Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-10-15
BELGIUM AGAIN
CENTRE OF WAR
Germans Making Desperate ASSAULT On
Antwerp, The Temporary Capital
OF The BsIgiaRs
AISNE BATTLE UNTETTLED
gian Border-operations EN
tend To The Coast

Belgium is once more the scene o.
the fighting of the allied armies o
France and, England against the Ger
mans During the past week the al
lies have succeeded in pushing the
German armies back to TIE Belgian
border. Antwerp, the temporary capt
tai of Belgium. and one of the strong
| est fortified cities in the world is be-
! ing besieged by the Germans. The
| world awaits the outcome
The battle of the Aisne which was
in progress north of the Aisne river
in France for more than a month, Will
go down in history as one of the great
est battles the world has ever known.
| The area over which the fighting oc-
CURED occupied almost the entire
portion of France and at times the
main battle lines extended over $50
miles in length. The casualties on
both sides were astounding.
For days the great armies of the al
lies and the Germans swayed back and
forth. At some points the allies would
gain the advantage, while at others
the Germans we're victorious, but dur
ing these days neither side were able
to gain an apUreciable advantage. Fol
lowing desperate fighting on both
sides for several weeks the battle
settled down to a siege. 1t was even
predicted by military experts of the |
contending nations that winter would |
find the contending armies still fight |
ing on the northern border of France. |
The predictions that have been made
by writer's that areoplanes would play
prominent part in the future wars
has in part become true. Although
they have failed so far to live up to
the expectation of the writers when it
came to destroying whole fleets of
ships and entire cities, but they have
proven themselves indispensable in
aiding the armies in battle.
1t has been the aeroplanes that have
scared over the battle lines that To-
Gated the strength of the enemy and
made it possible for the commanders
to keep in touch with what was going
on along a hundred mile battle line.
Raids over Paris were made by Ger +
man aeroplanes during the past week.
and the British aircraft succeeded mr.,
making another successful excurSA ~
INTO Germany. the damage dorJ -
10Th flights were slight. sa.fi.
The war in Europe has been III
progress for more than two months !
md 50 far there has been no decisive E
,attles fought either on land or IN /
ea. It now appears that the @ar i
will last through the winter with al /
ornate victories for the coYGhasants. /
The battle of the Aisne 5cSNeen the
lilies and the Germans "a the north I
f France has developed into a siege
nd may last for weeks longer The 1,
reatest activity is now being found 4
4 East Prussia and Poland where II
he great armies of Russia are pre- II
airing for an invasion into Germany IL
Germans Defeated In Prussia ri
The fierce struggle which has been
Ding on between the Russian and Ger
ian troops along the Niemen river, CT
East Prussia for nine days, ended te
it'll complete victory for the Rus
ans, according to dispatches from fir
the Russian capital. The tn
ct that Gar Nicholas has left the re
lpital to join his armies in Prussia re
I'd that Kaiser William of Germany al
already on the ground testiies to 81
e Importance of this campaign. RI
European Rulers With Armies la
An important development in the
ar in Europe is the report that four W,
the rulers of the countries at war at
e at the front. When the condi- m,
ms in East Prussia grew to alarm tn
g proportions and a Russian invasion I'M
enaced Germany, Kaiser William
stoned to East Prussia. King Al tn
TT of Belgium has been constantly We
tn his troops in their fighting re,
ainst the Germans in Belgium. Gar to
cholas has left Petrograd for the
rman border ga
President Poincare of France has GU
ne to visit his troops fighting the str
rmans in north France. the