The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1915-10-08
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR.

Thursday, Sept. 30.-Important gains
by the French in the Champagne re-
gion are admitted by Berlin. The
French have gained the second line
of trenches and even started an at
tack on the third line. Hill 191 has
been captured and other strategic
points taken. Rain and fog have ham
pered both sides.
In the east Won Hindenburg has
made further gains in the Dvinsk re-
gion, which he seems bent on taking.
The Austrians report new successes
in the south. The Russians appear to
be keeping the upper hand in Galicia.
In the Balkans, Paris reports that
demand for prompt Rehabilitation
will be made on Bulgaria. Greece has
ratified a loan of $30,000,000, and re-
iterates it's determination to stand by
Serbia.
Friday, Oct. 1.-French and British
reports claim all gains made in great
six day battle are held despite desper-
claims surprise attack between Au-
Derive and Vederange Pine in Cham
payne resulted in capture of prisoners
and guns and releasing French pris-
oners. Violent attacks on the Crown
Princes lines of communication were
made in the Argonne.
Paris also claims progress in Given
chy and the capture of prisoners.
France and Great Britain prepare
to defend Serbia and Greece against
Bulgaria. An entente force is being
landed in Greece is report in Paris.
Sir Edward Grey announces that Bull
garia is making preparation to go to
war on the side of the TeutOnic allies.
Saturday, Oct. 2.-Trench fighting
without decisive results marked the
western campaign. A squadron Of six
ty-five French aeroplanes bombarded
the railway station at Vouziers and
the aviation grounds near Challe-
range.
A crisis is at hand in the Balkans.
Russia will demand that Bulgaria dis
arm or side with the entente. Foreign
Minister Seigius SaZonoff, of Russia
declares Bulgaria must answer to the
car for his "unthinkable treachery,"
and announces that an ultimatum will
be sent
Sunday, Oct. 3.-Besides a Russian
ultimatum giving Bulgaria twentyfour
lo,,ro RI diCoojcc Common opd Auctriop
officers now with the army, it is re-
ported in Rome that the quadruple en-
tente powers, acting Jointly, will pre-
sent a note to Bulgaria demanding
that she explain her attitude
Concentration of the Bulgarian
| army of $4,000 men has begun. Bull
garia officially denies that German Of
ficers are taking hand in Bulgarian
| military affairs.
In the west, the French continue to
push their offensive and are thrusting
THE defenses of Lens, Paris says.
Berli nclaims that trenches taken by
| the British at Loos have been recap
tured.
| MONDAY OCI. f.-LOuuO1, SCIOSl du,
Paris and Athens are convinced that
| Bulgaria has chosen to cast her lot
| with the Hohenzollerns and the Haps-
burgs, or rather, that King Ferdinand
| has so decreed.
The landing of French troops at Sa-
loniki, within striking distance of the
| Bulgarian frontier, is sufficient evil
| dence that Greece will join the allies
| in an effort to strike the first blow.
On the western front Germany
seems to have brought the Franco.
| British drive to halt. The recapture
of the Hohenzollern redoubt. north
west of Loos. following a heavy bonn
bardment of the British lines. is adj
mitted by London Berlin claims the
allies lost 10000 men in their big ef.
fort If this is true it is terrible
price for the gains achieved.
Petrograd claims a number of minor
successes and the defeat of an attack
on the Riga-Dvinsk front. That Russia
has resumed the offensive is admitted
in Berlin dispatches.