Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-10-07
Germany and Russia Make Claims
Battle on the 0Ise Growing Violent While
Comparative Calm Prevails on Center.

OThat the battle between the AL
lies and the Germans to the north
of the River Disc is growing more
and more violent is the informa-
ton that winnows through
the sieve of official secrecy con.
corning the conditions prevailing
on that part of the long battle
line in France upon which the
eyes of the world are focused.
The report of the French War
Office makes no mention of wheth.
er progress is being made by
other side in this zone where for
days the armies have been BATH
ing desperately.
The statemer.t is made that the
Allies have gained a little ground
on the northern heights Ct tt
Mouse On the center of the bat.
tie line comparative ca]m prevails
No mention was made in the
statement concerning the strong
forces of German cavalry previous.
iy reported operating In the de-
partment of Nord, o was any
thing said of the situation Of
Antwerp against which the Ger
mans are operating. A news
agency dispatch said, however,
that the military governor of Ant
werp had reported to the burgo-
master of Antwerp that a bonn
bsrdment of the city was immi.
nent.
Both Germany and Russia COL
tlnue to report successes in East
Prussia and Galicia thus leaving
the situation in these spheres of
warfare in doubt.
The French, as an Offset of previ.
GUS similar action on the part of
the Austrians have placed mines
in the Adristic in a zone which
comprises 'all Austrians water
and channels between the island
and the coast of Dalmatia."
A Berlin dispatch says:
"The Turkish Navy, it is ex,
pected, soon will be sailing in the
Black Sea-" No explanation of
the statement was vouchsafed.
A news agency dispath from
Bordeaux announces that q mum.
Der of changes have been made in
German army commands.
Epidemic of %dysentery has
broken out among the Austrian
troops in Brohemia and Moravia.
Winston Spencer Churchill,
First Lord of the British Admiral.
ty, is said to be at Antwerp con.
sulting with the Belgian chief of
staff.
The Washington Government is
still without official advices con.
corning the landing of Japanese
blue.jackets on the island of Jalu.
it in the Marshall Archipelago In
the Pacific Ocean.
Tuesday.
London, Oct. 5.-9:57 p. m.-
General Won Kluck, reinforced
with troops from the German Cen.
trail continues to make a deter
mined stand against the attempt
of the allies to outfank him.
The French, who yesterday
officially reported that all Ger
many attacks in this region have
been repulsed and that the allies
had resumed the offensive, an
ncanced today that the battle to
the north of the Disc which com.
menced seriously about Septem.
her 25 continues with great vic
lence with no decisive result and
that at certain points the French
troops have had to yield ground.
The Germans, in their report
issued last night, say the battle
Is proceeding successfully for them
Both in London and in Paris
there is the greatest confidence,
although some surprise is display
ed at the success of the Germans
in preventing the outfanking
movement. They feel however
that the Germans cannot extend
their line much farther north
without weakening it at some
point.
Along the rest of the line the
French communication says there
has been no change. Therefore
the progress in the region of Sois.
sons and in Woevre reported Sun.
day either he's satisfied them for