Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-09-27
Paris Officially Amour
ceS Further Successes
Against Germans.
FRESH TEUTONIC TROOPS
RUSH TO WESTERN FRONT
London Hears German Losses
in Last Few Days To-
tai 100000.

By the united Press.
PARIS, Sept. 27.-French troops
have occupied several more German
positions In the furious battle now be-
ing waGed in the Champagne region.
it was officially announced this aft
ernoon. The French attack continues
ON the whole Champagne front, and II
Is stated that 300 German officers
have been made prisoners.
Under heavy German counter-at-
tacks the French are maintaining
their newly won positions at Souche2
and elsewhere in the Artois region
German reinforcements have been
thrown into the Champagne region
by the thousands since the French
swept forward on a fifteen-mile front.
II N6s officially admitted this after
noon that at many points the enemy
is successfully resisting the efforts of
the, French to continue. Everywhere
the battle in the Champagne is raging
With the utmost fury.
The most desperate lighting Is oc-
curring between Bricot and the Sec
ton north OF he Wacques farm Both
s1ies are resorting to the use of both
high power explosive shells and
shrapnel. The Germans have. brought
up number of heavy pieces and are
bombarding the French works. evil
IDENTITY in preparation for a counter
ATTACK.
4 Both Sides Rely on Bombs.
On many sections both Germans
and French have abandoned their
rifles and are relying almost solely
ON bombs, The ground between the
trenches in several sectors is full of
struggling figures.
In the Andechy region, to the north.
the French have made Important
progress north OF Thelus, but have
not yet succeeded In passing the edae
OF In Foiie and the Arras-Lille road
Tho Germans are making a stubborn
stand In this region and endeavoring
Ete-eounter attack
| The German batteries ara vrlo,un4f,,
cannonading French positions near
the Quenneviers farms. south OF
Arras. French artillery is making a
vigorous reply.
An intense bomb and artillery duel
is proceeding between the Meuse and
Moselle. In the Vosges all military
operations have been halted by
great wind and hail storm
by the United Press
LONDON. Sept. 27.-The tide OF
war has turned for the allies on
every front.
The greatest artillery onslaught OF
any war is blowing whole sections Of
the Germans Franco Flanders front
to bits The allied troops are smash
ing their way toward the railway
lines by which the Teutons hold
their grip on Belgium and northern
France. The German losses in the
allied drive that began Saturday
morning already are believed to total
more than 100000
The French and British have gained
greater results in two days than in
the preceding twelve months of fight
ing since the battle of the Marne. Up
wards of 10000 German prisoners are
in their hands, something like thirty
guns, without counting machine guns
that have been taken and a formid-
able breach made in the German line
The czar has halted the German
offensive in the east. Won Hinden-
burg has been thrown back in his at
tempts to reach Dvinsk and Riga.
The Russians are on the offensive
on two-thirds of the eastern battle
front. recapturing villages and taxi
ing heavy toll in prisoners.
The Italian war office claims fresh
successes. Serbian artillery is hold
ing up the Austro- German advance
And dispatches from Athens today
asserted that Bulgaria. three days
ago ready to leap into the war with
the Austro- Germans. is hesitating.
British Papers Urge Moderation.
The newspapers called for modera-
tion on the part of the wildly-enthu-
siastic British today. They pointed
out that the allies must have suf-
fered heavily in the victorious
smashes toward Lens. and in the
"a. tt,.,N ~
communiques may bring news of Sc
rious reverses. They limited that the
sudden offensive movement launched
on Saturday may mean only a feel
ing out of the German positions.
preliminary to a real offensive, and
that the present attacks may cease
before night
Dispatches from Paris and from
Dutch points today said that the
great battles from Arras northward
to the sea and in the Champagne
ragged without interruption through
out Sunday and Sunday night and are
continuing today. The Anglo French
batteries are deluging the German
works with a blasting fire. Perhaps
no other battles of the western front
have seen such savage hand-to-haud
bayonet fighting.
Thousands of dead and wounded lie
amid the burning ruins of the village
OF SOuCneE, IlDN tHlItlN Ill ItHtH
hands. Other thousands lie unburied
on the slopes of Hin 10, captured by
the British in an impetuous charge.
German trenches captured by the
French in the Champagne region are
choked with mangled bodies.
Germans Rush Up New Troops.
The Germans are rushing new di-
visions through Belgium to meet the
combined Anglo French attack on tho
important railway center of Lens.
throughout the early hours of Sun
day German guns poured a frightful
fire upon the British positions on the
heights west of the town. The enem
poured a steady stream of shells over
the summit and down the western
slope to prevent the British from
bringing up guns for bombardmeut
of Lens.
A furious fight for possession OF
Hill 20 Is expected to develop before a.
many hours, If it has not already be- K
gun The position absolutely domi-