Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-26
ADVANCE OF ALLIES
LEFT IS HALTED
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line Of attack, fighting side by side
with British and French troops.
The onrush Of the allies was like
the breaking OF great wave which
had been rolling up since this arm OF
the French and British left won out
and round to the rear of Won Kluck' S
fortified OPPOSITION to the south and
east and east of Noyon. Extremely
violent fighting has taken place be-
tween this encircling army and de-
tachments of the enemy which has
advanced between Somme and the
Disc in the vicinity of ST Quentin.
Enyel0ping Maneuyer Progresses.
Tergnier also is an important rail
road point 1t is situated on tine
Disc, and the French, aided by two
British corps, had been directing an
incessant attack against German
division on the line northward in a
supreme effort to cut General Won
Kluck's communication.
If the French succeed in Destroy
ing this line it will be possible to
split Won Kluck's army from that of
General Won Buelow. This wedge
would hurl Won Buelows army fur
Their to the east and would force Won
Kluck to give battle to the French
who would surround him on three
sides, the north, west and south.
The withdrawal of upwards of
100000 men from the German center
and left to reinforce General Won
Kluck is the most important maneuv-
err thus far revealed to the allies and
4 Il 4,
by railroad in the direction of Cam
brai by way of Liege and Valenci-
ennes.
Additional British troops also have
reached France and have landed at
Ostend and BOlogne, according to
press reports received here from
London. This army will be depended
upon to complete the development OF
the German right wing.
Alternate gains and losses were eX-
perienced by the French right army
during the day. In the Woevre dis
trict the enemy was forced to fall
back in the south.
The French war office summarizes
the situation in the following COM
munication:
'First-On our left wing there has
begun general action of great vio-
lence between those detachments of
our forces that are operating between
the river Somme and the river Disc
and the army corps which the enemy
has grouped in the region around
Tergnier and ST. Quentin.
These army corps have come from
the center of the enemy's line and
others from Lorraine and the Vosges.
These last named corps were trans
ported by rail to Cambria by way of
Liege and Valenciennes. To the north
fthe river Aisne as far as Berry-au-
Bac there has been no change of i'm
portance.
"Second-On the center we have
made progress stO the east of Rheims
In the direction of Berry and Moron
villiers.
Further to the east as far. as the
Argonne region the situation shows
no change. To the east of the Ar
gonne the enemy has not been able
to move out of Varennes. On the
right bank of the river Meuse, the
enemy succeeded in getting footing
, on the heights of the Meuse in the
region of the promontory of Hatton-
chatel and forced in the direction of
st. Michael he bombarded the forts OF
Paroches and Camp des Romans. To
offset this to the south of Verdun we
remain masters of the heights of the
Mouse and our troops moving out OF
Toul advanced until they reached the
region of Beaumont.
"Third-On our right wing, Lor-