Gilpin observer., 1914-09-17
MARNE BATTLE
COMES TOAN END
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND RE.
PORTED LOST IN FIGHTING
NEAR PARIS.
AUSTR|ANS FALL BACK
LOSSES IN GALACIA PLACED AT
100000 IN KILLED, WOUNDED
AND PRISONERS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Sept 16.-The battle Of the
Marine has about come to an end, and
although the allied armies are keep
ing in touch with the retreating Ger
mans, it is evident the latter are TAX
ing up positions to stay the northward
advance of the British and French
Five hundred thousand men have been
eliminated by death, wounds or cap
ture, out of the four million engaged
in the battle line, which extend for
200 miles and which was centered gen.
orally along the banks of the Marne
river.
The most beautiful provinces of
France were laid waste in the terrific
advance of the Germans, and their re-
treat is being made over the devastat-
ed territory. General Won Kluck with
his army has made a stand north of
the river Aisne on a line marked by
the forests Of PAigle and Craonne,
while the armies of Generals Won Bue-
low and Won Hausen, the Duke Of
Wurttemburg and the Crown Prince
are falling back to straighten out the
front on which the next big battle is
likely to be fought. A division of Gen.
eral Won Kluck's army numbering A.
600 men has been captured by the al
lies, it is declared by the French gen.
eral staff.
Although the Germans have been
badly punished in their long retreat,
and have lost many guns and men,
they maintain cohesion and unless the
French succeed in their attempt to get
between the army of the Crown Prince
and that operating to the west of
him, Emperor Williams forces will
present a solid front when the time
comes for another clash which will be
fully as important as the Marne bat
tie.
If the Germans can gain the new
position it offers better opportunities
for defense than the ground they have
passed over during the last ten days.
Their right apparently extends as far
west as st. Quentin through a coun-
try intersected by rivers and streams
that will embarrass the attacking
forces.
The main German forces, under
Generals Won Buelow and Won Hau-
sen, the Dul-e Of Wur' temburg and the
Crown Prince. stretch along the river
Aisne to the hills behind Rheims, and
then north to Verdun, thus securing
the roads and railways running north
from Reuthel to the Belgian frontier
and eastward to Luxembourg and Metz
in Lorraine.
The French left, with large forces
Of cavalry, some Of which are reported
as far north as the Belgian frontier,
continues to harass the German right
while British and French forces which
gained passage over the Aisne three
days ago are now somewhere between
that river and the river Disc and are
trying to repeat the outfIanking move
ment which they carried out on the
Ourcq last week
Rheims has been reoccupied by the
allies but the reports make no men,
ton of the nefghboring fortresses Of
La Fere and Laon, the recapture of
which should not be difficult, as they
are constructed to resist attack from
the north and the south front is rela-
lively weak.
On the French right the Germans
are falling back to Chateau Salins.
just across the Lorraine border, which
has been the scene of so many skir-
mishes since the beginning of the war.
In Vosges and Alsace the situation
remains unchanged, both sides reserv-
ing all their strength for the more
critical contest in the west.
Austrlans Retreat Across Frontier.
London, Sept. 18-Reuter's cor
respondent with the Russian army on
the western frontier says two German
divisions participated in the battle of
Krasnik, which stretched over a front
of sixty-six miles and included several
armored entertainments on the hillside.
'"Many shells went over Krasnik,'
the correspondent adds. but did not
damage the town. The Russians
finally broke the Austrian front, and
the Austrians abandoned their whole
position, disregarding the Germans
who. although they were fighting
bravely, had to fall back on Annapol
One of the several German officers
captured by the Russians said The
Austrians called on US to aid them and.
then deserted us. The German army
will never forgive this act of dis
honor.
"The Austrians took up another po-
sition, but were again dislodged and
retreated across the frontier, leaving
the field strewn with the bodies OF
men and horses. The peasants are
| wearing the boots and clothing the
Austrians discarded in their flight.
A reasonable estimate, says Times
Petrograd dispatch, placed the Aus.
trian losses In Galicia at 100000 In
killed. wounded and prisoners, or near
ly one-third OF their force. They have