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VOLUME 1, NUMBER 212 Weaklr, ErtaUIikei 1M0| DmDy, Jaa.lt, Itu, ANDERSON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS 85.00 PER ANNUM
GERMAN SUBI
SUNK!
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GREAT DISASTER SHOCKS
WORLD AS IT WAS SO
UNEXPECTED
MANY FATALITIES
ARE REPORTED
Germany Is Pursuing Policy of
Reducing British Navy Adopted
at Beginning of the War
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(Hy Associated Press.)
bondon. Sept. 22.-9:14 p. m-The
during raid of German submarines
across North Sea, which resulted
today in tho sinking of the British
cruiser Aboukir, Mogue and Cressy,
lias diverted attention momentarily
from the battlefields of the contin
ent.
This was one of ?he British navy
had been led to expect, for the Ger
mans frankly avowed that their plan
wa? to reduce British naval superior.
Ity by submarine raids and the show
ing of mines, und they have been
training their young officers for sal
lie;; of this kind.
Nevertheless it came as a snock to
Englshnien that big ships such as
those 6unk could so easily bc attack
ed in UB mine and fortress protect-)
cd horrors. \
However, the British fleet must
keep the seas to insure Great' Brit
ain's food supply and in doing so
.must run great rinks. The ships' sunk]
while obsolete, still were useful Ves
sels und1 it is little satlsfacton to |
^England to know her cruiser fleet
still ls double In number that of the j
Germans and that as Winston Spcn
,cer Churchill, first Lord of the admir
alty, has said, she will bo able to
build during the war three to Ger
many's one.
Meantime, there haye been no im
portant changes oh the battle fronts
In Northern Prance. The opposing
armies continue to gain s little here
and lose a mule there. These gains
may tell in the long run but have
brought no decisive result for either
Bide.
The French official report Issued
late today agan lays some stress on
the announcement that an advance
ls being made by the allies' left wing
on the right bank of the river Oise,
from which point both the public and
the military exports look for first in-1
dent ions of how thc battle is likely to
end.
Although official reports do not go
beyond saying that the Germans have
been forced to give ground before the
French attacks, and speak of Noyon
and the district around that city as ;
the center of operations, some corre
spondents describe the allies' left as
extending from JuBt west of Noyon to
as far north as Lecatelet, from wheh
point, or Peronne, the new army, of
which thero have been.so many re- j
ports but no confirmation, is suppos
ed to be operating to threaten the '
.German right wing.
If this ls true, the Gorman right
f.? in a dangerous position, for lt can- .
not oxtend much farther north or
west' of St. Quentin. Its position runs
thence by way of Ctaauny and south
of L^?orf to nbrth of Tlhelma
On the platoau of Craonnc severe |
fighting has been going on for days. ;
but thero ls ho late Informal ion asl;
to whethor the Gormans or the allies |
bold the commanding positions hero. I
The allies had the plateau a few days{
ago, but. tho German official report?
A Thrilling St
By "New Ye
Who Wen
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(By Associated Press.) i
New York, Sept- 28.- Mrs^.L. E. ]
Tlnirro: of N?*S <?>fir?r>?1to i *elpn?l j
bury In a slnftfe^T^ve rrom^OO to i
ino Germans killed In battle in Muel
hausen, told a graphic story tonight \
of the series of encounters. between 1
French and German soldiers in and (
around the Alsation city early, In Au- l
gust Mrs. Thorr? lg a widow ?or a j
* Frenchman and'has a brolher-iri-law <
in the German laodsturm. ..' '
Mrs. Therre was ou* o? 1.,013 paw- I
seagers who arrived on two steam
ships which rtachod hrre tonight. A I
Preach force occupied Muelhausen i
August 1, Mrs. Thorrs said tonight 1
and two days later 20.000 Germans i
entered the town. After a two day
battle the French were driven out 1
The Germans, becoming confused in <
the side streets, ar*d *jn one apether, *,
Mr?. Thorrs said, many being killed i
and wounded,
"The Germans thea declared the 1
inhabitants had concealed French sol- t
diera and 300 male non-combtanta j
were removed frobt residences and J;
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o 8600,000. It ?is to be o
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claims it has been retaken, together
with the village of Betheny.
In the center between Rheims and
Souain. which the Freeh occupied
carly in the week, there has been
most desperate fighting, the Germans
taking the ofiicensive and according
to tho French reports being repuls
ed. The Germans also have mad.
some attacks In tho Woevre district
without success but they again have
crossed tho Lorraine frontier ana
have occupied Donestre, South of Bel
mont. .
Tho French have captured addit
tlpnal prisoners and supply trains.
The Russians have followed up
their success in Galicia where a third
great battle is about tc begin if it
has not aready started, by capturying
thc important fortress of Jaroslau,
on the River San, north of Przemysl,
which they are surrounding. Jaros
lau commands the passage of the San
river and its. possession will assist
the Rusiaus In their operations
against' Przemysl, where a strong
Austro-Germ?n force s prepared to
oger stubborn .resistance in the hope
at least of detaining the Russian ar
mies which are needed to take the
affeaslvo against Germany.
The Servians report another vic
tory over the Austrians, who thus fur
have Buffered severely on all sides.
This engagement occurred near Krou
penf, on the Drina, where the Aus
trians attempted to Invade Servia,
but were driven back. This attack
accounts for the Servian evacuation
of Semlin, as the troops were needed
to stem the Austrian offensive move
ment
The Servians feel they now can
proceed with the invasion of Bosnia
and tho troops at Viahegrad (cor
rect) has been , ordered to march on
Sarajevo.
The "Servian < and MontencgrianB
are within ten mlle? of Sarajevo and
the Austrians have made on sortie
for the town, according to ,*? Rome
>?tch, but quickly turned back In
tho face of the onposlng forces, Thoro
ls a rumor, too that Essad Pasha ,
former Albanian minister or war, as
Ibo result or an agreement with the
orvian government, will lead aa Al
baalan army Into Herzegovina by
way or Cattaro..
DEATH OF E. R. BELL.
(Abbeville Medium.)
Mr*. E. il. Bell, ono of the best
known cltlens of tho Antrevine sec
tion, died at his home Saturday night.
September Uie 19tb, 1914, aged 87
years. The funeral exercises were
held at Bell's church on Sunday after
noon attended by a large crowd of
relatives and frienda He ls survived
by Ove daughters and one son.
-cry Told
trk V?fornan
> at the Front
marched down the street. Presently
Mrw. Tbarro said, she heard shots
HtMu^f fftioy Was .informed the citi
lens had been snot by the Germana.
The Germans. Mrs.. Thorrs contin
ied, burned the houses. On August
13" the French returned and a battle ;
insued, in. which abe estimated g.OOO
germans were killed. She and other
Kroman aided the men in burying the
lead Citizens who lost their Uvea
were given gravea in the . yards of
:helr bornes,
Henry De 81 boor, an American, who
lias -been living in London and wa?
marooned at eBlfost when the war
broko ont, waa among the 343 pas
tenger? of the Red Star liner Zee
land arrived today. He reached
Paris after passing through the coun
try vhere much ot the early fighting
Demurred. On one Seid, he said, he
law squares cf dead Germ ?a soldiers,
lome of whom, were standing upright
leaning against each other. Officer?
Loin him. lu? ?aid, that the machine
tun? were responsible for this whole
?ac killing.
WIRELESS WILL
MARCONI PEOPLE PLAN TO i
ENTER SUIT
USE OF WIRELESS
Company Wants Answer In Mat-1
ter of Government Trying to 1
Clone Ail Its Wireless Plants
I
(By Associated Press.)
New York Sept. 22.-The Marconi
Wireless Telegraph company of Am
erica announced here tonight it was i
preparing papers for u suit in the fed- :1
eral courts to determine whether the ' ;
United States government has the 11
right and power to close its plants for
not observing the naval neutrality reg- t
illations.
Edward J. Nally, vice-president and J
general manager, made an announce- ]
ment in a statement seting forth tho
present position of tho company jn re- j
gard to its controversy with thc navy ',.
department. I ^
Mr. Nally said that tho following B
telegram was sent to Josephus Ban- t
leis, secretary of thc navy, after the I
company hpd been informdc today that jj
its station at Siasconsct, Mass:, would . ?
observe these rules: j,
"We have been unable to secure a
copy of the attorney general's opin
ion regarding the use.of the wireless,
owing to the unwillingness of the de
partment to give it out- In view? of
the Very important fact involved and
public and private injury that would
be caused by forcible action, we sug
gest that such action be withheld
long enough for us to submit the ques- j (\
tion to tho decision of a federal court R
in suit, papers for which are now be- J,
lng prepared."
"We desire," the statement reads,
to corect any impression that the pub
lic may have that the Marconi Compa
ny is wilfully trying to evade the neu
trality laws of the United States. We
are endeavoring to the utmost of our
ability to eoDtorm to every require
ment of a neutral citizen of this coun
try. We take the position that the ; ?
reception and transmission of the mes- ?
sages from our stations are not forbid- I
den by any law of neutrality.
Tf it ls unneutral for the Marconi >
Company to receive a message from a j
Brltieh war vessel at sea. it is quite
as unneutral for a telegraph or cable
ompany to receive or forward a mes
sage to or from Canada, France or Ger
many; yet it is indisputable that citi
zens of thin country have a right to
deal with thc belligcr-jnts, to cell them
munitions of war, food cud supplies
and other commercial material. As
stated by a federal court, it is-not tho
purpose of neutrality laws in any 11
manner-to cheek or interfere with any
of-the commercial activity of citisens
of the United States or others residing
in the United. States or interested in
commercial matter*.
"In our controversy with tho navy
department, the department has as
serted the rlglit of the executive de- 1
partrn-mt to make new lays of neutral- f(
tty, to affix new penalties and to car- B
ry them out by military force with
tho same absolute right of decision t;
that a military courtmartlal possess- 6
es. tl
'If it shall be determined in courts
that the action of the secretary of the |(l
navy ls Justified by the law of the lend. . 11
we will submit willingly. If, on tho.
other hand, it be deemed that the ia
threatened action ls ajx invasion of our ?n
rights.? we shall expect such relief as
the courts can give"'
I DI AMT Kirk r-rsTTTT/Mkl
IS ADVICE GIVEN
?So?them Cotton Aaeodaikas Ad
visee Grower? to E?rrunate
Cotton Crop In 1915
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(By Associated Press.)
Jackson, Mss" Sept. 22.-No cotton'
lat all should bo planted in 1915 int
the opinion ft the majority of the
? morobe-9 of the Misslssiup. division'
of tho Southern Cotton Assocatlon, F
in convention here today. The fifty
I delegates tu the general cotton con
vention to be hed tn New Orleans
I September 20, will be instructed to
pince that recommendation befr/ro
I the convention.
Th~ planters tcbk Uti? stand be
?cause they said they believed cotton
left over rrom last year and 4the sur-,d
plus expected thia year, would eupply
the world for more thac ?, year. To N
cease planting for a year also would M
be the best method of standing out A
the bol weevil and other cotton posts, o
They will ask the New Orleans ?on-!
j vention t to urge every governor to *
call a Fpecial session of the state t<
legislatures to pase laws prohibiting 1
planting In 191K. T
I - The delegates were also nstrnrtod p
to nek the convection to adopt a un.- v
form plan to hold twenty-five per
cent, of this year's crop . from the *
I market it
BRITISH SHIPS ,
GO TO BOTTOM
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GERMAN SUBMARINES SINK
THREE ENGL?S?? WAR
DOGS
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\RE HEAVILY ARMED i
Destroyed Vessels Were Consider
ed Splendid Fikhterp But Tor
pedoes Were Effective
(Hy Associated frress i
. London, opt. 22.-Th* British war-'
ihlps Aboukir. Hogue I ami Cressy
.ave been Bunk in tbojNorth Sea hy I
submarines, according [ to an an
louncement given out J>y thc official
)ureau this afternoon, j
Continuing tho announcement Bays
li?t a considerable numb.".- of the
?rewa of those vessels were hn\ed
>y Ii. M. S. Lowestoft and by B dlvis-j
oa of torpedo boat destroyers. Trow-:
ere and their boats al?*? aided in the
vork of rescue. i
ThoAbouklr wa? torpedoed first.'
i'lio Hogtie and the Cressey drew in'
lose to-he.' and were standing by to'
ave her crew when thay also were
orpedoed.
' ' e Crony . Captain IVd<ert W.
'ohnstou; the Aboukir, Oaptnln John
3. Drummond, and tho'- Hogue. Cap
ain Wilmot s. Nicholson, were sister
hips. They were armored cruB
rs of a comparatively . obsolete type
nd were built fourteen years ego
The lists of the casnltles among
heir crews will be published as
oon as they are known.
The Aboukir, Hogue ? and Cressy
ach had r. displacement of 12 OOO
oas. ??ch waa 440 feet long and
9.5 feet wide, drew 26 ? feet or water
nd bad a complement* of T-'~> men
nclqding officers.
Their armaments consisted of two
.2 inch guns', tw..?lve. Jc-tncb gunB,
wolve 12 pounders and live 2 uound
rs each. Tho Aboolitrdarsa the Cres
y were bul IL st Covan and the Ho
ue at Barrow.
5AY DETECTIVES HAVE
BEEN WORKING HERE
.IQUOR CASES MAY BE
WORKED UP
\ RA?D COMING?
tumor Ha? It That City Officials
'Are Planning to Rid Anderson
Of All ''Blind Tigers"
A persistent rumor baa been goiiig
he rounds on the streets for MU ne
nw days that detective? have been
t work in Anderson for some time
oundlng up nil the blind tigers In
he city and that now the sleuths have
vidence to convict three-fourths of
he evil doora within the city.
One man said yesterday that two
ctcctives arrived iii Anderson over
tiree weeks ago and *t once began to
rork, collecting evidence against the
eaters in liquor and that they had
ow collected all the evidence they
ranted. According to this man, the
etectives have discovered that Au
erson, instead of beug free from 11
uor dealers, is full of them and that
ases are to oe made out against a
umber of the more prominent of
tiese. It is understood that the de
actives have been very) successful,
i their work.
The city officiais ;.:ul ?he police w:i!
take no statement tn tho matter, but
loy have not denied tho rumor end
: ls generally credited around the
tty- The developments are being
waited with interest.
1ATTLES WERE
AGAINST GERMANS
Veech Claira The* thc Er.cmy'a
Losses Wero'Extremely
Heawy
(By Associated Praia.)
Paris, Sept. 22.-Wounded sol
iera from the reglen of .Craonn? de
cri ie the battles there Sunday and
londay as having, been .deadly for
je uermanr., who they any, were era
led without apparent reason by/Their
meera. I
One entire regiment, it waa. declared
ra? wiped put and when the French
Mk posesslon of the field they found
,000 wounded .left by Uk? Germana.
tonrhes tbat had been oarefully pte
ared for remittance of the allies' ad
an ce wera filled with dead.
A superior officer among t?*
0 un deo estimated the German losses
1 this, e^gagenient alone at 70.000. ?
. . * ' V ?A?1*! K
NO OCCASION
FOR PANIC"
SO SAYS A CONGRESSMAN
r nvmi . CT* ivsrviv
WAR REVENUE BILL
New Tariff Law? Would Have
Yielded Sufficient Revenue Had
There Been No War Scare
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 22.Karly d'spo- i
nil lon in thc house ot the war reve
nue hill to raise approximately $105,
000.000 waa forcasted when the, Ma
jority Leader Underwood announced
thal lt would li? brought up Thursday
under a rule limiting debate to four
boure.
Republican members In the brief
time to be alloted them will attack
the measure along linea suggested to
day in a minority report filed by Rep
resentative Payne of New York, pro
testing that there was 'no occasion
for panic, hasty action, or headlong
action to heap heavier burdens upon
the people." The Democrats were
charged with extravagance. Failure
of the new tariff to meet expectations
of its farmers also was claimed.
The majority report of thc ways and
means committee declared that the \
new tariff laws and oth->r sources of
revenue would have yielded sufficient
ogvernmcnt revenue had it not been
for the European war.
Prospects for early passage of the
bill when it reaches the senate, ad
ministration leaders said tonight, did
H>??m more favorable In view of the ca
pitulation of the dem?crata in the riv
ers and harbors fight. Republicans
senators propose, however, to debate it
thoroughly.
"Thc great nations of Europe," the
majority report says, "have gone to a
paper basis and gold has gone to a
premium. International exchange has
been Interrupted and must be estab
lished, on. a ? now--boals. - The -usual
course of the export,, abroad that
we have expected to feturn gold- ' to
this country within the next few
tuouthb has been interrupted and in
terferred with, bringing a more or less
demoralized condition of business in
our own country and has placed a tre
mendous strain on our banking facil
ities. It ls therefore deemed un
wise at this time to withdraw govern
ment funds from the banks because
it would necessitate the banks reduc
ing their credits, embaraes the crop
movement, reduce the treasury balance
to the' minimum and probably bring
disastrous conditions to our people.
"It therefore seems wisdom for
congress at this time to levy a tax to
take care of thu deficit in our customs
revenue brought about by thc condi
tions over which our government and
our peple have no control."
The report cited treasury figures lu
an argument that tho necessity of the
legislation cannot bc traced to tho tar
iff lawB. It ls estimated that thc spec
ial taxes on bankers, brokers, pawn
brokers, commercial brokers, customs
house brokers, proprietors of theatres,
museums and concert halls in citid? of
more than 15.000 population, proprie
tor of circuses and other public exhi
bitions and shows, bowling allies and
billiard rooms would produce an ag
gregate or $10,000,000 during the first
12 montln; the law was In effect.
Motion picture shows which are
Flattered lu almost every hamlet in i
tho country, would be taxed $100 un
der the head of proprietors of thea
tres, etc., in cities of 15,000, accord
ing to members of thc committee, to
day.
AUSTRIAN FORCES
MEET DISASTER
Sc 7?m? nave Wea a Great
Victory Over Immense
Army
(By Associ&ted Press.)
Nish, S jr via. Sept. 22.-(Via Lon
don 3:28 p. m.)-The battle which
has been in progress for several
days near K ru pani, on thc Drina
river, has. acording to official an
nouncement today, ended In complete
disaster for the Austrian army
The announcement decared I60,<><in
Austrian's were engaged, while the
Brr lan forces included various bodies
ot men who have been concentrated
along the. Drina, relnfcrced by troops
hastily recalled from Semlln and
Blavonfa. The fighting was very san
guinary. %
The . Austrian atempt on Shabats
waa repulsed with heavy loss.
BUBONIC PLAQUE AGAIN
Twa Cases Discovered ta New Orleans
Agata.
New Orleans, Sept 22-Two new
cases of the bubonic plague were dis
covered here today Oas of tbs vic
tims, John T. Vath, was found dead
end the other. Clarice Alexander, a
negrese?40 years old. waa taken to the
Isolation hospital. Far ten days there
bad Nv?n no cases here.
OF
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o oj
o VIRGINIA GOES DRY o
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o Richmond, Sept. 22.- o
o Early returns from Vir- o
o ginia's election today on o
o state-wide prohibition in- oj
o dicate that the prohibit
o ?onists have carried the o
o state by a heavy majority, o
o If present ratio of returns o
o is maintained thc dry ma
o jority will be more than
o 20,000. Richmond com
o plete Rives 4,282 for pro
o " hibition and 6011 against; o
o Danville gives 948 for ol
o and 784 akainst; Freder- o
o icksburg 315 for and 3o6 o
o against; Charlottesville o
o 349 for, 196 against; o
o Portsmouth 1,294 for, o
o 1,2 31 against; Hampton o
o 251 for, 181 against; o
o Bristol 424 for, 282 o
o against; Alexandria 358 o
o for, 1,121 against. o
o Scattering returns from o
o all the counties show o
o heavy dry majorities. o
o Toling of the ch&rch o
o bells, prayer meetings o
o and serving of lunches at o
o the polls by the ladies o
o were the features of the o
o state-wide prohibition o
o election here today. \ o
o Prihibition majority at oi
o midnikht 32,525/ o
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INSURANCE MAN
BROKE HIS LEG
In Trying To Jump Branch Near
Twine Mill, M. M. Stevenson
Met With m Misfortune
AB he waa trying to catch a street I
car while near the twine mill Tuesday
?vening, M. M. Stevenson met with au
ceident and as a result is laid up at
his home on Society street with a
broken !cg.
Mr. Stevenson had been at work in
the sec.ion around the twine mill on
Tuesday afternoon and had only a few
minutes in which to catch tho car. He
.et off at a rapid pace for tho car sta
tion and tried to Jump a branch, when
he lost his footing and fell into the
stream, breaking one of bis legs. He
called for help and a man on the hill
top, hearing hi? screams, took to
flight and Mr. Stevenson bad to lay j
in the gully for 30 minutes before any
one arrived. He was then carried
to his homo and thc broken bone was
set by Dr. J- C. Harris. It was said'
last night that ho was getting alon
nicely.
Pope Sends Inquiry.
Rome. Sept. 22.-Cordlnnl Lucon.
archbishop of Rheims, has sent a mes
sage from Paris to tho Pope saying
he IB doing all in hin power to reach
Rheim;', where the great cathedral has I
been destroyed by tho ?erman shell
fire. He ha? boon unable to do so,
however, owing to thc occupation of I
. I-,-<_. ?-n_i. m- - M, -
w,w ?,j .tltj *? , , n.n ?wiv [-o. A HO
Pope hat? asked for a report regarding
the destruction of the famous edi
fice. 1
Heavy Figktm
Day and JV
TheOpi
(By Associated Press.)
At the Battle Front. Via Paris, Sept. |
22.-6:25 p. m-'Not a moment re
spite was given last night to the Gor
man forces cntreriched along the I
River Aisne and Oise and extended |
into the Woevre district.
The batteries of the allied forces
never entirely ceased firing all night.
The German occupying the trench
es kept constant on the alert, but
until 2 a- m.. today no aggrdesslve
move wa? started from the allies lines
facing them then ail the allied bat.
(erie* seemed to open Are together,
st the western end of the line the
allied Infantry gathered in the trench
es and ??m?Um?cvUiilj ot various
points crept out and advanced In
wide open lines towards the German
positions.
The Frenoh and British on several
occasions succeeded io surprising and
mi mu rn T JW
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM GENERAL FRENCH
HEADQUARTERS
DETAILS ARE G?V?N
AU Important Activities Recount
ed in Thrilling Manner By Sir
John French
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(By Associated Press.)
London. Sept . 22.-The following
descriptive account from Field Mar
shal Sir John French's headquarters
of thc British army's operaticr.z up to
September 18th was issued tonight:
'General headquarters, 18th, Septem
ber. 1914.
At the date of the last narrative,
September the 14th, the Germans were
making a determined resistance along
thc river Alone. Opposition, which
nt first, it was thought might be pos
sibly of a rear guard nature, not en
tailing any material delay to our
j progress-, has developed and baa prov
I ed to bo more serious than was anti
cipated. .
"The action now being fought by
?he Germans along their line may, it ls
true, have been undertaken to gain
lime for some strategic operation and
may not be their main stand. But if
this is so, the fighting is naturally on
a scale that makes it undistinguishable
In its progress from that which ls
known as tho 'pitched battle" though
the enemy certainly showed signs of
considerable disorganisation during
eth earlier days of their retirement
phase.
"Whether it was originally Intended
by them to defend the position they
took up as strenuously as they have
done, cr whether-the. delay gained -for
them during the twelfth and thirteenth
by their artillery has enabled them to
develop their resistance and force
their line te an estent r?of originally
contemplated cannot yet be said.
'So far as we are concerned: the ac
tion still being contested la the battle
of tho Aisne. The foe we are now
fighting is just across that river along
the whole front to the east and to the
west. The struggle ls not confined to
tho valley of that river, though lt will
probably bear its name.
"The progresa ot our operations and
the French armies nearest tts on the
fourteenth, fifteenth, slxteonth and the
"On Monday, the fourteenth, those
of our troops which on the previous
day us? cFo??eu the Aisne, after driv
ing in the German rear guarde on that
evening, found portions ot the neemy's
forces in prepared defensive posi
tions on the right bank and could do
little more than tecure a footing north
of the river. This. however, they
maint lined in spite of the two counter
attacks.
"During Monday strong reinforce
ments bf our troops were passed to
the north bank. Close cooperation
was maintained with the FKageh forces
and the general progress was good,
although the opposition waa vigorous
and the state of roads . made move
ments slow.
"One division alone failed to Secure
tho ground expected.
"Tho first army corps after repuls
ing repeated army attacks, captured
600 prisoners and 12 guns? The cav
alry also took a number of prisoners.
Many Germans taken along to reserve
Landwehr formations.
"There was a heavy rain through
out th night of September 14-15 and
during the 15th the situation of the
Dritizh "...j..-......,? .... .M??i|i
[change. But it became mere and
; mere evident that the enemy's defeu
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vg Continues
ight Between
losing. Armies
driving back tho occupants of the
German trenches, but only after the
most stubborn fighting and heavy
losses te both sides. In 'avery In
stan re the allied troops retained the
ground captured and Immediately deg
themseves in
Further east the Germans develop
ed a strong attack bot were beaten
back with the bayonet only to return
again and again to finally be driv
en ott to their orlginial positons. The
ailed commanders were able to give
the troops who had been occupying
the advance firing Une a welcome
rest, pushing to the front, fresh bri
gades of baUeriea hitherto held ia re
serve ??a which ware o my UK? an
xious to come Into actua contact.
. Military experts estimate that '.car
ly two million or more men are at
the scene where the battle baa been
?a progress ten days. .