The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-16
TAKE Up POSITIONS
!. TO STOP ADVANCE
OF ALLIED ARMIES
Germans Halt in Their Re-
treat and Make Stand on
River Aisne.
COHESION is MAINTAINED
DESPITE HEAVY LOSSES
Striving to Present Solid Front
When Time Comes for
Another Clash.
BETTER CHANCES FOR DEFENSE
Next Combat Will BE Fully as Inl-
pOrtant as Battle of the
Marne.
BETTER CHANCES FOR DEFENSE
Next Combat Will BE Fully as Ini-
portant as Battle Of the
Marne.
Seek to Maintain
Undivided Front

a French official statement mikes
brief mention OF the fact that tho
allied armies are in close touch with
the Germans north OF the Riyrr
Aisne. and In the neirhhorhood or
Rhetms. In this territory General
Won Nluck's army apparently l.,
making rendy for stand. while tho
other German armies under Von
Bueiow, Won IinMs1n, the Crown
Prince and the Duke of Wurtt~ni-
burg, are falling back, and In doing
undivided front.
The French War Department de-
nies that the Crown Prince has bom-
hnrded Ncrdun, and adds that only
Fort TrOyOn, which does not E,.lOn-
to Ncrdun's defenscs, has been nj
lievcd.
The British onicInI press tureuu
gives out "a statement ON authority
OF Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. replying to u COM
municntion issued to the press by
the Imperial German ChnncellOr. The
statement is based on the German
Chnnceilor's question us to whether
england would huvc interfcred to
protect bSiEtufn'S freedom aguir,St
Frnncc, md The answer given is that
England would unIucstiOnabIy have
done s0.
President Poincarc md Empcror
Nicholas, of Russin, have EXCHANGED
tcicGrnn's OF rclicitntious ON the Vie
tories credited to Frcnch and Rus-
sian arms.
Russian official reports npnouncc
thnt no hEhtinS hns occurred In the
insf twenty-tOur hOIrs Ia East
rrusHin. and thnt the RusHimu troops.
utificUlt position, are awaiting. fI.r-
thcr movements.
From Berlin comes thc announce
ment thnt the efforts OF l'rcurI,
troops to break through the ri.,t
wing of the German western arm,
hnvc been rcpuiscd, after heavy
nShtihS. bcriin also announces that
the AUSTRIAN troops have rrpui.ed
the SerNinns ali along the line cf
the River Save.
Onc who fell on the British side
III the recent liz hitting. WIS isri,;:,Cirr-
General Neil Douglas Ftudi.is. cont
Ii;anicr Of the first DIVISION, Royal
Artillery. who gained IL reputation
for bravery in the south African
War.
a Rome dispatch giving news
from Albania says Mon1rncg-rin
troops, In conjunction with SER
Ninus. have repuisrd the huNirians
on the BOSNIAN frontier In the re-
cent fighting tho Austrian casualties
were estimated ut 1000.
An Austrian official c0niinuuic;,-
tiOn received mt Rome denies the re-
ports OF Russian Victories over thc
lustriHnS, and asserts TINT IO0,0OO
Russian prisonerS and nearly JOy
gums have brrn captured. Ronnau;.,
is reported mukiuG; advances 10 italy
for common action ngnjuS; AUSTRIA.
The Japanese troops. who arc
marchiDS against the German pro-
t"ctOrntc OF NiaUchRu, In Ciilnn,
have cnptured the town OF Chino. IL
short distance outside of the iiinm-
chm zone. Vhr first encounter be-
tween German and Japanese land
forces occurred mt this pOint.
RepOrts from Nnshintrton describe
government officials ana diplomatic
representatives as expecting tho
German Emperor ro make early an
swer to The Informal peace inquiry
made ny the United States.