Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1915-09-29
ADgl0,Frelch Offensive Confines
Germans Expected 10 Throw 10 Rslnforse-
mcnts for What Will be Awful Struggle,

o''WahS IAPsGteu ~ lnIVW III htIlluItb-
mcnts for What Will be Awful Struggle.
Sept. 27.-The third day of the
''great cffensive' of the French
and British forces in the west saw
no abatement in the fighting. In.
deed. the battle probably has
taken on a more desperate chsrao-
ter, for the Germans, by numer-
ous and vicious counterat ttaoka
have been endeavoring to regain
their lost ground, and have inaug.
arated an offensive movement in
the Argonne forest. which official
reports indicate, is being carried
out with quite as much dash and
determination az the French
shrust in Champagne, though not
80 effectively.
The British aud Germans are
heavily engaged in the regions of
Hulluch and Loos, between La
Bassee and Lens. On the north
arm end cf the line in Belgium,
she Germans are bombarding the
Belgium positions and various
sowns.
The Germans counter-attacks
northwest of Hulluch have been
repalsed with heavy losses, accord
Ing to British official report which
aecs to the east of Loss the British
offensive Is progressing.
In Champagne. where the
French gains extended ovs' a 15-
mile front, to a doth of IN two
shirds of mile to two and a half
miles, the troops of the repuo olio
are in strong positions before the
second line of defenses, which
shey are still pounding with their
heavy guns.
The German attack on the
French lines in She Argonne was
proceeded by violent lombard.
mout. Then the infantry charged
and at some points gained the
first line of the French position.
Everywhere else along this front
Paris declares, thu Germans were
repulsed.
Ia Bsrlin the outcome of the
battles now in progress in the west
IS looked forward to with conf.
dencs. Officially it is asserted
that the Allied offensive southeast
Of Lille has been stopped and that
north and south of Loos and near
Souchez heavy British attacks
have been put down with sangui-
nary losses.
The fighting between Rheims and
the Argonne forest ,the German
communication says the French
have been able to make no further
progress and that to the north of
Beausej,ur and east of Aisne
French attacks failed with heavy
casualties. Nothing is said of the
Argonne encounter.
On the eastern front in the vi
cinity of Dvinsk the Germans re-
port the capture of another Rus
sian position and the taking of
nine officers and more than 1900
men prisoners. Fighting contin-
uas along the entire eastern front.
Vienna says the Russian counter
offensive in the Volhynisn frotrsss
triangle has been broken and that
tho Russians are in retreat.
Recent fighting along the. CALI
p1li Peninsula has been confiued
mainly to attacks by aircraft, to
commandments aud to mining.
The situation in the Balkans
has not yet been definitely straigh
sensd out.
A sem, official dispatch from
Berlin, gives Sofa rumor that the
Bulgarian G,vsrnmsnt has sent
al ultimatum to Serbia and that
the diplomatic representatives. of
she Ententio Powers are preparing
10 depart from the Bulgarian oapi.
tal. Tue Rumauian Cabinet has
decided that there shall be no
modification in its mobilization
order aud that the Rumanian
troops will remain concentrated
along the National frontiers.
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