The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-18
BERLIN
Official Announcement By Gen. eraI Staff Says German Gen.
 ter Slowly But Surely Gaining Ground-C Grown Prince Wires 8 For Supplies For His Soldiers


 Berlin. Sept. 1s-The following of mciaI announcement was made at the headauarters of the General Staff the. evening of September 17.
 tsNo decision yet has resulted in the battle lbetW cen the 0ise and the Mouse but certain signs indicate that the power of resistance Of the enemy is relaxing.
 ssThe endeavor of the French troops to break through the German wing collapsed without any great efforts on the part Of our troops.
 s~The center of the German army Is gaining ground slowly but surely
 Ion the right bank of the Mouse the allies from Verdun have been easily srepuIsed."
 Crown Prince Frederick William to- day feEegraphed to the zeitung Am A1i6fag as foHoWs:
 s-P1ease collect and forward as early as possible wooden underwear and socksefor my soldiers Greetings. Will helm, Er6svn Prince
 It wAs only a few days ago that the Grown Prince, who has evidently the feIegraphad to a Berlin newspaper asking 1t to collect and forward to- bacco and cigars for his soldiers.
 The healing of the wounds of Prince Joachim, the youngest son @ef Elm percr William is progressing normally
 
 before he is wholly restored, aceord- ing to an announcement at the inn per1a1 court today
 No news from official sources for publication has been received Hdnce the midnight bulletin whose reports of a4- stI1at the battle is still progressing. Otherwise Ghere is little Illuminating news for the German public and not the slightest hint of the movements or positions oe the German army for the last ten days has been disclosed by the raf1feaEy authorftiNa Na who are de- termfned to veil the situation abso- 1utely.
 The wording of the latest German sbu1letdn, may perhaps be interpreted as indicating that there Is only series of minor engagements in progress but it Is understood that this is not the case and that the attacks and counter at tac1s mentioned are part of heavy general engagement
 Meanwhile the severity of the cen sorshipa of the Russian front has been kEelHxed and a number of stories are looming through from which 1t is pos lsib1e to draw an idea Of the situation.
 From September ] to 13 the Rus tsfans tooka strong position on the line from Ange<burg to Gerdaerin, eAIlin- ibuFg and Wehlau, the left wing on the t1ERzE4r1an lakes and the right wing Eprotected in the rear and nanked by E4he forest of Erisching whose painless twoods and swamps furnished an all tEnoSt 1nupregnajb1e stronghold Rus Esian cavalry secuted far to the north and south but otherwise the army un- hsdertook no offensive operations in the Idays following the battle of Tannen- t4bsrg-
 The eneny.s forces, according to tie fGefman official account were com fposed of the second, third, fourth and E8wenfteth corps, reserve divisions and live cavalry divisions.
 General H1ndenberg again resorted Eko the customary German outf1anking movement and since the Russian right EprotecBed by the forest and marshes Feeemed too strong, he adopted the daring strategy of sending the flank ling force to the lake region to the Esouth, the same character of move lment by which the Russian Narrew Earmy was trapped and captured a Eehort time before and which in case Eof failure might have been equally as disastrous for the Germans.
 The strategy, however, succeeded all Mhough General Rennenkarnpf offered Ea desperate resistance <to the frontal lFRussians were forced back slightly in If11e center When the flank move E1nent ci. the Germans was discovered lalready threatening the flank a coun- EFax moveTnent was launched against it with a sneW army collected at Lyek l7nc1uding the 22nd corps and partssof fthe thaEd Siberian corps, just arriving IRrorn Hskuts1k and the remainder of khs detea1ed Rgarrew army but the