Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-09-25
GERMAN LEFT IL
PUSHED BACK
By THE ALLIES
Berlin Claims Teutons Gain on
River Aisne.
ATTACK ON RHEIMS REPULSED
kaIser's Forces Lose Heavily In A.
tempt to Retaks Posltion-Marne
River cloaaed With Bodies Of
Slain and Water 10 unusabIe.


Slain and Water 10 unusable.
Paris, Sept 19.-Twice during the
day the French war office has an
nounced that the allies armies in the
battle Of the Aisne have progressed
slightly on the left-the strongest
position of the Germans. The last n
nouncement added that there had been
. general lull in the fighting late in
the day along the whole line.
Dispatches from the front to the
war Office told of three violent night
co~unterSattacks by the Germans, which
were repulsed successfully by the al
hes from Craonne. From Craonne to
Rheims the allies hsd pressed forward
slightly. A night assault by the in
vaders to retake Rheims as a base for
their operations was repulsed With
heavy losses to the enemy. The Ger
mans have thrown up important forti-
fcation works for their defensive cam
paign from north OF Rheims to the
Argonne region.
German Left Driven Eack.
Germans on the left were driven
back over contested ground more than
six miles. They lost 600 men and a
number Of rapid-1re guns. This fol
lowed a German night attack on Sep
TENDER IA in which the Germans were
repulsed ten times, but each time
came on again In dense masses. The
slaughter vas terrific, but at dawn
the French surveyed their positions,
and it was found that instead of being
driven back by the fierce attacks of
the enemy they had gained ground.
In these attacks and counter-attacks
the loss Of life has beer enormou
This is true with the French, who
have been fighting In open order; the
losses sustained by the enemy, who
have been attacking and meeting at
tacks in close order, naturally have
been much greater.
Pressure against the armies Of
Crown Prince Frederick William and
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria by
the French right wing continues from
the Suippes river east across the
Mouse. The German line at varennes
has been moved north and the enemy
has abandoned Farrette. Moosch and
Hinringen.
Germans Bombarding Belfort.
In Lorraine and the vosges the Ger
mans have occupied defensive posi-
tons near the frontier, and at Thanh,
Alsace, recently retaken by the
French, and at Belfort, France, the
enemy Is reported to have opened
commandments.
Along the Sambre river, from the
vicinity of Maubeuge, near the Franco
Belgian frontier, to Namur, the Ger.
mans have intrenched strongly, erect.
ing Notifications at Sobre (probably
Solre-le Chateau), Thuin, ~Farciennes,
Tamiens and Floreffe, the inhabitants
being forced to go to work under
threats Of the German troops.
"kalser's Pride" Almost Wiped Out.
Reports from the right wing. on the
frontier, are that the German garri.
ons are being withdrawn from all
along the Rhine, and that Alsace prac.
tically has been cleared of the enemy.
Long trains are hurrying troops
to the French frontier to the relief Of
the crown princes army.
The Prussian Corps de Garde," the
kaiser's pride, and the elite military
organization of Germany, has been al
most wiped out by the successive dis.
asters it has met on the Mouse, the
Marine and the Aisne.
Seven thousand German prisoners,
mostly wounded from Bavarian, Saxon
and H~anoverian regiments, arrived In
Paris. They reported that the Ger.
mans everywhere were short OF food,
but that there was plenty of cham.
payne for all.
Parisians were warned that because
of the bloody battles ON the banks OF
the Marine, which is the largest tribu
tary of the Seine, the water of the riv
er must not be used for drinking pur
poses without being boiled.
Philip RAIDER, an American volun
teer aviator, who has just returned
from the valley of the Mouse, says
lAdI lpSSS HS uCdpCQ up Ou Liz
banks Of the river.
The big guns are to decide the bat
tie of the Aisne. The struggle is sc
titanic that mere numerical strength
even when that strength is counted in
the millions, has proved itself made
Quate to force the issue to a decisive
result.
The French are rushing more bis
guns to the attack in an effort to dis
lodge the Germans from the in
trenched fortified positions they still
maintain on the heights north of thu
Aisne, despite the six days Of furious
onslaught, which continues with I'm
abated ferceness.
May Stretch Into Two Weeks.
From six days the big battle ma!
even stretch into two weeks.
The German intrenchments al
along the line are most formidable
In three parallel rows over a mete
deep, communicating by underground
passages in~tersecting them.
Bordeaux decree issued by til