The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1914-09-25

London, Sept. 24.-9:3O p. m.-
Heavy artillery continues to play a
leading part in the battle of the
Aisne, which has beea in progress
nearly a fortnight. The opposing
forces continue to hammer away at
each other from their well entrenched
and strongly fortified positions with
the greatest stubbornness, but with
out decision.
Almost without a lull great shells
are being hurled across the rivers,
valleys and plains stretching from the
River Disc in the west to the Meuse
in the east, and thence southwark
along the whole Franco-German Dor.
der, while the lighter guns play on
the infantry lying in the trenches
awaiting an opportunity to deliver at
taeks and counter attacks, with, as
the French official communication
says, alternate retirements on Ger.
tain points and advance on others"
The battle line has stretched out
farther westward, the French left
wing having made some progress in
the direction of Noye, northwest of
Noyol. The latter place a few days
ago was the allies extreme left
A detachment has occupied Pc
rome, still further north
A report from German headquarters
dated Sept 90, says, however, that
the efforts of the French to encircle
the German right have had no result
The French also claim to have
made an advance northwest of
Berry which is about the
point where the German line crosses
the Aisne, continuing southeast to
Drimont, which has been the center
of many vigOrou attacks.
Along the rest of the line, although
there have been fierce engagements
in which both sides claim victories,
the situation is unchanged except
that, according to German reports,
the German troops have recaptured
Varennes, department of the Meuse,
which the French took a few days
ago.
The French account of the battle
compares it with Mukdon. In the
latter case the tide of battle was
turned by the arrival on the Russian
right of the Nogi's army from Port
Arthur, and the Russian left also was
almost e1veloped when General Ku-
ropatkin withdrew the great bulk of
his army northward, leaving the rear
guard to fall into the hands of the
Japanese.
The Austrian general staff denies
reports of Russian victories aad the
defeat of General Dankl's army. The
Austrian forces, the report says,
have been concentrated in a new
position for several days. but have
waited in vain for any serious Rus
sian attack.
From other sources, however, it -
reported that the Russians have sur
rounded Pryzemsyl and are between
that fortress and Cracow.
1t may be some days before an
other big battle is fought here, as one
Austrian army is behind the forts of
Przemysl and the other is making it's
way to the remaining fortress of Cra-
COW, while the Russians are taking
the smaller towns in Galicia under
their wing.
A report, which lacks official con-
firmation, says that General Rennen.
kampf, who withdrew over the east
Prussian frontier when German rein
forcements arrived, has received
more men and again has taken the
offensive and compelled the Germans
to withdraw.
1t is considered possible the fall OF
Jaraslau and the isolation of Prey
emysl has compelled the Germans to
look more closely to the protection
of their line from Thorn to Kalicz,,
which guards Posen. as the Russians
now are able to release large num-
ber of men for the invasion OF that
part of Germany.
The Servian and Montenegrin a =
mics are before Sarajevo, capital of
Rosnia, flushed with victory and pre-