The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-01
Six Days of the Worlds War

! failed. From Paris it is announced
that not only have the Germans not
been able to achieve their object, but
they have lost a flag. guns and men ia .
the attempt. The British. as usual
are laconic. The situation is salts
factory" the report reads, land the
counter attacks on the British front /
| have been beaten back with heavy los 4
SEES to the enemy" The bayonet has /
played an important part in these en-
gagements where the men in the /
trenches on one side or the other are
only few hundred yards apart, and
come to grip with steel after the posi- \
lions have been SHIELDED and raked with
rifle fire. The French claim apprec
liable advance on the left wing and a
victory over the famous Prussan guard
In the center OF the Woevre district 1
where the Germans have made gains IL.
the last two or three days, little As
said One of remarkable things In this
great battle which now has entered upon
its 18th day. is the spirit maintained
by the troops. British. French and Ger |
man have withstood the most terrifi-
Smelling the world has ever known, an
almost constant rain of bullets from the
rifles. and hand to hand encounters
with gun and bayonet. but all reports
agree that they are fighting with the
same determination and tenacity as in
the beginning, and that even the com
manders in some cases are having
difficulty in holding their men back
The German general staff, by way Of
Berlin, reports that the allies are using
their railroads in q general attack on
the extreme end or the right flank Of
the German army. The general staff
also reports slight gains on the center
of the battlefield and an engagement
with artillery south Of Verdun. The
German casulty list as officially report.
ed from Berlin numbers 104.905 up to
date, of whom 1854 are dead; 5000
wounded and 23.007 missing. In the
far east, according to Japenese reports
| the Japanese have defeated the Germans
on the outskirts Of TsingTau, capita,
of the German protectorate of Kiao-
Chow. Though the battle lasted four
! teen hours. the losses so far as known
were small. German Zeppelins have
dropped bombs on Belgian towns.
German aeroplane has paid another
visit to Paris dropping explosives its
flight. while zeppline has also appear
ed over the city Of Warsaw. The Ger.
man emperor is now reported to be
suffering from inflammation of the
lungs. Only a day or two sag) his
fifth son, Prince Oscar, was obliged to
withdraw from his regiment and now ~
being treated for heart affection the
result of over-exertion in the field The
emperor's youngest son, Prince Joachim
has just recovered from bullet wound
SEPTEMBER 20.
Furious fighting continues in north
. ern France where the allied forces are
at grips with the German forces in
, what is characterized as the crucial
, action of the battle of the Aisne. Be
, yond admitting this fact the official
statements are vague. Few details Of
, the struggle, which may be the turn
ing point of the western campaign,
. have been given out. One sentence In
which there is no change in the stu
2 alton epitomizes the official reports
. from London, Paris and Berlin. The
allies claim to have made slight ad-
=, vances here and there, notably on the
heights of the Mouse. The German Of
fetal statement, however, declares that
r reports concerning a victorious advance
: of the enemy are untrue. Both the
9 British and the French official state
ments refer to the violence of the at
a tacks made by the Germans. who seen
to have redoubled their efforts in ar
h attempt to hurl back the allied line
q The reports indicate however. that tht
n French and British have given M
ground before the onslaught of the In
vaders. A very rigorous censorship la.
:, evidently been imposed at virtually al
. points, particularly in London, regard
:, ing the operations at the front q;
|. very little news is being permitted t
!. come through The war officials proba
4 bly, hesitate to raise the hopes of th,
, people without some decisive result hav
: ing been attained and fear that thu
: publication of the smallest details o
n the operations might be of aid to tn
4 Germans. Petrograd reports official,
), that the Austrian stronghold of Prize
mysl in Calicia is completely investe,
" by the Russians and that the main Aus
trian army is retiring behind the Car
pathians into Hungary, pursued by tn
Russians. Berlin however declares ths
reports of the fall of two of the Prize
mysl forts are inventions" The Monte
negrins. who have allied themselve
with the Servihns in the conflict wit
Austria, are making advances, :ccord
ing to advices- dispatch from Get
TIME, Montenegro, says the Montene
grins are within artillery range of Sar
ayevo capital of Bosnia. The Austria
forts at Cattaro, Damatia, Septembe
10, sunk a large French warship, &C
cording to a dispatch to the Coldgn
Gazette. This ship was one of a flee
of Is, which was met by salvo fror
one of the Austrian forts as 1t ar
preached the stronghold The rest {
the fleet reiterated hastily says tn
dispatch, after the French ship wa
sunk dispatch from Constantinop
says the Dardanelles have been close
to navigation The Austrian govern
ment has confiscated the Canadian Pa
cfic Railway company's securities ar
money deposited in Vienna accotdir
to report, as well as the company
cars running on Austrian railways TIL
is the result it is said, of the refus
of the company to pay the dividends
: Austrian shareholders. Advices receiv