Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
Enemy Given No Respite.

as sOOn as the last German soioieFS h1o
withdrawn. which was expected Tues
day night
Enemy Given No Respite.
THE allies left wing is giving the
retiring enemy no respite, the British
cavalry >being especially active. The
allies are making every effort to de-
tach the harried German right wing
from the main body and annihilate It
I'm an effort to prevent this the Ger
man COMMANDER seems to be directing
the rea4ward march upon Cambria and
journal evidently with the Intention
OF attempting to repass the Began Dor
der east Of Lille.
Zach instant the rearward progress
of the Germans is gaining momentum.
Is it the beginning Of the end?
A Reuter- dispatch from Antwerp
says that an olncial munication is
sued there refers to an oruer by Gen.
Joure September I. in which he alludes
10 the Impotence of his troops and
says: This is no longer the moment
to look behind. but the time has come
and to defend the ground resained.
at any cost
a Central News dispatch concerning the
occupat. on OF Rheims. coming by way Of
amsterdam, says:
THE Germans were In doubt whether
troll first entered the town. The mayor
vas he'd hostage Tor the safety of the
German troops. The following day the
main German forces advanced into the
town with their bands playing"
German Losses Said to Be Great.
PARIS. September s.-Accounts Of
wounded soldiers who reached Paris in
dictate that the result Of the lighting in
h.u r0
favorable for the allies than at iIst
supposed. They say the German losses
m killed were enormous, and that a
sreat number of prisoners were taken.
one Frenen officer estimates the prison.
ers at 10000.
The Champagne district includes parts
CT the &c. ,.-.-.i.S .sAdA 4ie, u>u..eS,
AuDe ana Haute-Malne.
A sergeant of infantry. wounded in The
engagement near La Ferte-Gauvher.
says:
evening. Saturday night We received an
order To retire, but during the night ad-
vanced again and took u position on re
hillside. Early Sunday m~rnlng the
enemy tried to turn our left. We were
o:dei ed to ho.d them until the troops
around Meaux had pushed back the Ger
mans there.
Enemy Begins to Retire.
cat noon the enemy commenced to re-
tire in disorder toward the east They
raj ied however. to the north Of Laferte-
Gaucher. where the engagement contin-
ned all night Monday morning the enemy
weakened again and fled. We pursued
them twenty miles. keeping up steady
fire that worked havoc in tIe German
nks. while not shot was fired ON their
side.
we succeeded in cuttil 6 off detach-
ment and captured seven cannon. two
machine guns and many pr suners. One
sergeant OF infantry admitted that his
men had scarce.y any ammunition. d
had been ordered to economic II to the
utmost limit possible. We learned a ter
ward that an order Of the day had been
read to the trools, announcing six or
seven great days for France
Germans Appear Tired.
An infantry officer, wounded north Of
Meaux, said that the Germans seemed
to be tired out. He counted 800 dead
In a single trench. The French infan-
try charged, as at Charleroi. against
machine guns, and, In spite Of strong
positions, broke the enemy's line. The
retreat of the Germans was precf =
tate. They seemed to lack ammuni-
ton.
Municipal Councillor Dansset has just
lagos in the vicinity Of Coulommiers In
the department of Seine ct Marine, some
of which the Germans had evacuted
shortly before. According to the coun-
cilor, the people said the Gem ms y
peared to be completely exhausted. evil
IDENTIFY having been marching continu-
ously for several days.
They broke open doors Of empty
houses" M Dansset sad but res &c
cd the inhabited ones. They molested
nobody, but seized all the provisions
they were able to find All the officers
spoke French"