Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-10-02
Germans k'urI Back
Foe at f'oyOn.
ALLIES TAKE OFFENSIVE
Rush ReinfOrCementS Along Olse
to Halt RepuIse.
TEUTOAS BOMRARD VEROUh
Frontier Forts Being Attacked
From Three Sides.

| French and British troops, mterhin'
gled with Turcos and Moors, not only
held their own, but caused the strone-
ly reinforced German western wing 10
reel backward near st. Quentin ana
imperiled the German line of COM
munication toward the frontier OF Bel
| GUM.
The German center has been weak
| ened in order that troops may Do
rushed to meet the threatening move
ment of the allies, and two strong
forces were engaged at close quar-
ters between St. Quentin and Terg-
nier ian important railway junction
fifteen miles due south of st. Quen'
TIM.
The military authorities naturally
refuse to permit the disclosures OF the
exact position of the fighting, but 1t Is
generally known that the battle now
progressing is of prime Importance.
Meanwhile at other parts OF the
battle line, which is about 200 miles
long, fighting continued in dogged
fashion all day. The allied troops fol-
lowed the example set by the Ger
/, mans and dug themselves deeply In.
The artillery of both armies kept
up an incessant fire, while French
and German aviators reconnoitered
from above.
The commanders of the allied forces
have found reason for the wonderful
precision of the German fire in spy
discovered in their lines, who had sig
nailed directions. He was caught and
Immediately shot.
French Forced Back.
The last official statement issued
In Paris said that the French troops
In the region of Noyon were compel
ed to give ground before superior
forces, but, having been reinforced,
again assumed the offensive, the en-
gagement being one Of particular vio-
lence.
An earlier statement said:
"First-On our left wing there has
begun a general action of great Vio-
lence between those detachments OF
our forces that are operating between
the River Somme and the River Disc
and the army corps, which the enemy
has grouped in the region around
Tergnier and st. Quentin. These army
corps have come, some from the CEN
ter of the enemy's line and others
from Lorraine and the Vosges. These
last named corps were transported
by rail to Cambrai by the way Of Liege
and Valenciennes. To the north of the
River Aisne, as far as Berry-au-Bae,
there has been no change of Import
ance.
"Second-On the center we have
made progress to the east of Rheims
In the direction Of Berry-au-Bac and
Moronvilliers.
Further to the east, as far as the
Argonne region, the situation shows
no change. To the east Of the Argonne
the enemy has not been able to move
out of Varennes. On the right bank
of the River Meuse the enemy sue
ceeded in getting a footing on the
heights of the Meuse, in the region OF
the promontory of Hatton Chatel, and,
forced in the direction of st. Mih;el,
he bombarded the forts of Paroches IS
and of Camp Des Romans. To Offset
this, to the south of Verdun we remain
masters of the heights of the Meuse
| and our troops, moving out of Toul,
advanced until they reached the re.
| gion of Beaumont.
"Third-On our right wing, Lorraine
and the Vosges we have repulsed at.
tacks of minor Importance on Nom
eny To the east of Luneville the en-
emy has made some demonstrations
along the lines of the River Vegoase
| and the River Blette."