Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-12
GERMAN RIGHT CONTINUES
TO RETREAT TO AVOID
BEING CUT OFF.
HARD FIGHTING IN Center
Kaiser Army Making Their
Greatest Effort on Center
of Long Line.

army in the center Stll are rctratinS
before the allies III France, accord
ipo to French official report. Guns
men and stores are SAID l." nave "'c'
captured by the allies.
ScmIin, in Austria, across inc river
from Belgrade la, been taken ny inc
SeINans. ,,i.,.,
Tho Russians claim to have taken
TonnszoW. RuSsian Poland, ana re-
mort that they have rcpulscd me
Germans near ChorLclc and MS-Hncc.
Reports from east Prussia say tlh'
The Russian 22nd army corps mas
been defeated by the Germans at
Lyck
A newspaper diSpatch reports Il
uortion OF the German army III bel-
linn In dire straits for want of food
supplies. ,,
Pctronrad says the Russians nave
succeeded In separating the Ahs.rlah
left wing from its main pody near
Jomaslow and Rawa, in Kuesian io-
suncrvision OF cotton warehouses
President Poincare of France has
sent n cablegram to President wilson
DENYING that the French are manu-
featuring and using dumdum pule's
as charged by Emperor Wllliam'
LONDON. Sept 11.-GO:25 p. M
Tho battle of the Marine, as the
French have christened the great
struggle which mas been In progress
fur a week in the territory between
Paris and Nerdun, with the aIlleu
armies Of France and England on ono
side ana the Germans on the olHGi'
has not yet reached a decisive result
The German right, however IN 'ne
face Of superior forces and threat
"a L
continues to retire to the north alohS
the route over which General Won
KmCll made his famous lightning ad-
vance on Paris from the Belgian Dor
der after having defeated the ailrS
at Mons and again at Campru ana 81
Quentin.
with General Won kluck also, ac-
C0rding TO French official reports inc
right wing of General Won BueloW
army which supported his left is fall-
ink back toward the Rivers Aisne ana
Cise ON Won BueloW's left the army
Of the Prince OF Wurttemberg, Whlch
had been trying for weeks To break
through the French line, also has
stopped fighting and retired north.
The German left wing, however, com
posed of other sections OF the Prince
of WurtiembeTg' army and the army
commanded by the German crown
success Thos armies, however, ap'
pear To have passed Nerdun, as Berlin
reports say they have been bomhard-
ils fortified positions south of that
fortress.
Moved Too Fast.
comprehensive French official re-
port issued tonight shows that General
Won Kluck got farther cast ana south
of Paris than heretofore had been dis
closed. so that his advance was even
faster than he was given credit for
making 1t seems that had the Ger
man armies on his left moved any
where nearly as quickly as he did the
battle of the Marne might never have
been fought.
However, faced by strong British
French force and with another French
force advancing from Paris threaten
ing his flank and his communications.
General Won Kluck was compelled to
withdraw northward and then fight
the French on the River Ourcq. In
this fighting, according to the Brit |
ish- h-French reports, a number Of Ger
man guns, hundreds of prisoners and
Iart of the German transport were
taken.
The German report, on the other
hand says "thc war booty was rep
resented Ly fifty guns and some thou |
sands Of prisoners" As at first re-
ceivod, this report said the Germans
admitted defeat ana the loss of men |
and guns. but IT later was explained |
that this was a tclegraphic error The /