The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-09-14
RUSSIANS STILL
IMPEDE GERMANS
SlaV Troops on Southern Fronts
Have Taken the Offensive
and Won Victories.
ARTILLERY OUELS IN WEST
Big Guns Are Kept susy From eeIe'Gn
Coast Down Into Flanders
British Take Trench.

British Take Trench.
Washington, Sept. 12.-The Russian
troops on the Riga front apparently
are still impeding the Germans in
their attempts at further advances
into Russia and in the south, along
the Bukowina frontier, as in lower
Rumania, where they are operating in
conjunction with the Rumanians, they
have taken the offensive and won vic
tories over the Teutonic allies.
Around Verdun there was only in
termittent artillery duels, the Ger.
mans having ceased their violent
counter attacks to regain lost posi-
lions. In Champagne there has been
a resumption of somewhat violent
operations in which General Petain's
forces have won successes.
From the Belgian coast well down
into Flanders violent artillery duels
continue, but with Field Marshal
Haig's guns apparently doing the ma
ior portion Of the work. Aside from
the usual trench raiding operations
The infantry is still keeping to the
trenches.
German ayiators continue their
Smelling of Allied hospitals behind the
lines. Monday night they carried out
their latest raid in the region of Dun
kirk, where bombs which fell on a
hospital wounded five
British Took a Trench.
London, Sept. 12.-Heavy fighting
of a local nature has occurred between
the British and the Germans on the
Sofhme front, the British capturing a
German trench nearly a quarter of a
mile in extent. There were artillery
duels in the neighborhood of Ypres,
also, according to the official report
from British headquarters in France
tonight.
Italian Artillery Active.
Rome, Sept. 12.-There was little
/ activity aside from artillery engage
ments along the Austro-Italian from
yesterday, today's wal office state
Il ment reports. Some infantry fighting
occurred in the Trentino,
Russians Check Germans.
Washington. Sept. lion the north
ern Russian front the Russians ar,
o now offering strong opposition to thu
Germans who are %endeayoring to pres.
= their advantage further eastward iron
. the Riga-Dyina line. Thirty-two mileI
northeast of Riga, near Segevold,
= death battalion has even defeated thu
Germans and forced them to retreat L
the south. while along the BurtnetsI
line to the Pskoff railroad the Russian
rear guard were giving strong battI
to the advanced Teuton contingents.
In the Rumanian theater also tn
= Russians and Rumanians again hav
assumed the offensive, delivering re
:, peated attacks with large effective
- against Teutonic allied positions i
= the Trotus and Oituz valleys, No d.
=" tails of the fighting have com
through except from Berlin which a
serts that combatants met in hand I
is hand encounters and that the RussI
ID Rumanian forces were repulsed.
III italians Hammer Away.
Around Monte San Gabrielle Gener;
CT Cadorna continues to hammer away
er the Austrian positions with the enem
sh vigorously defending themselves. n
es claims to further progress on this Sc
u tor are made by the Italian offici,
communication, but it is announce
IS that attempts by the Austrians
MS counter attacks to lessen the int
sity Of the Italian offensive have bee
lis repulsed.
TX Northeast of Verdun the FrenC
ro- troops have consolidated the position
DIS taken from the German crown prinI
ed in the Posses and Caurieres Woods
RI the fighting of Saturday night al
be Sunday and the Germans, doubtle
sh because of their enormous losses, ha'
I'd. ceased for the time being their viole
We counter attacks.
by On the British front the British lil
u.s. wise have consolidated trenches ca
ac- tured Sunday southeast of Hardicou.
lu- They are also keeping up in vario
ng sectors their successful trench raidil
operations and STAYING off similar
tacks made by the Germans.
i, Hard Fighting on French Front.
, Washington, Sept. 10.-Again [
! French and the Germans are engag
Ird in extremely heavy fighting in t
'ol- Verdun sector, with the Germans Il
ov- ing to recoup their losses Of the e
rem Of last week on the right bank Of
av- Mouse, but with General Petail
rd- forces holding them back almt
IVY everywhere and covering the grou
with their dead.
nty Cotton Seed to be Controlled.