Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-09-23
The European War Day by Day.
Germans Make Second Stand.

southeast Of the French capital. to-
night is drawn up on almost 4
straight line, extending from the
neighborhood Of Noyon, in the west
to Boisforges on the Meuse, north of
Verdun, with it's left resting on the
German fortress at Metz.
Thus the right wing, at least, has
gone back more than 20 miles in
two weeks, while the rest Of the
army also has had to retire before
the whole could find ground on which
to make another stand against the
advance Of the allies
There seems little doubt that the
Germans intend TO give battle on this
line. with the River Aisne in front Of
their right, the hills Of Rheims fac
ing their centre and the mountains
and forest of ArgOnne on their left.
They went back steadily before the
French and English armies, fighting
only rear guard actions until their
right, in command Of Gen. Vo"
Kluck, got across the AiSne. Then
they turned and delivered several
counter ATTACKS which, however, aC-
cording to British official reports,
were repulsed, the Germans leaving
200 prisoners in the hands of the
British.
These counter attacks doubtless
were delivered in the hope of giving
the troops Of the right wing an op-
nortunity to rest and prepare posi-
tions from which they could resist at
tacks from the allies and await rein
forcements.
Positions of Germans.
The Germans are in the hill coun-
Vicur-Asne and Soissons and north
Of Rheims, wee they are digging
strong entrcnchments and receiving
reinfOrcements. But even here this
right wing, which up to the present
has borne the brunt of the fighting
and the retreat, is not altogether
safe, for the French army operating
from Amiens clings to it's flank. while
the British and French forces con-
tinue to press in front.
1t is essential, however, hat they
should hold their positions, for they
cover the lines of retreat to the
4urtN, which would be the only way
"U. II dcfNnt auould he their lot. That
- they, raaIise, tbisais shown by the TACT
taay hey have Been nontcstiug nvory
t0or Of ttg ground with the allied
armies the last Two day. anu tna,
both sides have suffered heavily.
The British army, as has been its
lot since it landed in France, is TAX
ing its full snare in the lighting,
which has been particularly severe
since the Germans crossed the Aisnc
and made their first determined
stand in the retreat from Paris.
Staggering Casualty List.
Many German prisoners have
fallen into the hands OF the British.
and so great a number OF prisoners
and stragslerS have been taken by
the French that the minister Of war
refuses to make an estimate for fear
OF being accused of eXaggeration. The
losses in captured all can stand, but
it is the number Of dead and wound
ed scattered through the field from
the Marne to the Aisne that it is
feared will be staggering.
Firemen from Paris have been
sent out to carry out sanitary meas
nres on the battlefield, and motor
cars with doctors have left London
and Paris to search for any wounded
that might have been overlooked by
the army ambulance corps. 1t is
known that many wounded are being
cared for by peasants in their cot
tageS.
even greater than those in France,
and, according to official reports, the
Russians still are following the Aus
trian and German forces in the hope
Of striking another blow before they
can reform.
One report from Petrograd says
the Russians have severed commune
cations between Cracow aud Pre-
mySl, the two fOrtrcsSes for which
the AuStrians and their German allies
are heading, and have begun an ad-
vance to sever communications be-
tween GaliCia and Budapest.
British Navy Active.
While all lhiS flph1inp L. pninr ON