Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-16
German General Staff An
nounces Allies Have Won
But Single Victory
CONFIDENT OF RESULT
Admiral Mas and Baron Won
Madison Among Those Lost
in HeIigoIand Battle.

BERLIN, Sept, 16.-(WIRELESs
VIA SAYVIlLE, L. L)-GERMAN
PROSPECTS IN THE BATTLE IN
THE MARINE REGION ARE STILL
CHARACTERIZED IN BERLIN AS
FAVORABLE. NOWHERE ALONG
THE LINE OF BATTLE HAVE THE
ALLIES WON A VICTORY, SAYS
THE GENERAL STAFF, ADDING
THAT NO DECISIVE RESULT is
PROBABLE FOR SOME TIME.
LONDON, SEPT. 10 EVENING"
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT SAYS:
THE GENERAL POSITION ALONG
THE AISNE RIVER CONTINUES
VERY FAVORABLE. THE ENEMY'S
LOSS WAS VERY HEAVY. WE
HAVE TAKEN 200 PRISONERS"
Paris, Sept. 16. afternoon.-An Off
cial announcement states the German
army is fighting a defensive battle
along its front from Noyon TO a point
north of Verdun. t-r-.--
This would indicate a battle front of
10 miles, with the extreme west at a
point 90 miles northeast of Paris
Berlin, Sept 16. Cvia Copenhagen
and London).-The German general
staff today announced the situation on
the west front is still favorable" 1t
declares the French and English have
at no place on the whole front won a
victory, and that Germans can look
with confidence to the outcome.
No detailed account of the sinking
of the cruiser Hela was given out. 1t
was merely stated that 172 of the 1s1
members of the crew were saved by
German ships in the vicinity.
Among those lost in the previous
battle near Heligoland were Admiral
Mas. commander of the second scout
ing division, and Baron Won Madison,
navigation officer of the cruiser Koeln,
who served a long time on the cruiser
Bremen while she was on the Ameri-
can station. He had many friends in
the United States.
Commander Won Retzmann, formerly
naval attache at Washington, comman-
der of the cruiser Strassburg was in
this engagement.
Crown Prince in Danger?
London, Sept. 16.-The center of in
terest in the western theatre of war
has shifted from the right wing of the
German army under General Won
Kluck, to the left wing, where the re-
lief of Troyon by the French is re-
garded in London as leaving the army
of the German crown prince apparent
ly in a dangerous position. The French
have retaken Rheims, but this is of
greater moral than strategical value, |
for the line to the northeast of this |
town provides better defensive posi- |
ton for the Germans than does the /
front marked by Rheims itself.
According to Berlin advices the i'm |
patience of the German people for |
news has been soothed to a certain ex-
tent by the reassuring statement that |
the German line is holding successful !
Iy against the allies. This information |
agrees with news received the last "a |
hours. with the exception of that re-
garding the German left. This wing /
appears not only to have withdrawn
from the investment of Verdun, but. by
permitting the relief of Troyon u
miles southeast of Verdun, TO have
left itself only one line of retreat.
This, through Stenay gap. TO reach
or by way of Long
luEs 10 L
en.) If the allies are able to prevent
the crown prince using Metz as a base
1f operation, IL is felt in London that
The German left wing will be in a
serious situation, as was its right last
week
Russians Free to Advance.
Expert military observers at Petro-
grad declare the Russian investment
If Koenigsberg and General Rennen-
foray into east Prussia was TO
compel Germany TO detach some of her
lorces from France to the relief OF
he east Prussian frontier. With this
accomplished IL is predict
ID in England the Russian investment
II Koenigsburg, together with Rennen-
lampffs army, will be withdrawn
within the Russian border. 1t 1t be
rue that the Germans ally in Galicia
las retired within a fortified triangle
dominated By Prymysl, the infeI-