Barton County democrat., 1914-09-18

10000, and that $50 field guns
were taken, besides the guns in
the captured forts and an immense
amount of war material.
1t is also reported tonight from
Rome that the Germans have Suf-
fered a defeat at Mlawa, on the
east PruSSian frontier. This would
be rather surprising, as the Rus
slams only today admitted that
they had been compelled to with
draw in East Prussia before over
whelming forces of Germans, who
threatened General Rennenkamp's
first left wing.
1t is possible the German COM
mander, General Won Hindenberg,
pushed his advantage a little too
far and found the Russians were
stronger on the frontier where
Mlawa is situated than had been
expected.
Servians in Austria.
The ServianS, after taking Sem
lin, over which there was great re-
joicing, as it relieves Belgrade
from a continuation of the bom-
bardment, have resumed the Of
fenSive against the AustrianS, and
like the MOntenegrinS, are taking
advantage of AuStria'S weakness
on that frontier to push into her
territory.
London, Sept. 14.-Important
details of the operations of the
British army in France are con-
tained in a report which the war
office issued this afternoon.
When the German army began
its eastward movement to cut the
French center, according to Gen.
eral French, it was ignoring the
British as a factor in the fight
lhe allies began a general advance
on September 7 against the Ger.
man rear guard of their right wing
which had been left along the
River Ourcq. The British army
was reinforced. The Germans be.
gan a retirement on their right or
the 9TH. 1t was the first time they
had turned back since the battle
of Mons.
According to letters found OF
prisoners, they had expected t
enter Paris in a few days. TIL,
order to retreat was bitter dis
appointment. The British cross
, el thN River Marne on the 9th will
the French and on the 10th cap
tured 1900 men, four great guns
, six machine guns and so trans
! port wagons.
The Germans of the right arm,
, seemed demoralized. They wer
i without food and Surrendere
readily, according to the BIRTHS
report. The continued advance
o General French says, has delight
ed the troops who with the rt
= Inducements received are file
, with zeal and anxious to press OF
The official press bureau thi
. afternoon issued the followin
: statement:
"All day yesterday the enem
q Stubbornly disputed the passag
, of the AiSne by our troops, but i
. spite of the difficulty in fordin
. the river in face of al strong OF
> position nearly all the crossing
. were obtained by sunset"
"On our right and left, tn
French troops were confronte,
with a similar task, in which
: like ourselves, they were success
: full. Many more prisoners wer
: taken.
"It is reported from the Frenc
e headquarters that the Germa
0 crown princes army had bee
driven back and that he has moV
S ed his headquarters from S
o Menehould to Mont Faucen."
r Prepared to ignore the BIRTHS
t as being driven out of the figh
e they were initiating an effort
r attack the left flank of the mai
: French army, which Stertched i
d along a curved line from our rigE
S towards the east, and so to carr
f out against it alone an enveloI
S ment, which so far had failet
d against the combined forces of th
: allies.
"On Saturday, September 4, thi
y movement was continued an
: larger advance parties crossed th
+ Marne southwark to Trilpor
n Sammeron, Laferte-Sous-Jouarl
It and Chateau Theirry. There Wa
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