The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-10-01
END OF BIG CONFLICT
BELIEVED TO Be NEAR
French Experts Declare |nvad-
erS' Resources Are Seri-
onsIy Strained.

are being delivered by the Germans
against the lines Of the allies between
the districts of the Aisne and the Ar
gonne, says the official French state,
ment.
Thus far, according to the state.
ment, these onslaughts have been re.
pulsed. The official announcement is
brief, the French war office content.
ing itself with the added remark that
there is nothing new otherwise in the
general situation.
The prolongation of the tension on
the two long lines Of fire and death
fronting each other on the Aisne river
must have become insupportable to
the Germans, since reports indicate
they have changed their tactics and
attacked with the bayonet The oDin-
ion is expressed in Paris that General
Joffre's master hand is shown in this
move, as it is believed there that he
has succeeded in pushing his lines
inside the range of the deadly heavy
German guns and forced the enemy
to hand-to-hand fighting.
French Tell Of Victories.
experimenting the official commu.
nication issued by the French war OF.
flee is the following statement:
''At the end of the day our troops
occupied the front at Dompierre
southwest of Peronne). Ribecourt
and Noyon were put on the defensive
by the Germans. We occupy Berry
au-Bac. The enemy ha sretired on
Blamont with serious losses and has
evacuated Badonvilers. The enemy
was forced from LesseuX and the
woods between Lesseux and Nisen-
bach"
Since the attacks have been re-
pulsed over the whole line, according
to the official statements, the French
military experts cannot see now what
resources the German emperor's gen
eral staff can call on to retrieve their
fortunes.
The general opinion is that the
battle has reached the most critical
as we'll as the most violent phase and
that the issue cannot be delayed
much longer.
The losses Of the last few days on
both sides are said to exceed all 9th
er engagements OF the war. Stories
have reached Paris from Belgium that
the Germans, unable to bury their
dead on the field, have shipped them
behind the army by trainloads to
avoid epdemics.
Sharpest Attacks on Wings.
Along the great western battle line
eral, with the most determined at
lacks being made on the two tanks.
10th sides apparently realize that
mass attacks in the center are futile
in the present exhausted state of the
armies.
The London Times correspondent,
telegraphing from Bordeaux, says the
rival armies are so close to one an
other that only few hundred yards
separate their respective trenches. He
says everyN here the German fury was
unayaiing.
The Belgians have retaliated by
desperate sorties against the threat
Of the Germans to bring up their
siege guns before Antwerp. An Ans
terdam dispatch says violent fighting
occurred between the Germans and
Belgians at Schooten. four miles east
of Antwerp; at Termonde, sixteen
miles east of Client, and at Hofstade,
eighteen miles east Of Client
In the latter locality the German
heavy artillery became stuck in the
mud and the Germans We're obliged to
retire before the attacks of the Bel
giaus.
The Belgians are reported to have
blown UP the viaduct at Bierghes,
thus cutting railway communications
between Mons and Brussels.