Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-30
ALLIES CONTINUE
GREAT OFFENSIVE !
IN WESTERN ZONE
Further Progress Reported
by French in ArtOis and
the Champagne.
CLAIMS CONTRADICTED
IN GERMAN STATEMENTS
Chief Efforts Directed Now at
Securing Command of Impor-
tant Railway Lines.
EMPEROR WILLIAM At 'FRONT.'
British Attacking Third Line Of De-
fense South OF la BaSSee
Canal.
EMPEROR WILLIAM AT 'FRONT.'
British Attacking Third Line Of De-
fense South Of La BasSee
Canal.

LONDON. September 2o.-The allies
continue their great offensive in Artois
and the Champagne. and according to
French accounts. which, however, are
contradicted by the German official re-
ports. further progress has been made
in both areas,
In ArtoiS :he French claim TO have
reached hill 10. which lies directly
east of Vimy. and is the eliminating
roint OF the creetS named after that
town. The Importance of the hill lies
In the fact thi, It commands the plains
to the cast the network of roads and
the railway which runs from Lens
southward.
SO far as Champagne Is concerned,
tho French appear at present to be
making their chief effort towards tho
railway junction north of Massises,
which accounts for the desperate cf-
forts OF the Germans to stem the tide,
and for the crown princes counter
stroke in the ArEonne, as this railway
connects the German army in tho
ArEonne with it's base at Vouziers
Perhaps the heaviest lighting since
the offensive began is now going on,
for the British are attacking the Ger
man third line OF defense south of
have brought up endorsements
against both the British and the
French. and are making every effort
to retrieve the lost ground. Belgium,
dispatches from Holland say. has been
denuded OF troops while German de-
tachments are even being removed from
the eastern front to meet what Ia
known to be the greatest effort madu
in the west since the armies took I'm
their present position from Belgium
to Switzerland
GERMAN EMPEROR
REPORTED AT FRONT
The Germans are trying to divert the
allies by Il heavy artillery lombard
ment north and south of the Aisnc, hut
plans having been made by General
Joffre. the French are striking with
all the forces At their command at the
points selected Ii is reported that
the German Emperor has arrived at
the western front, and that he has al
ready. dismissed some OF his generals
for allowing their lines to be pressed
back almost to the breaking point
Despite the transfer of some troops
to the west. the Germans continue to
strike hard at the Russians practically
all along their front Field Marshal
strokes against Dvinsk. while his coll
league OH his right is pushing forward
TO the east OF Vilcka and Molodcchno
in an tempt to turn the Russian posi-
tion. and has now reached Il point TO
the north of Minsk. which another
army is advancing upon from tho
southwest
Field Marshal Won Mackensen and
Prince Leopold of Bavaria apparently
arc inactive. owing doubtless TO the
marshes. which are now impassable,
but General Won Linsinscn is still
pressing hard on the Russians in
Volhynia.
1t is expected that the weather will
soon put an end to the operations in
the east, as with the continued rains
the rivers cannot be iorded. and the
Russians. wherever possible. are get
ting behind them.
BKITISI INFLICT ANOTHER
SERIOUS DEFEAT on TURKS
The British have inflicted another
serious defeat on the Turks in Meso-
potamia. The Tgris army, after suf-
fcring heavy losses, is in flight towards
Bagdad Thus the three armies which
the Turks sent to Mesopotamia against
the AnElo-Indian invaders have been
scattered. In May tho Tieris army was
driven back from Kurna TO north Of
Amara; the army Of the Karun was
driven from AhwaZ. and the army of
the Euphrates was last heard of as
fugitive on the river somewhere north
of Marie.
II is again reported that an Austro-
German army 800, 900 strong Is assem-
bling for an offensive against Serbia.