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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
1
German and Allied forces clash along the Oise Aisne and Meuse fronts as Paris reports gains on the German line and Berlin warns of continued series battles. French and British troops push near Peronne while Verdun defenses hold amid heavy casualties and shifting positions along the western front.
Paris reports a prolonged front along the ninety mile stretch from the Aisne to the Oise and into the Voevre district. Allied batteries fired steadily though activity waned after sundown, with German trenches remaining alert. Until two o clock in the morning no allied push was launched. Then allied guns all along the line became active. At the western end, the fighting continued with renewed intensity.
In trench warfare the French and British attacked German positions from multiple points while German forces launched repeated assaults. The allies breached trenches, regained lost ground, and dug in. Germans counterattacked with bayonet charges but were repelled and driven back to their positions.
German submarines torpedoed and sunk three British cruisers off the German coast. Aboukir Hogue and Cressy carried about 2100 men. 1167 survivors reported. U 3 sank the ships with no shots fired. Iron Cross awarded to U-boat crew. Pathfinder sunk by U-21. Galician advance described with Cracow under siege and Przemysl bombarded. Canada sends 32 000 troops to Europe in 20 transports guarded by British warships.
Faris Sept 27 official press release reports French and British troops reinforcements deploying to the Meuse front while German center weakens to meet allied pressure. British troops arrive in France to support exhausted units as St Quentin to Tergnier engagements continue. Berlin notes siege guns moved from Metz toward Verdun and a steady bombardment along the Verdun-Tour line with minor daytime actions elsewhere.
London reports Cracow has fallen under German military command with Austrian civil administration displaced. Polish secret leaders flee as three German corps move in, rail traffic to Baltic ports halted amid fears of a Baltic German push. Russian staff note limited Russian gains nearby. Monks called to colors as Alsace reservists include thirty Trappist monks from Oelberg convent.
The Dutch liner Anjateldijk was captured by a British cruiser at Queenstown on September 26. The ship carries a number of German reservists aboard.
An official account from Field Marshal Sir John French’s staff details Allied operations in France from September 10 to 18. It notes British and French advances, six rivers crossing the front including the Aisne, heavy Dutch-like resistance at the Aisne, and German losses with colors captured as French and British forces push north of Soissons toward Senlis and Reims.
Termonde fell to German assault after the occupation commander's demand for 2,000,000 francs. General Sommerfeld ordered the town burned using benzine sprays and phosphorus pasta, sparing public monuments but destroying a hotel and other buildings. Soldiers looted, drank, and mistook civilians’ claims of humanity for mercy as officers showed mixed emotion.
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