The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-09-24
Won kLUck FORCED TO FALL
BACK INTO NoYoN, PARIS
DECLARES.
COLD STEEL PLAYS BIG
PART IN FRAY FOR TIME
Violent Hand to Hand Fighting Is Fol.
lowed by Luil, However, Says Dis
patch-Human Endurance vii,
Likely Decide Great Conflict
In France.

Paris. Sept. 23.-The German right
wing under General Alexander o
,Kluck has been forced back seven
miles. 1t has been driven back into
Noyon where 1t has been forced to
seek defensive strongholds to the
southeast of the. city and on the left
bank Of the Disc and it is now eX.
posed to the thanking movement of-the
allies left. which has been progress.
Ing up the right bank of the Disc in
an enveloping maneuver.
Germans Retire Generally.
The French and British have driven
forward until they occupy the heights
OF Lassigny, west of No.on. have
swept by Noyon itself on the north
and have stretched their lines as far
east as Laon. An officer returning
from Scissors to Paris reported that
an aerial scout just back from recon.
naissance of the German position, says
the Germans were seen %retreating in
large bodies.
An announcement from the war of.
ice at Bordeaux said that the fighting
bad become less violent. 1t added
that obvious progress had been made
by the French troops operating be,
tween Rheims and the Argonnes.
LulI Follows Conflict.
This report indicates that a hull
came after the fighting earlier had
been furious. Most terrific were the
onslaughts directed by the Germans
against the allies lines in the region
Of Craonne. Here, with the British
troops under Field Marshall Sir John
French, bearing the brunt of the at
lacks. the invaders charged desperate
ly with bayonets fixed and ferocious
h~and-to-hand combats ensued in which
the Germans were hurled back, but
came on again until the carnage was
appalling.
Statement Of War Office.
The success of the flankfng move
ment against the German right inspir-
ed the war office, always conservative,
to issue the following statement:
1--WE are confident that the allies
hold a favorable position in the great
battle now progressing"
The great conflict shows the titan.
lc struggle Of the big guns fast reach
Ing a climax. Thus far the artillery
duel has been a draw and the contest
now has resolved itself into one of
human endurance.
Rheims Laid Waste.
The bombardment of Scissors con.
tinued with undiminished and deadly
effect while into Rheims, already prac.
tically laid waste, a steady stream of
German projectiles still fell, although
the bombardment lacked the energy
Of the previous fusillade. The heavy
guns were the only arms IN action
around Rheims, the infantry still re.
naming in the trenches.
The Germans have received rein
forcements at several points along
their front, but these have been me-
by detachments in strength being
brought up from the French reserves
Crown Prince E%ntrenches.
The crown prince appears to have
reached a position to the north O
Montfaucon where he has entrenchet
In a defensive position against tn,
pursuing French column. Here he ha,
been driven to stand at bay to protec
the avenues Of retreat which are still
open to him through Luxembourg.
According to an official announce
ment of the French navy office tn
fleets Of the allies now control tn
Atlantic. the Mediterranean and tn
North Sea.
Cold Steel Plays Part.
Cold steel again played consider
able part In the battle of the enormou
hosts fighting along the Aisne, tn
Disc and Woervre. The most remarl
able point about the encounters is the
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