The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-31
ADVANCE iScEssAsr.
~ AND ALLIES FaH TO
HOLD THEM ~ CHECK.
Gives Cordftiora az They
EElBf-Alnes Ogtnumoered.

LONDON. Aug 30. 7-15 a m-A
-peEslmlsuc visg % the ~ituafio OF
the allies IL taken by the Amieus cor.
respondent Of the Weekly Despatch.
T-eieEraphing under yesterdays date.
BE- says.
This Il a pitiful story which Ia
10 write. The time for secrecy il
past What you know 10 England
may b. EomethlnE Ike the truth but I
write with the Germans advancing in
c%essantly while all the rest % France
believes that they are suu held near
h frontier.
The best hope % holding them Hss
IN the hourly expected arrival OF an
army from Alsacs under General paa
Who 20 brilliantly retrieved the blum
der az Muelhausen. SO FAR the Ger.
mans have carried all before them.
partly b. sheer weight Of numbers
and partly b. a deadly hail OF bullets
from their numberiess Maxim suna.
o an American Red Cross
volunteer inquired from the official
In command here % be could motor
10 Paris. Take n road. was the
reply You are covered by between
100000 and 100000 men
Shin British Base.
The hrst inkiing that I had that
the Germans had penetrated far into
France was this morning when ON m
road here from Eieppe. In a village
where a banner inscribed Honor 20
the British army hung across the
road met b Royal Engineer column
with he Ontoons which had been al
- Deleted by CENSOR. From
some OF the men I learned that orders
bad been received for the British base
70 D. shifted with all possible speed
70 - Deleted). The stan had
left The artillery had left. Every
one had gone except the army and
medical corps and they were i.a,-
INK. There was only possible expla-
nation. The men greeted me- with
van smiles because they saw / was
English. Your artillery saved US
they declared. The enemy came
early "wednesday morning. outnumber.
tng Us badly. We are only territor-
lals. In the nick OF time your ar
tillery RalLoped into position and
shelled the Germans away. But for
them We should be-Well not here
What happened 20 - (D--
leted) since they did not know but
II mus ave fallen since the Ger
mans are well this side. While we
talked we could hear the guns also
talking.
Later I motorsd out on the road
To - (Deleted). Here. as on
the other road. refugees packed In
farm carts. riding bicycles and driving
traps were hurrying. all frightened
and anxious. Then from the direction
OF - Deleted). crawled a long
ammunition train.
How IL ~ goingf' 7 inquired OF a
friendly sergeant. He shrugged his
shoulders. That was all. An artillery
duel was going on close by -
CDeleted) The Germans were re-
ported 20 have stronger batteries. At
dusk the French were falling back.
Take Miracle TO Stop Them.
The tidal wave OF German troops
which has swept over northeastern
France will spread sull further I'M
less a miracle happens. Our small
British force could not stand before
a volume 80 powerful and immense.
Our force has been scattered all over
the country, 30 | learned from officers
and men.
The headquarters star has been
moved hastily a long way back from
- tDeleted) and cannot STAY
long where IL Is Some army men
have been hard put q IL for food IN
the last few days. One British OF.
hcer. who was brought here. had had
no food for four days.
The retreat OF the British ae-o-
planes made a wonderful sight. Re
tween 30 and 40 passed over --
(deletedJ on Wednesday morninR nv.
ing very high and toward the south.
i have a lined a. telling a plain
tale Of the misfortune OF the British
troops but they we're set 70 an i'm.
possible task Let US try not 10 hush
up the facts. Let us face them and
strengthen our resolve to see the war
through whatever happens.