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Show GERMANS TRY TO PIERCE RIPS LIS GERMAN RIGHT EXTENDS FAR NORTH AT RIGHT ANGLES TO MAIN LINE OF FORCES. Surrounding of 4,000 Germans r: Trenches Will Mean Another Paardeberg, According to Report From Paris. London, Oct. 1. A Paris dispatc'. to the Daily Telegraph says "A figly. is proceeding on one part of the allies left, resembling that at Paardeberg in the South African war. Near!;. 4,000 Germans are in the same pligV, as General Cronje was. They ar. completely surrounded by Frenc: troops in some quarters, where the-are the-are cut off from all hope of rejoinim their division and are being shelled.' The allied armies and the German In northern France is still describ' by the French official announcemen as satisfactory, with here and the:-progress the:-progress along the line, but not a su cient advance to the north and ea: to strike a decisive blow at the Ge-man Ge-man right wing. The battle on tf Aisne gives every indication of bei: the greatest in history as to durat:r and losses. British reinforcement consisting in part of trained East 1: dian troops and in part of territory: composed of a Scotch regiment whi: includes many sharpshooters w have won fame on the ranges in tin past, have reached France to streng' en the small British army. Colon: troops also are on the way to the c: tie front, not a few of whom ha seen service in South African e other campaigns On both sides there have been in merable offensive movements, the G-mans, G-mans, while relying upon their ; trenchments to keep off the advan of the opposing forces, not hesitat! to assume the offensive in fierce i saults upon both French and Brit: at short intervals. Likewise, the Germans are conti: ing their campaign in Belgium by attack on the outer defences of A werp and, according to a Rome t patch, are rushing thousands of tnx and an immense supply of war ma rial to the Russian frontier in a s preme effort to ward off the Russ; advance. In the eastern theater of the V Germany has taken into her ha: the direction of the campaign agal the Russian emperor's hosts. While Berlin officially is silent the progress of the war, the Berli: Tageblatt, in a leading article, -presses the confidence of the Ger: people that further news from the '. tie fronts will be in favor of the C man arms. General Von Auffent: commander of the first Austrian arr is reported ill with cholera at Vie::. Fighting in tl far east has beg in earnest with an attack by the C man warships on the land positions the Japanese, who are besieg Tsingtau. The somewhat vague J. anese statement gives the impress: that the battle continues witlu ' definite result thus far. i |