The Sentinel=record., 1914-10-02

London, Oct. 1.-9:50 p. m.-The
battle Of the Aisne, now nearing the
end OF its third week soon will out
strip in respect to time the great
contest fought at Mukden nearly ten
years ago, but still no decisive result
has been achieved.
The French official communication
issued late today condensed into
abo1t thirty words was one of the
81 Jftest given to the public since the
sywar began. 1t records that progress
has been made by both right and left
wings of the allied armies but gives
ne details or the extent of the prog
res between the lines.
81 Military experts believe the great
4 T. as they have been described,
:. 4olIrt-yie to open to clutch at the out
80 cad wings of the German army,
I Se acularly the right, which forms
-'fie upright portion of the | and now
ias its back to the east, fighting with
desperation to prevent the French
Get ATom encircing or smashing it
along most of the front, estimated at
$50 miles in length.
The artillery has played by far the
most important part in the struggle,
but on the German right lighter
guns, cavalry and infantry are doing
most OF the fighting with stubborn
ness and disregard of life that people
50 often have said in recent years
modern soldiers never would display.
There have been unprecedented ar
tillery dues between the rivers Disc
and Asne and between the Disc and
the Somme, which have taken a
heavy toll of the opposing armies,
followed by cavalry and infantry
chaTges in which first one and then
the other side would gain or be com
PEELED to give ground.
Germans Fight SaVageIJ.
Still they have held on, the Ger
man wing being extended farther
northward as the French made an
4 other move to work around it, With
an uplimitsd supply of troops this
p%ght go on for an indefinite period.
Min the forces at the disposal u
IF Nwo staffs, the operation soon
HI income to an end.
E " German Official account says
N lGermans have defeated the
sh north and south of Albert.
.G doubtless refers to an engage
NJ in which the French admit they
M Bred reverse but later regainod
,(N a,round. Tonight's reports indi-
Il kthat they have penetrated north
= u, sbert
ON the allies right, in southern
wioe,re, where progress also is re-
pdrtel, the French have been lighting
to cdmpel the Germans, who crossed
thle Ieuse at st. Mihie to return to
the eastern side of the river.
Tie statement last night that the
F,sen,h had occupied Seicheiri and
r I'M de Mad, suggested that this lal-
readt had been accomplished, but it
hbs not been officially announced.
Along the extended front from the
Ofse TO the Meuse, except the fight
ing mbNJlDHcu vi AuN Nlh6't hNtA-H7
has happened that the French stair
considers worthy of mention.
II cannot be that the troops in
these positions are entirely ide. 1t
is known that an artillery duel IS
going on continuously, but probably
neither side has moved forward while
the infantry has been constantly on
the alert to meet attacks and counter
attacks.
French Use Naval Guns.
For a time the Germans had the
better Of the artillery fighting as they
possessed the bigger guns. This sit
nation now is said to have been over
come. for the French have brought
mn additional artillery, including
some big naval guns which are cred
tied with being abe to outrange the
German guns by 700 yards and when
are being used to or,ve the Germans
out of their strongly fortified posi-
tions.
Both sides appear confident, The