Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-09-30
The War at a
Glance

Furious fighting sul characterIzcs
the united efforts OF French and Brit
I-h to break through the German lines
ON the western front The allied
forces, the French war office an-
uOuucDs. continue 10 make gains OF
rrDuud and add 10 their captures of
men, guns and stores.
Foot by foot as the official com
nuulc1tion reads, the French arc
making progress east Of SoucheZ. inn
portuut territory from strategIcaI
Uuiut Of view, and have likewise con
uuund their advance in Champagur
No contains the significant statement
4 that among the Germans taken pr.s.
uuers were men who had been
brought back from the Russian front
la few days ago. That would seem t1
indicate that the Austro-Gcrmar-
have been compelled to weaken tu
some extent their eastern battle front
m order 10 reinforce those sections
of the western line which the allie.
|Jre attacking with heavy guns, rapid
urcrs and the bayonet
Take German Dcfcnscs.
Field Marshal John French reports
| lhc capture of powerful German de-
| fcuSes around LOOs where the mum
]
has now reached three thousand.
forty machine guns being taken and
many destroyed. The British ha..
captured the first and second lines
and are heavily engaged in an attac.
ON the third.
The allied trenches in the ArgoUne
are being violently bombarded by the
guns of the German crown prince, bur
no attack by infantry has been at-
I t... of ha
trenches taken from the French hv
the Germans on this front MoudaE
have been retaken by means Of hand
uroUldes
Bombardmcnt Heard Miles
Details from Official sources Of The
heavy bombardmcut that preceded The
allied attack Saturday describe the
German lines as smOthered i'm dust
under the hail Of shells their parappts
melted away and the barbod wire
cutuuglomcuts disappeared. So thuu-
derous was the onslaught that per-
sons thirty or forty miles distant were
awakened from their sleep When
the French ceased their shellug of
the trenches in Champagne and
charged the German trenches they
found the Germans stupcficd by Jha
effects of The fire gUnncTS bau.
mixed mp with iufantrymCn and all
Of them huddlcd around the field
pieces.
German Gain in East.
on the eastern front the Russians
near DNnsk are declared by Berlin
t0 have attempted to rocapture ground
lost 20 Field Marshal Won Hindeubur-
Monday but their effort was unayau-
ing Progress is recorded for the
Germans who are still driving the
Russians from the Wilma sector and
for those VINO are engaged i'm Vol
hyui3. In this latter region Berlin
says The army groups Of General Won
iIuslngen have crossed the Styr river
below the fortress of Lutsk and that
the Russians north Of Dubno are iu
retreat along the whole front
Various reports are I'm circulation
respecting the trend of events I'm the
Balkans. One Of these is that Greece
has Informed Serbia that she viii
resist the passage Of foreign troops
through Greek territory. Another
says Bulgaria and Greece have agreed
to establish a neutral zone between
the two countries.
Bulgaria May Get I'm.
The attitude Of the British govern
mout with regard TO tho possibility
of Bulgaria entering the war has
been plainly stated by Sir Edward
Grey the British foreign secretary
sir Edward has told the British par
lament that in case Bulgaria ass
sumcs an aggressive attitude on the
side of the central powers the allies
Will give their support to "Our friends
in The Balkans in a manner that
would be most welcome to them"
American bankers have agreed 10
loan Great Britain and France $500,
100000 TO re-establish credit basis
In the United States.
Dr Constantin n. Dumba, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador TO the
nited States has finally been re-
called by his government.
T. st. John Gaffney, the American
consul general at Munich Bavaria,
has been asked to resign because Of
his alleged partisan attitude in tho
European war.