South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-30

ering voluntarily 20 the pursuers.
This corps is believed TO have been
the 10th, which Is known TO have
been operating in that district.
CThiaucOurt is 27 miles southeast OF
Nerdun and about % miles northwest
of Nancy.)
Violent Fighting i'm Center.
The Germans have been making Wig
orous efforts TO retain their lines and
the troops stationed in the center
near Rheims have been engaged in
violent operations which are believed
TO be cover for the reported retreat
of Gen. Won kluck.
If, as claimed, Won Kluck's army is
giving way, and there seems To be
nothing to initiate against such a
conclusion, the center would have TO
hold firm in order to prevent the
French from driving northward Al
Rheims and cutting the German right
off the the balance OF the army. Dur
ing the night important dispatches
were brought from the front and
lights blaZed until dawn I'm the of
fees Of the war department IL was
plainly evident that something big had
occurred and Paris Immediately in
terpreted il as confirmation OF the
reports OF victory.
Another development in this con-
nection which was accepted as favor
able, was the demand from the
French generals in the north for all
the automobiles and motor trucks in
Paris and the vicinity.
Expect TO ENpeI Germans.
Attaches OF Gen. Gallieni's staff
hope that France Will be free OF Ger
mans before the end OF October. in
discussing the situation one OF them
said:
There is no doubt that the allied
army is pressing home its victory; the
retreat of Won kluck's army would
naturally compel the retirement OF
the entire German force. There is
no pivotal point IN the extreme east
ern part OF France for the army TO
swing on so that we assume that the
German left Will fall back to Metz
and the center and right wing Will
move backward 70 Belgium. IL is my
opinion that the next big battle viii
be fought on German and Belgian soil
and that the Germans will be strictly
upon the defensive. i would not be
surprised to see the Germans suing
for peace by the beginning OF 1915
The French army operating on the
ye-Albert-Combles line IS making
a desperate drive against Gen. Won
Kluck's line Of communications. The
Germans have thrown up intrench-
ments at strategic points along the
line and have planted a considerable
toOns OF quick-hring guns command
stretches Of meadow land.
Evidence Of the tightening OF the
French governments embargo IS seen
IN the suspension OF the newspaper
HOmme Libre, on account OF an
article written by Georges Clemen-
ceau. former premier OF France. The
censorship first asked that several
paragraphs be deleted and when the
editor refused. a suspension Of pubh-
cation for eight days was ordered.
Letters from French soldiers on the
firing line throw interesting light up
on the situation on the battle front
one soldier had written:
Il am writing this in a trench.
under fire and Cod knows II e. ever
will reach its destination. The Ger
mans have been shelling us contin-
ually for two days and two nights.
and the roll of artillery thunder has
become so incessant that we can sleep
without minding il.
I'VE have been under fire so long
that we have ceased 10 mind Do alto
gether. although I doubt If any man
can ever overcome the sickeuiug sem
sation caused by the nearby explosion
Of a German shell. IL causes a tremor
of the earth and throws up a biz pile
o. dirt.
AcrOplanes Great Aid.
The German gunners are assisted
bv their aeroplanes which so up every
day and find the ranges. They report
any troop movements and enable f1e
Germans 10 turn their guns again-
our men when they move forward.
"The destruction is terrible. ] cam
not tell how many towns and Villages
! have seen with the buildings black
ened by FIRE.
The men believe that they pil
soon be pursuing the Germans and
already we are getting winter equip
ment so 7 guess the war office looks
for a winter campaign We are well
fed, but the wet. cold weather he-
caused a good deal OF sickness in the
ranks. We are better or than the
Germans, however. for prisoners rr-
port conditions in the German camp
as being almost unbearablc-"