Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-29
Losses COLOSSAL
N battle ON A|SN[
LAST, FEW DAYS OF FIGHTING
MOST SEVERE DURING
LONG CONFLICT.
NO DECISIVE RESULT At
END OF EIGHTEENTH pAY
Fog Covers Much Of Battle Limo and
interfsrss With Activities Of Armies
ALLIES Claim Slight Advance Of Left
Wing German Report Says situ-
alton 10 Unchanged.

LOnOOn, sept ZS.-ih6 efShteeh1H
day OF the battle OF the Aisne thus far
has brought no decisive result, but all
indications continue to point to an ap-
preaching end Of the Homeric struggle.
Hand -to-h hand fighting now raging
with such fury IS bound, It is generally
held, to decide the issue.
Meanwhile the fog, which the French
official report yesterday announced had
prevented operations in the Woevre
district. coverers metaphorically the
rest OF the long battle line
All that the public is permitted ITO
know from the allied side is that SO far
the British and French armies have
held their grip on their positions and
have consistently thrown back the
masses OF Germans VINO have been
bravely and necessarily hurled on them
in an effort to break thru the human
barrier.
Losses Colossal.
In Berlin 1t is asserted that there
has been no change, and the claim of
the allies that the scales have turned
slightly in their favor is stoutly de-
MED. The losses of the opposing armies
in the last few days Of the combat
have been colossal Even the official
reports contain a gruesome picture of
thousands Of dead and wounded lying
in the fire-swept zone between the two
armies, and every fresh assault is aid
ing to the ghastly litter.
zsppslins omniprsssnt.
Gibes no longer are heard at the in
activity Of the Zeppelin balloons. which
now seem omnipresenc These unwel-
come visitors created CONSERVATION
yesterday ut Bialys;ock, to the south
east of Grovno, some sixty miles In
side the RnSsiAn frontier. This dirig-
ible apparently vas more fortunate in
getting away than was her sister ship.
which was shot down in the neighbor-
hood Of warsaw the day before.
1t seems now to be officially ad-
mitted at Budapest that the Russians
have secured q good foothold on Hun
garian soil. having crossed the frontier
in the Unghvar district in considerable
strength. In the plains in front Of
them the Russians will find their main
obstacle to be the river Thesis, which
is flanked by marshes. It is believed
there are no forts on the plain, but
pOsslDly lOIllllC0lLOuA ISCeulIy nave
been thrown up.
Center Of Interest Shifts.
Another apparent lull along the
western battle line in France has
caused the center Of interest again to
shift to the east The whereabouts
and strength OF the Russian army is
still somewhat OF mystery. The fam
like Russian advance, however, Is still
sweeping across Galicia, closing in and
forcing the Aust.!:ns thru the passes
of the Carpathians and on to the plains
Of Hungary.
In the battle along the western front
in northern France weather conditions
are again figuring. The Germans, who
are reported to be exhausted by their
strenuous marches. are said to suffer,
and especially as they occupy the lime
stone trenches, which do not drain
readily.
Allies Advance on Left Wing.
The latest official communications
from Paris report that conditions on
the allied left wing are favorable,
while the troops in the center have
successfully resisted the violent Ger
man attempts to break the French
line.
The most significant portion Of the
communication asserts that the allies
have progressed slightly. and another
report comes from Brussels traveller,
who asserts that large numbers OF
battle wearied German troops are ar