Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-12

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PARIS France p. m, s ept 1.-THE general Retire
ment OF the German armies in France officially announced
by the government today The statement includes the follow
ing:
THE enemy now offering only feeble resistance On
our left the Germans rereang between the Rivers Disc
and Marine
Their cavalry seems exhausted The Allies pursuing
the fleeing soldiers have encountered but slight opposition
At the center right wing the Germans have evac
uated Francois which they had fortified the valley Of
the river Saux Sermaze and Revny where they abandoned
many supplies :.
THE German forces occupying the Argonne region have
begun to give way northward
In Lorraine are making slow progress Thecerma
have evacuated Saint Die. 2
TRENCH AVIAT0Rs DO EFFECTIVE WORK
PARIS, France Sept. 12-Forty German prisoners who
have been brought here all suffering from bayonet wounds
ceived in the fierce hand hand fighting with the Allies de-
scribe the German retreat the rivers ourq and Mane
with the Paris army pursuing as disastrous.
The artillery duel between the opposing forces lasted 48
hours French avators finally got the exact range Of the Ger
guns and then the effective French 75mmeter field
pieces annaed the hostile gunners and worked havoc
with their ordnance.
bloody rout ensued after the German guns became
less The Germans asserted have abandoned entire
Of ammunition cloaks and knapsacks in their retreat
DISASTER HAS OVERTAKEN u.s. SAYS MESSAGE
LONDON, Eng, Sept. PA great disaster has
taken reads portion of wireless message sent to Berlin
by German general in France which intercepted yeer
day by the Allies
This message reads further:
eve are badly in need of horses and supplies"
This confirms the official dispatches from Paris
which say the German right wing has been entirely crushed
and the remnants retrang in disorder while the center
is also retiring
The German cavalry has been entirely destroyed and
large part of the artillery and ammunition trains captured
together with huge numbers of the rank and file who were
cut off,
According adyees from France there doubt that
the tide of battle has turned and that the German has
failed.
An English officer of the aviation corps quoted say
ing:
ct will be miracle if any of the Germans get home
again.
AUSTRIAN ATTACK ON LEMBERG FAILS
LONDON, Eng, Sept Prom Paris comes late an
which the Austrian army at Lemberg
repuIsed in spite of having been heavily reinforced
The Russians besieging Grojec Rawa in
Poland.
The second Austrian army was defeated at Tomaszow
which captured after sangunary conflict
The Russians have separated the left wing of the Austrian
army the troops operating in the vicinity of Tomaszow
RUSSIAN CAVALRY PURSUING FLEEING ENEMY
Petrograd says nothing about any battle at Lyck but
ports the defeat of the Germans Mysznec and Chorze
repulsing the enemy with heavy losses -
Chorzele is short distance southwest of Lyck and IS
Just on the Russian German border.
These advces also say that the Russians took Opoe and