The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-10-22
FIERCE FIGHTING IN
FRANCE CONTINUES
GREAT RATTLE ON FRENCH SOIL
PROGRESSES WITH VARYING
RESULTS.
One Town Taken and Retaken at
Least a Dozen Times.-ostend is
Now the Center Of Interest IN
Contest.

The great battle on French TERRI
tory continues, first one side ana lheh
the other claiming the advantage. Inc
battle had been in progress thirty'one
days on Wednesday.
The section where encounters are
most severe has suddenly changed
from Roye TO Lassigny where the Ger
mans tried to make breech through
the allied lines. The battle, however,
is still progressing about Roye, when
has been taken and retaken at least
twelve times. The Germans expert
enced an unpleasant surprise at hoye
from tae French infantry and artillery
and after the French gunners had bat
tered them a German infantry battal-
ion and cavalry regiment surrendered.
British troops have been engaged
with the enemy towards the left OF
the allied line lin Franco, with the
result that the Germans have been
pressed back slightly on their flank.
The nature of the country in which
the fighting has been conducted being
mining center makes rapid progress
difficult.
Ostend is now the center of inter-
est in the contest being waged in the
western theater of war. Reports indi-
cate that there is now virtually no
obstacle in the way of the German adj
ance on Ostend and other ports in tho
northwest of Belgium.
hn.
ing brought into Ostend from Client.
1t is reported that the allies and the
Germans engaged in a serious battle
near Client on Monday, that the Ger
man forces were far superior in mum,
bers, and that the allies were obliged
to withdraw toward the west. This
removed the stumbling block in the
way of German progress towards sOs-
tend.
A state of panic exists among the in
habitants of Ostend, for the Germans
are known to have a large force with
in twenty miles of the city. AS fast
as ships can be provided, the residents
are fleeing to England, escape by land
having been cut off on all sides.
The extreme right wing of the main
German army has been forced to fall
back before an assault by the allies
and reports indicate that the invaders
will encounter strong opposition in at
tempting to extend their right wing tc
the northern French ports. Only re
Gently the German cavalry had pro
crossed as far west as Hazbrouck but
now, according to the French war of
fee, the front of the battle extends
from La Basse through Estaires tt
Baileul on the Belgian frontier
Across the border Ypres has been &C
cupied by the allied forces. This in
dicates decided gain for the allies.
In the eastern theater, the Russians
on October 10 successfully pressed
back the German forces on the lief
bank of the Vistula, along the roaC
leading from Warsaw to Ivangorod, &C
cording to an official communication
issued by the Russian general staff
Przemysl, Galicia, says the statement
There are no important changes OF
the other fronts
An official announcement given on
In Vienna says that the Austrian
troops advancing towards Przemys
| has repulsed the encircling Russian
| troops in sucn a way that the enem.
is now able to maintain his position
only before the eastern front of tn,
fortress Fighting continues east o
| Chyrow, Galicia-
From Nish, Servia, comes the Off
cial statement that on Sunday nigh
the Austrians were repulsed in tw,
attacks on the extreme right win!
of the Servian front between Svornik
Bosnia and Losnitza, Servia. On Mon
day the Austrians attacked the Sery
ians twice on the left bank of tn
Save river, but were repulsed on eacl
occasion with great loss.