The Pensacola journal., 1914-10-01

stupendous and decisive struggle in
the valley Of the Somme.
Belgium again has been the scene
of lighting which in war of less mag
nitude than the present titanic strug
gle would be called a great battle, as
it is estimated that more than 1900
men were engaged yesterday in the
Antwerp triangle.
During the day desperate fighting
took place along a line extending from
Termnode to Aerschot. The Germans
are reported to have been reinforced
from the South of Brussels and are
steadily drawing their lines about the
Antwerp fortresses.
From Brussels comes the report that
the German military government is
preparing to remove to Namur.
In the east General Won Hindenburg
and General Rennenkampf along the
Niemen are reported to have been en-
gagged in a fierce battle during the last
days without any decisive result.
Vienna states that the much har-
rassed Austrian army from Galicia has
formed a junction with the German
corps at Cracow. This junction has
been expected, but in the British view
it occurred none too soon, as the Rus
slams are reported to be only so miles
distant. Heavy lighting in this region
and in Silescia is expected soon. Ow-
ing to the rnarshy ground, the Ger
mans have been compelled to place
their siege guns on the railroads. This
is taken here to indicate that artillery
will not play as important part in the
coming operations as it has in previous
battles of the war.
If the Russian forces have won the
passes on the Carpathians, nothing ex-
cept inprovised forts remains to pre-
vent them overrunning Hungary,
which it is reported has been aban-
doned to it's fate by the Austrians who
Hungarian national troops Budapest,
however, reports that the desperate
struggle still prevailing in the passes
is holding the Russians in check.
Petrograd reports signs of activity
on the Part of the German fleet in the
Baltic and a, gale credited with being
the heaviest within human memory
speeping over the North Sea and Den
mark has washed ashore bodies Of
German sailors in uniform near Esb-
jerg, Denmark.
The Balkan allies pressing the at
tack on the Austrian province of l3os-
MIA have won several minor successes
but the investment of Sarajevo, the
capital, proceeds slowly as the nature
of the country makes the movement
of siege guns snail-like while the six
miles which separates the assailants
from the capital is occupied by a range
of mountains and outlying forts.
GERMANS REPULSED.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram
-, ossfc ~7aT7 hat
the TELEGRAPH has received this mes
sage from Antwerp:
From various points the garrison
made sorties and repuIsed the Germans
with heavy losses. The bonbardment
Of Forts Woelhem and st. Catherine
by the Germans continues. A single
attack has been delivered by the Ger
mans on Forts Liezzele and Breedonk.'
The Rome correspondent Of the Ex-
change Telegraph Company reports
that a message received at Rome from
Bucharest says that King Charles las
the cabinet in special ses-
sion tomorrow TO determine the atti-
tude of Roumanta. toward the war.
IN GRAVEST DANGER.
The Times has received a despatch
from it's Paris correspondent, dated
September 25 and delayed by the cen
SCR. 1t analyZeS the poSlIlons IN the
battle of the Aisne and the terrible
fighting which took place in the valley
of the Somme. The correspondent
says:
Movements hitherto vaguely limited
at are now unveiled and the frontal at
tack OF the allies on the German posi- |
ton between the Disc and Argonne now
sinks into the background. One thing |
is certain and that the German armies