Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-08-31
According to Announcement
of Lord Kitchener English
Army in France Sustain
ed Casualties Of Between
5000 and 5000
BATTLE AGAINST
TREMENDOUS ODDS
Since Fighting Ceased the
French on Right and Left
Brought German Attack
to Standstill, 1t is Re
ported
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcH1

lAoSotlAiED fttESS DiSfAlCh1
LONDON, Aug 3O-After four days
of fighting with the casualties be-
tween 5000 and 5000, the British army
in France rested and is ready for the
next great battle, according to the an
nouncement of Lord Kitchener, secre-
tary of state for the war. In state
ment based on the report of Sir John
French, commander-in-c chief of the
British forces, Kitchener says the
British after struggling against tre-
mendous odds, retired to new line of
defense. where they have not been
molested since Thursday. Since the
fighting ceased the French on the right
and left brought the German attack to
a standstill, it is reported.
The information bureau accompany
ing the publication of the Lord Kitch-
ener statement on the situation of the
British army at the front took rap
at the correspondents whose stories
purport to be made up of portions of
experiences on the battle line. The
bureau says:
mo correspondents are at the front
and information no matter how hon
estlv sent. is therefore derived at sec
ond or third hand from persons who
are often in no condition to tell CO.
herent stories and who are certain to
be without the perspective which is
necessary to construct or understand
the general situation.
1T is hoped the general statement
issued tonight, despite any pretentions
will restore the necessary perspective
to the recent operations
Th British public mas been much re-
assured by the statement. Earlier in
the day the country received a distinct
shock through stories of disaster 10
and the Decentralization of the British
army which were published in some
London papers. The correspondent evil
IDENTIFY had been listening to startling
tales from wounded stragglers from the
lines who gave the impression that the
British troops had been cut to pieces,
their organization gone, and that they
were without supplies or communi-
cation.
Lord Kitcheners report put new
face on the situation. According to all
official and unofficial statements the
Germans came upon a small BRUSH
army with an overwhelming force, and
rolled up the infantry in solid masses
time after time, spending men lavishly
and bringing into action a great weight
of artillery with machine guns mounted
on an armore-. car. There were cavalry
charges and counter charges during the
four days battle in which the British
commander asserts, his troops dis
played great gallantry.
All accounts from the soldiers, and
even from the excited correspondents
downhearted, but are confident of
their ability to hold their own against
anything like equal numbers of Ger
mans Although the country has
known for a week that many soldiers
are buried on French and Belgian soil,
with other thousands in the hospitals.
there is no outcry for names, but a
general willingness to wait if the inter-
est of the army requires.
A few newspapers criticized the out
come of the secrecy which the gov
ernment maintains but there is moth
ing approaching a clamor against it.
The few soldiers who have been
brought to the English hospitals from
the front are pledged to do no talking
about the war for two weeks and only
some personal experiences have been
related. No one disparages the brav-
cry of the Germans, but all criticise
the methods of ethe German infantry
Officers who have seen the German
maneuvers. said the infantry would be
moved down If they employed the
same tactics in actual battle. But they