The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-23
French Advance on the Enc
my's Right Continues I'm
abated
Crown rince Falls
Back to New,Lines
General Won kluck Forced to
Retired and German Center
Has Reached High Tide of
Resistance

Paris, eApE 17.-With the German
center Ia the region around Rheims
apparently still ho;d ~ the strong
position wticn I. too. a. the open
ling Of the battle o. A.sne ten days
ago. French s.cea.s there being
limited to the repulae of severe
counter attacks, all reports from tho
extreme German right indicate that
the turning movement OF tie allies Is
on the eve OF being crowned with VIC
tory.
General Joffro, the COMMANDMENTS
chief. reported today 20 tho minister
of war. NJ. Millerand, that the French
advance on the German right con-
stinues, that not only has Gtaeral Non
kIuck been forced to retire. but tnese
ara indications that the German center
has reached the high tide of its re-
s.stnnce, and ~wiil soon be forced to
toin in a Observation-Disclosures movement
to new lines.
The army under Crown Prince VIII
Lam is reported to have already fallen
back to new lines.
The official communique, issued at
ii o'clock tonight. contains just four
woi DIS. 1t says:
..The situation Is unchanged"
This official announcement refers. OF
course TO the report isued in the after
neon. which gave details of the general
success OF TIE allied armies over the
entire front
Allies Make Progress.
The ofncsal communique this after
noon says;
"'fhe allies are making splendid pro-
Gee 4 t3pr advance to Lassigny, ten
z mile y $. II Noyon. liz OF extreme I'M
"a
RIVER o.se accounts for the violent
1ss,nan attack In the Craonne region.
yft3n;s v-as in tire nature of foriorn
Enps la save the kaisers right WING
w. break ng our lines northwest OF
lneifsls
senne Gerfsans instead of gaining
reoand ~ this attack, were forced 10
sss,a way nv completing our lines
srrr7 .s,sace 10 the Argone forest We
fayg deprived the German cea.er oer
tween Rheims and Souain of It's scope
~ sstayement. 1t liz against steel
wall"
f~e,Yl lorraine and the occupation py
,tn Invaders of the town or DomeVre
gary czouzc, Is not regarded here with
anxiety. ~.
ttnotflcial reports from Enghsn cor
respondents who have been behind the
lines Of the allies place French troops
~ peronne and LIE Cate'et. the latter
town twelve miles due north OF 81.
purnt{n, which In the extreme riSns OF
she army under General Won kinck,
seams, which the turning movement
has heen directed
French and British aviators VINO
have made Reconnaissance over the
rerran lsnes report that Won klaek
has begun to move his heavy siege guns
northward. This, of course. may DE
simriy lin view Of the French advance
an the west of the German lines, but
experts ace In II the beginning OF the
German retreat toward the Belgian
frontier.
situation In Grave.
The unparalleled fury OF the Ger
man offensive against the entire line
~ the allied armies on the i50-uile
battle front today indicates the gra-
vity OF the situation to the Germans
resulting from the driving back of
General Won Klucks army seven miles
from the point where he entrenchea
himself in AN attempt ID cheek the
pursuit Of the Anglo French forces ar
ter the battle Of the Marine.
To save Won kluck from disaster the
Germans renewed their effort to break
this French center around Rheims and
hurled mighty forces against the
French right, along the Woevre, at
tempting the weii-night impossible feat
OF gaining the heights Of the Meuse
This attack. made In the usual massed
formation style, was repnlHed by the
French, and the enemy was driven back
with terrific slaughter.
Between Souain and the Argonne
forest, the French lines have been APP
probably advanced. the Germans there
having been weakened by the with
drawal Of large forces sent to the Aid
~ sorely stricken Won Kiuck, on the
Disc.
1t is believed here that the Germans
are feeling more than the allies the
effect terrible weather and the
fact ar6 lighting what Is
rcat' fensive rather than
. bas
eth srs ~ wall OF
steel, Isn Lllles long," Minister of
war Millerand today Ii Faming IN
the operations of the Lass tan days
IN what he has called The BATTLE OF
the Two Rivers" seeing that it In be-
inE fought along the Aisne and the
Oisc.