Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-15
GERMAN RETREAT
HAS LESSENED
Preparing for Determined
Stand Against Allies
Near the Border.
GUNS PROTECT REAR.
Belgians Still .Active-Beiieved in
.Ostend That Kaiser Will Be Forced
to Evacuate Brussels.

London, Sept. 15-The correspon
dent of the Central News at Dieppe
under date of Monday, September Il
transmits report that the German
army under Gen. Won Kluck hae
been forced to surrender.
The correspondent says:
"a report has reached Dieppe thai
the extreme left of the allies, after
making an encircling movement by
way of Roye and Ham and joining
a force from the Boulogne district
has compelled Gen Won Kluck to sur
render with, according to one state
ment, $4,000 men and according to
another statement with 25,00O men,
and a quantity of guns and war mat
erial."
Paris. Sept. l5-Thc retreat OF
the German army has perceptIbly
lcsScned.
Collecting their scattered forces
frrm the northwest the :nr' ''rr>
have strengthened their rorccS n'i''
are preparing for determined
stand against the allies on a line
fifteen to twenty miles from
the borCrr. Heavy artillery is pro
tr.ting the German rear, and c1l'S
ing rr.rft losses to the allie; rs they
advance.
Flushed with their victories OF
the. past six days. the French and and
British troops are pressing the Ger
man columns at every point. N
many cases losing considerable
numbers in their headlong on
slaughts. Everything points now t.
n decisive battle in the very region
from which the invaders drove the
defenders of Paris only week ago
The Germans have made their
stand on a semi-circular line that
takes in st. Quentin. GulSc an'l
Vervins on their right. and then
swings rapidly southward toward
Rrthel and the Aines river lines 20
st. Menehould. The last named
position was yesterday abandoned
by the army under Crown Prime"
Frederick William. On the result
of the battle at this stand. depends
in Il large measure the frtiTc OF th'
German army in France. If th'
allies are able to rout the Kaiser ;
men from their present position
it; is practically assured that the
fight will quickly be carried int
German territory.
IF the invaders can get their lin
es to hold they will have time t,
strengthen the weak spots in then
lines. give their men Il Slight rest
aud resume the offensive. This i:
what the Franco. British forces art
attempting to prevent. but AL ac
counts today showed conclu>iveI>
that the German retreat had bee'
checked. and that the pursuerS wer'
encountering resistance that com
PEELED respect.
The spirit of tile French troops
continues high, and they attack th'
heavily intrenched positions Will
costly disregard for danger
It is motficially announced thai
a large force Of Reinforcement:
was being rushed to the front tt
hurl against the invaders in wha1
may be the crucial battle of th>
campaign,
Antwerp. Sept. l3-The Belgian
forces made another raid on tn,
German lines of communication
yesterday. and are fighting along
a line extending from north ot
lIouvam to the ncighborhood % pt
Malines. g..s ,s,r ~.
1t is not believed TO be the in
tention of the Bclgians to make am,
determined stand. hut merely f
inhict as much damage as possih!,
on the Germans and then retraa
again to the cover of the outer Ant
werp defenses.
The dykes along the Scheldt riv
er have all been cut. and the low
lands are flooded i'll anticipation o
another attempt OH the part Of tn