Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-03
SIEGE OF PARIS
DEPENDS UPON
BATTLE RESULT
Struggle Between Allies and
Germans Within 30 Miles of
City in Progress.
FRENCH TAKE HEART
AT LEMBERG CAPTURE
Confident That Paris Fortifica-
tions Can Withstand Long
Investment.

Dy tne AsSOcidieu Ifess.
LONDON, Aug. S.--The battle to
decide whether history will repeat it.
self in a second siege of Paris is
still IN progress, according to the
latest official announcement here
Future military historians will
write volumes about the details of
this battle, but all the British public
knows officially concerning the titan
tic struggle-the most momentous
British soldiers have fought since
Waterloo--is contained in one SEN
tence of an official rep ort issued last
night by the press bureau "Contin-
uous fighting has been in progress
along almost the whole line of bat
tie"
40 this generally the French official
communication adds the fact that the
allied forces have fallen back toward
the southwest to avoid an action
which might have been engaged
under unfavorable conditions. How
far and to what line the allies have
gone is unknown.
There can be no revelation of mill
tary secrets, nothing which patri-
otto censorship could criticise, in stat
ing these facts, because the German
army which is engaging the allies
knows precisely where their first line
is drawn, and the purpose of the
censorship is only to suppress facts
which might enlighten the enemy
First News of Battle.
The official bulletin of last night is
the first word the British people have
received from their government con-
cerning the present battle. The last
previous bulletin was Field Marshal
Kitchener's statement, issued Sun
day night, throwing a welcome light
on the previous four days battle,
which ended Saturday, and which re-
flected the greatest credit on the gen.
eralship and discipline of the British
army
In spite of the fact that the French
capital has been removed to Bor-
deaux, and that the German army of
the West is within thirty miles of the
outer fortifications of Paris, a strange
air of confidence prevails today
among the allies. The general feel
ing seems to be that the German at
letack is wearing itself out in ham,
mering away at the allies lines,
which give but do not break.
President Poincaire has issued
proclamation to his people telling
them that military necessity alone
has led him to remove his govern
ment to Bordeaux. Military experts
agree that Paris will soon be the
pivot OF the hostile forces operating
in the area of the west. Even the
downfall of the French capital is not
expected to end the conflict. The feel
ing of confidence was greatly in
creased by the news of the victory OF
the Russians in Galicia. Reports from
Petrograd (St. Petersburg) tell of tb"
sx,fo Il ,I,npr a
capital of Galicia. These appear cred
ible, as news of the defeat of the
Austrians in that district has been
received from several sources.
Lemberg Result Gives Heart.
The battle of Lemberg was one of
the greatest ever fought Evidently 1t
resulted in decisive and perhaps
overwhelming defeat of the Austri-
ans. The battle line extended 200
miles. and 1t is estimated 100000
men were engaged.
According to an official dispatch re-
ceived by Emperor Nicholas from
Grand Duke Nicholas, commander in
chief of the Russian forces, the vic
tory was won after seven days of
fighting. The climax came when
the Austrians were routed in final
desperate assault on the Russian
centre, which was held by General
Rupsky.
The Austrian army in Galicia was
acting in close cooperation with two
German army corps facing Breslau
and seeking to envelope the Russian
forces in Poland. Their plans, how /
ever. met with a series Of disasters
ending in a complete rout when an
attempt was made to pierce the Rus
sian centre,
In the west the line now held by |
the left flank of the allied armies in
the valley of the Oise runs diagonally
from a point northeast of Paris to
Compiegne and thence through Noy-
ON fourteen miles northeast by north !
of compiegne4 to La Fere.
Germans Hold La Fere.
La Fere, one of the weaker of the |
French fortresses, evidently is in the
hands of the Germans. Farther east
and north the allied armies apparent
lv hold their own in the neighbor-
hood Of Laon and Rethel (twentyr
four miles northeast of Rheims). The
right of the allies rests on the forti- |
fed Franco German frontier.
The names of the British who fell |
in the four days battle last week will |
not be announced till they have been
communicated to relatives. The |
heavy loss of officers in proportion to
the men is the story of South Africa |
over again 1t indicates that the of
ficers refused to take cover as they !
insist that the men shall.
The west coast OF Belgium and the
west coast of Northern France are
free from Germans. Many Ameri- |
cans are crossing the channel to the
continent determined to see some
thing of the war at any risk.