The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-28
FIGHTING IN TRENCHES.
HnNonct hnrErs Also Numerous
north Of the Ni,nr

''.'.' u'.f Htsput"f 10 TUr SIS.
PARIS Sept. -7. Adequate understand.
ing oi tua battle " tho AISnc. now In
i's fifteenth day, D. impossible ono Is
bankrupt II .uporlttivcS Such cndur-
au"". vtlur and determination Wa never
hl'r" seen IN any fed of battle. Com
bats ot greater violence than Austcrlits
or Leipzig are more incidents Of this
unprr""d"utIy d'~p"ratc struggle.
"" understand to-ui-h, more clearly
'utn ever That IN, Germans are not 20
joe driven from French soil by siugl"
Su'"'>srs gained nj widely separate
points ~ the battle limo. We know.
TOGO, chat advances here and here by tho
German host need not destroy conf
d"nco IN the ultimate triumph of the
allies. Time and exhaustion are for
m.iihIe allies Of rho French nation.
IN" mos' re9ssurinC nowS received
to-day from tic front &. that tho allies
hay" NOT been forced 10 abandon tn.
great Ranking movement designed To
'rEc'op The German right wing or COM
pei us rapid retreat. To-day and yes
ierdiy, while the art lcry OF each side
was operated necessarily. allies and
Germans met between tho trenches in
hand 90 hand fighting. There have been
succession Of bayonct charges.
Trenches a fow hundred yards apart
were taken and rotalten and the loss of
Ni" was staggering.
From Government reports and mill
tary opinion. il is certain that tho al
Hes have not relaxed their determined
thanking movement, and that the dan
Ger Of tho German armies is greater
han ever. The fact that they have
tired desperately to keep in motion an
.Hrnslvc movement all along the line.
indicates To critics here tho peril Of
their situation
NhIo guarding against premature
assertions Of victory, opinion here finds
numerous points ~ support for the be-
lief that Il. Germans are stalking all
on the present determined efforts 10
crush the right and centre Of the al
Hes.
Their" Is undoubtedly n large indie
pendent force Of English and French
striking at German communications
win Belgium. Cavalry from this army
Is raid!ng railroad lines and selling
supply trains, \ column from tho ex-
IRENE loft of the allies Is swinging
slowly around the massed German
right attempting a stroke al towns
guarding communications. but unable
to press an offensive until the wrIrb,
"t the thanking force tells more hcav.
i.y '''a'
furthermore, tho main thanking onor-
ahon IL gaining IN strength daily in
spite or efforts by the Germans To seize
ana hold The offensive Every report
by the Government mentions slight adj
Nances IN the face Of most violent re-
SlStancc and counter attack Looked M
generally, the Germans continue to lose
ground, and nothing save "A decisive vic
tory az their right or centre can save
thom from disaster. Mos; important OF
all. th" Government points out thai the
hghting spirit Of the allies is moro
marked daily. The colonial troops and
reserves are holding their own with first
Inc forces. Thes" are tho opinions ~
military critics that support public opti-
mism
There 10 definite peril This IS tho
possibility that tho Germans operating
along the Mouse. and now IN some force
along tle west bank Of tho river. may
l2N" the strength to break through the
Nordun-T0ul Inc OF fortresscs before
the Ranking movement against their
| right wing can he completed. BY pierc-
/ ing the barrier they could hurry n great
army to the relief Of Won Kluck and Won
/ Buolow and establish an easy and direct
/ lino OF communication from east 70
west Iut military exports are conf
! dent That the fOrtreSses cannot be taken
short Of many weeks, If at all