Evening journal., 1914-09-09
Rv THE I-nited Press.

By The United Press.
PARIS, Sept 9.-Declaring that
..our successes are continued" General
Gallieni, military governor OF Paris, to-
dav declared that in his opinion the
Paris defense army can safely be push
ed forward to aid the British French
column in crushing the German right
wing.
There is a spirit Of confidence in
amy circles to-day The French cen
ter holds fast whatever advantage
there is there, is with the French. The
right and left wings are driving the
Germans before them. As result OF
this development, the German center
must eventually fall back to protect it
self.
The French officials here very plainly
state, however, that the result Of the
battle is not yet decisive. IL viii prob
ably last some days yet But the ini-
tial advantages are all with the allies
and they are today fighting ON ground
that the Germans held on Saturday and
Sunday.
For the first time since the war
began, the Germans are declared to be
outnumbered. General Paul Pau, who
Is now in command of the French CEN
ter, has at least $4,000 men more than.
are facing him. The French left, which
has inflicted enormous damage to the
army of General Won Kluck, and which
is commanded by Field Marshal Sir
John French, is also numerically super
ior to the Germans, having been heavily
reinforced during the last few days
from the French reserves i'm the south
1t is knowledge of this fact and reali-
zation that the French soldiers have
been depressed because they were for
hidden to assume the offensive that
causes the general confidence here.
Hundreds Of wounded were being
brought from the front today They
declare the French left mas taken
thousands of prisoners They also in
sist that the losses Of the French
British on the offensive are far small
er than were the losses of the Germans
under similar circumstances. The
German rifle fire, they declare, is still
high.
That the German movement is ac-
tually a retreat and not a stragetic
proposition is indicated by the re-
port that there are thousands Of dead
and wounded in the territory now oc-
cupied by the allies Il is declared
the German officers deliberally sacri-
ficed thousands of men in one supreme
effort to break the allied lines. This
was especially so in the case of the
army of General Won Kluck His men
swept up against the British artillery
massed along a river bank a score Of
times, only to be compelled to retreat
finally, leaving hundreds of their COM
rades behind. In each instance, the
British infantry charged the retreating
Germans, bayoneting them as they
ran.
The Germans are utterly tired out.
The constant advancing has told on
them. They had to move through
hostile territory, always opposed by
the French and British. and their
night marches, when their command
ers took advantage of the bright
moonlight also told Prisoners who
have been brought here declare that
for the last three weeks hardly a
German soldier has had more than
three hours sleep a night They have
all been well fed, however, as the
earlier failure of their commissary
has been remedied.
Advices from the French center re-
ceived here from Bordeaux declare
that while there have been intermit-
tent checks and failures. the general
trend of the battle is toward the sue
cess of the French arms. They are
infiicting enormous damage on the
Germans. who are reported as fight
ing with far less vim than in the
earlier stages of the struggle. The
French right is reported as steadily
advancing, although very slowly.
Ambassador Herrick today notified
all Americans who are in the city
without any real business here to