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Show I ALLIES GAINING NORTH OF AISNE RIVER I hH 11 I RUSSIANS AND AUSTRO-GERMANS BOTH CLAIM VICTORIES IN THE EAST I ALLIES CONFIDENT OF WINNING i GREAT BATTLE OF THE AISNE il - Twenty-fifth Day of Hard Fought Combat Finds Allied Forces Pushing Hard in Great Flanking Movement Against Von Kluck's Army With Expectations of Ultimate Success Suc-cess Siege of German Positions Veiled With Secrecy Meager Reports From War Zone.. 1 ALLIES CUT RAILWAY AND TAKE TRAIN German Imperial Guard Feels Loss Enormous Wastage in Horses Increases German Cavalrymen on Bicycles a Common Sight Russian Advance Cuts Germany Off From Getting Horses From Districts of Hungary Battle of Vast Proportions d; About to Begin on Russian Frontier. Paris, Oct. 6, 3:04 p. m. The following official communication com-munication was given out in Paris this afternoon: "On our left wing, the front is extending more and more widely. Very important masses of German cavalry have been reported in the environs of Lille, coming from forces of the enemy which are making a movement in the region to the north of the line between Tourcoing (in the department of Nord, seven miles northeast of Lille), and Armentieres, (nine m miles northwest of Lille). In the vicinity of Arras and on the right bank of the river Somme, the situation shows little change. Between the Somme and the Oise there have been alternate advancs and withdraw-als. withdraw-als. Near Lassigny, the enemy undertook an important attack, at-tack, which, however, failed. "On the right bank of the Aisne. north of Soissons, we have, with the co-operation of the British army, made a slight advance. We also made some progress in the vicinity of j Berry Au Bac. "There is nothing to report from the rest of the front. "In Belgium, the Belgian forces defending Antwerp have It' occupied strongly the line between the river Rupel and the s river Nethe; against this line the attacks of the Germans have -1 failed. Washington, Oct. 6. Portugal's course in regard to the war will in no way effect Spanish neutrality, according to statements made today at the Spanish embassy here, A popular pop-ular canvass made through Spain by one of the leading newspapers, news-papers, it was said, had shown that practically the entire population popu-lation had favored neutrality. f Bordeaux, Oct. 6, 4 p. m. Nevs described as "most encouraging" en-couraging" has been received here today from Antwerp. It is said that the German attacks on this place seem to be slacken-4 slacken-4 ing somewhat in intensity. The German troops reported in the official announce- ment of this afternoon to be near Lille, in the department of jf. Nord, indicate, in the opinion of French observers, that Ger many has been forced to draw off forces from Antwerp to relieve the German right wing in France, which is hard pressed by the allies. It has been announced here by a credible authority author-ity that Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, is now at Antwerp consulting with the Belgian general staff. London, Oct. 6, 3:40 p. m. An of nounced, "have forced the enemy flcial statement issued today at from Opatow and Klimontow towards Vienna report the situation In Rus- the Vistula river, i slan Poland and Gallcla, according to "In the Carpathian mountains th a Reuter dispatch from the Austrian Russians have been completely beat capital by way of Amsterdam en at Uzeok Pass." "The combined German and Aus trtan armies," it is officially an- London, Oct. 3. 3:47 p. m. Ac cording to a message from Budapest, cays the Reuter correspondent at Am sterdam, the battles with the Russians who entered Hungary have not yet been definitely concluded, but the Russians have been repulsed at a point to the northwest of Muramo roszige and at Tarozkocz. German troops participated in the fighting Between Polena and Aknos, the Hungarian Hun-garian dispatch says, Russians again attempted to break through the allied al-lied German and Austrian Iine6, but I were forced to retreat. The Austrian j and German troops hotly pursued them and captured many prisoners. Petrograd, Oct. 6. The following official statement was given out to day at Russian general headquarters. "The Russian offensive campaign con tlnues. The fortified positions (o. the enemy) on the frontier are under a heavy artillery fire. The enemy has received reinforcements from the gar ' rl6on at Koenigsburg. There haa j been particularly desperate fighting i in the vicinity of Bakalargewo." Railroads in East Prussia are crowded with troop trains and our aerial scouts report an Interrupted movement of Germans in a westerly ' direction German columns and German Ger-man troop trains arc withdrawing across the frontier." Berlin, Oct 6, (by wireless to Say-ville, Say-ville, L. I ) An order of the day, written by General Von Hohen, pub- j Ii6hed officially today, says that Fort Camp Des Romai-is on the river Meuse, near St. M i hid, after a num- ; ber of hard fights, has been taken by the Germans Five French officers and more than 500 men were made prisoners. The remainder of the 1 French force perished in the ruins of the casemates. It i6 officially stated that the Russians Rus-sians were completely defeated near Suwalkl and Augustowo on the east Prussian frontier. October 1 and 2. I The Germans made 3000 prisoners : and captured 18 cannons and many machine guns. The situation, it is announced, is most hopeful everywhere for the Germans Ger-mans and Austrians. London. Oct 6. 1:09 p. m Never since its start, has tho battle of the ! Aisne. which has now become vlrtu-; vlrtu-; ally a siege of the German positions on tho Olse and north of this river, shown such a dearth of news as on this twenty-fifth day of the tru-gle tru-gle The British Informutlou bureau, never very diffuse, completely closed down on current events from the front several days ago and It probably prob-ably will so continue until Sir Joh'.. French, the commander of the British Brit-ish expeditionary force, puts his army. In motion again. The reticence of the Paris official i communication last night was even ! more marked than customary It , furnished no inkling of what had hap-p. hap-p. nied after the Germans "had forcod tho French to yield ground at certain points," on the all-important western west-ern wing. It is argued here that these Intermittent Inter-mittent variations are inevitable and not necessarily Important In such a hard fought combat, throughout which 'given positions are taken and retaken ,and taken again, many times Allies Attack German Communication. That the allies, for the moment, possess pos-sess greater mobility than their foes, seems to be Indicated by the news that they have been able to raid thi Germau tines of communication, cut a railway and destroy a train belonr InK to the artillery of the German Imperial Im-perial guard. As the enormous wastage In horse, hor-se, progresses, it Is claimed for the allies that their possibilities f0r such movements will increase while those of Oielr opponents decrease German cavalrymen on bicycle already al-ready are a common sight, and the Russian advance which is cutting Ger-r Ger-r many off from the horse producing i districts of Hungary, must, If maintained main-tained farther Increase the shortage i In remounts The disclosure that the operations on the western end of the great bat tie lino have reached the vicinity of Lille, places the Germans in strength at a point easily within ten miles of the Belgian frontier. Taking Lassigny Las-signy as the elbow of the French battle bat-tle line, it now extends roughly for eighty miles due north and for considerable con-siderable oor 100 miles from Las slgny to the eastward. In spite of the fact that the French yesterday were compelled to yield ground before the German attacks on their left wing, confidence in the ultimate ul-timate success of this flanking movement move-ment n favor ot the allies is described in a Paris dispatch as undiminished. French military critics refuse to attach at-tach an Importance to the setback announced in Paris yesterday. Great Britain also Is described as optimistic optimis-tic concerning the nature of the revelations reve-lations when the curtain of secrecy is drawn aside Removal of Von Moltke Not Confirmed. Con-firmed. No confirmation has come from any German source of the reported removal re-moval by Emperor William of Field Marshal Von Mobke from the poet of chief of the German general staff and the succession by Major General Von Voights-Rhetz. This story was received re-ceived in London last night from Amsterdam General Von Volghta Rhetz, accord Ing to an official announcement from Berlin last Saturday was recently appointed ap-pointed quartermaster general of the German army in place of General Von Stein, who had been given command of au army corps Jap Military Move. The Japanese navy department in explaining the occupation of the German Ger-man Island of Jaluit, one of the Marshall Mar-shall group In the South Pacific declares de-clares the move was made for military mili-tary purpose and not for permanent occupation French troops are well established In Alsace, according to a news dispatch dis-patch from Belfort, France, and the German forces before them are not numerous Another neiv.spnper correspondent cor-respondent telegraphs that the French are fortified in excellent positions in the Vosges Great Russian Battle Imminent. A second Russian army is now threatening the town of Huszt. in eastern Hungary, according to a news dispatch from Rome. Huszt is 10 miles from tho boundary7 of Gall-cia. Gall-cia. which Is here the crest of the Carpathian mountains. Tremendous Battle Impending. Victory for one side or the other along the Russian frontier Is of supreme su-preme importance and the tremendous tremen-dous battle impending there may mark the climax of the war The military experts are beginnin-to beginnin-to appreciate the fact that the attacks at-tacks now being made on either flank of tho western army are not entirely turning movements which depend for their effectiveness on speed and sur prise. Little evidence of either has been shown on the allies' left. Effect of Russian Victory. If. however, the Russians win a great victory' 'n tbe eaftt It will compel com-pel the Germans to dhert some of their western armies in that direction direc-tion and the flank movements will become crushing attacks which will cdumple up the deplotod German lines. On the other hnnd. If the Russians are the victims of a severe reverse, somo of the veteran German corps will be released for service in the w est and the Germans may pierce tho numerically Inferior allied line Whichever sldo can extend Its line furthest without weakening Its front, ought, according to the experts to win tho battle of the Aisne. Hence tho crucial lmportauce of the battle on the Russian border. Long Eastern Battle Line. The battle line along the Russian border is not continuous, but the intervals separating the various armies ar-mies are comparatively small and the whole territory along the frontier from Tilsit, on tho northeast border of Prussia, to Dukla Pass In the Carpathians, Car-pathians, bristles with arms. No battle front extends beyond Dukla Duk-la Pass but Bmall mobile Russian for-oes for-oes are hurrying the plains of Hong- ( "TIME NOW TO GET t SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE " VANDERLIP Frank A. VanderEp. Frank A. Vanderlip, president of j 'the National City Bank of New )York, is bending all of his energies 'toward bringing about closer com- j Imercial relations between the United States and South American eoun- ries. He reminds American business busi-ness men that if they cannot get ; j South American trade now, their chances of winning it after the war 'is over will be extremely slight. ar. The longest continuous Russian Rus-sian lino extends from Dukla Pass to a point almost on the Vistula river, riv-er, a short distance from Warsaw This Is composed of the armies which swept over Galicia and Is now the Instrument In-strument of t-he projected Invasion ol Silesia. Paris. Oct. 6, 7:10 a. m Despite i tho official announcement of yesterday yester-day that the allies had yielded somewhat, some-what, confidence today in the ultl mate success of the French and English Eng-lish in the great action on the left wing of the buttle front in northern France has by no means diminished. Meanwhile without repose nnd with no sign of a truce the tremendous battle of millions of men is going on each side trying by every possible moans In their power to gain the advantage ad-vantage "North of the Olse," has appeared for the first time, In a war office statement Till now all the combats fought on the right bank of the Olse river have been mentioned either in the region of Rove or between the Somme and the Oise There Is much speculation on the phase of the fighting fight-ing in that vicinity, which can have u greatly varied Importance. Retreat Unimportant. The military critics, among them Lieut. Colonel Rousset. of the Petit Parislen. refuse to attach any importance import-ance to the setback or the yielding of territory, declaring them to be the Inevitable retreats which cau be offset by a progressive movemenL He cites that fact that Napoleon Bonaparte Bona-parte at Marengo had to retreat three times in the face of the Austrians which did not prevent hlni from finding find-ing there ono of his most brilliant victories as well as one of the most profitable. The familiarity of the French with the territory Is frequently of consld-ereble consld-ereble advantage to them. The marshes of Saint Gond, near the Petit Pe-tit Monn river, are perfectly solid In the dry season and the Germans here bad made all preparations for an Important surprise attack. The night before this was to take place a heavy rain made the swamp a lake and turned the josltlou to the disadvantage dis-advantage of the Germans. Tho French merely stuck to their positions and while the enemy was In distress In the soggy ground annihilated large numbers with their artillery tire The digging of false trenches and all kinds of efforts which will redound to advantage are being resorted to by one side or the other. Tho lists of dead printed In the newspapers are growing. They some-Limes some-Limes furnish the only news of the soldiers since their departure to the front. A force of ninety architects and engineers, and 3000 workers are ready to repair the damage '.n the war zone. The institute of France, an association associ-ation of the members of tho five French academic of arts, science and letters, met yesterday to consider the question of excluding the German associates as-sociates and correspondents. During the discussion it developed that some members thought It Imprudent to prejudge them A general meeting appointed for tomorrow may decide the point Comment on American Prayers. Paris Oct. 6. 6:1" a. m All the newspapers print a dispatch announcing announc-ing that prayers for peace were given throughout America on Sunday last. Commenting ou the incident, the Gaulois regrets that the example has not been followed by France and declaring that President Wilson is not afraid to have the American republic kneel before the Most High. "It lifts the hope," says Gaulois "that our republic will one day follow fol-low the example of the United States which we so often imitate and not fear to show itself as religious, faith ful and confident in God as the most ancient monarchies of Europe" Libre Parole says that President Wilson's example could well be imitated imi-tated by France. |