Barton County democrat., 1914-09-11
OUTCOME HANGS
ON STRUGGLE.
Present Battle Around Paris Be-
lieved to Have Vital Effect
on Final Result of the
War.

London, Sept. S.-The British
and French forces north and east
of Paris have had further success
eS against the German invaders,
according to the official bulletin
issued today, while in Galicia the
Russians continue with consider
able success their attempt to en-
velop and defeat the Austrian
army of 100000 men under Cen
eral Auffenburg.
For the moment at least interest
'centerS in the campaign in France,
for it is felt that the battle pro-
ceeding there is the first real cri-
sis of the war and will have a vital
effect on the outcome.
The allies, according to a bulle-
tin issued by the French war Of
flee, have successfully repulsed
another attempt of the Germans
to penetrate their left center be-
tween FurechampenoiSe and Wit
ry-Le-FrancoiS, where the roads
and railways are more suited to
the French movements than they
would have been further north.
Chose Ground for Fight.
In fact, it is believed that Gen.
eral Joffre purpoSely fell back
from ChalOnS so that he could
choose ground more favorable for
his army for either defensive or
offensive operations. In this he
seems to have been justified for
not only was the German attack
TepulSed, but at Vitry-Le-Fran-
co.'s the Germans actually lost
ground.
This has been the scene of the
heaviest fighting of the present,
for on the German right, which
the allieS.Seem to have got around,
General KEuck is falling back be-
fore the forward movement of the
French and British forces toward
the Marne between Meuz and Seu-
zene. There must have been
some fighting here, however, as
the French report that some priS-
OnerS were taken from the enemy.
There have been many rumorS
of reinforcementS having been
sent to this army of the allies.
Some of the rumorS are to the eff
feet that Russian troops actually
have joined it, and others that the
Indian troops took part in the
fighting. These rumOrS, however,
remain without confirmation, and
the more thoughtful observers of
the. war consider that the increaS-
ed strength of the allies left wing
is due to the arrival of fresh
troops from England and to the
fact that the advance army of
Paris is taking part in the opera
tionS.
German Frontier Weaker.
The French line is still stick
ing below the Lorraine frontier
and here, according to the war Of
flee, has repuiSed an attack made
by the Germans on the line be-
tween Nancy and Chateau SalineS.
In AlSace, where the French ad-
vanced so quickly at the begin
ming of the war, there has been a
long respite from serious fighting.
This is due, in the opinion of mill
tary experts, to the withdrawal of
Germans who were needed for the
west and probably to the return to
Austria of troops sent to the assis-
tance of the Germans last month.
Austrians in Peril.
In Galicia, General Ruzky, who
won such a signal victory over the
AuStrianS at Lemberg, is continu-
ing his attempt to encircle the ar
my of General Auffenberg.
Moving SouthweStward from
Lemberg, he has worked around,
if he has not captured, the strong
hold of PrzemySl, whence he can
get in the rear of the AuStrianS,
who are drawn up on a line ap-