The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-16
GERMANS LOSING
AGAINST ALLIES
Great Battles Being Waged On Same
Ground On Which Napoleon Fought
IN 1914
MAUBEUGE IS CAPTURED
BY the Germans With About Forty
Thousand Prisoners-Russian
Victories Continue

Victories Continue
With the passing Of each day the
fighting in the northern portion of
France between the armies of the kai-
ser and those of the allies grows
greater in proportion. The great ar
mics of the Teutons and the allies
have locked horns and are in a death
grapple for supremacy. The Germans
are straining every nerve to hold the
ground which cost them the toll of
thousands Of lives to gain, while the
allied armies are determined that they
will not cease fighting, even for a
moment, until every one o., the kaiser's
soldiers has been driven from French
soil.
Germans Retreat Towards Belgium
Slowly but surely the German ar
mics are being driven backward to-
wards the borders of Belgium and AL
SAGE Lorraine. The Teutons are fight
ing with the last drop Of blood in
their veins and are bitterly contest
ing every foot of ground. But it is a
battle against odds. For nearly a
month they were engaged in fighting
their way through Belgium and almost
to the very gates of Paris. The sacri-
fee of thousands of lives was forgot
ten in their zeal to reach the coveted
goal, Paris. And nov it appears that
after paying the price they are to be
denied that which they so earnestly
sought. :
Allies Hold Favored Positions
This Is the battle of nations. 1t
is being waged IN the SAME ground
that Napoleon fought in 1914 with en-
trenched wings On both sides and In
the center. The odds are in favor of
the. allies. 1t now appears that their
previous retreat before the German
hosts was purposely planned N or
der to give them an opportunity to
choose their own ground to fight on.
Now that they are taking the agrees
sive, their armies occupy the most IA
vored positions. The lines Of the allied
forces are unbroken. Their ranks are
strongly reinforced with fresh troops.
Maubeuge Taken by Germans
A ray of hope was brought to the
Germans, when it was learned that the
left wing had captured Maubeuge from
the French and with it about forty
thousand prisoners. Maubeuge is a
strongly fortified position in the ex-
IRENE northern portion Of France,
close to the Belgian border. Whether
the capture of this position will have
any material effect on the retreat from
France remains to be seen.
Russian Victories in Galicia
The messages that come from the
other theaters of war in East Prussia,
Galicia and Russian Poland are no
more encouraging to the German peo-
pIe than the news that is flter1ng
through to them from France. In Ga
licia, particularly, a great disappoint-
ment was melted out to the Germans
when the Austrian forces failed to
hold the advance Of the Russian hosts.
For a time the Austrians did keep the
Russians from Galicia, but this was
because Of the poor railroad facilities
in Russia for transporting troops to
the border.
Now that the ear has amassed his
great armies in Galicia they are sweep
ing everything before them. Lemberg,
the capital and most important strong
hold of Galicia, was taken and with
It great quantities Of Austrian sup
plies and ammunition not to mention
thousands of prisoners. Quickly fol-
lowing up this victory the Russians
continued on their march through this
Austrian territory and it now appears
that the Austrian army is in utter
rout. Whether the Russians will send
their Galiclan armies on into Germany
or skirt around the Carpathians and
take Vienna is being watched with
great interest by other nations.
Germans Enter Russian Poland
Not content with awaiting on their
own borders the coming Of the Rus.
sian armies through Poland, the Ger
mans and Austrians have taken the ag-
gressive and sent their soldiers into
Polish territory. 1t is evident that they