The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-09-04
VICTORY
IS REPORTED.
Gen. Pau Said TO Have Defeat
ed Army Of $4,000
Germans.
kaiser's Forces Now 65 Miles
From Paris.

Taken at its face value. the French
Official announcement issued Monday
afternoon, which mentions that the
progress of the German right wing has
forced the Allies to yield further
ground, would seem to indicate that
the Germans, Notwithstanding re-
pulses, are making daily advapces to-
ward Paris.
The statement Sunday of Field
Marshal Sir John French, commander
of the British troops, however. spoke
Of fighting on the French left, but this,
according to one report, resulted in
the German right being slightly
turned.
The Austrian invasion of Russia in
the Lublin district. which aroused the
apprehension of the Allies. has, IL Rus
sian dispatches are to be relied upon,
been blocked and the Muscovites claim
to have turned the Russian defensive
into an offensive action. There is no
confirmation OF the report that the
Russians are in Koenigsberg.
If silence means that there is moth
ing doing, Sir John French's state
ment that the British had not been
molested since Wednesday still holds
good. Nothing is known by the pub
lie in London of new lighting either in
Northern or Eastern France
From Canada. India. Australia and
South Africa the British Army front
viii soon receive large reinforcements.
Some of these troops are reported al
ready to have landed in France.
In England the recruiting fever has
not abated At Liverpool battalion
of 1000 business men was filed within
an hour. and there was such an over
flow that 1t was decided to enroll
second battalion
The British Government has started
negotiations, through the American
Consul at Berlin. for an exchange with
Germany and Austria of non-combat-
ant prisoners.
FRENCH VICTORY REPORTED.
London.-An Antwerp dispatch to
the Reuters Telegram Company says.
1T is reported here that General
Pau has won brilliant victory over
$4,000 Germans near Peronnes, in the
Department of Somne."
The Germans have thrown forward
tremendous forces of fresh troops.
along the 95-mile line extending from
viIlers, in the Department of the
Somme to Montherme. in the Depart
ment of Ardennes. Also the Kaiser's
forces hammering against the Allies
center have attained alternate sue
cesses with the French and British,
and on the left of the Allies line for
tune has turned in favor of the in
vaders, the Anglo-French defenders
being compelled to give ground.
On the other hand the right wing
of the Allies has taken the offensive
vigorously and the enemy is retiring
before the determined advance.
An official statement from. the War
once says: "The Allies are holding
their own. AS yet our armies. not
a few incontestable
checks, remain intact.
The Germans are only about SIS miles
from Paris, but the Allies still hold
Ostend, from which point British re-
for the Belgians may
still fall on the rear of the Germans.
With the Allies holding and the Ger
man force isolated from its main sup
ports and increasing the distance from
Its base with advance. the projecting
Of these trained fresh British troops
Into the conflict in the rear of the
Germans cannot but. have discon-
certing effect
In addition to this, France has called
100000 additional reserves to active
and they win be ready to take
their places on the line within a few
days.
RUSSIA REPORTS NEW VICTORIES
London.-The Russian Embassy is
IN receipt of kilograms from the Gen.
aral Stzff at st. Petersburg which an
nounce fresh Russian victories against
both Germany and Austria.
These messages declare that Rus
sian troops now occupy the whole of
he eastern and southern half Of East I
Prussia.
An official telegram received in Lon
lay declares that fresh forces Of Ger
mans have made their appearance on
he Prussian frontier and that at some
points they are taking the offensive
against the Russians.
Recent reports from Belgium have
old of the movement of German
roop trains east. indicating that the
German General staff was withdraw
ng certain forces from their western
ront to reinforce the German and
AUSTRIAN Armies in East Prussia and
salicia. Berlin and st. Petersburg
eports agree that there has been ter
ific lighting in those districts for sew
raj days.