. The most remark
able point about the encounters is that
the troops scarcely see each other be-
fore they actually come hand to hand
The recklessness displayed at the be
ginning of the hostilities, with the re
sultant carnage through the machine
guns, has almost disappeared and ev.
cry movement of the attacking and de
Tending troops is carried out with the
utmost caution until the moment Of
actual conflict.
The Germans have suffered most in
these engagements, for the French
troops from Africa and the British
infantry are adopts with the bayonet
and they wait in the trenches unit
their adversaries are SO close that 6
quick dash brings them together.
Dubiecko Is Captured.
London, Sept. 90. The Russian
grip on the scattered Austrian forces
in Galicia is holding relentlessly. Ac
cording to Petrograd advices, the fort
ress of Jaroslau is being bombarded
PrzemysI has been invested and Gen
eral Dankrs army, which is retreat
ing toward Cracow, has been sur
round.
The capture of the town of Dubiec
ko, ON the river San, by the Russians
has cut Przemysl off from the western
armies, so that it must now rely fo1
defense upon the Austrian and Ger
man army corps which are there.
General Dankl is believed to be il
a difficult position. Driven out o
Poland and separated from the mali