Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-11
GERMANS DRIVING
AT FRENCH LINES
Repeat in Vosgcs and i'll Artois
Attempts Previously Made
in Argonne Forest.
CHARGED WITH USE OF GASES
Attacks Seemingly Indicate That
Long-Expected Offensive in
West Will Soon Begin.

LONDON. September ln.-Thc Ger
mans have repeated in the Nosges
Mountains and in Artois the attempts
which they made To break through the
French lines III the Argoune forest
which seemingly indicates that tho
lonG-eXpccted offensive in the ives; viii
not much longer bc DELAYED. In these
attacks. the Germans claim that they
were enabled to occupy some French
trenches. The French report admits
th:s. but says the German progress
was accomplished hv the use o. as
phNNiatinc gaseS. and that in counter
attacks tho French rcgained the
greater pa:t OF their lost ground at
Martmanus-W Weilcrkopf and later re-
pulsed another violent attack against
that position. This place. which was
taken by tho French during their
spring aud summer operations prob
ably has been the scene of as much
hard i2htiug as any place on the whole
front II has changed hands q dozen
times. Yesterday The Germans. by as
sault. again got u footing on the sum
nit. but. according to Paris. were
driven down again during the night;
Aside from these events. the armies
in the west have been engaged in al
most continuous artillery duel.. bomb
THROWN. and air raids.
sITi ALTON IN EAST
SHOWS LITTLE. CHANGE
In the east there is little change in
the situation. The two Russian sue
ccsses on the Sereth River. Galicia
while they made big capture OF men
and guns. has not intcrtcred with the
Austro German advance. Further morti,
the .iustrians have takeI Dubno. The
second Of the triangle of fortrcascs to
tall into their hands, and with tho help
Of the Germans are advancing to
Rovno, the third OF these fortified
ccntcrs.
Meanwhile. the Germans from the
south Of the i'ripct marshes To the re-
eion southwest OF Wilma arc hchtir.
hard. and with some success. for the
Str"iuGiC railway system OF The Brcst-
, Wilma area
Most of this is already held by the
invaders. but they are now aiming par
ticularly at the main trunk line. which,
, starting at Riga. runs through Dvinsk
Wilma. l.ida ana the East Pripct marshes
10 Rovno and onward to LcmberG
Galcia.
Military critics express tho orinion
! that once this line is in the hands of
III" AuStro-German forces. they will go
into winter quarters for the moro inn
portant purpose of bringing amy larce e
part OF the Russian forces 10 a decisive
battle under diSadvantageous condi-
tions now seem out of the question. as
the autumn rains already have set in
The three main Russian armies. un-
der Generals Ruzsky. Evert and Ivan
off. althouSh reduced and outnumh. red.
sill are full OF fight. AS is shown by
their offensive on the Sereth River. and
the Austro-t;erman forces must look
Ia their own defense before re-cnforce-
ments reach their opponents.
STILL lack OF NEWS
FROM DAnDANEf.LES
There is still a dearth OF news from
the Dardanelles. On the Austro-
Italian frontier the Italians continue
their attacks III the mountain regions.
where their progress is slow.
1t is disclosed by the Sofia corre-
spondcnt OF tho Associated Press ,ha,
Serbia has offered to code Macedonia
as far as the N;rdar River to Bulgaria.
hut that the latter wants the whole OF
Macedonia. This is wherc the ncGo-
tations. it was feared. would reach a
deadlock. for. above an thugs. Serbia
desires to maintain a common border
with Greece. while Bulgaria always de-
E.andcd the ccSSiou of Monastir, waich,
being near the southwestern bcrder
would make Il common border i'm
possible.