Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-10-01
VICTORY IS
CLAIM Ed BY
BOTH SIDES
Rival Armies Are.
Very Optimistic.
BAl lit with STEEL,
At Some Points the Combatants
Struggle Aand-to-Hand.
ARTILLERY CONTINUES BUSY
Allies Claim Enemy RepuIsed anil
Teutsns Sse Victory.
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ARTILLERY CONTINUES BUSY
Allies Claim Enemy RepuIsed and
Teut5ns Sse Victory.
WAR SUMMARY

W WIN Aoyo V'euOuS SS00a
ton the Germans have hurled theil
masses against the French and Eng
Ish in northern France. The French
officials view is that these opera
tons, the fiercest that have yet tax
en- place, are by high command
meaning possibly direct instruction..
Of the emperor himself.
The purpose has been to break
through the allies lines, but bott
French and English official report.
say they have failed. From Paris il
is announced that not only have the
Germans not been able to achieve
their object, but they have lost
flag, guns and men in the attempt.
One Of the remarkable things in this
great battle, which has now entered
upon its sixteenth day, is the spirit
maintained by the troops. British.
the most terrific Smelling the world
has ever known, an almost constant
rain of bullets from the rifles, ano
hand-to-hand encounters with gun
and bayonet, but all reports agree
that they are fighting with the
in the beginning.
The German general staff, by way Of
Berlin, reports that the allies are
using their railroads in general at
tack on the extreme end Of the right
flank Of the German army. The
general staff also reports slight
gains on the center Of the battle
front and an engagement with ar.
tiliery south of verdun.
London. Sept. 2S.-Along almost
two-thirds of the great battle line
across northeastern France the armies
of the allies and Germany fought
fiercely, at some points with the bay.
onet, and statements from both sides
are worded with the optimism which
characterizes all these official pro
nouncements. 1t was agreed that the
allies had continued their advance.
The French claimed marked prog.
ress." The German announcement
from Berlin though insisting that the
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less. referred to it as an advance.
Elsewhere along the battle front
neither side seems to have achieved
any notable success.
Russian Troops Advance.
The continued forward movement OF
the Russian troops in Galicia, the ap-
pearance of German air craft dropping
bombs over various places in Belgium
and again in Paris and Warsaw and
the movement Of vast bodies Of Ger
man troops into Russia by way Of
East Prussia were chiefly significant.
theaters Of war
Neither army has achieved anything
notable since the allies have reported
progress in one direction. The allies
at one point claim to have thrown
back desperate advance by the crack
sist that. with weaker force, their
right has checked the advance of
mixed French, and British force
brought up by rail.
Recurring references to bayonet
charges seem to prove conclusively
that this picturesque and romantic
phase of warfare, which it was
thought had been killed by the advent
of the great guns and other equipment
of modern armies, is not all a thing OF
the n"et
Tt French official communications
say that at some points the trenches
are only hundred meters apart: that
small portion of the millions engaged
have known the stimulation and thrill
of hand-to-hand fighting.
Fierce Fighting Continues.
Dispatches from Petrograd report
that fierce fighting still goes on in
Galicia, though Cracow. towards
which the Russian hosts have been
marching ever since Przemysl was in
vested and the communications cut,
has not vet been attacked
To the north the German invasion
Is assuming vaster proportions, not
withstanding the Russian war Office
insists that the Germans are being re.
pulsed at the frontier. It is estimated