The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-14
kAiSER'S FORCES
BACK TO BELGIUM

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The or onicial comment today was.
the allies were keeping in contact
with the enemy and had crossed the
river Aisne. Tho whereabouts Of the
Germans was not revealed, but it is
evident that they do not intend to
make a stand on the line from Rheims
to scissors, and it is hardly likely, it
is thought here. that they will halt
the retreat before reaching Belgium.
They have already made two-thirds of
the distance from PrOvins in the De-
partment Ct ~~tne-El-Marne to the
frontier
The heavy rains of Saturday and
Sunday are not likely to facilitate the
movement of the famous 42O milli-
metre mortars that were to reduce
Paris. and which. require forty horses
to draw them. The armies of Cen
erals Won Hansen and the Prince of
Wurtemberg which constituted the
center seemed to be headed toward
Rether and Mezieres, though part of
this force is reported as still resisting
at the south end of the Forest of the
Argonne. 1t il reported that the
armies of the crown prince, the
Prince of Bavaria and Gen. Won Heer-
inge1 have been forced across the
frontier and that the entire territory
French Lorraine has been liberated.
This disposition of the German
armies. If confirmed, makes another
concentration in France. as suggested
by certain critics. impossible. 1t
leaves Generals Won Kluck and Won
Buelow holly pursued by the allies
men. OF. the left and without hope of
reinforcement except perhaps from
the sixty thousand troops which &C.
cupy Belgium.
The latest news from Antwerp
shows these are likely to be needed
there to stand off the offensive move
ment taken by King Albert's army.
Taken altogether the situation here is
,..wed with equanimity and the gov
eminent is busying itself with ways
and means for reviving trade and
commerce.
Victory Is ssIncontestablc''
London, Sept. 14.-'Incontestable'' IS
the adjective used by General Joffre,
commander in chief of French forces,
in describing the victory claimed by the
allies along the western battle front.
The latest official communication from
Paris indicates the advance Is con-
tinuing all along the line with the allies
left wing, now across the River Atsne.
French Onicial Report.
Washington, Sept. 14.-Oficial dis
patches today to the French embassy
from Bordeaux elaborate upon previ-
GUS reports of the victorious advance
of the allies.
General Joffre tells the government
our victory is becoming more and
more complete and brilliant" says the
report. The enemy is in fun retreat
and Is abandoning prisoners, wounded
and guns and ammunition. After an
heroic effort during the formula BILE
battle that lasted from the 5th to the
I0 To- r{v>rr =.
in way unparalleled to its extension
and it's intensity.
ION our left we have crossed the
river sAinse- below Soissops. Valen-
ciennes and Arniens have been evacu-
ated. At the center our army is north
of the river Marine in Argonne. The
enemy left Reitigny but still holds
IN the east we have occupied st.
Die, Raon, Leep, Luneville and Re-
mezenville.
In Galcia, the battle begun II
days ago has ended with a great Rug
sian victory. Austrians are with
drawing on the whole front"
Battle of the Ages.
London, Sept. 14.-The first stage If
the battle of the Marine, which from the
extent of the line Of battle and the ter
r1flc slaughter, is perhaps correctly ce-
scribed as 1.-The battle of the ages" ap-
pears to have been won by the French
ana British armies. but the main Ger
man army Is still intact and the SUI
preme clash is still to come.
The present week may see even more
desperate encounters than any which
have yet been. Metz. the capital Of
Lorraine. and the chain of forts thence
to Diedenhofen, on the Moselle. II
miles north of Metz, form a strong
pivot for the German left while the
river courses and the dense forests on
the frontier, together with the strategic
roads. give the German army of in
vasion, now in retreat a splendid oppor-
tunlty Tor defensive action. should the
French pursuit extend this far
Military observers foresee all kinds
OF perplexing possibilities in the event
OF the Germans regaining the positions
they held before they started the rush
of 100000 men on Paris, particularly
should they succeed in taking back any
large portion Of their losses.