The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-08
OCTOBER 2.

Another day has passed and the stu
alton between the allied armies and
the Germans in northern France is still
described by the French official an
nouncements as unchanged, with here
and there progress along the line but
not sufficient advance to the north
and east to strike a decisive blow al
the German right wing. The battle on
the Aisne gives every indication of be
ing the greatest In history as to dura
ton, losses, and possibly in significance
with respect to the outcome OF the
greatest war the world has ever seen.
British reenforcements, consisting In
part of trained East Indian troops and
In part of territorials, composed Of a
Scotch regiment which includes many
sharpshooters who have won fame on
the ranges in times past, have reached
France to strengthen the small British
army which for many weeks past has
doing yeoman service beside its French
allies Colonial troops also are on the
way to the battle front. not few OF
whom have seen service in South Az
rican and other campaigns. On both
sides there have been innumerable of
fensive movements, the Germans, while
relying upon their entertainments to
forces, not hestating to assume the af-
fensive in fierce assaults upon both
French and British at short intervals
Likewise the Germans are continuing
their campaign in Belgium by an at :
tack on the outer defenses of Antwerp
and according to Rome dispatch are
rushing thousands ofAtroops and an i'm
mense supply of war material to the
In off 20
ward off the Russian advance. In the
eastern theater of the war Germany
has taken into her hands the direction
of the campaign against the Russian
emperors hosts. while Berlin offic-
tally is silent on the progress of the
war; the Berliner Tageblatt, In a lead.
Ing Article. expressed the confidence Of
the German people that further news of
the battle front will be In favor of the
German arms.
OCTOBER 8.
The great battle of the Aisne, which
has been In progress three wekes, has
not been decided. The fiercest fight
ing is taking place in the western area,
where an extremely violent battle con-
tinues. especially in the Roye district,
In which the Germans have concentrate
ed considerable forces. The action ap-
pears to be extending more and more
northward. On the left wing Of the
allies. one of the French detachments
which came out of Arras. department
OF Pas de Calais. has fallen back a
little toward the east and north OF that
city, according to a French official an
nouncement, The allies have made
progress in front of Albert, north OF
Somme, according to the latest official
announcement from Paris. Between
Roye and Lassigny violent attacks have
been directed by the Germans against
the allied line but these attacks, the
French war office says, have broken
against the French and British resist
ance. Along the remainder OF the front
quiet Is said to prevail. It is officially
announced in Paris that no enemy re-
mains on the left bank Of the Meuse in
the neighborhood of St. Mihiel, twenty
miles southeast of Verdun. The first
attempts OF the Germans to pierce the
outer lines Of forts at Antwerp appear
to have failed. None of the Belgian