Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-12

PARIS, september lZ.-Ine alueS, 1Ol'
lowing up their recent successes with
much ardor. are forcing the German In.
vaders to continue the retirement Of theil
right tanks and the center from the east
OF Paris. The Germans have abandoned
much equipment and at tho Same tint
sacrificed many prisoners and left theiI
wounded where they fell.
The most furious onslaugfts. sometimes
from the French and sometimes from the
German side. occurred about the center OF
an extensive line in the vicinity of vitry.
le-Francois. :, .r..
Three great German armies-eommand
ed respectively by Gen. Won Kluck, the
Crown Prince Frederick william and the
Duke Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q juno.
ton and repeatedly hurled their heavy
masses Of troops forward to assault the
French positions with the greatest vigor
n ,an, tney were unable to nchieve their oh.
thus dividing the Anglo-French armies.
Offer Vigorous Resistance.
The French and British offered ar
equally vigorous resistance. eventually
compelling the German attackers to re.
treat. The fighting lasted throughout the
night ana the allies positions, It is TN.
derstood. are continually improving.
rainstorm became a deluge and caus.
ed great discomfort to the troops. It has
not, however, interfered with the opera.
tons, though 1t has caused terrible din.
cu rse p owing to the marshy district.
suit OF them, in which, besides taking a
large number Of prisoners. they have
captured eleven cannon. while the French
took another German regimental nag.
The German troops farther east main
tain their position. but are being vigor.
remarkable keenness despite the fact that
they have been incessantly under IRE for
five days.
Commanders Automobiles.
The government has ordered the com.
Wandering Of every automobile still in
private hands for the purpose Of trans
porting troops and munitions to the
front. All the services of the commits
sariat to supply the allied armies are
working without hitch.
As indicated in official statements. the
allied forces operating south and north
of the River Marine have not ceased since
the beginning OF the week to hold In
check and then throw back the enemy,
infiicting considerable losses in men and
combats agree that around the Marine
five Germans were killed for every ally.
The Germans tried desperately to cross
the Marine near Meaux. French engineers
had blown up the bridges and. when the
Germans threw pontoons across, the IA.
nous three-inch guns of the French de.
molished the structures before they could
be used. Sixteen times the Germans re-
peated the effort under raldng fire of
shot and she'll
Reveal Suffering Of Germans.
Forty German prisoners; all wounded
by bayonet thrusts, have arrived here, and
give hint Of how the Germans suf-
fered in their retreat across The rivers
ourcq and Marine. It appears that the
German force sent to that region to face
the Paris army protecting the flank OF
the allies was an important one and had
been strongly intrenched.
When Gen. Joffre, the French command.
er-in-chief. ordered an attack a fierce
engagement of artillery opened and lasted
two days without interruption. Aviator
Capt. Georges Bellenger: finally gave the
exact location Of the German batteries
and soon thereafter they were annihilated
by the French three-inch guns
Position in Sunken Road.
The German infantry had taken a posi-.
ton in a sunken road. on either side OF
which were stretched In extended lines
hummocks, some Of them natural and
some the work Of spades in the hands
of German soldiers
Besides many bodies there were forty
or fifty empty cartridge shell. while frag.
ments Of clothing, caps and knapsacks
were scattered about. This destruction
was wrought by batteries a little more
than three miles distant.
The sunken road Ii now Uttered with
bodies. SPRAYING in CHASTITY fashion
the faces had almost the same ereefiist
gray hue as the uniforms worn. The
road is lined with poplars. the branches
Of which. severed by fragments of shells
were strewn among the dead. In places
whole tops Of trees had been torn away
by the artillery fire.
The Germans, pursued at the point OF
the bayonet, crossed the Ourcq in dis.
order. The losses of the Germans were
terrible and this point Of the valley OF
the Ourcq is still covered with their I'M.
buried dead. The French also suffered
| serious casualties. but mostly in wounded
Escape Desperate Situation.
! The admirable discipline Of the censor
ship was revealed by yesterdays commu
nlcations which showed that the onl,
ones outside of the military authorize,
who knew Of the whereabouts Of thu
French forces at the beginning OF the
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