New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-02
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FORWARD
NOV :
Germans Pressing
Toward Paris.
ALLIED ARMIES ARE
AGAIN IN RETREAT
French War Office Details Lat
eSt 0nnratinns.

Paris, Sept. 1.-The following Off.
cial statement was issued by the war
office:
'The situation in general is actual.
ly as follows:
"First-In Vosges and in Lorraine,
it must be remembered, our forces,
which had taken the offensive at the
beginning of the operations and driven
the enemy outside of our frontiers,
afterward underwent serious checks.
Before Sarreburg and in the region of
Morhange, where they encountered
very solid defensive works, our forces
were obliged to fall back and to re.
form, one part on Couronne de Nancy
and the other on the French Vosges.
"The Germans then assumed the Of
fensive, but our troops, after having
thrown them back upon their posi-
tons, resumed the offensive two days
ago. This attack continues to make
progress, although slowly. 1t is a
veritable war of sieges, as each posi-
ton occupied is Immediately fortified.
"This explains the slowness of our
advance, which is, nevertheless, char.
acterized each day by fresh local sue
cesses.
Second region of Nancy and
Southern Woevre, since the beginning
of the campaign in this section, be-
tween Metz on the German side and
Toul and Verdun on the French side,
has not been the theater of important
operations.
Check Crown Princes Army.
Third In the direction Of Meuse,
between Verdun and Mezieres, it will
be remembered, the French forces
took the offensive in the beginning to-
wards Longwy, Neufchateau and Pali-
seul. The troops operating in the re-
gion of Spincourt and Longuyon have
been able to check the enemy's army
under the command of the German
crown prince
I'm the regions of Neufchateau and
Paliseul, on the other hand, certain
of our troops have received partial
checks, which obliged them to retire
upon the Mouse without having their
organization broken up. This retiring
movement has compelled the forces
operating in the neighborhood of
Spincourt to withdraw also towards
the Meuse.
During the last few days the enc
my has endeavored to spread out
from the Meuse with, considerable
forces, but by vigorous counter Of
fensive they we're repealed with very
I great losses. In the meantime, fresh
forces of Germans advanced to the dis
trict of Rocroy Tin Ardennes), march
ing in the direction of Rethel Now a
general action is taking place between
the Mouse and Rethel and it is still
impossible to see definitely the issue
of this. >..;ns
| Allies Forced to Retire.
'Fourth-Operations in the North:
The French and British forces orig
inally took up positions in the Dinant
and Charleroi country and at Mons.
They endured several repulses and the
forcing of the Meuse by the Germans
near Givet, upon our flank, compelled
our troops to retire.
"The Germans seek continually to
move toward the west. 1t was under
these conditions that our English al
lies, attacked by the enemy in greatly
superior numbers in the region of LIE
Cateau and Cambria, have withdrawn
toward the SOUTH at the moment that
our forces were operating in the dis
trict of Avesnes and Chimay. The
retiring movement was prolonged dur
ing several days.
I'm the meantime a general battle
took place in the region of st. Quin-
tin and Vervins and at the same time
in the Ham-Peronnes district. This
battle was marked by an important
success by our right, where we have
thrown back the Prussian guard and
/ the Tenth army corps into the Disc.
lowing to the progress of the Ger
man right wing, where our adverse
ries have united their best corps, we
nave Hdu 70 marx new retirement.
German AdmiraI's Son Safe.
| Washington, Sept. Winston
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
through the American embassy at
London requested the state depart
ment to transmit the following mes
sage to Grand Admiral Won Tripitz OF
the German navy through the Ameri-
can ambassador in Berlin: Your son