Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-26

The French official statement de
clares that though furiously counter
attacked by superior forces and OBJ
liged TO yield some ground, this wa.
regained Immediately
At some points, at least, fierce en-
gagements have been fought with the
tide flowing first in one direction and
then in the other. The allies have
won a position here and the Germans
have gained one there But all re
ports, official and otherwise, agree
that there is much fighting yet to be
done before any material advantage
can be claimed by either side.
The British in the trenches say:
I've are slowly beating them back. -
Interesting information has been
given out by the British admiralty re-
garding British successes and misfor-
tunes in various waters. The British
merchant cruiser Carmania has sunk
a German merchant cruiser supposed
to be either the Captrafalgar or the
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lea, but the German cruiser Koenigs-
berg has disabled the British cruiser
Pegasus while the latter was over
hauling her machinery in Zanzibar
harbor, killing twenty-five men and
woupding more than three times that
number, and the German cruiser EN-
den has sunk six British merchant
steamers in the Bay of Bengal.
Against this destruction of the
cathedral the French government has
decided to send through diplomatic
channels a protest to all the powers.
The Austrian torpedo boat No. q
was sunk in the harbor of Pcla last
Monday. 1t is believed that a boiler
exploded. The crew was saved.
Italy, according to reports from
Rome, has more than a half million
men under arms.
Russians Sure of GaIicia.
The Russian grip on the scattered
Austrian forces in Galicia is holding
relentlessly. According to Petrograd
advices, the fortress of Jaroslau is
being bombarded; Prezemysl has been
invested and General Dankls army,
which is retreating toward Cracow,
has been surrounded. The capture of
the town of Dubiecko on the San by
the Russians has cut Prezemysl off
from the western armies, so that it
must now rely for defense upon the
Austrian and German army corps
which are there.
General Dankl is believed to be in
a difficult position. Driven out of |
South Poland and separated from the |
main body of the Austrian army he |
has been compelled to make a race |
for Cracow, in which he was, accord |
ing to Russian accounts, beaten by |
the Russian army coming southwark |
from the Vistula to Baranow.
The Russians now are so sure of |
Galicia that they are now organizing |
4 civil government for that region.
rs well as for Bukowina, the Austrian
crown land of which they are COM
Dlete masters.
The Germans have retaliated to
some extent by penetrating the terri
DRY Of Suwalki in Russian Poland
md farther to the north. But the
Russians are contenting themselves
With defending their fortresses until
heir work in Galicia is completed.
The Montenegrins and Servians are
exported to be meeting with success
md the Montenegrins are now ap-
Sarajevo capital of Bosnia.
The exploit of the German cruiser
Imden in the Bay of Bengal has
aused a stir in England. Everybody
S asking where was the British fleet
o allow the capture of six steamers,
r, in the first place, to allow the EN-
en to get away from the Chinese
cast.
1t appears it was only due to the
warming of an Italian captain that
more British steamers did not fall
nto the hands of the Emden. 1t is
opposed that British warships are
for the German cruisers
Thich have been free
President Wilson Wednesday re- ,
lied to the message recently received !
rom Emperor William protesting :
gainst the alleged use by the allied ,
rmies Of dumdum bullets. He said :
g had read the communication with :
ne gravest concern, but that it would
e unwise and premature for the Unit
States to express any final judy
lent in the controversy.
The message was almost identical il
18th the speech made by the president +
the Belgian commission which pro- Q
ssted against alleged German afro \
tiles. III