Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-10

the heights surrounding Luneville.
Describes Turn Of Tide.
The correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph in France. describing the turn
of the tide in favor of the allied
forces. says:
From trustworthy sources it Is re-
ported that we have already cut part
Of the German line of communica-
ton in the east and it seems highly
probable that we shall soon be able
to drive them back upon their ammu-
milton and supply column.
"At the same time one cannot with
extraordinary and efficient way in
which the German cavalry played their
part. 1t now seems certain that the
German advance. which so scared us
last week, was the throwing forward
of a screen of cavalry to mask the
enemy's thanking movement eastward
and that they had no present inten-
ton of investing Paris.
Chief Factors In War.
1.-The two chief factors in this war
are artillery and exhaustion. 1t is un-
doubtedly contest of guns.
While the great battle Is raging
to the eastward Of Paris the western
region of France is gradually being
relieved of Germans. They have been
seen as far west and south as Gisors,
nineteen miles southwest of Bauvais,
but they are now eighty miles from
Gisors and how they have been driven
TO eVacuate this region so rapidly is
one OF the mysteries OF tho great
campaign which Is being partly reveal
ed by the official dispatches"
Tells of Battle Of Meaux.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
Mail gives description of the battle of
Meaux. on the Marine. twenty-seven miles
east-northeast of Paris, of which he was
an eyewitness. He says:
Il came unon the battle at Meaux
with astonishing suddenness. Ny motor
car had Just shot up the rise that over
hangs the little town, and there it was
before our eyes in the valley, dense
white balloon smoke from exploding
shells. little coyeys of shrapnel bursting
In air, showers Of black earth ripped out
of solid ground. farmhouses and hay
stacks flaming and German aeroplane
cruising overhead.
German shells are failing in the field
just beyond Meaux, but strain our eyes
as we may. even through strong glasses
We can nowhere find French batteries re-
plying. Every now and then the French
infantry may be seen moving in the
trenches.
Pitiable Sight In Town.
Descending to the town. we find a
rffiahle aiDhf <ha
bridge blown into a shapeless mass of
bursting beyond the town.
THE streets are like city of the
dead. Only when the chasseurs come
gathering through the streets are the
shutters cautiously opened and the in
habitants peep out. Through these
openings It Is curious to see women
darnfng socks as though nothing was
happening:
II tried to get into the fields. but was
warned back by an old man. The bonn
bardment still continued as left
Meaux"
Great Battle at Chalons.
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from Bordeaux states
that wounded soldiers relate that big
battle lasting twenty-four hours took
place last week at Chalons. The
French. after INJECTING heavy losses on
the Germans. retreated in good order
Gen. Exeimans. one of Frances most
brilliant cavalry leaders, was danger
onsly wounded while leading a charge
The situation in upper Alsace, ac-
ccrdfng to the dispatch. has been COM
pietely changed by the departure Of
the Ierman troops. Engagements re-
sulting In favor of the French took
place September in the region around
Aitkirch. and the Germans were pushei
beck toward the Rhine. :