Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-06
TEUTON|C DRIVE
HAS COME TO HALT
Offensive Is Exhausted, or In
vaders Have Decided to
Dig Themselves In.
NO FRESH ADVANCES MADE
Russians Now in Position to
Make Further Efforts
Dangerous.

LONDON. September 5.-Either this
driving power Of the Teutonic offensive
agains, Russia is nearly exhausted or
the Teuton generals have decided they
have penetrated the Russian domin-
ions as far g is safe. and are prepar-
ing to dig themselves in for the winter.
according 10 British military writers.
At many points the Germans and
Austrians now are contenting them
selves with repulsing counterattacks.
From the Gulf of Riga to Grodno. Won
Hindenburgs armies are at stand
still. having apparently made no at
tempt to cross the Dvina after carry
ing the bridgchcads at Lennowada and
Friedrichstadt
GERMANS ARE FACING
VERY STRONG FORCES
To the north southwest and south
Of wilma the fall OF which has been
predicted for some days. the Germans
face very strong forces. who make IL
dangerous for the Germans TO push
their way westward. north or south OF
them.
The Germans on the other hand are
massed between Grodno and Kozrin, on
the Brest-Pinsk railway, but their i'm
mediate object is not obvious. unless
position to hold throughout the winter
Further south the Russians are offer
ing fresh resistance. as they are firmly
established in fortified area. of which
Rovno and Dubno are ccnters: while
in Galicia they st.ll hold the line Of
the Sereth River.
With the rainy season a few weeks
off. the opposing armies. especially in
the marshy region of the center, cannot
hope TO carry on operations smudh
longer, and some reports-sayeth the Ges-
mans and Austrians already nre NOV
ing troops TO the Serbian. Roumanlan
and western fronts.
The allies heavy artillery still ia
hombardinG the German lines in the
west. but thus far there is no indica-
tion OF a general offensive.
Paris reports that the Turks have
delivered an unsuccessful night attack
against the British positions near the
Anzac region. but beyond that no news
has been received here OF the opera
tions in the Near East.
RENEWAL OF REPORTS
OF TURKISH DEPRESSION
There has been renewal of reports
from Athens OF d!ssensions between
the Turks and Germans at Constanti-
Turks as the result OF heavy losses.
The Turkish troops. nevertheless. are
reported to be lighting with all their
old stubbornness.
Arthur J. Balfour. First Lord of the
British Admiralty. in n letter to the
press gives official recognition TO the
belief here that the German promises
10 America not to sink any more pas
senger ships without warning were
brought about by realization that the
submarine warfare against merchant
men had proved a failure. He again
intimates that many German subma-
rines have been accounted for, and
adds that British mercantile tonnage
now Is greater than before the war
despite the damage done b. the sub
marines.
ARTILLERY is ACTIVE
on WESTERN FRONT
PARIS, September 5.-Violent can
nonading south of Arras, active mine
fighting near Frise, artillery lombard
ments in the sectors of Quennevieres,
Vic and Neuvre and in the Champagne
district are reported In this afternoons
French official statement. The silenc-
ing of German batteries at several
points in the sectors mentioned and
the checking of a German fusillade in
front of the French positions at Linge
arti claimed
nother official communication issued
hight reports q very violent artil-
y duer in the Argonne. and adds:
Gin the Dardanelles, since the end of
3gust, quiet has prevailed in tho
sl,thern zone of the peninsula. In the
ijrth zone the British troops have
made some progress"