New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-13
GERMAN ADVANCE ON PARIS IS A WAR
Situation
The Present Situation
and the Steps Which
Have Led to- 1t
Reviewed.

anne distance to the eft still trying hard to Oas'
N.nkJ the extreme left of the allies, occupied Oy
the British.
This Aankin9 movement gave the allies all they
could do to retreat fast enough 20 maintain their
foy.es intact Indeed, their feat inysuecessfully
rstyeatiug at the marvellous rate maintained by
N. German advance is an achievement second
only to that Of the Ksiser's troops On August
30 they. paused along the line between st. Vuen-
tin and Rethel, only to fall back twelve miles the
raxt day on the fortiAeatons Of La Fere and Laon.
But not even with the help Of these could they
s6sctually check their pnrsuers. On September
We find the battle line between Scissors ana
Reiys. fifteen miles nearer Paris and then in the
wood at Compeigne tand at Senls, only twenty
seven miles from the French capital.' From TINS
point the allies settled back ,On the outer torth
cations Of Paris, only ID see the .'nemy suddenly
swerve to the east as IL to pass the gay city py'
Il IL this man@uvre which is now pulling every
body but the strategiSts on the spot. HHYlnS
arrived before the gates Of Paris after record
breaking progress and tremendous sacrifices the
invaders dodge her-why7
More than one expert has made this answer:
Because the Germans have been unable TO make
any lasting impression on the French and British
Arrhy, or armies Although they have hammered
with all the strength Of the greatest military ma
chine in history they have done nothing more
than simply TO bend the allied line. And While
they have been growing weaker, getting fu!ther
from their bases and losing men in great num-
bers, the allies have been approaching their
bases and gaining always from the tarder French
mobilization.
We learn now that the allies beginning to
push the Germans back to the east Of Paris. Is
this the end, then, Of their marvellous advance!
Will their armies snap back now into their origl-
nal position, like an overstretched elastic, and
assume the defensive, or with one supreme effort
will they break the allies line its right CEN
tire, where they are now concentrating their at
tack, and thereby crown their tremendous march
with victory?
It remains only to specify the German armies
and their commanders who have been accomplish
ing this historic advance. On the extreme right
marched the first army consisting of the 7th,
9th and 10th corps, under General Won Kluk.
Next to them marched the second army eompris-
ing the 18th, 4th and 9th corps, under General
Won Buelow; then the third army, operating
largely in Belgian Luxembourg, made up Of the
guards and of the 18th and 10th corps, and finally
the fourth army, at the pivotal point in the
Duchy of Luxembourg, comprising the Sth, 18TH
and 18th corps, with the Sd and 9th cavalry d.
visions, under the Grand Duke of Wurtemberg.
One can appreciate the overwhelming strength
of this right wing of the German forces when he
understands that for the entire line in Alsaee-
Lorraine, from Metz south TO Switzerland, there
are only two armies under Grown Prince
Friedrich and the other under Prince Rupprecht
of Bavaria.