Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-27
ENTENTE POWERS
ON OFFENSIVE
Allies Make Drive in West
and Capture 10000
Germans
PIERCE TEUToN LINE
Germans Admit Reverse-Forced TO
Leave Material Behind in Their
Hasty Retreat

Paris, September q, 2:45 p. M
The new offensive movement IS con-
tinuing along the entire front IT
b! Champagne. The war office announces
TODAY that further German positions
have been occupied.
! The announcement also says tha'
oains in the !Artois region, in north
western France, have been MAINTAIN
ed These is intense cannonadng pe'
tween the Meuse and Moselle and IN
Lorraine. on the part of both allies
and the Germans.
Paris, Sept. 27-French troops have
| occupied several more German posi-
tions in the Champagne region, 1t Is
officially announced. The French at
tacks continue on the whole front and
200 German officers have been made
prisoners.
Under heavy German counser-at-
tacks, the French are maintaining
their newly won positions at Souchez
and elsewhere in the Arteis region.
London, Sept. 27-The tide of war
has turned for the allies on. every
| front.
The greatest artillery onslaught IL
any war is blowing whole c"ctlcr ol
the Germans Franco Flanders front
to bits.
The German losses in the allied
! drive that began on Saturday morn
! ;rr already are believed tototal more
than 100000.
! The Gar has halted the German Of
| feoyIve in the east. Won Hindenburg
has been thrown back in his attempts
~ ,cach Dvinsk and Riga. The RrS-
slams are on the offensive on two
thirds of the eastern battlefront, re-
capturing villages and taking heavy
toll in prisoners.
| The Italian war office claims fresh
success. Serbian artillery from Athens
today assert that Bulgaria, three days
ago ready TO leap into the war with
The Austro- Germans, is hcsitating.
London, Sept. 27-The offensive
movement begun by the Allies against
/ the Germans along the western front
has assumed great proportions, ano
notable successes have been gained
bv the French and British forces.
French troops have penetrated the
German lines along a front of 10 miles
and for depth at some places oi
, 1-2 miles, in the Champagne district
according to the French official state
ment. Altogether, the French War
Office says, more than 10000 un.
wounded prisoners have been taker
bv the French, and British in two
days.
Field Marshal Sir John French. Of
the British army, announces the cap
ture of five miles Of German trench
es south of La Bassee Canal and cas-
of Vermelles, and states that in some
instances British troops penetrated
the German positions for distance
of 1000 yards.
Berlin. Sept 27-A repulse of ;
German division, near Loos, north
west of Lens, with considerable cas-
ualties and the loss Of materials. i
admitted in the German official com
munication made public here.
The evacuation of an advanced Ger
man position north Of Perthes, be
tween Rheims and the Argonne for
est. also is admitted by the War Ofie
The communication says:
'The battles in the continuation o
the British and French offensive
which had been prepared for months
have progressed without bringing ou
assailants considerably nearer t
their aim.
con the coast also British warship
have attempted to interfere. by thei
fire, and especially on Zeebrugge, bu
without result.
'In the sector of Ypres the enem
; suffered heavy losses and had no SUD
2 Ecess.
!, Southwest of Lille the enemy SUI
! ceeded in repulsing one Of our di,
!. isions near Loos from it's advance lin