The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-09-17
PURSUED PURSUE;
V|CT0Rs FALL BACK
BATTLE OF MARINE MARVELLOUS
REVERSAL OF ROLES OF
CONTESTANTS.
GERMANS ARE RETREATiNG
Days Are Getting Brighter For The
AIlies.-No Reports Of kaleera
Army For the Past Week.

London-The sixth week OF the war
between Germany and France, Great
Britain and Belgium has brought 8
vast transformation. The pursued are
now the pursuers. The irrestible
sweep of seven German armies
through Belgium into France met
immoyable resistance at the River
Marne.
The army Of General Won Kluck,
which so long battled to turn the
Allies Western flank, was Slowly and
steadily outflanked Its retirement be-
fore the small but hardy British army
turned the tide of battle.
Today, If French Official reports
are correct, all the German armies
except that facing Verdun and a
few miles southwest, are retreating.
General con Kluck's army, which a
week ago was a few miles southeast
Of Paris, has retired more than so
miles to the northeast, while on the
extreme right the army Of the Baya-
rian Crown Prince, which was attack
ing the French eastern line from
Nancy to Epinal, has fallen back to
the frontiers Of Lorraine, permitting
the French to reoccupy Luneyille and
several other towns.
Sunday, September s, was the dark
est day Of the war for the Allies The
French Government emigrated from
Paris to Bordeaux in long sad pro-
cession of motorcars. An attack on
the Capital appeared imm aent Ind
the main German force had hammered
a huge wedge into France between
Paris and Yerdun, with its center
some miles south Of that line
The French people trembled with
the question whether their army was
not beaten army; whether the his
tory OF 1870 will repeat itself.
The battle Of the Marne, which was
decided In week, is regarded by mill
tary critics as the most marvellous re-
versal of roles Of two armies known.
In their view 1t appears to have
decided the first phase Of the war and
to have made impossible the plan
which the German staff is supposed te
have had of smashing the French BY
one comprehensive stroke and ther
turning the bulk of the German forces
eastward to confront the Russians.
The military experts, however, are
still cautious. While recognizing the
possibility that the German armies
/ may yet rally and draw strong de-
fensiye line, they recognize also the
possibility of the almost complete
evacuation of France and Belgium
| Paris announces that the Germans
have evacuated Amiens. The position
OF German reinforcements Of $4,000 re
ported to be marching south on three
roads in that neighborhood Is not
known.
The Belgian army is credited with
the determination to reoccupy BruS
sells and claims to have cut the rail
road between Liege and Brussels
thus severing an important German
line Of communication. 1t claims tt
be pushing the scattered German
forces, composed for the most part o;
reservists, toward the southeast.
Military authorities in France con
slider the position Of the German
armies critical. The army which was
south of the Argonne Forest, they
argue, hardly can retreat eastward
owing to the danger from the strongly
held French fortress of Verdun, while
the mountainous character Of the
Argonne district renders retreat due
north impracticable. The left wing o.
the Germans they believe, must re
treat in a northwesterly direction.
They also cherish the hope that the
Belgians may succeed in clearing tho
Germans out of Brabant, when the
entire German army would be obliged
to retreat on Lu1enburg, an opera
ton which they liken to the passing
Of a large stream through a narrow
bottle neck.
The German version Of the battle
Of Marne is yet to be heard. Ths
German official wireless tonight i:
silent regarding the operations of th'
past week in that theater. It record!
local success by the army Of thu
Crown Prince, which, it reports, tool
fortified position southwest Of Yer
dun, and the beginning Of an attack OF
the forts to the south Of Verdun.