The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-12
OFFICIAL NEWS
OF BIG BATTLE
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF
THE FIGHTING AROUND
PARIS
GERMANS RETREAT
kaisers Troops Have Been Re.
pulsed All Along Battle Front
and Are Giving Ground
GERMANS RETREAT
(By Associated Press. }

Paris, Sept. 1.-THE French mill
tary authorities, who heretofore have
confined the information maze put-
lie concerning the military operations
east or Paris to laconic statements
very general in character, today gave
a lengthy description OF the most i'm
portant battle since the beginning OF
hostilities.
Evidently the left wing OF the allied
armies facing the northeast has borne
the brunt Of the preliminary engage
ments in which the British took such
prominent part so well that they
are the object of the higest compli-
ments on the part OF French military
men.
The combat, according to the offic-
ial announcement. seems to be de-
veloping into an abandonment OF at
least the advance positions held by
the Germans who. 1t is announced, are
retiring along n greater part of the
line. This retirement Is said to have
been for 46 miles at some points.
Furious onslaughts. sometimes by
the French and again by the Germans,
occurred about tie center OF an ex-
tensive line in the vicinity OF Vitry-
LeFrancois.
Three great Gsirlan armies COM
manded by General Won Kluck, the
Crown Prince Frederick William and
the Duke Of Wurtemberg effected n
junction and repeatedly hurled them
selves against the French positions
with the greatest vigor. but they were
not able to achieve their seeming OBJ
5ect OF breaking the allies center and
thus dividing the Anglo-French arm
les.
The French and British offered an
equally divided resistance, eveatu-
ally compelling the Germans to with
draw The fighting continued through
out last night and the allies position,
1t Is understood, was improved today
A rain storm caused great difficult
ties Iii iie maFshy districts, but did
not stop the operations. The fnsil-
AIDES of the troops and the artillery
duel proceeded all day. 1t is believ-
ed the retiring Germans suffered
more than the allies from the storm
as their withdrawing columns were
encumberod with baggage and ammu.
milton wagons.
The military authorities descrip-
ton OF the battle follows:
''As we already have announced,
a baltic has been taking place since
September over front extending In
a general way from Paris to verdun.
from the outset OF this action the
German right wing. the army COM
manded by General Won Kluck. which
on September 6 had reached the dis
trict to the north of Provine was
Obliged to fall back because of the
danger OF being enveloped. BY its
clever and rapid movements this army
was succeeding In escaping from the
allies grip and was throwing itself,
with the greater part of its force
against our enveloping wing to the
nortf. of the Marine ana the west of
the Oured river. But the Fsench
troops which were operating In this
region, powerfully aided by the brav-
cry of our British allies, inflicted con-
siderable losses Cn the enemy and
gained the time necessary to allow
our offensive to press forward and at
present on that side the enemy Is In
retreat toward Aisne and the Disc.
SHE has thus fallen back 81 to 46
miles in four days. In the meantime
the Anglo-French forces which had
been operating to the south or the
Marne have not ceased to pursue their
offensive. Starting, soris ef them:
from the district south of the forest
of Grey ard others from the regions
north OF PFovtns anti south oT Ester
nay. they opened out from the Marne
on the left, the army of General Won
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