The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-12
Advance Is Continuous.


The German right has been forced back
nearly fifty miles. and the British cavalry
is now in full and persistent pursuit II
the British are successful in this maneu-
yer and are able to cut this line of COM
munication the German right wing army
will be left without supplies OF food and
ammunition and probably will be COM
/. PEELED to surrender.
The captures reported yesterday by the
allies are now officially declared to be
much greater than at first reported
Large bodies Of German infantry have
been found hiding in the woods, and
when the pursuers come upon them they
are glad to surrender, for their condition
generally is serious because Of the lack Of
food.
! In HeadIonE Flight.
The fact these troops have been per-
! mitted to be cut on from the main body
in its retreat indicates the headlong
flight the retirement Of the Germans on
the right has assumed.
Aside from the operations on the allies
left and the Intellectual attempt of the
Germans TO break the French center
| the Germans have directed an attack
! against the fertilization at Verdun
forming the right of the battle front i'm
| mediately to the east of Paris. This
is Frances greatest fortress on the east
ern line and stubborn resistance to the
German bombardment Is being offered.
Verdun Il Bombarded.
Still further to the east the French
have recaptured MueIhausen. which had
been taken and retaken by the rival
armies four times previously. twice by
the Germans and twice by the French
| The Germans have reported TO have
gained ground in Lorraine
The Kaiser is having great difficulty
in getting his troops out of Belgium
TO re-enforce the wavering line in
France.
large body OF Germans. which had
started on the march for the relief OF
the army in France, was struck by an
overwhelming force of Belgians between
| Oudenard, Courtrai. and RenaiX, and
| forced to retreat. The Belgians are re-
ported to be in pursuit.
Also there are ample indications of
the presence of Russian troops on
troops are reported already landed and
more are said TO be crossing from Eng
land.
French Progress Continues.
The following official statement. supple
menting a long summary issued earlier
in the day, was given out by the war
once at IL o clock tonight:
ION the left wing our success becomes
more marked Our progress continues
north of the Marine and in the direction
of scissors and Compiegne.
THE Germans have abandoned a con-
siderable quantity of munitions. with
wounded and prisoners. We have taken
another flag.
The British army has captured eleven
guns with other important war material
and has made from LOO to 1,5Oo pris-
Oners.
AT the center the enemy has given way
along the whole front between Sezanne
and Revigny. He has not yet recoiled in
the Argonne.
In spite of the heroic efforts of our
troops throughout these five days of bat
tie, they still have energy to follow the
enemy.
'on the right wing Tin Lorraine and
the Vosges) there is nothing new"
Forced to Retire.
The following detailed account Of the
battle that has now been raging east OF
Paris for five days was issued by the war
office:
The French military authorities are
endeavoring to give nothing but exact
information. AS we have already an
nounced, a battle has been going on
front reaching in a general way from
Paris to Verdun.
From the very outset OF the action,
the German right wing commanded by
Gen. Won Kluk, which on the 9Th, had
reached the district north Of Provins,
found itself forced to fall back before
the menace of development that was
aimed against it.
Retreat Forty Miles.
by a series of skillful and rapid |
movements. this army)succeeded in es-
Gaping our threatened embrace and
threw itself, with the greater part of |
its forces against our enveloping wing |
to the north of Marine and west of the |
Ourcq. But the French troops operat- |
ing in this district, powerfully aided |
by the bravery of our English allies, |
inflicted considerable losses upon the |
enemy and held their ground long |
enough to permit our offensive to make |
Roadway elsewhere.
AT the present time the enemy in |
that region is retreating toward the |
Aisne and the Disc. The enemy has, |
therefore, retreated in four days from
so to 20 kilometers approximate 81
to 40 miles,.
Meanwhile the Franco English forces
who were operating south of the Marine /
fensive. One force. starting from the
district south OF the forest Of Grey,
and the other from the district north |
Of Provins and south of Esternay, passed |
the Marine to the north of Chateau
Thiery. Severe engagements have been
fought in the districts OF La Ferte-
gaucher, Esternay, and Montemirail
The left of Gen. Won Kluk's army, as
well as the army of Gen. Won Buelow, is
falling back before our troops.
Fail to RreaIS Center.
1.-THE fiercest fighting has taken place
in the region comprised between the
plateaus to the north of Sezanne and
Vitry-le-Francois. Operating there, be-
sides the left wing Of Gen. Won Bueloy's
army and the Saxon army was a part
Of the enemy commanded by the Prince
Of Wuertemburg
''The Germans tried to break our center
by repeated and violent attacks, but aid
not succeed in doing So
Our successes on the plateaus north
Of Sezanne allowed US in our turn to
assume the offensive and during last
night. the enemy broke on the FIGHT on
the front comprised between the marshes
of st Gond and the Sommesous district. |
in order to fall back in the region d.
rectly west Of Vitry-le- Franchise, in the
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