Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-08
FURIOUS FIGHTING
Determined Attacks on Allies
Are Successfully Resisted.
ANTWERP FORTS HOLD OUT
Portion of Left Wing Of Allies Retires
to the Northeast Is Admitted by
the Paris ispatches--tieavy
Artillery Assaults Fall.

Paris.-The following official COM
munication was issued:
"First-On our left wing one Of our
attachments which came out Of Ar
ras Ia fortified town and capital OF
the department of Pas-de-C alais), has
fallen back little toward the east
and north Of that city.
north Of the Somme we have made
progress in front of Albert Between
Roye and Lassigny, the enemy has d.
rected violent attacks which have
broken against our resistance.
"Second-Quiet prevails along the
rest of the front. 1t is reported that
in the neighborhood Of st. Mihiel (de-
partment Of Mouse, twenty miles
southeast of verdun), there remains
no enemy on the left bank Of the
Meuse."
Third Week Of Fight.
London.-The battle of the Aisne, as
II is still called. although the armies
contending in 1t have spread far be-
yond that river, now has been in prog
ress three weeks and no decision has
been reached.
Reports from Paris earlier in the
week that the allies operations were
about to succeed were premature.
From all appearances there must be
more hard fighting before either side
gives way.
The heaviest blows are being given
and taken in the western area, where.
according to the French official COM
munication, an extremely violent bat
tie continues, especially in the Roye
district, where the Germans have con-
centrated considerable forces. The
communication added that the action
was extending more and more north
ward, and that the fighting front now
extended to the district south of Ar.
ras.
The Germans, who are supposed to
have had the assistance Of heavy Aus
trian guns, apparently have failed in
their first attempt to pierce the outer
line of Notifications at Antwerp. The
opinion prevails here that the Ger
mans do not intend, at present, to
make serious attempt to besiege
Antwerp.
War News Condensed.
The turning movement of the allied
armies in northern France has
brought the extreme of their left
wing within about thirty miles of the
Belgian frontier.
Fierce fighting continues on the
allies left wing, according to the
Paris statement, the most seve =
struggle being the region of Roye.
town twenty-six miles east of Amiens
and about midway on this battle line 4
Here the Germans have concentrated
strong forces, probably with the pur-
pose Of breaking through the front Of
the allies and isolating their forces to
the north.
The Paris stater ant adds that the
Germans attempted to bridge the
Mouse near st. Mihiel. but their pom
toons were destroyed French claims
of slight progress in the Woevre dis
trict are recorded as are minor en-
gagements at various points on The
front extending east and west.
In a statement received by wireless
from Berlin, the German headquarters
announced that the great battle in
France remains undecided. The Ger
mans with their heavy artillery are
hammering the positions of the allies
at many points. The allies are re-
pulsed in their attempts to break the
German lines. The German state
ments say the heaviest losses have
been in the Argonne region.
A Petrograd correspondent says
that the Germans, from four points
are attempting to concentrate on
southern Russian Poland, where a de-
cisive battle is expected.
Interest in the attitude OF Bulgaria
is revived by a dispatch from Rome,
saying that all Bulgarian army officers
in Italy and Switzerland have been
ordered home at once.
A dispatch from Venice says
FrancoJBritish squadron has begun OPP
erations against Pola, the chief, navel
station of Austria-Hungary.
Dispatches from London indicate
that the expected battle between the
Russians and Germans and Austrians
at Cracow has begun.
The Idea Nazionale of Rome, the
nationalist party organ, declares the
minister Of foreign affairs, Marquis Di
San Giuliano, who is reputed to be op-
posed to Italy entering the conflict,
has resigned from the cabinet.
A Montenegro official report says
that the attack on Sarajevo. capital
of the Austrian province Of Bosnia,
has begun. Earlier advices from Nish.
Servia, said that the Servian war Of
fice thought an attempt to take the
city would be unadvisable.
Nothing is made known OF the fight
ing in the eastern theater of the war.
A news dispatch from Petrograd says
German squadron bombarded Win
dau, a Russian seaport in the Baltic.
The forts replied to the fire of the
ships, which after destroying the
lighthouse. withdrew.
The most recent word from the
Belgian war office, stated that the
Belgians were successfully repulsing
the attacks OF the Germans on Ant.
werp.
The Russians have established
civil government at Lemberg, capital
of the Austrian province OF Galicia.
Fighting in the far east has begun
in earnest with an attack by the Ger
man warships on the land positions
Of the Japanese who are besieging
Using Tau in furtherance of their
campaign against the district OF Kiao-