The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-09-17

ent general direction the allied armies
Will be forced to face the strong Ger
man Notifications along the Rhine and
the Moselle.
1t Is officially reported that a new
German army has started on its march
OF relief. 1t Is commanded by General
Won Boehn and consists Of three or
four corps. numbering from 100000 to
10000 men. This army has appeared
In Belgium in the vicinity Of Renaix,
which would seem to indicate that it's
program Is to strengthen the German
right wing army of the crown prince
and prevent the cutting Of the lines of
communication to his rear
Won kluck Retreats Seventy Miles.
The army of General Won Kluck, the
disastrously defeated German right
has been forced back until their lost
ground now covers nearly seventy
miles. This army has marched 500
miles In the past month, most Of the
distance under fire, and is almost COM
pletely exhausted.
In the center the Germans had pre-
pared a line Of defense between Com
piegRe and scissors, to the north of
the Marine. in the hope of checking the
allies advance, but they have been
forced to abandon.
The detachment at Amiens has re-
tired on a line from Peronne to ST.
Quentin, evacuating Valenciennes in
the operation. 1t may be that the Ger
mans now will attempt to establish a
line of defense from Peronne through
st. Quentin to the Argonnes.
The retreating German armies now
form line from north of Laon, south
east to the lower extremity of the for
est OF Argonne, then northeast to the
northward of Verdun and continuing
In a northerly direction to point
above and east of Nancy and Lune-
vile.
The attack upon Verdun probably
will be lifted within few hours, fer
the French troops which were with
drawn apparently without regard for
from the right wing and
the left center in order to hurl back
the combined attack of the German
armies at Vitry, now are being rushed
to the relief of Verdun.
Battle in Vosges.
The German retreat probably lies
Charleyille and Mezierres,
and it is improbable that a point of re-
sistance against the French will be
chosen in France, because the big
army Of the defenders which hurled
the Germans back at Nancy and Lune-
vile is now in position to move for
ward and intercept the line to the
south of Belgium and to Luxembourg.
1t Is reported that the army of Cen
eral Won Kluck and part of that of Won
Buelow from the territory north of
Laon is headed for the line between
Givet and Namur. General Won
Hausens' forces with part of the army
of the prince of Wurtemburg is be-
leved to be retiring toward Bethel,
while the army of Crown Prince Fred
erick William and that of Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, with the
troops under General Heeringen, are
generally in a northern di-
rection.
The forces under General Heeringen
are reported to have failed in their
effort to pierce the outer works of the
defenses at Epinal, in the Vosges
passes, and to have become engaged in
a conflict which has for its battle front
a line from Girommy to Altkirch, 20
miles from BeIfort Russians to the
number of 10000 to 100000 are re-
ported to have landed at Ostend to re-
enforce the allies. They were brought
from England in AZ transports and are
reported to be moving southeast to
attack the German right wing Uncon.
frmed reports tell also of the landing
of Russian troops at Havre and Bou-
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