The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-11
Briton's Determination to Fight it Out
to the Bitter End is Evidence by
Additional Call For Half a Million
Men.
Whole Nation is Cheered by the Bril-
liant Work of the English Troops
Who Have Lost $4,000 in French
Campaign.

London, Sept. 10.-11 p.m.-The cru
cial battle OF the war in France has
NOT reached any decisive result.
Fie d Marshal Sir John French, com
mander of the British forces, report
ed today that the Germans had been
driven back along the line; that the
British had crossed the river Marne;
that the Germans had suffered Sc.
yerely and that their men were sup
posed to be in an extremely exhaust
ed condition.
Notwithstanding this report, mill,
tary experts do not rush to sweeping
conclusions.
Military writer's in the London pa
pers repeat that from the conserva-
tive terms OF the French official
statement yesterday it Is too early TO
anticipate the result of a battle ex.
tending over a front of nearly a hun.
dred miles. Three million men is the
number estimated to be engaged act
lively and as reserves, and three great
battles at least are in progress.
Probably the fiercest strugge is
against the French center between
rheims and Verdun while the Brit
ish army is contesting the second
hard fought engagement against the
German right The Germans are be
leved to be still attacking the French
right from Verdun to Nancy
Lesser fighting is in progress in
Alsace, from which province the Ger
mans appear to have drawn away
part Of their army and the French are
taking advantage of this opening
The great battle may continue fol
days. whcn it is remembered that
smaller operations in Manchuria, in
which hundreds of thousands only
We're concerned, lasted a fortnight.
The German western armies have
been fighting almost continuously for
25 days and until the last phase Of
the campaign. on the offensive. Field
Marshal French's view that they are
becoming exhausted finds ready ere
dence among mi itary experts here.
A German official wire 'ess dispatch
tonight says that no report has been
made public in Berlin of events IL
France for the past three days
From Holland comes the news that
10000 German reinforcements are
marching south. These troops may
have an affect on the tide Of battle
but there Is reason to believe the al
lied armies also are receiving a coun
ter BALANCING accession of strength.
That the German navy has not beer
without enterprise is revealed in the
admiralty announcement today that
the British cruiser Pathfinder was de
stroyed by a German submarine, not
hv a mine as was at first supposed.
TIE German craft. which ventured SC
far from it's base is biven credit for
it's enterprise.
Another mine disaster, the victim
of which was the tramp steamer OF
tawa. has been added to the list and
The advisability of closing the North
sea to merchant shipping is being dis
cussed.
Both England and Germany would
suffer through strangu alton of their
trade, England losing food supplies
from scandinavian countries, wAil7
Holland promised to be Germany''
principal avenue of commerce with
the outer world.
That the Germans are concentrat
ing their strength against the main
French front appears to be confirmed
by reports which have arrived
through Holland. Most of the troops
left in Belgium are said to be men
past the prime of life, of the land
strum, while 10000 or 10000 naval re-
serves are marching in to replace the
depleted garrisons.
An Ostend message says the Bel
gian army at Antwerp has taken the
aggressive and has driven the Ger
mans back to the environs of Lou
vain. Another message says the Bel