Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-09-04
ADMITTED BY FRENCH WAR OF
FICE IN OFFICIAL REPORT
THAT LEFT WING is CIV
ING GROUND.
GREAT BRITAIN HAS LARGE
REINFORCEMENTS ON WAY
New Troops on Way From Canada,
India, Australia and South Africa
Paris Report Purports to
Give Actual Situation
at Present.

at Present.
Paris. Sept. 1.-The following official
statement was issued by the war Of
fee:
Situation in General.
The situation in general is actual
~ as follows:
"First-In Vosges and in Lorraine,
it must be remembered, our forces
which had taken the offensive at the
beginning of the operations and driven
the enemy outside of our frontiers, aft
erwards underwent serious checks. Be-
fore Sarreburg and in the region of
Morhagne, where they encountered
very solid defense works, our forces
were obliged to fall back and to re-
form, one part on Couronne de Nancy
and the other on the French Vosges.
French Make Progress.
"rhe Germans then assumed the of
fensive, but our troops, after having
thrown them back upon their positions
resumed the offensive two days ago.
This attack continued to make prog
ress, although slowly. 1t is veritable
war of seiges as each position occu-
This explains the slowness of our
advance, which is, nevertheless char
acterized each day by fresh local sue
cesses.
Second-The region of Nancy and
southern Woevre since the beginning
of the campaign in this section, be-
tween Metz on the German side and
Toul and Verdun On the French side,
has not been the theater of important
operations.
Retire Upon Meuse.
"Third-In the direction of the
Meuse between Verdun and Mezieres,
it will be remembered, the French
forces took the offensive in the be-
ginning towards Longwy, Neufchateau
and Paliseul. The troops operating in
the region of Spincourt and Longuyon,
have been able to check the enemy's
army under the command of the Ger
man crown prince. In the regions Of
Neuchateau and Paliseul, on the other
hand, certain of our troops have re-
ceived partial checks which obliged
them to retire upon the Meuse, with
out having their organization broken
up. This retiring movement has COM
PEELED the forces operating in the
neighborhood of Spincourt to with
draw also towards the Mouse.
Allies Forced to Retire.
neutrality-suspicious. in the north.
The French and British forces origin
ally took up positions in the Dinant
and Charleroi country and at Mons
they endured several repulses and the
forcing of the Mouse by the Germans
near Givet, upon our flank, compelled
our troops to retire.
THE Germans seek continually to
move toward the west 1t was under
these conditions that our British allies,
attacked by the enemy in greatly su-
perior numbers in the region of LIE
Cateau and Cambria, have withdrawn
toward the south, at the moment that
our forces were operating in the dis
trfct of Avesnes and Chimay. The re-
firing movement was prolonged dur
ing several days.
German Right Progresses.
''In the meantime a general battle
took place in the region of st. Quen-
tin and Vervins and at the same time
in the Ham-Peronnes district. This
battle was marked by an important
success by our right, where we have
thrown back the Prussian guard and
the tenth army corps into the Disc.
Owing to the progress of the Ger
man right wing, where our adversaries
have united their best corps, we have
had to mark a new retirement"
Indicates Daily Advance.
London, Sept. 1.-Taken at it's face
value, the French official announce
ment issued, which mentions that the
Ia'ogress of the German right wing has
forced the allies to yield further
ground, would seem to indicate that
the Germans, notwithstanding re-
pulses, are making daily advances to-
wards Paris.
The statement of Field Marshal Sir
John French, commander of the Brit
ish troops, however. spoke of fighting
on the French left, but this, according
to one report, resulted in the German
right being slightly turned.
Austrian Invasion Checked.
The Austrian invasion of Russia in
the Lublin district, which aroused the
apprehension Of the allies, has, if Rus
sian dispatches are to be relied upon,
been blocked, and the Muscovites
claim to have turned the Russian de-
fensive into an offensive action.
There is no confirmation of the re-
port that the Russians are in Konigs-
berg.