Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-02
BY FRANKLIN p. MERRIcK.

BY FRANKLIN p. MERRICk.
Paris, Sept. 25.-An official state
ment issued here that the
French left wing is making steady
progress and that Peronne has been
occupied by the French. In an at
tempt to drive off the French troops
who are threatening his line of COM
munication General Won Kluek is max
ing a sharp attack Upon the French
forces at Peronne.
Peronne is II miles northwest of st.
Quentin and more than seventy miles
north-northeast of Paris. In its turn
ing movement, therefore, the left wing
has advanced about rs miles since 1t
was driven across the Marine by the
swift advance Of the German right
turn to withdraw.
Trying to Surround Won kluck.
Paris, Sept. 25.-The bloodiest fight
ing of the great battle of the Aisne,
which is now in its twelfth day, Is
going or along the German right wing
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struggling furiously to surround and
cut off the army of General Won Kluck.
The French have swung round a
gigantic circle and are now delivering
a series of fierce attacks upon the
soldiers of General Won Boehn who are
defending the Mons route of German
communications along a battle front
through Cambria, B~ouchain, Denain
and st. Armand.
According to the military authori-
ties this ia the first direct assault
which the allies have been able to
deliver against the important German
line of communication. Desperate
fighting is going on especially around
Arleux and Courchelettes, where the
thirteenth French army corps under
General Alix Is attempting to smash
the invaders front.
Germans Attacking Allies Center.
The Germans are continuing their
terrific attacks against the allies CEN
ter, in the vicinity of Reims, in an
attempt to pierce it, but the French
and the British who were rushed to
that point are holding valiantly.
The announcement by the war Of
fee that the allies were advancing
along the Disc has heightened the
feeling of confidence here, and Gen
eral Gallieni. the military governor Of
Paris, declared that the first crack had
appeared in the stone wall of the de-
Tense which the Germans have been
putting up.
A general, of General Won Kluck's
staff, who was captured in the fight
ing around Amiens has been brought
to Paris together with a number of
other prisoners.
None Gain Decisive Advantage.
The thunder of cannon, the drone of
machine guns and the roar of rile-fire
is still heard along the great 125-mile
battle front without either side being
able to claim any decisive advantage.
Even along the allies left, where the
French and English have been able to
gain ground, their advance has been
slow and each foot gained had to be
bought with a heavy loss of life. The
Germans under Won Kluck have lost
a few positions and their outposts
ave been pushed back on the west
Of the Disc, but the main lines of
the German forces at that point are
still intact.
British Claim Gains.
London, Sept. 25.-The official press
bureau issued a statement from Sir
John French's headquarters giving de-
tails of the present battle of the Aisne
and the Oisne.
The battle, the message states, may
last for several days yet, as the opera
lions have assumed the character of a
siege and these tactics necessarily will
preclude the possibility of any immedi-
ate definite result.
"The enemy is still maintaining him.
self along the whole front. In order to
do so he is throwing into the fight de-
tachments composed Of units from the
different formations of the active army
the reserve and the landwehr.
"Our progress, although slow on &C
count of the strength of the enemy's
defensive position, has been continu.
ous