The Sentinel=record., 1914-09-12

one side and then the other. Ii is be-
lieved here that his retirement into
the hills west of VitryleFrancois was
made to enable General Won Moltke
and the German general staff to plaza
some other means and way of break
ing through the French line.
Although the Germans have had to
send some of their best troops back
to Prussia to meet the Russian ad-
vance, it is not for a moment thought
that there will be any long pause in
their efforts to beat the French.
Crown Prince Frederick William,
who has with him a portion of the
Prince of Wurtemberg's army, still is
fighting, and all that the French re.
port says of this battle is that there
is no great change in the situation,
there being alternate advances and
retreats. The Germans have brought
up some siege guns against Nancy
and here, as in the Vosges, 1t is re-
ported there is no change in the sit
uation.
The British public seems well salts
fled with the result of the battle SO
sai' as ii has gone but the military ex.
perts warn them that it is not over
yet. 1t is suggested by some of she
military men as being possible slat
the French are only holding the line
of the Marne on sufferance while the
Germans are making some changes in
their line of communications.
Among these experts it is consid-
cred that there is no reason to sup
pose that the German army has yet
been fought to a standstill.
The distress of the German right
wing, however, has given the little
Be,gian army another opportunity 20
do something, and it is taking advan-
tage of it by harrassing the German,
reinforcements which are hurrying
south to General Won Kluck's assist
ance and also to attack THE Germans
left in Belgium. AS only few troops
OF the German line are left there the
Belgians have only TO cope with ths
landstrum.
1t is reported that Germany has
been Withdrawing troops from Alsace,
but whether they are for the Prussian
frontier or to support the armies fac
ing the allies in western France has
not been disclosed. 1t is considered
likely, however, that the general staff
will gather all the forces it can TO
get through the French force east of
Paris, either by the route they have
been trying during the past week or
through Luneville.
In Galicia the Austrians, supported
by Germans, are still putting up
fight against the Russians, although
It had been predicted for days that
their surrender or annihilation was
imminent. The Russians claim y
have had another success over the
Austrians near Krasnik Wednesday,
and add that sanguinary fighting is
proceeding on the Tomassow-Rowa
front as far as the Dniester river. 1t
is apparent that General Ruzsky's en-
veloping movement is not developing
as rapidly as was expected and 1t
may have been delayed by the often
sive movement, which, according to
Berlin advices, the Austrians have
resumed in the Lemberg district.
Matters are growing more interest
ing in East Prussia, where for while
Russia is said to have things virtuaHy
her own way. The Germans are re-
ported now to have moved some OF
their best troops into this section OF
the theater of the war and the Rus
SLAMS are said to have been COM
pelled to withdraw. Petrograd says
its only retirements have been its
advance guards, who are keeping IN
touch with tie German advance, but
the Germans claim to have scored an
other victory over the Russians, who
are said to have received a severe
check between August 25 and ~.
It is possible that the Austrians
have kept the Russians busy in Ga.
licia Just long enough to enable yer
many to get troops into East Prussia
before the Russians were able to dis
pose of the Austrians and speep
down upon Silesia, Posen and Prussia