The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-09-10
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ADVANCING To
HELP GERMANS
RElNFoRCEMENTS BEING RUSH.
ED TO THE FRONT TO HELP
THEM STEM ADVERSE TIDE
OF ALLIES.

London, Sept. 1O.-German reinforce
ments estimated at 10000 men are
advancing into France in three col
umns, according to an Ostend dis
patch to the Reuter- Telegram Com
pany O.
Another Ostend dispatch to the Reu-
ter Telegram Company says German
troops waiting in East Flanders to
receive the levy demanded from Client
were ordered Wednesday to pceed to
France They Immediately took the
road for Lille or Valenciennes.
The allied armies continue to have
the advantage, according to French Of
fetal reports, in what only can be pre-
liminaries of great battle extend
ing from MeauX, northeast of Paris,
to the fortress of Verdun, about 200
miles farther east.
The Germans who brought up re-
Inducements, are striking all the al
lies left and center between Montmi-
rail and Vitry-le-Francios, front of
fifty to sixty miles, buot each time
they were driven back.
This is not surprising to military
men, as the Germans have been COM
PEELED to advance through the swamps
of Petit NORM and then over the bare
uplands to the extremely strong
French position on the right. 1t is
their only chance, however, and it is
expected that they will strike and
strike again.
The Germans are bringing their re-
Inducements down from Chalons on
the roads leading to Fere-Champen-
oise, Sommesois and Sompeuis in the
face of the French artillery posted on
the heights, which give the French
a great advantage.
General Pau, who commands the
center of the French army in this dis
trict, is reported to be advancing
north of Sezanne toward the plateau
commanding the center of the whole
battlefield On his left the British
force has driven the Germans across
the Grand NORM and Petit NORM Riv-
ers toward the Marne itself, while on
the extreme left the French sixth ar
my, advancing from Paris along the
Ourcq River, have had further sue
cesses and is threatening General
Klucks communications.
In the east the Germans so far have
failed in their attempt to break across
the rivers and through the hills of Ar
Verdyn, on the right wing of the al
lies.
Again, according to French reports,
there has been no action against the
Grand Couronne of Nancy and in the
Vosges mountains and in Alsace the
situation remains unchanged.
All this favorable news has cheered
the allies, but military critics warn
the public that the battle has not
been won and that there probably will
be a week or more of fighting before
a decision is reached.
There is a possibility that the Ger
mans are trying to draw the allies in
to an attack on the high ground that
lies between the Marne and the Aisne,
about Rheims, and while it is believed
that some of tn eedge has been taken
off the German defensive. it is not at
all probale that it has all been re-
moved.
General Joffre, the French comman-
der in chief, however. has won some
points He has gained the time he re-
quired, is in better positions and has
completed his concentrations SO that
he is believed to have a fair chance
against the invaders, who have hewn
their way from Mons to the gates of
Paris.