El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-24
RUSSIAN WEDGE
SPLITS ENEMY
Is Successful in Putting the
Austrians to Flight
in Battle.
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Continued Prom rage onel
alternate retirements at certain points
: ana advances at others
-On our right wing there mas oeen
8 no change Of Importance
IN the region Of Nancy and IN the
I VOsges certain detachments OF the
enemy have again attempted 70 enter
French soil. driving back light Gov
ering bodies Of our troops, but their
offensive was soon stopped
Germans CInIm Successes.
The correspondent Of Reuter- Tele-
gram company at Berlin IN a dispatch
reaching here by way OF Amsterdam,
transmits an official report given out
at army headquarters This announce
ment is dated Sept %, and IS as fol-
lows
The right wing Of the German west
army, bevond the river Disc, has been
! engaged in battle with the French, who
tried unsucceSsfully to envelope H.
Eastward as far SIS the Argonne
forest, there were no important engage
ments today.
40 the east Of the Argonne region.
/ Varennes was captured in the course OF
the day and the attack is proceeding
Attacks Are RepuIsed.
German troops attacking the French
line south Of Verdun VIGOROUSLY re-
pulsed a violent counter attack made
/ from Ferdun, TOul and across the river
Meuse- The heavy artillery used against
( Troyon Les Paroches, Camp Des RO-
mains and Luneville was visibly sue
cessfuL
In French Lorraine and on the
Alsace frontier. French advance guards
have at some points been repulsed-
There has been no decisive action at
any point.
NO word was received from either
the Belgian or eastern theater Of war"
Allies Gain II Miles.
Gen JOffre. the commander Of the
French army, is devOting much atten-
ton to the western wing on the battle
line where the fighting has been in
cessant night and day. The allies
since the beginning Of the battle Of the
Aisne, have pushed back the Germans
distance Of nearly II miles, forcing
them TO seek a further defensive posi-
ton on the plateaus and in the rough
country. which however, offer excellent
opportunities for entrenchment
The headquarters stan has been en-
abled TO make long movement for
ward TO the north The town Of scissors
has been subjected to a furious Ger
man bOmbardment for nine days. The
cannOnade starts each day at dawn and
continues until s o'clock in the evening.
1t then ceases and begins again at
daybreal- The cathedral and other
buildings have been greatly damaged.
Town Lies Between Batteries.
The German artillery is posted to the
northeast Of the town while the French
guns occupy an emplacement TO the
cD4LAEdeL AlELt appears no necessity
for the shells TO fall on the town itself.
as the French troops are stationed a
considerable distance from it NOyon IS
also suffering from the German gun
fire but the fine cathedral up to the
present has escaped.
Wednesdays advance of the allied
troops entailed very severe fighting in
which the artillery played a large part
The combat has lasted for p hours,
but eventually the Germans yielded
ground after losing heavily. The allies
suffered severely Many ambulance
trains have left the front for pro-
vinctal cities carrying German and
French wounded Large mum bers OF
seriously wounded British officers and 4
men have been transported to the
American and other hospitals in Paris.
Among the killed Wednesday was Gen.
DuPuis, commander Of the 67th infantry
brigade
Spies Are Active.
Eight American and British CORE
spOndents, arrested at Reims on Monday
for visiting that city without leave,
have been released through the inter
ventiOn Of the American ambassadO
Myron T. Herrick. The military gov
ernOr Of Paris announced. however.
that any one using a temporary pass
for leaving Paris to penetrate the fight
ing zone would be subject without ex-
ception 10 severe penalty. This is a
precaurion against spies. who appear TO
be numerous and adrOit a resident Of
MaubeuEe who has Just ESCAPED from
that town, says that that city during
the siege was full Of secret German
agents The French discovered a sub
terranean telephone which was being
used by a German emissary to inform
the German officers of the French dis
position Every sortie Of the garrison
failed because the Germans were
ready. apparently having been fore
warned