New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-09
Defenders Gain Ground All Along Line OF
Ourcq and Petit NORM Rivers
British Advance Ten Miles.
CENTRE MOVES FORWARD AND BACK
"WiI Give You Twenty-FOur Hours TO Leave
France" Allies Reply to Request for Armis-
tiCe TO Bury Dead.

London Sept S-The British official press bureau issued
the following announcement tonight:
The general position continues satisfactory The allies
gaining ground their left all along the line of the owcq and
Petit MORN rivers British have driven the enemy back ten
miles
Fighting has progress further the right along the
line which includes Montma and Sompui neither side gaining
advantage
Further the right again. from VtyeFrancOia to Ser
the enemy has been pressed back the direction
of Rheims.
been repuIsed
Pressure against the enemy continues all along the allied
fronts The British has been engaged all day. but the
opposed it. after stubborn resistance retired and crossing
to the north of the Marne.
Fifth French army has advanced with equal success and
reports many captures.
The Sixth French army, the Oucq has been heavily
gagged but here also the enemy has been driven back
The German army has suffered severely along the whole
ne the advance having been resoIutely pushed home
The British force has again sustained casualties but
the number small in relation to the nature of the fighting
The result of the days operations up the present
very satisfactory"
Paris Sept 8, IL :55 p. m.-An official communication is
sued tonight by the French War Office says:
"The left fright? wing of the German forces, in their
nen of retreat having the Petit MORN River with view
to protecting communications have made violent but
cessfu attacks against part of forces occupying the right
bank of the River Owcq
"Our English allies continuing their offensive tactics in
the direction of the Mae the heights the north of Sezanne
"Ou troops progressing avoraby though IabOrOuy
"On our right wing the good before Nancy and in
the VOsges
"a engagement has been fought in the centre, with
alternative advancing and falling back"
An earlier official communication to-day said that the left
wing of the allied armies continued to advance along line from
the banks of the Ourcq region of Monma and that the
Germans retiring the direction of the Marne River between
Meaux and Sezanne. The of the follows:
The left wing of the allied armies comprising certain por-
ions of the defending Paris continues to make prcg
ress against the enemy.
The French advance reaches from the banks of the River
Ourco into the Monma region (MOnhnhai about fortyght
miles east of Paris)
The enemy retiring the direction of the River Marne be-
tween Meaux Twenty miles east of Par and Sezanne foytwO
miles east from Meaux).
The French and the English armies have taken
including battalion of infantry and company serving
detachment rapid FIRE guns; they captured also many
riages.
There have violent with the enemy the
centre between FereChAmPenoe twelve miles east of Sezanne
and VyeFranco southern point of the forest of Argonne
(Vitryle-Franco twenty-Seven miles east of FereChsm-
penoise.)
no place have fallen back the enemy has lost ground
The reported retiring of the enemy VtyleFrancos
has been confirmed.
"on right division of German troops delivered al