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Show Allied Forces Gradually I Advancing on Von Kluclk I Paris, Sept. 25, 4:59 p. m. A dispatch to the Italian newspaper Messagero, forwarded to Paris by the Rome correspondent of the Havas agency, says that the allied H forces have landed in Dalmatia after bombarding the fortified harbor of Lissa. The British and French flags were then hoisted to provoke the Austrian fleet to come out H and engage the allied fleet in battle. Three Austrian squadrons, the correspondent adds, are sheltered in a canal at Fassana, opposite the Austrian naval station of Pola. H GERMANS riERCEY ASSAULTING FRENCH I RUSSIAN ARMIES ARE CLOSING IN ON AUSTRIAN FORTRESS AT CRACOW GERMANS MAKING GIGANTIC PLANS TO RENEW SIEGE OF VERDUN Heaviest Siege Artillery Being Brought From Metz and Thousands Thous-ands of Lives Being Sacrificed Daily to Place Monster Fighting Machines in Position Lull in Conflict in l Center of Battle Line in France. SNOW AND RAIN CAUSE TERRIBLE SUFFERING Thousands Answering Appeal for Blankets, Overcoats, Sweaters and Warm Underclothing Non-commissioned Officers Called to Rejoin Colors and Aid in Training Train-ing of Recruits Admiralty Issues Official List of Survivors of North Sea Tragedy. Paris, Sept. 2. 3:08 p m. The following official communication com-munication was given out in Paris this afternoon: "First On our left wing there begun a general action of great violence between those detachments of our forces that are operating between the river Somme and the river Oise and the army corps which the enemy has grouped in the region around Terghier and St. Quentin." These army corps have come, some from the center of the enemy's lite and others from Lorraine and the Vosges. These last named corps were transported by rail to Cambrai, by way of Liege and Valenciennes. To the north of the river Aisne, as far as Berry-Au- Bac, there has been no change of importance. "Second On the center, we have made progress to the cast of Rheims in the direction of Berry and Moronvillers. Further to the east, as far as the Argonne region, the situation shows no change. To the east of the Argonne the enemy has not been able to move out of Varennes. On the right bank of the river Meuse the enemy succeeded in getting a footing on the heights of the Meuse, in the region of the promontory of Hatton. Chatel, and, forced in the direction of St. Mihiel, he bombarded the forts of Paroches and of Camp Des Romains. To offset this, to the south of Verdun we re-L re-L main masters of the heights of the Meuse and our troops, moving mov-ing out of Toul, advanced until they reached the region of Beaumont. "Third On cur right wing, Lorraine and the Vosges, we have repulsed attacks of minor importance on Nomeny. To the east of Luneville, the enemy has made some damages along the lines of the river Vegeuse and the river Blette." London, Sept. 24, 5 08 p. m. A Petrograd dispatch forwarded for-warded to London by the Rome correspondent of the Central News Agency, says that the Russian advance guards already have arrived before the Austrian fortress of Cracow. London, Sept. 25, 3:35 p. m. The official press bureau this afternoon issued the following statement. "The admiralty announces that a telegram has been received from Vice Admiral Ad-miral Sir George Patey, stating that the town and the harbor of Frederick Wilhelm, the seat of government of Kaiser Wil-helm's Wil-helm's land (The name applied to the German portion of New Guirea), have been occupied by an Australian force without opposition." Washington, Sept. 25. Official dispatches received to-day to-day at the French embassy are identical with those given out n Paris, but the following statement is added: "We have repulsed the German cavalry toward Ham and were holding t th end of the day Rethonvilliers, Fresnieres and Ribecourt" London, Sept. 25, 1 12 p m. From Peronne on the west to Lorraine on the east, along a battle line that would take a pedestrian a fortnight to cover, there came to London during the forenoon today nothing to tndi cate that either of tne ast armies whose millions, like moleB, are con-ducting con-ducting their operations virtually under un-der groiiDd, had yielded at any important im-portant point. There are also reports that the Hermans have made gigantic preparations prepara-tions to renew the siege of Verdun. The heaviest siege artillery, according accord-ing to these reports, is being transported trans-ported by the Germans from Metz and they are sacrificing thousands ot Ir es in their endeavors to place these monsters in positions. Official statements bear out other reports that there has been a corn parative lull through the center ot the battle line (portions of this dis 1 patch have been deleted by the Brit-IfIi Brit-IfIi censor almost unbroken series cf Russian ictories (another group of words taken out by the censor) then the situation there should come to a head perhaps before the termination termi-nation of the present struggle in France Russo-Austrlan Reports Conflict. While dispatches from Vienna insist in-sist that the positions of the Austrian Austri-an army are favorable, as concentrated concen-trated in their new formations in Hallcla, advices from PetrogTad maintain main-tain that the Russians are only three I marches from Cracow. To the north the Russians are said to be preparing to sweep on Lo Breslau In Silesia, but as this has been announced several I times already, the British public Is j Ir.clined to wait further developments before attaching too much imports ance to thi6 statement Snow in Alsace and rain elsewhere along the battle line in France have brought home to Englishmen the terrible ter-rible ordeal their men have undergone under-gone and thousands are answering the appeals for blankets and overcoats The plea went out today for football players and other athletes to contribute contrib-ute old sweaters and other warm clothing for the troops Virtually all the newspapers carry, even. day. ad M-rtisements calling on all old noncommissioned non-commissioned officers to rejoin the colors and aid in the training of recruits. re-cruits. Survivors of Cruiser Disaster. The admiralty has issued an official list of the survivors of the cruisers 1 A.bouklr, Cress and Hogue, sunk in the North Sea by a German subma-rine. subma-rine. This list, with the sixty officers offi-cers previously reports safe, brings j the total of survivors up to 839. This, J based on unofficial calculations, would leave a death list of about 1400, as each cruiser carried a complement of over 7u0 men. bile the sinking of these vessels is the first notable achievement of a submarine, or submarines during any v ar. the nanl expert of the Westminster West-minster Gazette points out In today's issue that the disaster teaches no new I lesson of the effectiveness of under I water craft. He argues that the Abouklr was proceeding very slowly when attacked and that the other two cruisers were stationary "Submarine successes under such I conditions add nothing," the expert j writes, "to our present knowledge or the possibilities of torpedo warfare 1 Nor do thev hold out any new threat to our battleships, not one of which Is , ever likely to be caught in anything approaching parallel conditions. ' Paris. Sept 25, 7:10 a m Accord-! Accord-! ing to information reaching the French capital this morning, the Ger-, Ger-, mahfl nre continuing their desperate j resistance against the advance of the allies in the north. This advance I was firsi on Rove. 2G miles to the east of Amiens, and then on Peronn.-. 20 miles north of Rove It was only by a continuous raking artillery fire and hard fighting that the French and British troops wr-re able to continue their advance against the vigorous attacks of the enemy The loft wing of the allies now occupies oc-cupies positions between the River Oise and the River Somme. which were traversed by the Germans durinj; Q their advance in the direction of Paris. Par-is. From this fact it is argued here by military observers, the Germans will be obliged to concentrate a great force in order to protect their right wing, the outflanking of which, Paris believes, would mean a decisive victory vic-tory for the allies In this fighting, which is in large measure from Improvised forts, the allies have advanced not only on the left, where their maneuvers apparently apparent-ly wero successful, but also at other points, which were strongly fortified, such as Berry-Au-Bac, In the direction direc-tion of Caronne Judging from the reports coming to Paris, the Germans appear to be sacrificing masses ot men in the hope of gaining a quick advantage. So strong are some of the positions on each side that Paris believes a long and steady siege at some points Is not improbable The allies appear to be prepared for this as well as for an other developments. Weather Conditions Bad. London. Sept 25, 10.10 a m The weather conditions which were exceptionally excep-tionally favorable to modern military operations during the first six weeks of the war have now changed radically radical-ly and are in the main responsible for the lull prevailing in all the war areas, with the exception of the combined Montenegrin and Servian assault on the coveted pro inces of Bosnia and Herzegovina Accompanying the reports of bad weather comes the ominous news of the presence of disease. Hungary hap acknowledged an outbreak of rholera among her troops, and, while it is denied officially. the same scourge is said to have attacked ihe Senlans. General epidemics of milder mild-er diseases may be expected In the western battle area, where the troops on both aids, drenched by rain, are lying in flooded trenches. Snow Storms Stop Fighting. The operations in Alsace-Lorraine are said to have come to a complete stop on account of snow storms Rain and floods are reported also from the scene of the Galician operations and probably account for the cessation of the Russian attack on the retreating Austrian. Storm conditions will Interfere In-terfere greatly with motor transports, and troops taking the offensive may be greatly handicapped by Inability to LrU up their artillery. Siege Guns Stuck In Mud. Several of the great Germau siege guns, probably destined for use against the fortifications of Paris, have fallen into the hands of the enemy. ha lng become stuck in the mud when the Germans began their retirement from the Marne The French are now digging this artillery out, but the same cause which led to their abandonment may prevent the allies turning them on their former for-mer owners Petrograd reports that Russian troops in pursuit of the Austrions are now within one march of the river Vistula and the cli of Tnmow, which is only two marches from ("rucow, and connected by rail with Budapest and Vienna Great Battle In Prussia Copenhagen reports a great battle In east Prussia, the dispatches declaring de-claring also that a Russian army is marching on Broslau. Dispatches from Nlsh. Servla, report re-port a continuous advance into Bos nia, snlng also that all the efforts of the Austrians to cross the river Danube have been checked after lu-rlous lu-rlous fighting The exploits in Indian waters of the German cruiser Emden. which have boe-n likened to the operations of the Alabama during the Civil war. have aroused, keen Interest here But the daring onslaught of this vessel on Madras. Tuesday morning, Is believed be-lieved to indicate that she is prepared for a spectacular eit from the scene oi her triumphs. Pressure on Italy. In the diplomatic field the pressure on Italy to Join the cause of the triple entente Increases dally. The allies point out that In case of their Uctory. Servla must be givoM & ort on the Adriatic, and the bait of Avlona, on which port Italy long has cast hungry hun-gry eyes, is being held before the "erviau government as a possible regard, re-gard, particularly if Italy fails to join the allies. Germany is reported to have requested re-quested Switzerland's permission to send forces through that country. This was refused and in case Germany Ger-many moves forcibly to this end, Italy is said to be prepared to defend de-fend Swiss neutrality. London Sept. 25. 5.05 p m Telegraphing Tele-graphing from Amsterdam, the Reu-ter Reu-ter correspondent says the thirty-first German casualty list carrying a total of about 1.000 men killed, wounded and missing, has been issued It contains the names of twenty-three officers of one regiment who were killed in five days London, Sept 25, 4.17 p m Cabling Ca-bling from Amsterdam, the correspondent corre-spondent of the Central Naws says that a telegram, received there from Mae6tricht. conveys the news that arrivals from Liege are declaring tha' the Germans are blowing up all the bridges in the vicinity of that city that might be of strategic value to their enemies London, Sept. 25, 3:37 p. m A dispatch dis-patch from Queenstown to the Pall Mall Gazette sayB that the Holland American liner Amsteldyk, which sailed from Philadelphia September 10, with a cargo for Rotterdam, was captured by a British cruiser and la-ken la-ken to Queenstown After a number of German reservists had been rc moved from the Amsteldyk the vessel proceeded to her destination. ParlB, Sept. 25, 6:56 a. m The Matin Ma-tin publishes a dispatch from Basel. Switzerland, credited to the Fournior agency which says that Germans in flight from Lorraine declare that during dur-ing the attack on the entrenched camps at Verdun the Au6trians and Germans had 10,000 dead and 15.000 wounded Many of the wounded died where they fell, it is stated, owing to a lack of prompt treatment. Petrograd. Sept. 25. An official announcement from Grand Duke Nlch-ola. Nlch-ola. commander in chief of the Russian Rus-sian forces in the field, says: 'On the southwest front the Russian troops have taken possession of the fortified position of Czyschky and Fouletyn, which covered Khjroff and other positions In the Radymno region re-gion (between Jaroslav and Przemysli taking all the enemy's artillery. "The Przsmysl garrison has evacuated evacu-ated Bourgade and Medyka and has been repulsed in the eastern segment, toward the line of forts There has been no fighting on the German front." Bordeaux. Sept. 25, 12 35 p. m !t was announced officially in Bordeaux this afternoon that the Germans last night resumed bombarding the Rheims cathedral. Berlin Sept 25. via London. 11 '4u a. m. The following official announcement an-nouncement dated September 24 has been given out at army headquarters headquar-ters . "In the western theatre of the war toda there have been some minor engagements but nothing of importance import-ance has transpired. "There is no news from Belgium or the eastern war arena ' Winnipeg Sept. 25 Lieut. C H Collett, the British aviator, who dropped drop-ped three bombs on a Zeppelin shed at Duseeldorf, Germany, Is a former resident of Manitoba Ho Is 26 years old. The Collett family was formerly engaged In farming at Oak-bluff, Oak-bluff, Manitoba About fifteen years ago they returned to England. New York, Sept. 25. Marine underwriters, un-derwriters, because of the activity of the German commerce destroyers along the coast of India, have again raised insurance rates to India and the Far East to 6 per cent. For a time (hey were quoted as low as 2 1-2 per cent, although at the beginning of the war some companies charged 15 to 20 per cent for the war risk The rate to South American ports has likewise been advanced to 3 per cent New York, Sept 25 Another version ver-sion of the reason why tho French If delayed in coming to the support of the British when they were hard pressed by the Germans at Mons, was told to her friends in New- York today to-day by Miss Eva Gay of Norwood, Mass., a former Mount Holyoko college col-lege girl, who has been teaching school in Spain, and returned from England Wednesday on the Olympic. Miss Gay said that she had been told by English friends, who had rela-tles rela-tles connected with the British war office, that General Joffre, in response re-sponse to the request of General French, the English commander, tor reinforcements to extricate him from hi3 dangerous positions, entrusted orders or-ders for the dispatch of such reinforcements rein-forcements to a certain French offi cer. When these orders were delay ed an investigation was begun. It was known that the French officer had a German wife. His home in Paris was searched and therein were found military' documents of a treasonable trea-sonable nature The officer was immediately im-mediately court martialed. convicted and shot Miss Gay said that she had been told that the English authorities had refused to permit publication of the affair for the fear of its effect on the morals of the English troops |