THE SUPREME CONFLICT
HEAfY ARTILLERY v DUEL. '* ■' 1 ■ GERMANS STEADEY FORCED BACK SIX; MILLION RUSSIANS' : 'MOBILISED ' ' ■' ' AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINE DISASTER ; ; TEAGIC ACCIDENT: . THIRTY-FOUR LIVES LOST To-day's news from tire theatres of the war indicates- that tho ituge armies of the combatant nations in the eastern and western ■ theatres of the great European wax- are on the threshold of big events. In France,- what appears to have besn the "supreme conflict" ~~ in the sanguinary operations which,' right along the Allied'line, constituted the great counter-stroke that successfully turned the German • iadvance into a definite retreat, has been determined in favour of the Anglo-French armies;'after a terrific battle and a fierce artillery duel. . 'Along the Aisne, the Germans apparently determined, not 1 upon a heavy rearguard action, but upon a formal battle, throwing their utmost ' '.' strength into . one last desperate bid • to, hold - the line of the Aisne. The Battle of Marne was tho first heavy 1 blow to the invaders, Soissons followed, and. then came the Aisne. \ ' In Belgium there'has been.sharp fighting between the Belgians and. the Germane, and there appears to be a very important development ' in the campaign in that theatre of war. The enemy is heavily reinforcing, strongly entrenching, while southward, towards Luxemburg; a ••• great, concentration is reported. The theory is offered]that Germany ' will probably decide to retire to her'frontier, leaving her second line . troop 3to hold—if they can—the advance of the Allied line/whiletheir 1 ' ' • first-line troops are to be hurried east to meet the advimcuig. hosts of '■'tho huge Muscovite Army. The Austrians' power of resistance seems ' / to have been, completely broken, and from the capital, Vienna, come - Minister reports of mob riots, and efforts by the Press' to v gloss over the recent disasters by. diverting public attention from •Galicia to France. Even in Berlin, placards "We want Peace>l",. are ' . said to be appearing on the walls. The recent naval in the Baltic seems to have' been an' odd case of "dog eating . dog"—German destroyers mistaking their friends, for Uussians opened fire, and a lively action, with costly consequences, enßued. In the midst of our triumphs » in France, and of those of our allies/in other parts, there has occurred, nearer home, our first naval tragedy. One! of the Australian submarines, while returning from patrol duty, has disappeared, with the loss of 34 lives. The cause of the disaster is presumed to have been an accident. ' 7 ' . -
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 5
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398THE SUPREME CONFLICT Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2260, 21 September 1914, Page 5
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