Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1914-09-24
TRYING TO
0UTFLANK
RIGHT WING
Battle Of the Aisne Waiting
on the Allies Attempt to
Make Turning Movement.

LONDON, Sept. 23.-The battle Of
the Aisne seems to be awaiting on
the outcome of the attempt Of the
allied forces to outfiank the German
right wing. At any rate, the French
official report, issued this afternoon,
while it speaks Of an advance made
by the allies left In the region Of
Lassiony, and while unofficial reports
say that this advance was one Of IS
kilometers (about IL miles), simply
records the repuise Of several violent
attacks by the Germans and the fact
that elsewhere the situation remains
unchanged. Military experts, however,
warn the public not to ignore the Ger
man efforts to force the French bar
rier chain at its-most assaiIable points.
It requires lot Of patience to wait
for the result Of this battle, but so
confident are the English and French
that their armies will be successful,
they are much worried.
In Galicia, the Russians are pushing
steadily on to their goal, which for the
moment is F'rzemysI. They apparent
" have that place pretty we'll sur
rounded by now, for, following the cap
ture of Jaroslau, they announce today
the occupation Of WisIok, a town on
the Hungarian border southwest Of
F'rzemysI, and an important station on
the railway, which runs from Sanok
through one of the passes Of the Car.
pathians to ZempIyn, and thence to
Budapest. Wislok probably was taken
by that part Of the Russian army which
advanced from Lemberg by the SOUTH
ern route to cut off the retreat Of the
Austrian army through the Carpath.
ians to Hungary. It is also another
link in the chain which the Russians
are drawing around the fortresses Of
PrzemysI and Cracow. On the German
frontier, the Russians are in close
touch with the German forces, accord
ing to their report, but no fighting has
occurred.
The Servians are having almost
daily successes. This time it is the
capture of Liubovia, on the River
Drina.
The event of the day was the flight
of British naval aeropIanes from Ant
werp to Dusseldorf, approximately a
distance Of 500 miles, in the course Of
which they dropped bombs on the Yep.
peIin sheds Of the German aerial fleet,
which would cooperate with the Ger
man navy in case of raid on Eng
land. The official bureau intimates
that the flight was undertaken as a
warning to the Germans that if any
more bombs are dropped on any un-
fortified towns in Belgium or France,
the allies can retaIiate. It is quite
likely that the warning is also intended
to include London, which has been
looking for visit from the Zeppelins
for some days. The flight of the Brit
ish aeroplanes was one, SO far as
distance is concerned, that they were
quite used to, as, for some time, the
British flying men have been put to
the test. They have made flights from
Montrose, Scotland, to Salisbury. This
is about the same distance as the
round trip between Antwerp and the
Rhine fortresses.
1t has not been possible as yet to
make up the rolls of the losses occa.
stoned by the sinking Of the British
cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy
by German summaries, but thus far out
Of 1900 officers and men on the ships,
1,O67 have been accounted for, and
it is hoped that thrawIers and other
vessels will bring in more survivors.
The landing Of some Of the survivors
in Holland has raised the interesting
question as to whether they must be
interned until after the war. II has
been taken for granted that this would
be the case, but the point is now
brought forward that they really are
shipwrecked sailors and are entitled to
the hospitality of a neutral country
as such until they are ready to return
home.
The losses through the sinking O.
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