The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-01-20
FRENCH FALL BAG
GERMAN ADVANCE At POD
NEAREST CAPITAL CITY
Won KLUCK LEADS AGAI

Won RLDCk LEADS AGA
London Compares Stubborn Coms
to Earlier Days Of the War-Pa
Says Result VIII be Local in EH&
Caused by Difficult Conditions Il
Communication. j
Paris reports Wednesday "To ts
ortheast Of Scissors our conterattasS
has progressed slightly between CD
and Crouy. However, we were unan
to debouch from Crouy.
"Our troops. subject to q violes
attack to the east Of this place, haH
yielded slightly near the village Il
MonceI, but which they are still 81
Fcupying. They are holding also 81
Marguerite and Missy-Sur-Aisne. #
"On the Aisne, to the northeast &
Scissors, the fighting around .Spa
1872 continued with great seYesif|
during all the day Of Januaryl2 T
Germans brought very considerabE
forces into this engagement. va;
maintained our position on the creA
Of the hill to the west oftSpur 131
To the east our troops were obligS
to giVe up the ground. The fghtS1k
here continues, --4.-5..y- "a
London reports: "Like stubbosS
ly: contested battles In the esrly.1aJ
of the war on which hinged the Ges
man occupation Of west Flanders, I'd ttss
struggle for the knoll Of ground nort$s
east Of Scissors, known as Spur 132s
remained undecided. The GsrmanA
however, by their counter attacks, aI
pear to be in better position eastWar}
Of the Spur.
"In view Of the. relatively sinai
amount of ground gained, the lossd
have been heavy on both sides, BID
the Germans show no signs Of giyin5
up their attempts to take the hill.
is said. Gen. Won Kluck himself Is no9
in command Of the German forces!
which would seem to lift the battil
out of the ordinary run Of conflict!
along the western front. I"
Berlin reports Wednesday: In ths
western theatre Of war fierce artiilsS5
duels took place in the neighborhood
Of Nieuport. They resulted In the ed
scuation Of the enemy's trenches a
Palinsburga, a suburb Of Nieuport.
French attacks at LaBerselle and
the hill of Touvorn were repulsed
Yesterdays unsuccessful attacks oI
the hills near Crony were followed al
by German counterattack, which
ended in the complete defeat OF tho
French and clearing Of the hills
northeast Of Busy and north o:
Crony. Our troops took possession os
two French positions and and captIr.
ed 100 prisoners, four cannon and
several marhiue guns"
Paris reports Thursday: Last nigh:
ur troops were successful In sudde1
attack, with the object Of overWhedm-
ing the trenches recently constructed
by the Germans to the northeast Of
Foukuescort, north of Roye depart
ment Of the Somme.}
"The attacks of the enemy ta ths
region to the north Of scissors have
been stopped.
Gas has been said In the comnunf:
cation Of this morning, the flooding
OF the river Aisne, which destroyed
several OF our bridges, had rendered
very precarious the communication
of our troops operating on the 1rss
slopes Of the right bank. We were
thus prevented from sending them re
inforcements. This has been the es-
sential cause Of the withdrawal o!
those troops, which we're fighting IN.
der difficult conditions. =
1--WE were obliged to abandon sew.
eral cannon as the result OF tho
breaking down Of bridge. We have
rendered ell of them utfit for use. q
1.-THE Germans have made pfisor-
ers, particularly Of wounded men, who
in the withdrawal movement, we were
not able to take with u.s." On our
side we have made a number Of I'M
portant prisoners, not wounded, 5e-
longing to seven different regiments.
ITO sum up the success Is q partial
one for our adversaries, which VIII
have no influence on operations as
whole. In fact, by reason OF the obsta-
cles presented by the Aisne anu the
dispositions which-we have taken, the
enemy will be unable to utilize 70
the south OF, the river the success
which is Of purely local character.
Berlin reports Thursday: In the
western theatre OF the war, IN the
dunes near Nieuport and southwest
of Ypres, artillery conbats are going
on. The enemy directed an extremes
" strong fire on Westende, which
they soon will have entirely Destroy
ed. Their torpedo boats disappeared
quickly as soon as they received ouz
fire.
eIn continuation OF their activities
northeast of Scissors, our troops
again made an attack on the heights
of Vregny and cleared this elevated
plain of the enemy. In pouring
rain and deeply sodden clay. trench
after trench was taken by storm un-
I'LL alter UdIh dGo SAC OAONy W 0<
driven back to the border Of the ele-
waited plain. Fourteen French officers
and 1880 men were taken prisoners
and four cannon, four machine gums
and searchIight captured-a bril-
liat feat for our troops under the
very eyes Of their uppernost war
lord. -
Northeast Of the camp OF Shalonl
the French attacked again and again
in the morning and afternoon with
strong forces, to the east Of Perthes
They penetrated at certain places oul
trenches but were repulsed by enes>
getic counter-attacks and driven
back with heavy losses into their owr
positions, leaving 100 prisoners in oul
hands.
1.-The total results OF the Sights o:
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