Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-08

Of continued hard fighting along the
150-mile front from the Somme to the
Moselle. and yet there is no definite
indication that the battle is nearing
a finish.
There are, however. evidences that
the Germans are receding before 3
forcible and sustained pressure from
the allied armies especially on their
western and eastern wings, while the
center, where the Germans are more
strongly intrenched than at any other
point with heavy artillery, remains
almost stationary.
1t is generally concluded by French
military men that some important
move must soon be made by the Ger
mans, who have found 1t impossible
to stem the advance Of the allies,
though they offered the sternest and
most desperate resistance, sacrificing
thousands of men daily.
The German wings appear to be
folding back on the center, leaving
the only loophole for a backward
mavement by way of Rethel.
The Germans main supply base at
Juniville, which is protected by heavy
masses Of troops, appears to be placed
in a precarious situation with its sin
gle line of railroad.
Some Change In Lines.
The line of battle has changed con-
~siderably since the beginning Of the
actual contact between the two great
armies, whose numbers and real posi-
lions 1t is not permitted to make pub
lie. The front now presents sinuous
winding, looping inward and out
ward at various points in a country
which everywhere is wonderfully
adapted to defense.
Alarmed at Tone Of Press.
London, Oct. IA Rotterdam dis.
patch to the Daily Telegraph says:
THE Germans in Rotterdam are
aghast at the tone of the German
newspapers which arrived today. Only
one meaning can be attached to what
they contain-they are preparing the
German people for defeat and the ruin
of their hopes. ~
"Oficial messages ask that judg
ment be suspended If news should ar
rive that the German troops have beer
compelled to abandon certain posi-
lions.
"The British troops are mentioned
as pushing on by the sheer weight o
their masses, and the French are ad
mitted to have taught a severe lesson
A week ago such statements woult
, have meant the suppression Of tn
newspaper printing them"
: Russians Hold German Forces.
London, Oct. 2.-That the RUSSIAN
q forces in the north are holding a
v bay and even driving back the Gel
man attempt to invade RUSSIA
Poland, while in the South the Rus
SLAMS are pushing on toward CracoV
and continuing the invasion Of Hur
gary, forms the consensus of di'
patches received here.
D16pdLCuOD AlOuA LCIAO6Auu 6S~e
> that a German army, consisting of !
. corps, for seven days has been NAL
. ing desperate attempts to cross th
I River Niemen and that the battle
. at it's height in the territory west {
y the river and close to the East Pru
y sian frontier. The German attach
have been constantly repulsed ar
4 the invaders driven back 80 miles
q the region of Suwalh and MiriampC
= German Loss at Antwerp.
London, Oct. "A dispatch fro
Il Antwerp, dated ten o'clock Thursd;
night, says:
r 1.-The German attacks on Antwel
Il continue. The Belgians were fri
r. from Forts Breendonck and Waelhel
le The Germans are using guns with
a range Of tx miles. Shells fell in Il
ID village of B~illebroeck, demolishil
the town hall and a mill. 1t is !
ported that the German lost 80
s, killed at Fort Wavre-St. Catharines.
" Berlin, Oct. 2, via The Hague.-Tl