The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-15
BATTLE OF MARINE
VICTORY FOR ALLIES
French and British Continue to
Pursue Germans.
PARIS APPEARS SAVED.
Tide of Weeks Battle Turned by
British Army-NearIy All Ger
mans i'm France i'm Retreat

mans i'm France i'm Retreat.
London, Sept 13.-The sixth
week of the war between Germany
and France. Great Britain and Bel
gium, has brought vast transforma-
ton. The pursued are now the pur-
suers. The irresistible sweep of
seven German armies through Bel
gium into France met an immovable
force at the River Marine.
The army OF Gen. Won Kluck.
which so long battled to turn the
allies western flank, was slowly and
steadily out-fanked It's retirement
before the small but hardy British
army turned the tide OF battle.
Today, il French official reports
are correct, all the German armies
except that facing Verdun and few
miles southwest, are retreating.
Gen. Won Klucks army. which a
week ago was a few miles southeast
of Paris, has retired more than sixty
extreme right the army Of the Ba-
varian Crown Price. which was at
tacking the French eastern line from
/ Nancy to Epinal, has fallen back tc
the frontiers of Lorraine, permitting
the French to reoccupy Luneville and
several other towns.
RETREAT HURRIED, SAYS JOF-
FIRE.
General Joffre, French command
er-in-chief, pictures the retreat as
hurried. il not disorderly, with the
/ Germans abandoning prisoners.
wounded and supplies
Last Sunday was the darkest day
OF the war for the allies. The
French government emigrated from
Paris to Bordeaux in a long, sad
procession OF motor cars. An attack
on the capital appeared imminent and
the main German force had hammer
ed a huge wedge into France be-
tween Paris and Vendun, with its
center some miles south of that line
The French people trembled with
the question whether their army was
not n beaten army; whether the his
tory of 1870 would repeat itself.
The battle of the Marne, which
was decided in a week, is regarded
by military critics as the most mar
velous reversal of roles of two armies
known.
GERMAN PLAN FRUSTRATED?
In their view it appears to hay.
decided the first phase of the wal
and to have made impossible the
plan which the German STAFF is sup
posed to have had Of smashing the
French by one comprehensive
stroke, and then turning the bulk
OF the German forces eastward tC
confront the Russians.
The military experts, however
are still cautions. While recog.
nizing the possibility that the Ger.
man armies may yet rally and draw
a strong defensive line, they recog.
nize also the possibility of the almost
complete evacuation of France and
Belgium Paris announces that tn,
Germans have evacuated Amiens
The position of $4,000 German re.
Inducements reported marching
South on three roads in that neigh
borhood is not known.
BELGIANS WANT BRUSSELS.
The Belgian army is credited with
the determination To re-occlpy
Brussels and claims to have cut the
railroad between Liege and Brussels,
thus severing an important German
line OF communication. 1t claims to
be pushing the scattered German
forces, composed for the most part
OF reservists, toward the southeast
Military authorities in France
consider the position OF the German
armies critical The army which
was south OF the ATgonne forest,
they argue. hardly can retreat east
ward owing to the danger from the
strongly held French fortress Of Yer
dun, while the mountainous, wood
ed character of the Argonne district
renders retreat due north impract' C.
able The left wing of the Germans
they believe, must retreat in a north
westerly direction.
NOTHING YET FROM GERMANY
They also cherish the hope that
the Belgians may succeed in clear
ing the Germans out Of Brabant
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