Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-11
Germans by No Means Defeat
ed, as TeIegraphic Error
First Indicated.
REINFORCED, THEY MAY
RESUME THE OFFENSIVE
Russian Successes in GaIicia
Are Now Believed to Have
Been Exaggerated.
BY the Associated Press.

ing claims in official communications
! issued at the headquarters of the
forces opposing each other so fierce
ly in the several battle zones, empha-
size the prudence of the advice in
the latest French communication
against drawing inferences from
phases of the struggle before a de-
cisive result is attained.
The key to the ultimate outcome of
what perhaps will be the greatest
battle in history, still raging on the
plains of Champagne, to the east of
Paris, lies in the centre. For five
days the tide of battle there has
ebbed and flowed, bearing Germans
and French alternately on it's crest,
with terrific losses on both sides, but
without permanent advantage to
either side.
The Germans still appear to be
making headlong efforts to drive their
wedge into the French line at a
point to the south of Nerdun and the
already large army under Grown
Prince Frederick William has been
reinforced with the object of push
ing home this attack, the result of
which is conceded to be of extreme
! Importance.
Error Spelled Defeat for Retirement.
On the German right wing, where
! the troops of Emperor William are
! opposed to the British forces, Ger
many officially admits retirement,
but not defeat, as was first reported,
| because of telegraphic errors in the
! transmission of messages.
The renewal of activity oh the part
OF the Belgian army seems to be a
fact, but up to the present time it
has not gone beyond marrying the
small forces of German reservists
left behind when the army of occu-
patton was sent TO the battlefields
to the east of Paris
| From the extreme right of the
| French line comes Il report that bat
tIe-scarred Muelhausen has again
| fallen to the possession of France. IL
| this is true ii will be the fifth or
/ sixth time that this Alsatian town
has changed hands in the present
| war.
Russians are Driven Back.
On the eastern fed of battle the
Russians appear to have been driven
back into East. Prussia, but accord
! ing to Petrograd advices they cor
! tirue to punish the Austrians. The
latest intelligence from Berlin indi-
Gates that General yon Beneckendorff
und Won Hindnburg has gained an
an important success in East Prussia.
According to this version. the Rus
slams are in full retreat with the
Germans in close pursuit. The Rus
sian version is that their advance de-
tachments are falling back, but hold
ing.
The German naval activity in the
Baltic sea is watched with much in
terest here, but the report that there
| has been an engagement between
German and Russian squadrons oft
tn Aland Islands is denied. This
| probably arose from the sinking by a
German torpedo boat of the Rus
sian merchant steamer Uleaborg, in
| this region.
Turkeys Attitude Has Been Decided.
The attitude of Turkey, which has
been subject of paramount anxiety
to the foreign offices of Europe, seems
to have been decided for her benefit,
! and it Is true that Roumania, Greece
| and Bulgaria have agreed to prevent
| Ottoman Intervention on behalf of
! Germany and Austria. The allies
| have been working strenuously to
this end.
message received here from Co
penbagen says that the condition Of
! Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia,
second cousin of Emperor William,
who received a bullet through the
! thigh. is still serious.
| A careful scrutiny of the news from
/ France and Germany leads English
observers to the conclusion that both
sides are still operating to the east
of Paris on "A huge scale but without
that impetuosity which characterized
the first month of the war. Enough
| damage already has been inflicted TO
give the antagonists a wholesome re-
spect for the hitting power of each
other.
Battle Array May be Intact.
Laconic official announcements de-
clare that the Germans have been
driven back thirty-six to forty-seven
miles from the line they had reached
| to the east of Paris, but no indication
| is given of the breaking of the pow
erful battle array which swept
through Belgium and northern
France. Berlin admits that its forces
! have retired before the attack of the
allies. but the invaders have been
strengthened by the arrival of fresh
troops from Belgium and they may
resume the offensive. The allies are
also said to be preparing for German
reinforcements by bringing up re-
serves.
| French offensive is not unexpect-
| ed by German military experts, as
| the French lines occupy ground that
! tas been used for many years for
| maneuvres, consequently every inch
| of il is known to the French officers.
| There are Indications here that the
reported extremity of the Austrian
forces in Galicia is exaggerated. The
Russians apparently have halted their
attack either because of exhaustion
or because the Austrian and German
| forces were found to be unexpectedly
strong.
Russia waiting for Winter?
On the East Prussian front neither
side seems to have been able to hold
it's position. There is a possibility,
| however, that Russia is awaiting the
advent of winter, which will freze the
marshes, before making a serious at
! tack in this direction. Germany has
| about 100000 men along the East
Prussian border, and will doubtless
/ make a stubborn stand to prevent
! the opening of the most direct road
| to Berlin
Nish reports the capture of the
Austrian stronghold of Semlin. If
this is confirmed it means that Bel
grade is relieved from investment
after stuhbornly resisting an AUS
trian bombardment since the begin.
ming Of the war.