Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-10-04
LATEST WAR NEWS

heSuay, IL - OillciaHy announced.
ATHENS, Oct, 1.-The French
squadron entered the DardanelIes
Tuesday, bombarding the shore bat
teries successfully.
PARIS, Oct, LII. there has been
any doubt. of the offensive's long
awaited rive it was removed when
King George wired his congratula-
tons to French President poincare
and General Joffre on the French sue
cesses.
AT the outset it was our COM
mon offensive" said Senator Stephens
Pichon, 'this is great offensive, but
it has only begun. 1t will be thrust
home before it stops if the weather
is favorable"
PETROGRAD, Oct, lit is offici-
ally announced that despite the large
amount of evidence showing the pres
ent favorable situation of the Rus
fers to abstain from making conclu-
sions.
AS the engagements progress they
show favorable turn.
The morale of our troops is of the
highest as is shown as result of
the recent terrible hand to hand COM
bats in which they were successful
in the offensive on the Sventsiany-
Osmina line, in contrast with the Ger
man breakdown as shown by the
abandonment of slightly wounded
Germans and their method of retreat
and nervous firing.
United Press.
BERLIN, Oct, 1.-Germany hasn't
decided what disposition to make OF
Belgium or Poland, but it is determin-
ed that Belgium will not be Eng
lands vanguard.
Under Foreign Secretary thinner
man said, "The Germans want a
guarantee that the present war will
not be repeated.
Germany will decide both of these
questions.
mo one is able to impose their viii
upon u.s."
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct, l.
It is understood that Secretary OF
State Lansing will ask German Am
bassador Bernstorff to send Captain
Won Papen home.
1t is learned that Won Papen gave
Archibald, Dumba's messenger, two
cipher reports, addressed to the Ger.
man war office.
The state department is trying to
decipher them.
Won Papen is hurrying to New York
for a conference with Bernstorff.
LONDON, Oct, 2.-The first weeE
of the allied offensive has ended witt
nearly million men locked in q
death struggle in the Artois and
Champagne districts, and the fury
of the attack has not diminished.
Before another week a grand as
sault may bring more millions OF
men into the combat, from Alsace to
the sea.
The great losses are unestimatable.
The allies claim that they have cap
'tured thirty thousand prisoners and
the Germans casualties were one hun
bred and fifty thousand.
Berlin has claimed the capture OF
twelve thousand of the allies as pris-
oners and that the allies casualties
were enormous.
The weeks net result of the fight
ing is:
The British have gained on five
mile front and occupied Loos, and
important positions near Lens.
Their advance has been temporarily
halted.
The French have recaptured Su
chez and continue to progress around
the Vimy heights.
The French have advanced a mile
or two on a fifteen-mile front in
the Champagne district.
They are now within a few miles of
the railway line that is feeding the
Germans around Verdune.
The Germans have checked the
French advance in the Champagne
district.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct, e
Italy is preparing to send two hum
dred thousand troops to aid Serbia
when the expected German Bulgarian
offensive begins, so Rome advices
stated.
French and English artillerymen
are arriving at Belgrade, Serbia, daily
and detachment of Russian gunners
is reported to have been sent to Ser
bia-
AMSTERDAM, Oct, 2.-It is re-
ported that Austria has decided to
send an ultimatum to Rumania and
demand the free passage of war mu-
milton to Turkey.