Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-09
Germany is Getting it in The Neck
The Trespassss are Still Progressing But
in the Opposite Direction.

kukOCS, ~
in the Crowland of Bukovina.
There have been published here,
from individual newspaper oorres
pondents, statements which con-
firm previous reports of the disor.
ganization ID the armie Of Austria.
Iu Galicia, it is declared, the Aus
trians have made use of explosive
bullets.
Other correspondents declare
that a revolt has broken out in the
ranks of the Turkish army at
Adrianople Oh account of threat
ened famine.
Still others telegraph that the
news of Russian victories in Cali
ola has provoked enthusiasm par
ticalarly in Bucharest, Roumania,
where the Russian National hymn
was sung in one of the theaters.
Paris, Sept. S.-11:5O p. NJ
An official communication issued
tonight by she French Wal Office
says:
'sThe left wing of the German
f%orces, in their movement of re-
treat, having crossed the Petit
NORM River, with a view to pro-
tecting their communications,
have made violent but unsucoess-
full attacks against that part of
our forces occupying the right
bank of the River Ourcq."
"Our English Allies are contin.
uing their offensive tactics in the
direction of the Marne on the
heights to the North of Sezanne.
"Our troops are progressing ia
vorably though laboriously.
"On our right wing the situa.
ton is good before Nancy and in
the Vosges.
IA severe engagement has been
fought in the center with an alter.
native advancing and falling
back"
London, Sept. 9.-11:54 p. m.
AN official statement says:
"Fighting has been in progress
further to the right along the line
which includes Montmirail and
Sompuis, neither side gaming ad.
vantage.
"Farther to the right again,
from Vitry.Ls-F Francois to Ssr-
maize Les Bains, the enemy has
been pressed back in the direction
Of Rheims.
"At Luneville an attempt by
the Germans to advance has been
repulsed,
pressure against ths enemy
continued all along the Allied
fronts. The British force has beef
engaged all day but the enemy op.
posed to it after stubborn resis-
lance, retired and is now crossing
to the North of the Marne.
THE Fifth French Army has
advanced with equal success an l
reports many captures.
'iThe Sixth French Army onIthe
Ourcq has been heavily engaged,
but here also the enemy has been
driven back.
1.-THE German Army has suffer
ed severely along the whole line.
the advance having been resolute.
ly pushed home.
"The British force again has
sustained some casualties, but tbs
number is small in relation to the
nature of the fighting.
1.-THE result of the two days
operations up to the present is
very satisfactory"
Paris, Sept. III: $50 p. m
A sergeant of infantry wounded in
the engagement near La Forte
9aucher says:
II heard cannonading from Fri
day evening. Saturday night we
received an order to retire but
during the night advanced again
and took a position on the hill
side. Early Sunday morning thu
enemy tried to turn our left. We
we're ordered to hold them until
the troops around Meaux had
pushed back the Germans there.
"At noon the enemy commenced
to retire in disorder. They rallied
however, to the North of La Ferts.
Gaucher, whore the engagement
continued all night. Monday
morning the enemy weakened
again and fed.
"We pursued them 20 miles,
keeping up a steady fire that work.
ed havoc in the German ranks,
while not a shot was fred on their
side.
"We succeeded IN cutting off a
detachment and took seven can-
non, two machine guns and many
prisoners. One sergeant of infan-
try admitted that his men had
scarcely any ammunition and had
been ordered to economic to the
utmost limit possible.
I'VE learned afterwards that al
order of the day has been read to
the troops announcing six or seven
great days for the French.
An infantry officer, wounded
north of Meaux, said that the Ger.
mans seemed to be tired out. He
counted six hundred dead IN a
single trench. The French infan.