Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-15
DISASTER
is FACING
GERMANS
Part Of Army May
Be Cut Off
EIGHT ARMIES FLEEING
Entire Line Is Driven Back Hall
Way to Belgium.
RETREATING TOWARD GERMANY
EIGHT ARMIES FLEEING
RETREATING TOWARD GERMANY

London Reports German Right Driven
Across Aisne-crown Prince Forced
Back and Compelled to Move Head.
quarters-BeIgium Dispatches Re.
port 10000 to 100000 Russians in
That country-Hugh Force Landed
at Ostend.
The army Of Crown Prince Frederick
William, forming tn. German left
and che pivotal position of the Ger.
man battle front, han Joined In tho
general retreat of the invaders.
Moreover, the tardy recession Of the
crown prince from a position b.
tween verdun and TouI, where he
had been attacking the line Of south
ern Notifications of the for-ne- city,
probably will result In disaster.
There is grave probability that
they will be cut off in the Argonnes
south of Nerdun.
e dispatch frons Bordeaux says: The
last stand of the Germans is being
made b. the crown princes army
south of the Areonnes.
Paris, Sept. 15.-Emperor Williams
eight armies in France have fed in
disorder again before the victorious
French and British troops. The Ger
man center, which the kaiser had or
dered to pierce the French front, is
now far north of Vitry-le-Francois,
where the supreme attack was made,
and the German lines in general have
been driven back more than half way
to Belgium.
Establishment of the headquarters
CT the crown prince at Montfaucon,
eighteen miles northeast of Saint
Menehold, his previous base, indicates
an intention of the armies he COM
mands to retreat into Germany.
German Disaster Complete.
The rout of the Germans probably
will terminate in a complete disaster
in that great part of their forces
will be cut of in the Argonne forests
and south Of Verdun, according to a
statement made by NJ. MiIlerand, min
lister of war, at Bordeaux.
London Tells of Victory.
London, Sept 15.--The war press
bureau issued this statement:
"All day yesterday the enemy stub
bornly disputed the passage of the
River Aisne by our troops, but il spite
of the difficulty of forcing the river In
the face of strong opposition nearly
all the crossings were secured by sun
set.
"On our right and left the French
troops were confronted with similar
task, in which, like ourselves, they
We're successful. Many more prison.
ers were taken.
''It is reported that the German
crown prince has been driven back,
and that he has moved his headquar-
ters from st. Menehold to Mont Eau
con-"
Russ Army In Belgium.
An Antwerp dispatch says Russian
troops estimated TO number between
10000 to 100000 are now in Belgium.
The huge force has been landed at
Ostend by British transports, forty
two Of which were engaged in the
service.
Russ Victories UnderestImated.
AS regards the second stage OF the
Russian operations. the Galician Often
sive, It appears from every quarter
that the Russian victories have been
nnderestimated. 1t is officially an.
nounced from ST. Petersburg that the
Russians have taken 2S0, 900 Austrians
as prisoners in seventeen DAYS OF
fghting. The army of General DanFl,
commanding the Austrian left wing,
cannot avoid captivating since It Is
caught between the Rivers San and
Vistula in swamps and Is entirely
surrounded by overwhelming Russian.
forces. The army of General Won
Nuremberg, composing the Austrian
center. has been hammered to pieces
and dispersed. The fragments are be-
iLg pursued by Cossacks and thou.
sands OF prisoners are being taken
daily. The Austrian right wing IL