The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-09-24
Neither Side Seems Able to
Make Much Roadway in :
Northern. France.
ALLIES CLAIM A GAIN
Dispatch From Front Says Germans
Were Forced Back Seven Miles
Fighting Hand to Hand-DanI<i's
Army in Danger.

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commenced more than a week ag
has developed into siege operation
The two armies, strongly entrenche'
are carrying on an artillery duel Will
the infantry make attacks and cOuI
ter attacks, which are in the natur
OF sorties from a besieged fortress.
Occasionally one or the other gain
q little ground, but 1t Is so little tina
the opposing forces remain in thei
trenches or take up positions In new
entertainments Immediately behin'
those from which they are driven.
is now becoming the conviction o
military men that nothing except out
thanking movements can have any ser
ious effect on either army.
Say Germans are Retiring.
On the Battle Front (via Paris)
Sept 22.-The western wing Of the
German line. has been thrust back
about seven miles in the last forty
eight hours as sequel to continuous
fighting night and day.
Both armies despite almost super
human fatigue show the utmost de-
termination not to yield an inch OF
ground without terrible struggle,
but the fresher troops at the disposal
of the allied commanders have grad.
ually forced the Germans to retire.
Hand to Hand Fighting.
Cold steel again played consider
able part in the battle of the enOrm
Gus hosts fighting along the Asne,
the Disc and Woevre. The most re-
markable point about the encounters
Is that the troops scarcely see each
other before they actually come hand
to hand.
The recklessness displayed at the
beginning of the hostilities, with the
resultant carnage through the ma
chine guns, almost has disappeared
and every movement OF the attacking
and defending troops is carried out
with the utmost caution until the mo-
ment of actual contact. -
The Germans have suffered most
in these engagements. for the French
troops from Africa and the British In
fantry are adopts with the bayonet
and they wait in the trenches until
their adversaries are so close that a
Quick dash brings them together.
A German Statement.
Berlin, Sept. 22.-An official COM
munication just issued regarding the
course Of the battle around Rheims
says:
The strong hily positions at
Craonne have been captured. Ad-
vancing on Rheims our troops &C.
cupied the village of Bethany.
I'VE are attacking the strong forts
on the line south of Verdun and the
Germans have crossed the east border
In the direction Of S.orraine, which Is
defended by eight French army corps.
A sortie from the northeast Of Verdun
has been repulsed.
THE French troops camping to the |
north Of Loul (near Nancy have been
surprised by our artillery"
At Verdun Forts Again.
Berlin, Sept. 22.-The army under |
command of the crown prince has re-
sumed it's attack on the great French
stronghold Of Verdun. The flower OF |
the crown princes army, backed up |
by great number Of big guns, are at
tacking Verdun on two sides, accord
ing to an official announcement BY
the German general staff.
Russians Still In Pursuit.
Rome, Sept. PA dispatch re-
ceived here from Petrograd says that
reports of fresh defeats Of the Aus.
TRANS have led the Russian head
quarters to believe that 1t will be
impossible for Austria to assume the
in Galicia until next spring.
DankIs Army Surrounded.
London. Sept. 22.-The Russian grip
on the scattered Austrian forces In
Galicia is holding relentiessly. Ac-
cording to Petrograd advices. the for
tress Of Jaroslaw is being bombarded.
Przemysl has been invested and Cen
sral Dankrs army, which is retreating |
toward Cracow, has been surrounded.
The capture Of the town Of Dubielso,
On the River San, by the Russians
has cut Przemysl off from the western
armies, 30 that It must now rely for
license on the Austrian and German
army corps which are there. |,
Germans Sink Jap Warship. Il
Picking, Sept. 22.-Advices from
rsimo state that the, japanese lost .
,econd torpedo boat outside Kaio
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