Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-21
BATTLES ARE
 HARD FOUGHT 0N FRONTIER
French And English Resisting Ad-
 VanceS Of Germans With All Forces-Relief Of Lille Is One
 Aim Of Allies Armies In Center
AustrianS And Russians Both Claim Victories in Galicia- PrezmySI Center Of Heavy Bat tleS-FortS' DiSmantled

LONDON, Oct. 2O-Fighting of a most desperate character is in prog ress in West Flanders, and north western France The Belgian army. supported by the allies. is holding stubbornly to the line of the river Yser. and thus far has successfully halted the determined efforts of the Germans to advance along the coast. This was announced in the French official communication and admitted in German army reports
 A little further south the allies are attempting to advance toward Lille for the relief of that city, which has been in German hands for some time. Their efforts yesterday to advance on Lille where the Germans hold strong positions were repulsed according to German reports
 Southward at the bend of the line. the Germans continued to make furi- ous but futile attempts to break the French line
 Along the Mouse in the east. accord ing to the French account, Germans failed to repulse the French who de bouched along the territory in which is situated Camp Des Remains. now in the hands of the Germans. in an at tempt to cut out that part of the Ger man army which ls larust toward St Mihiel The Germans are throwing every available man in Belgium into the firing line
 The Austrians claim 10 have repuls- ed Russian attacks in Galicia. making progress toward driving out the invad- CTS. The Russians on the other hand say they are taking large numbers of prisoners. Heavy fighting is going on around Przemysl. and the Italian cor respondent says cupolas of the forts have been destroyed by the Russian siege guns. and forts mined and dis mantled. The same correspondent states the Russians are strongly en- trenched along the Vistula River and the entire front is furnished with pow erful guns, day and night hurling thousands of projectiles at the enc. my's lines.
 Generally speaking the French claim to have made some detailed progress at some points along the front. Paris reports the allies destroyed fifteen German machine guns, two of which were armored near La Basse. and a battery of German heavy artillery in the environs of St Mihiel. Both sides are bringing endorsements to the western front, where the one supreme struggle Of the war is on.
 Germans seem to have the railroads working we'll although they must have been seriously damaged during the battles of August and September. Troops are being transported over them, and Dutch sources report train after train of wounded being taken back to Germany. In the fighting in this open country. where men are not afforded protection of elaborate en- trenohments such as they have on the { Aisne river and losses must be very heavy. especially where endeavors are made to carry positions by as- sault
 Austrians and Germans. adds the correspondent are obligated to remain on the defensive. but repulsed great cavalry attacks west of Warsaw. Ser ajevo, the Bosnian capital. according to a report from Nish. is completely enveloped by Seryians and determined efforts are being made to take the town before the end of the trial of the alleged assassins of the Austrian heir Archduke Francis Ferdinand. whose murder started the war.
 In South Africa, Col. Marltz's rebell ion is virtually broken up. Another lot of officers and men have been can tured while others surrendered volun. ! tarily to the South African authorities News from Italy shows the Italian ! people are growing more antagonistic 10 Austrians because the Italian fish. ing industry is interrupted by Austri. an mines in the Adriatic. and many steamship lines have suspended for ] the same reason. Sw sden ordered all 1 lights on her coast extingUished So is cannot be ussd by navies or beIiiger- ent powers.