The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-09-02
CHECK
Are Now SO Miles
From Paris.
ARMIES AGAIN BATTLE
Invaders Said to Have Asked
For an Armistice
LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS
Another AeropIane Drops Bombs
on Paris.
Another AeropIane Drops Bombs
on Paris.

Paris. Sept. "A German mono
plane dropped two more bombs In IN
streets of Paris. The machine was ois
covered while circling above the BAN
Of France.
A sentry at the foot Of Column
Place fired at 1t, and other eentrle
also discharged their rifles at the ma
chine. They were unsuccessful In MI
ting the aeroplane because OF the I'm
mense height at which it was flying.
Well founded, though unofficial, Re
ports are current in Paris that TN
French have checked the German az
vance on the north.
A chauffeur attached to the French
general staff arrived In Paris IRON
Disc and made the following state
ment:
snThe advance of the Germans hai
been checked by their terrible losses
during the past few days. They ever
asked for an armistice to bury thet
dead"
Allies Position Good.
The position of the allied armies
according to the opinion Of Frenci
military experts, is good. The Ger
mans, 1t is pointed out, are attempting
q movement which, II 1t fails, will
leave them in a dangerous situation
with their troops exhausted. The Brit
ish army, fresh and rested, Is about Il
engage the extreme German right and
to support the French, who have beer
retiring slowly for several days.
Several persons who have arrivet
IN Paris from northern towns declared
that they were much impressed b!
what they saw on the way. No Germani
were observed, but the preparation
OF the allies for q defensive fight fllet
them with confidence.
Nevertheless, the advance OF Ger
man scouts to Beauvais, which is only
thirty-eight miles, in an air line, nortf
Of Paris, and fifty-four miles by rail-
h causing disquiet.
The strides made by the German
right wing In the battle that has beer
faa4ne Ger .wenty-four hours Is only
partly admitted in an oficial commu
nication issued, which says:
ION our left the Germans have
gained some ground. In the centel
the fortunes of battle have not beer
decided. There has been no change
In the situation there. I'm Lorraine we
have gained new advantages"
"Our line is holding out like bull
dog In the CENTER" said Minister Of
War Millerand, as he left his office ar
ter 4 conference with General Gal
lieni, military governor of Paris.
French Rush Fresh Troops to Front.
Fresh troops reached the French
front. Most of these were sent to the
center.
4 member of the chamber OF depu
ties for one Of the northern depart
ments of France, who came to Paris
says there are no Germans at Lille
Roubaix or Tourcoing. These towns
are in the department of Du Nord, and
al within twenty miles Of the Belgian
frontier. Dispatches last week said
that they had been occupied by Ger
man troops.
Omcial announcement is made thai
the minister of war has decided to
call out Immediately all the reservista
In the country who have not been
previously called to the colors.
The allied movement is described
- the wearing down" policy on the
part of the allied armies, and 1t Il
claimed that the losses Of the attack
ing forces have been enormously
greater than have those of the de
tenders.
French reports alone are available
thus far and nothing Is reaching thu
public in London to enable even ad
mitted esxperts to form an opinion oil
their real value.
German Flower Fighting.
The heaviest fighting appears to BIZ
taking place along . line from Pc
roinne. in the department of Somme
to Vervins, In the department Of
Aisne. There the flower of Emperor
Williams army Is trying to pierce the
British defense. Further to the cas-
the forces of the German crown prince
still are attacking the French in the
region about Kezieres, the capital o,
the department Of Ardennes.
The only points where the French
claim to have Famed successes are IL
the Vosges mountains and in Lor
raine. where the Germans are said t.
b In retreat
The statement that Emperor william
has gone to the Russian front cannot
- yet be confirmed.
Independent views of the fierce
lighting now going on In East Prussia
md In Galicia are entirely lacking, so
It II q case of one taking his choice
between the Germans, Austrian and
versions Of the battles.
A German troop train has been
blown up in southern Belgium, &C
cording to a news agency dispatch re.
ceived from Ostend, and many soldiers
are reported killed.
A dispatch from Antwerp says that
reports have been received of the de-
Btruction by the French General Pau
u two German cavalry divisions near
Perrone, east of Amiens. The date OF
this engagement is not given.
Three German spies arrested within
the French lines south of Amiens
were mobbed when they we're brought
10 Paris. The squad of soldiers guard
Ing them had great difficulty in driv.
|ng back the frenzied crowd of men
md women that shouted death to the
Dpies!" and tried to wrest the prison
M from their captors at the Care du
Nord.
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