The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-09-10
TRYING TO CRUSH ALLIES ARMY
Attack on Paris Tenn
porariIy Postponed
Russians Winning.
FOLLOWING FALL OF LEMBERG,
CARS HOSTS BEGIN NORTH
WARD MOVEMENT AGAINST
ANOTHER FORCE.

Paris, Sept. S.-The allied forces are
In contact with the German line of in
vasion at four points scattered along
the front. In two engagements, the
most important at present, the fighting
has resulted in successes for the allies
and in the other two no definite result
has been reached.
Maubeuge Holds Out.
Aside from this activity the allies
are engaged in the defense of Maui
beuge which holds out heroically.
On the left wing of the allies the
right wing of the enemy was struck
OF the banks of the Grand Merlin and
after considerable fighting the posi-
ton of the French and British forces
was reported to be good.
German Right Falls Back.
The allies continued to press back
the flank of the advanced guard of the
German right to the northeast of Paris
in an engagement which has endured
some time with the result that the
Germans have been forced across the
Ourcq. The advance of the allies met
with no marked resistance. The allies
plainly had the advantage o. this
movement and their situation appears
TO DE good as a whole.
Situation Elsewhere Unchanged.
On the center and on the right in
Lorraine and in the Vosges the situa-
ton remains unchanged, according to
the war office statement, both the
allies and the Germans being more
concerned with the movement about
Paris and that on the eastern frontier
which are the vital strategical theaters
OF action in the present situation.
Abandon Advance on Paris.
The Germans have been forced to
abandon their advance upon Paris and
their fore army of invaders have com
menced a gigantic turning movement
in a southerly direction from the
points they occupied in the east and
northeast of Paris.
Apparently the German movement
is being carried out because Of the
fear that the German forces may be
forced into a defensive position. Or
IL may be a maneuver to eXtricate the
enemy about Paris from threatened at
tack from the northwest.
Joffre Has Million Men.
The four German armies, against
which is arrayed a force of 1000, 900
men under General Joffre, divided in
to seven armies. were distributed as
follows before the southern movement
began:
The first army had reached La Fer
tie and Bontmirail; the second was at
Chantilly; the third occupied and was
to the south of Rheims and the fourth
rested on the Ourcq river, tributary of
the Marine.
Cannot Besiege Paris.
General Cherfis of the French
army declares it would be impossible
for the Germans successfully to be-
siege Paris.
Our army is as strong as that of
Germany; it is concentrated, and our
lines are intact" he said.
Despite the proximity of the Ger
man lines and the source of supply
thus cut off, there is no scarcity of
food in Paris. The markets are well
supplied with fish, fruit and vegeta-
bles, and potatoes are selling for SLIGO
a hundredweight. Seventy-five oxen
We're slaughtered Sunday.
Paris Official Statement.
Paris.-This official communication
was issued: First, the allied armies
have again come into contact on our
left wing, under good conditions, with
the right wing of the enemy on the
banks of Grand NORM.
"Second-Fighting continues on the
center and right in Lorraine and the
Vosges. The situation remains I'M
changed"
situation Appears Good"
"Third-Around Paris the engage
ment begun Saturday between the al
lied army and the flank of the ad-
vance guard of the German right has
extended. We have advanced t o the
river Ourcq without great resistance.
THE situation Is the allied armies
appears good as a whole.
"Fourth-Maubeuge continues its
heroic resistance
Roumanla With Italy.
Washington. Sept. SHERMAN and
Austrian consular officers have been
ordered by British authorities to leave
Egypt at once
Roumania has announced officially
that IL she abandons her position of
Neutrality, 1t will be to follow the
course taken by Italy.
Great Britain has informed the
United States that she would look