Imperial Valley press., 1915-09-27

ahW@ndrd German prl,onrrs. and
dead and wondrd Oh both ,lde.. If
Which aS Nrl There l. no estimate. il
M" loll iahen in lhr fr,l , days drive
ii TIE Nn@Io-Frrurh forces. who haNe
begun great offensive movement
asan>i thr German, along The entire
I'm" III the western War zour. which
extends from lhe North ,r5 In phe
swiss frontier.
Two distinctive operations are un-
der My. onr In the nurIh If Arra,
and The other III The Champagne re
zion. While lhcre has been an lnces-
SAM hUmbarumenl along almost lhe
rnlre front.
The British and French have been
j successful, carrying lrrnche, extend
lng uN"r 4 distance If twenty miles
and depth varying MP Ia Two and Il
half miles. II i rrpurted officially
both from Paris and London thai the
advance still is being confined. lhe
ground gained having in large meas
llrc been held and consolidated. The
Berlin war office admits The retire
mrnl of the German forces al various
points. hut minmiZcS the result af the
engagements.
For several weeks British and
French artillery have been pounding
firrcclH and continuously at lhr Ger
man line The forward movement be
san Saturday morning. when lhou-
sands of Allied truops threw them
selves against the German trenches,
in which, thou2h battered and torn
by heavy shells. The Germans waited,
having long expected The onslaught.
Much of ihr fighting Was at close
range hand-lo-hand encounters being
carried from trench Ia french
The heavy artillery conlinnes to
pour forth a RAIN of heavy proiecliles.
the firing have Themselves engaged IN
many cOmbatS.
In addition To having captured son
chez. mnch-dispuIed point of van
iagc, HE French have succeeded in
forcing a passage of the great errire
Of trenches and fortitlcdilons IN Cham
paGne between AuhrrlNr and Nllir sur
Tourbe, driving HE Germans In thp
second line Of trenches. > or ; mile
to tlr rear. This offensive l. ~llll III
progress.
The British aano have been Ia The
nor i uf Arrt- rheH have taken the
town Of l.oo~ and lhr batteries north
west of IInlorh. and have compelled
The Grrmdn- Ia draw oH their reserves
to check the advance.
For The time hciue The development
of cVeut- in the Weel have oNeretad-
.u\yrd those in the eastern theatre.
where the Ruesidu~ have -taNed the
prnarp,- Of thr Austro-German~ Al
many points aud apparently lI1Ne SUE
p,rdrd IN arttinn themselves we'll IN
hand for further offensive md drtrn-
~iNr operations.
HEAVY Losses Admitted by Berlin.
Berlin fNi3 l.ondan orPI
rcp,lsc IF 4 German division near L"oN.
nnrrhNr~l uf Lens. with eon~ldrrath'
.c,-,Ialtlr- aud The lass II mirfi'ls'
j., admitted in lhr German Official com
munlealion made public hrrr Today.
The evacuation uf An advanced ter
man puoillon north If Prrlle-. he
tween Rheims and lhe Naonnr lorrel.
i, also admitted by the war Office. Inc
communication sdN~
"Thr battles IN lhn continuation el
me British and French offensive I'Nr
,rnarp,-rd. without bringing ollf AZ
.ail:,nlo considerable nearer Ia Ihrif
aim. ,.,.#,. .,..,.,,i,..
Ih,yr ATTEMPTED lu interfere hN lhef
fire. especially on /rrhrusef, h'l Win
..In me sector Of Npre- The enemy
suffered heavy losses and had M sur
cess. ..,,..
- southwest Of Lille the enemy sur
cocdrd in rrpulsing one ot our "IN -
inns near Loo- from ill., advance Iln'
nr defense to lis second line, N'l'lr-
aTv va had considerable losses, III,
rhidina material of all kinds enclosed
Ibctvrrn the positions. \ eo"''''i
IallacE iS progressing 1aNof'nIE' ..
ave voluntarily evacuated me runs
| of he yillaer Of ~ouchrZ. Oth'r al
Iacts nm His front easily were re
nul.ed with The heaviest losNeN for 'he
"In lhe struggle between Rheims ana
,he Arronnc. north Of pcrthes, one Ter
nam division was obliged to eNacual'
IHs advanced position by honlhafa-
mcni for 20 hours and retire ~ hS
second posilion. situated from 10 >
Ikilomrlrrs behind the first. lIoWrNt, ;,
an altrmpls To break through i'l''u'