Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-09
THE ALLIE:S
AT TACKS
Advance North Of
the SOmn1G.
GERMANS REINFORCED
Furious Fighting Continues
South of the River.
BATTLE Line EXTENDING NORTH
Berlin Announces Steady Pro-
gress of German Forces.
BATTLE LINE EXTENDING NORTH
Berlin Announces Steady Pro-
gress of German Forces.

Official reports from the great bat
tlefield in France, which is now near
the end of a three weeks conflict
along the River Aisne and to the
north of it, differ in details as to
the progress, the Germans claiming
that they have repulsed the attempt
of the allies to break through their
lines, and are successfully hammering
the French Ene at critical points with
heavy artillery.
The French report notes that the
heaviest fighting Is in the region OF
Roye, where the Germans have been
heavily reinforced, though the French
left is bein. extended more and more
to the north of the Somme and is now
near Arras, not far from the Belgian
border.
In the southeast the French claim
they are making progress below Yer
dun and in the region of St. Mihiel,
where the Germans have been driven
from the left banks Of the Meuse.
In the movement from Arras the
French admit falling back" to the
northeast, but an advance near Al
bert, north of the Somme, and ward
ing off of the violent but Intellectual
attacks of the Germans near Roye and
Lassigny, is given out in the night
report.
The German right wing has again
been reinforced and the battle on the
Rivers Aisne, Disc and Somme RACES
with increased fury, particularly in
the region OF Roye, fifteen miles north
west of Noyon.
The official statement issued by the
war Office in Bordeaux adds that the
battle line extends more and more
to the north, having even reached the
region of Arras, forty miles northeast
of Amiens.
The concentration of Germans in
great strength at Roye is explained
by the ease with which the command
ing generals discover the dispositions
of the enemy through the aeroplane
scouts. A very important factor hith-
erto in the winning of battles has been
surprises. The aviators in the present
war have made this factor a negligi-
BILE one.
For this reason the battle OF the
AisRe Is continuing for an unprece-
dented length of time. The public not
familiar with all the strategy is in
clined to be impatient of fighting with
out an end, but those who know de-
clare themselves perfectly satisfied
with the progress being made by the
French armies.
Whether or not the allies or the
Germans hold st. Mihiel, on the Meuse
b tween Verdun and Toul, is still uu
disclosed officially, but the war Office
has announced the destruction of q
bridge which the Germans tried tc
throw across the river near st. Mi
hiel.
In the Woeyre district, according tC
the official bulletins, the French often
siye continues and progresses step By
step, notably in the region between
Apremont and st. Mihiel. On the re
mainder of the front only partial op
erations have been attempted by
either side.
The following official communication
was issued in Paris:
"First-On our left wing one of ouI
detachments which came out Of AT
ras Capital of the department of Pas
de Calais, forty miles northeast oil
Amiensl has fallen back a little to-
ward the east and north of that city.
North of the Somme we have made
progress in front of Albert (eighteep
miles northeast of Amiens).
Between Roye and assigny (south
of the Somme) tae enemy ;sas directed
violent alta Ks, viii, h have broken
against our r IA ce