The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-10-02
BIG BATTLE
CONTINUES
IN FRANCE
G,nd-te- Hand fIghthfNsx Rae.
hl Expected 10 Deter
mine the Ro5uk.

London, Sept. 3O.-The eighteenth
day of the battle Of the Aisne thus
far has brought no decisive result,
but all indications continue to point
to an approaching end Of the Homeric
struggle. Hand-to-hand fighting now
raging with tremendous fury is GER
tain, it is generally held by military
experts, to decide the issue.
All that the public is permitted to
know from the allies side is that the
British and French armies hold their
grip on their positions and have con-
sjstently thrown back the masses of
Germans who have been bravely and
necessarily hu1led on them in an ef-
fort to break through the human bar
ijer. In Berlin it is asserted there
has been no change in the situation
ard the claim of the allies that the
scales have turned slightly in their
favor is sto"tly denied.
The losses OF the opposing armies
in the last few days have been colos-
sal. Even the official reports contain
IL grnesome picture of thousands OF
dead and wounded lying in the fire
swept zone between the two armies
and every fresh assault is adding TO
the CHASTITY litter
Germans Attack Left Wing.
I'M ;o1
from Paris says the Germans have
delivered several attacks day and
night on the left wing to the north
Of the Somme and between the Som
me and the Oise,, all, of which have
been repulsed. To the north of the
Aisne there has been no change.
On the center, in Champagne, and
to the east of the Argonne the Ger
mans have restricted their activities
to heavy cannonading. Between the
Argonne and the Meuse the allies re-
port slight progress against the Ger
mans, who are holding strong posi-
tions.
On the right wing in Lorraine and
vosges the ofhcial statement reports
no change in the situation. The Off
cial report asserts the allies have
taken many prisoners in the last
twenty-four hours.
The French oficial communication
says the allies line runs from the
east to the west through the region OF
Pont-a- Mousson; Aprement and the
Meuse, through the region of st. Mi
hiel, along the heights to the north OF
Bpada, and through a portion of the
heights of the Meuse. Between Yer
dun and Rheims the general front is
Indicated by a line passing through
the region of Varennes, to the nurtt
Of Souain and the Roman roadway
which runs into Rheims; the road from
Rheims to Berry-au-Bac.
on Right Of tie Aisne.
On the right bank of the Aisne the
line draws near to the Aisne and con
tinues in the region of Soissons. Be
tween SCISSORS and the forest o
L'Aigle it runs over the first plateau
of the right, bank of the Aisne. Be
battle line runs along the front from
Ribecourt (held by the allies) to Las
signy Occupied by the. Germans), t
Roye, (held by the allies), and Il
Chalons Tin possession of the Gel
mans). To the north of the Somm
the line continues along the platea
between Albert and Combles.
Paris advices say the comparativ
calm on the battle line Monday wa
surprise after Sundays storm G
shot and SHE'LL 1t was supposed tn
extreme violence of the German a
tack meant a determination to finis
the campaign on the Aisne by breal
ing the allies lines at all costs an
pressure. The center, however, wa
the only point seriously attacke,
probably on the supposition that tn
line here had been weakened to reil
force the left
One theory for the lull is that a
armistice of four hours, granted
the French for burying the dead, wa
not sufficient, and that the German
needed the entire day to get rid {
the bodies encumbering the trenche
French Reoccupy Congo.