TERRIBLE STRUGGLE AROUND SOISSONS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2258, 18 September 1914, Page 5

TERRIBLE STRUGGLE AROUND SOISSONS

GERMANS GIVE WAY ' BIG BATTLE PENDING RUSSIA'S NEW PLANS. ■ ITALIAN PEOPLE FAVOUR ASSISTING ENTENTE SUBMARINE IN ACTION, 4 There is little" in the way of new happeningo of importance in bur cable news this morning) but thd story of the desperate jgHting, in tho vicinity of Soissons during the German letreat ifi France is full of interest. Apparently the Germans, after being driven back from Soissons, are preparing to make a big stand near Laoii and La Fere, where the country is hilly. It is stated that tho German tight wing has been strengthened with troops from Lorraine; but there is also a hint of a circling movement "by a new army of the Allies'lii'this, iquarter which may lead to momentous results. The Russians are about to change then l plan of campaign. Their operations in East Prussia have served their l purpose in keeping the German forces there busy during the early fighting in France, and it is now proposed to move on Berlin'by a shorter route. This probably means' by way of Posen and Silesia. In Italy there is increasing agitation by the publio in favour of their, country throwing in its lot with, the Triple Entente. Further stories of outrages by German troops have added to the crimson Hot on German arms. In England Mr..F. E. Smith, Unionist SLP., and Mr. John Redmond, Leader of the Nationalist Party, have made pronouncements indicative of the Unity of opinion amongst all classes and all parties in Great Britain to support the Government in its determination to see the war through to the bitter end. ' '•>■