The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
WAR BULLETINS
tBy the Associated Press
british TROOPS RESTED.

After TOUR u1vS OF ueSDtFd'c uSfttlIiS
the British army in France is rested.
and REINFORCED for the next
great battle. according tn an an
nOunccment today by LOrd kitchcnOr,
Secretary of State for War In Il state
ment based on exports from Sir John
French, commander of tic British OK
Probationary forces, the secretary says
that the British. after struggling
against tremendous odds. retired to "a
new line of defense where they have
not been mOieSted since Thursday. The
casualties are between 5000 and 5000
Since this fighting ceased the French
on the right and left have brought
the crman attack to "a standstill,
it is declared.
Lord Kitchener's statement. which
was issued through h official infor-
nation bureau. follows:
GREAT FOUR DAYS FIGHTING.
"AlthOugh dispatches of Sir John
French as to the recent battle hav
not been received. it is possible now
to state what has been the British
share in the recent operations. There
has bee Il four days battie-on the
tWcnty-third, twenty-fOurth. twenty
fifth. and twenty-sixth of August. Dur
ing the Whole Of this period the Brit
ish in conformity with a general
movement Of the enc armies, were
occupied in resisting and checking the
German advance and in withdrawing
to new ines of defense. The battle
began at Mons Sunday, during which
day and part of the night the Ger
mar attack, stubborniy pressed and
repeated. was completely checked by
the British front. On Monday, the
tWenty-fOurth, he Germans made Wig
OrOuS efforts in superior numbers to
prevent the safe withdrawal of the
British army and to drive it into the
fortress of Maubeuge.
DENSE MASSES OF GERMANS.
This effort was frustrated by the
steadiness and skill with which the
British retirement was conducted and
excess of anything suffered by us were
inflicted Oh the enemy, who in dense
formation and its enormous masses
marched OrWard again and yet again
to storm the British lines.
"Ihe British retirement proceeded
on h tWcnty-fifth with continuous
lighting, though not on the scale OF
the previous two days and by the nigh,
OF the tWenty-fifth the British arm,
occupied the line of Cambria. Ian.
drecies and L%ecatcau. {Cambrari is
a fortified town in the department Ot
the north, 30 miles southeast of Lille
ON thcr river Scheidt. Lecateau is ID
miles east by southeast Of Cambria.
1t had intended to resume the retire.
ment at daybrcak on the tWenty-sixth
but, the German attack, in which M
.eSS than five army corps were engaged
was close and fierce that it was no
possible to carry out this intantio,
until the afternoon.
FIGHT AGAINST BIG ODDS.
"Ihe battle on this day, the twenty
SIXTH, was sever and desperate. TIL,
troops offered a superb and stubbOr
resistance to tremendous odds and a
. length cNtricated themselves in goo,
order fh0nOh with nw.vr In~, -.
E he heaviest artillery fire. No gun
were taken by the enemy, except thos
2 the horses Of which had been kille,
y or which were shattered by high ex
> plOSive shells.
General French estimates that dur
ing the whole of these operations from
! the twcnty-third to the :wenty-sixtl
inclusive, his losses Mount to fiy
or six thousand men. ON the Othe
= hand. the losses, suffered by the Ger
:. mans in heir attacks across the Oper
q and through their dense formation ar
: out OF all proportion to these we sui
fered.
I'm LandrecieS alone on the twent,
fifth. a German infantry brigade ad
:. Vanced in close order into a Mario,
IS street and our machine guns wer
q brought to bear on this target from tn
end of the town. The head Of tn
column was swept away. 4 fright,
# panic enSued and it is estimated tn;
:. 0 or 900 dead and &c,
% mans were left in this street alon
5 Another incident vas the charge {
r the Germa guard cavalry division
> upon the British Twelfth Cavalry br
.adc. When the German cavalry ";
thrown back with great losses.
GERMANS PAYING DEARLY.
"a These arc notable examples
what has taken place over N fro,
during these engagements and II
~ have been made to paw ~
IS extreme price for every forwa,
march,"
"Sincc the twcnty-sixth, apart fro
cavalry fighting, the British army h.
not been mOlcsted. 1t has rested a.
:, felitted after its glorious ACHE,
Il mentS.
FORCES STRONGER THAN Ev.,
reinforcement amounting