Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-03
FRENCH ADMIT HAVING YIELDED
BEFORE FOES FIERCE ATTACKS

ing long sojourn in the open air I'M
endurable.
The concentration Of Germans in
great strength at Roye, as mentioned
in the war Offices statement issued yes
terday. is explained by the ease with
which the commanding generals dis
cover the dispositions of the enemy
through aeroplane scouts. very i'm
portant factor in the winning of bat
ties is surprises. The aviators in the
present war have made this factor a
negligible one.
For this reason the battle of the
Aisne is continuing for an unprecedent-
ed length OF time. The public, not IA
miliar with all the strategy, is inclined
to be impatient of fighting without an
end. but those who know declare them
selves perfectly satisfied with the
progress being made by the French
armies.
Story From Battle Front.
A dispatch from the battle front. dat
ed yesterday, says:
"A thrill was in the air, all along the
extended allied lines today. The
French and British troops, who have
been over q fortnight in the closest
contact with the Germans, felt they
had accomplished their hard task of
ing through the human barrier erected
between them and Paris, their main
objective. and that this meant eventual
victory for the allies.
The lines Of the trenches make the
battle front appeal like deeply SCARED
fields. The allies. who quickly learned
the lesson OF burrowing, at some places
Ia ;, the Germans within a quarter Of a
admirable shelter from the efrects Of
the German artillery, which conse-
quently reduces their casualties and
permits the allies to await In compare
o faf fhn
must be made across the open and off
en- at terrible cost.
The fury Of the German onslauxhts
was undated today, especially on the
was met with vigor by the allies. who
seemed to vie with each other in usine
all their strength and courage AGAINST
the attackers.
Scene Of Attacks Shifts.
1.-THE scene Of the most violent at
tacks changes day by day. The Ger
mans, finding it impossible to penetrate
the allied lines in the vicinity of
Rheims and Scissors, quickly trans
ported many OF their divisions farther
northwest. and today hurled them
against Reye. Again they failed, al
though tonight they had not ceased
their efforts to batter down the resist
ance.
THE allies great turning movement
continued today. and their western
wing extended toward Arras. Reports
from the other end Of the line on the
frontier show the progress Of the allies
to be slow. but sure. Hundreds of
German prisoners fell into the hands
Of the allies at every point, and it was
remarked that the majority were Ba-
| varians, who seem to have been
prominent In the front Of the German
attack.
"Spies are so numerous along the
front that orders have been issued
stating than any German in civilian
| dress encountered will be considered a
spy, and those furnishing him with
clothes will be regarded as accom-
plices. Germans who do not surrender
on the first summons to do SO will be
executed. The order says that any
| group of more than three armed Ger
mans found behind the allies lines will
be considered as ghouls and shot. while
every person found committing rob-
berries on the battlefields, wheher civil
ian or soldier, will be court-mar-
| tailed"