Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-21
If French Can Capture Bri-
mont Would Cut OFF Won
Kluk's Supplies
THIS ACCOUNTS FOR
FURY OF ATTACK
Indications Are There viii Be
Some Decisive Results at
This Point Soon
(By ]. w. T. Mason, former London cor
respondent of the United Rress.)


New York, Sept. 2l.-News of furious
fighting today between the allies's and
the German right on the River Aisne in
dicated the prospect of important de-
velopments soon in the allies effort to
cut General Won Kluk off from the
kaiser s main force.
Won Kluk s line of communication
with the German center is by way rail-
road line running from LaOn, 80 miles
to the sOutheastward, to Rheims. This
road is dominated by the three perma.
nent Notifications on the Hill of Bri.
mont north of Rheims. If the French
take Brimont, Won Kluk IS direct line of
communication with the central army
by rail will be cut. His reinforcements
will then have to be sent to him by a
circuitous route three times the dis.
tance they have to travel now.
1t is of the utmost Importance to the
Germans to keep this Laon- Rheims rail.
road line open for the purpose of
strengthening their right quickly when.
ever the allies enveloping movement
becomes dangerous.
This Accounts for 1t.
This accounts for the allies desper.
ate efforts to capture Brimont, and the
Germans tenacity in holding the posi-
tion.
The allies movement along the River
Disc constitutes the western extremity
of the enveloping movement which Vor
Kluk continues to resist. The allies
are carefully concealing the place:
which they have occupied thus far il
the course of their Disc advance but the
progress they are reported to have made
If consistent must soon begin to tell.
If the allies should reach their OBJ ice
tive on the Oise and Brimont hill shoulC
fall simultaneously into the hands Of
the French, Won Kluk s position will b,
in the highest degrees precarious.
-Four highways will still be open t.
him for keeping in touch with the mali
German army but the loss of the Laon
Rheims railroad would be a serious
handicap, especially in view of the fac
that continued rains have made tn,
roads extremely difficult to travel.
Will Not Be Bottled Up.
The Austrian evacuation of .Jarosla,
/ iHuiVdtco lndU Ine rear OF Delng sur
rounded In a fortress, which has been s,
apparent in the western campaign il
also influencing the Austrians.
BY securing this position the Rus
slams have gained access to the railroa,
leading to this Cracow. The victory i
important for this reason alone and III
effect can be minimized if the Austrian
destroy the railroad as they retreat to
ward CracOw.
Late dispatches indicated that tn,
loss of the Australian submarine AE.1
was attended by the death of all OF
board, including Lieutenant Commando
T. F. Besant, the Hon. l.. F.. Scarlet
and 32 men. The AE-1's loss was be
lieyed also to have been accidental an(
not the result of fight
The following British merchant shin,
were accounted for as having been TAX
en- by the German cruiser Emden, of
the cost Of India:
The Indus. Killim, Diplomat, Lovat
Kating and FrabbOck.
Five were said to have been sunk an,
the sixth sent to Calcutta with all 81,
crews on board.