Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-09-29
French Making Further Progress
French and English Have Improved Their
Positions, -Four Battles in the East.

The Allied forces, the French Wa
Office announces, continue to gain
ground end to add to tn Dir cap.
tured men, guns and stores.
Foot by foot. a. the official com.
munication reads the French are
making progress TO the east of
Souchez, an important territory
from a strategical point of view,
and have likewiwe continued their
advance in Champagne. Il COZ
tains the significant statemens
that among the Germans taken
prisoners were mon of the guard
corps who had been brought back
from the Russian front a few days
ago. This would seem to indicate
that tho Austro.G Germans have
been compelled to weaken to some
extent their eastern battle front
in order to reinforce those sections
OF the western line which the AL.
lies are attacking with heavy guns.
rapid firers and the bayonet.
Field Marshal Sir John French
reports the capture of powerful
German defenses around Loos,
where the number of prisoners
taken by the British has now
reached 5000. 40 machine guns
oeing taken and many destroyed.
The British have captured the
first and second lines and axe
heavily engaged In an attack en-
the third.
The Allied trenches in the Ar
COME are being violently bonn.
barded by the guns of the Germar
Grown Prince, but no attack by
infantry has been attempted.
Some Of the first line trenches
taken from the French by the
Germans on th lr at Mold y
have been retaken by means of
hand grenades.
Detalle firm untff ial s-urcps
of the heavy bombardment that
preceded the Allied attacks Satur.
day say the German lines were
smothered in dust under the hail
of SHIT lis, their rarapets melted
away a1d the barbed-wira entan.
clements Disappeared
80 thunderous was the OF =
slaught that persona 30 or 40
miles distant were awakened from
t3elr sleep, When the French
caased Their Smelling Of the trench
9. in Champagne and charged the
Garman trenches they found the
Germans stupefi-d by the effscts
Of the artillery fire. gunners being
mixed up with infsntrymen and
all Of them hudd ed around the
field %tiaces.
On the Eastern front she Rus,
SLAMS near Dyinsk are declared by
Berlin - have attempted to re-
capture ground lost to Field
Marshall 0 Hindenburg Mon.
day, but their effnrt was unavail.
ing. Progress is recorded for the
Germans who are still driving the
Russians firm the Wilma sector
and for those who are engaged in
Volhynis. Il this latter region,
Berlin Gays the army groups of
6 l.eral ven Line lngen have cross
ed the Styr River below the for
tress of Lutsk and that the Rus
slams norsh of Duhno are in re-
treat along the whole front.
Various reports are in circula-
tion respecting the trend Of events
in the Balkans. Que of these is
to the effect that Greece hes in
formed Serbia that she will resist
the passage of foreign troops
through Greek territory. Anoth.
81 says that Bulgaria and Greece
are reported to have agreed to the
establishment of = neutral zone
between the two countries.
The attitude Of the British Gov.
eminent with regard to the posi-.
bility of Bulgaria entering the
wal has cen plainly stated by Slr
Edward Grey the British Foreign
Secretary. Sir Edward has told
the British Parliament that In
case Bulgaria assumes an aggres-
slve attitude Gu the side Of the
Central Powers the Allies will give
their support to ''our friends IN