The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-23
ALLIES BEGIN A
new OFFENSIVE
General Attacks Under Way
Along Western Front and
in DardaneIles.
BRITISH GAIN AND THEN LOSE
Unable to Hold Captured Trench Near
ing Teuton Invaders.

London, Oct. 15.-Forces of the al
lies appear to be making a general
attack upon all the German fronts.
The British and French have attacked
in Flanders and in Champagne, while
the German official report of the cam
paign in Russia is a record of counter
attacks against the Russians, who are
endeavoring to regain the initiative.
Even Belgium is not excepted, British
monitors having again bombarded the
German positions along the coast.
The allied forces have begun an Of
fensive in the Dardanelles to keep the
Turks busy. The Russians are con-
tinuing their attacks in Galicia, in an
effort 10 clear the Austrians from the
Rumahian frontier and prevent them
from sending any further reinforce
ments against Servia.
Serbs StoutIy Resisting.
The Austro-German and Bulgarian
armies are meeting with stern resist
ance in Servia. Although under con-
slant attack since October 5, the Ser
VANS are giving ground only foot by
foot The extent of the Bulgarian in
a dispatch from Nish consists of an
advance over the frontier at one point
of a mile. With this exception, says
the report, the fighting line remains
intact, and the railways have not yet
been reached.
A British official statement issued
tonight tells of the latest offensive by
the British troops between La Bassee
and Arras. 1t reads as follows:
Yesterday afternoon after a bonn
bardment we attacked the enemy's
trenches under cover of a cloud of
smoke and gas from point about 800
yards southwest of Hulluch to the
Hohenzollern redoubt. We gained
about 1000 yards of trenches just
south and west of Hulluch, but were
unable to maintain our positions there
owing to the enemy's shell fire.
Hold German Trenches.
Southwest of st. Ellie we captured
and held the enemy's trench behind
the BermeIles-Hulluch road and the
southwestern edge of the Quarries,
both inclusive. We also captured a
trench on the northwest face of the
forest. We captured the main trench
of the Hohenzollern redoubt, but the
enemy is still in two communicating
| trenches between the redoubt and the
Quarries.''
Serbs Hit Belgians Hard.
Paris, Oct. 14-Private adyices are
to the effect that a Bulgarian division
was almost annihilated in a fierce
/ battle near Kraguyevatz, SerYia, says
dispatch to the Havas Agency from
Bucharest, dated Tuesday and de-
layed in transmission.
London, Oct 1.-THE capture of
Seryian positions south of Belgrade
and at other places in the Teutonic
line of march is reported by Berlin,
| but Nish declares that the Teutons
are paying heavy toll, especially be-
| fore Lipa, where "the battle field is
covered with bodies"
Russians Not in Yet
So far as is known, the Russian
army which the French premier, NJ
| Viviani, announced was to fight Shout
der to shoulder in the Balkans with
the French and British, has not yet
entered the arena nor is its point of
attack indicated in any way.
Inc SlludlIOn LII DOIu OIO0C0 anu
! Rumania remains unchanged, both
these countries maintaining their neu-
| trality
The Russians are credited with an
! other victory along the Stripa on the
Southeastern Galicia front, and al
! though this fighting is not far distant
! from the northern Rumanian frontier
| and indicates that the Russians have
brought up strong forces here, there
| is nothing to show that it is in any
way connected with the struggle in
! the Balkans or has to do with Ru-
| mania.
Mad Smash by Germans.
Paris, Oct. IA strong German
/ force attacked the French lines
around Souchez and Vimy today. A
violent bombardment preceded the IL
| fantry attacks, which were renewed
| from time to time and desperately
carried out,
The Germans succeeded in penetrat-
| ing some of the trenches which had
been badly shattered by the shells,
but, according to the French official
! statement issued tonight, were re-
pulsed everywhere else with heavy
losses.