Arizona republican., 1914-10-24
Movement Extends from the Yser River to the River Mouse, and While They Gain Some Positions They Lose Some Others . GENERALLY BUT
 LITTLE CHANGE In the Recent Fighting Neither Side Has Destroy ed or Even Partly De stroyed an Army of the Opposing Forces
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LONDON, Oct. 23.-The Germans have undertaken a general offensive movement along the line extending from the mouth of the YSer, on ;he North sea to the River Mouse, out while they compelled the allies to give ground in some places, they themselves have lost positions in others
 This in a few words, is what was gathered from official reports this afternoon from French and German headquarters. The German attack was particularly severe in the west, where their right wing, strongly re- inforced by fresh troops, attempted to advance against the Belgians, who are holding the allies extreme left This left rests on the coast, support ed by English and French Warships, and by AnglO-French troops, which form a front extending from a point somewhere in the vicinity of Dix nude southeast of the Labasse canal Each side claims successes but the French alone admit that in places they have been compelled to give ground
 Generally, however, there is little or no change in the situation, the lines swinging and swaying as they have done for weeks. Although it is now just two months since the allies concentrated on the Franco Belgian border to oppose the German ad- vance, the invaders have been al- most to Paris and back in the inter- val, and no decisive battle has been fought. Neither side has destroyed or even partly destroyed an army Even the Belgian army escaped al- most intact after that country was overrun by Germans The same can be said of the far east, where the armies of Russia, Germany and Aus tria are fighting, except in case of Lieutenant General Samsonoff, the Russian commander, whose army was partially destroyed by the Germans in the battle of Tannensberg, in East Prussia. In the present battle on the River Vistula, from Warsaw south to the river Pil:ca, the Rus sians have scored an important vic tory in driving the Germans back and have captured many prisoners besides guns and ammunition. But the defeated army. when it gets back to it's selected position, can entrench and start another siege of battle, such as that which occurred on the River Aisne in France.
 Southward from. the Pilica the Germans still hold the river Vistula in rnrat hA Ivangorod, where they have been criven back by attacks from that stronghold. The Austrian army, which has so often been described as routed and destroyed in battles in Galicia, has sprung into life again, attacking the Russian left wing. The Austrians however apparently have found an impenetrable barrier at the river San, north of Jaroslau The Germans claim victory over the Rus slans west of Augustowo and Stu walki, following the fighting report . ed by them yesterday in the direc- tion of Ossowetz and south of Aug ustowo which shows that the Ger mans are attempting another ad- vance from East Prussia into the government of Grodnow. to the east of Suwalki, with the object of com : polling the Russians to reinforce their army in that region. All these movements, however, have brought the belligerents no nearer their goals, which cannot be attained until an army is destroyed, or one or the ether of the contending forces be comes too exhausted to fight fur ther. The admiralty issued a report tonight in which it stated that the German cruiser Karlsruhe had cap
 
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