The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-09-10
ALliEo PllNo SACK 2,ooo,0o0 AT
pARIo WALLS IN CRUCIAL
FIGHT.
SMASH 1eUToN WINGS
KAisER's TROOPS TURNED SACK
~ DESPERATE DEFENCE UE-
FORE DGsiEcGD CAPITAL.
Western N.wspap.r Union New. s.rvses.


Paris. Sept. S.-The Oermea Inn.
psrial guard has been annihilated by
the British At Precy. on the Disc
river. thirty-five miles from Paris. &C.
cording to dispatches received here.
and tho Kaiser's troops face disaster
Ia the first battle Of the war In which
the great masses Of the allied troops
have been engaged against the ID.
vancing hosts from the north.
On . battle line l2O miles long,
from tho Meuse to the Disc rivers. As
the central part Of the action. 4,OO0..
900 men were engaged Monday in the
first general conflict which may SET
tie the destinies Of nations. A con.
tinuation Of the German advance
means tho capture Of Paris. A Sc
rious reverse for the Kaiser means
final disaster.
At the chose Of the first days con.
nict victory perches On the banner
Of the allies. At the eastern end OF
the line Of battle the British have
spread terror In the ranks oe the Ger.
mans by routing the flower of Prus
sian troops and egushing the personal
command of the crown prince. 4 h
reported from the front.
On the west, nsar the strongly for
titled city of vsrdum, the left flank
q the German advance has been
turned. and at the center. north ot
Paris, the Tsutons are L-id to be re-
treating slowly to entertainments they
made three and four days ago.
The Kaiser ID directing tho attack
against the forts ut Nancy in person.
From official communications given
out in Paris yesterday it was learned
that the engagements which began
Saturday and Sunday to the east and
northeast Of the French capital de-.
veloped Monday into one Of the most
important battles OF the campaign.
The armies Of the allies are oppos.
ing the German advance over . front
extending for about 120 miles from
Nanteuil lie Haudouin. twenty-fiv
miles northeast Of Paris, to the great
fortress of Verdun. in the department
of Meuse, and twenty miles west oi
the German frontier.
The French troops were stronEl,
supported by the British soldiers who
passed through Paris several days ago
The Germans number 100000.
The position chosen by the alliet
forces to give battle to the advanc
ing invaders is declared to be mos
favorable. having near its center thu
strongly entrenched camp at Chalon.
sur Marne.
The allies conducted their opera
tions so successfully that a portion
OF the German forces were forced II
retire. The Germans had reached tn
region around Coulommiers and Ii
Ferte Gaucher. respectively thirty ant
forty miles to Paris, when the detach
ments covering the TANKS Of the mail
German army encountered advance,
detachments Of the allies. who drov
them back
1t was officially announced las
night that the Germans are retreatinl
from the line Of Nanteuil lie Hardouil
toward Verdun after a vigorous &C
tion with French and British troops
b. General Pau announced the victor.
of the allied forces at Precy sur Disc
in which the imperial guard uude
Crown Prince Frederick William is re
ported to have been annihilated by tn
British force.
General Joffre's plans are beinI
steadily carried out" says the officia
report. THE allied forces. acting o.
the offensive, have been successful Il
checking and forcing back in north
east direction the German forces OF
posed to them.
"a general action has started o.
the line through Nanteuil lie 'Haudouir
Meaux. Sezanne and Nitroy le Fran
COTS, and extending to Verdun.
Thanks to the vigorous action o
eur troops. strongly supported by tn
British, the Germans started retiring