The Penn's Grove record., 1914-09-18

London.-Trapped in the forests OIL
Argonne by the French forces the
magnificent army Of Crown Prince
Frederick William, the flower OF he
German troops, cut its way out and
escaped northeast over the River Are
toward the frontier, whence 1t came
as an invading force two weeks be-
fore.
The armies of Generals Won Kluk
and Won Buelow, in fact all OF the
one-time invading German host,
also fought their way in the direction
of the Belgian border, hotly pursued
by the allied armies.
1t was stated by the British War
Office that as a result of the fierce
ness of the French assault in force
the Crown Prince had been compelled
to remove his headquarters from st.
Menhould, on the main highway %
miles southwest of Verdun, to Mont
faucon, which is II miles northwest
of Verdun.
The official communication issued
at II p. M, at Paris follows:
"On our left wing we have over
taken the rear guard and even the
main army of the enemy. Our troops
have reoccupied Amiens, which has
been abandoned by the German
forces. The enemy appears to be Of
fering resistance on the line of the
Rive Aisne.
"In the center the enemy appears
also to be preparing to resist our
forces. On the hills northwest and
north of Rheims, between the Argonne
and the Mouse the enemy continues
to fall back.
"Our right wing in the Woevre dis
trict has succeeded in relieving the
fort of Troyon, which had been vio-
lently attacked on several occasions
during the last few days.
'In Lorraine our pursuing forces
are holding their own against the
Germans. The morale and sanitary
conditions of our army continues to
be excellent"
Following the receipt of a number
of reports from General Joffre de-
failing conditions at the front, Min
lister of War Millerand at Bordeaux
declared that he did not expect the
Germans would be able to establish
a real Line of resistance in France.
Their defeat in the battle of the
Marine was so complete, he said, that
it would be very hard for the Ger
mans to prevent a complete disaster
to at least a part of their forces.
The "torrential rains have trans
formed the lines of retreat at many
points into veritable quagmires.
AS a result many Of the German
heavy guns have had to be aban-
doned.
Only guns which are drawn by trac-
ton engines and automobiles have
been saved, as the others have sunk
SO deep into the roadsides that horses
cannot move them.
The armies of General Won Hansen
and that of the Prince of Wurtem-
berg, which made heroic efforts to
pierce the French center, only to be
defeated finally with heavy loss, NOV
ed toward Rethel, where lines of in
trenchments have been constructed.
Broadly speaking, the German line
to the northeast of Paris has been
driven back by the Allies about half
way to the Belgian frontier. They ex-
tend from a point north of Amiens
to the Argonne region, and are from
sixty to eighty miles distant from
Paris, and about an equal distance
from the boundary line of Belgium.
Military observers foresee all kinds
Of perplexing possibilities in the event
the Germans regain the positions
they held before they started the rush
Of 100000 men OF Paris, particularly
should they succeed in taking back
any large proportion of their forces.
"Tnc~ontestable" is the adjective
used by Gen. Joffre, commander-in-
chief of the French forces, in describ-
ing the victory claimed by the Allies
along the western battlefront. The
latest official communication from
Paris indicates that the advance is
continuing all along the line, with the