The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-09-17


AT ARMY HEADQUARTERS SAYS THE FRENCH FRONT
REMAINS UNCHANGED. THE FRENCH ATTACKS UPON
A NUMBER OF POINTS TUESDAY NIGHT, wEDNES-
DAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WERE SUCCESSFULLY
REPULSED BY THE GERMANS WHO MADE NUMBER
oTe To THE ILLNESS or GENERAL Won
HAUSEN COMMANDER OF THE SECOND ARMY, HE
HAS BEEN REPLACED BY GENERAL Won EINEM FOR
GENERAL Won SCHUBERT HAS BEEN REPLACED
By GENERAL Won STEIN IN THE FOURTEENTH RE-
SERVE CORPS.
London, Sept. 1.-THE world once more has been set
the task of guessing how the terrific clash of the
heights northward of the River Aisne progressing
claims that the attacks of the allies have been repued and
that German counter attacks have succeeded while
serted officially in London that the German attacks
have been repulsed and that the invaders slowly giving
way
sympathzrs with both sides are thus met with directly
conflicting statements which be reconced only the
assumption that the narrators referring to different pp
in the vast field Of action
AS the crow flies the front of the opposing ass which,
with the heavy renforcemens that have resd the prob
ably total in the neighborhood of stretches for
10 miles Making allowances for a deviation north to
Laon, the line be quite 80 mile long there apls
room for successes on one part field and reverseE ase
The Germans are in hrr selected positions With strong
renforcemens rushed up from consequently this
great battle may yet one the most decisive and
The British and French ros seem to be attempting to
repeat the Aisne the turning moveft carried
cessfuy in the Marne In the present they have the
additional incentive of knowing that should the Gman right
be again turned there Great defensive positions behind
the invaders until Meuse
of the army Of the German prince making its way
ward Tenaygap remains full of interest The French army
which barred the exit of the prince by Toul m m
rying in pursuit of him. TIN ~
There is no confirmation of the reported German aban.
donment of Lege but would not be surprising in the
ion of observers here to see the Germans quit Belgium alto
gether If there any the report that the eastern
Of has become the decisive position in German
eyes, -
Washington Sept 1.-THE French embassy here an
nounced the receipt Of the following dispatch from Bordeaux
On the 14th and 18th of September the of the
enemy has been in touch with the pursuing forces of
army The Of the enemy has been reinforced by Ger
troops The enemy forced accept battle along the
whole 'front.' part of which strongly organized.
'The allies the north of Vicsur Naisne scissors
and Laon and also the high hills the north of France The
line reaches the north to Vile Sur Tourve town the
west of the Argonne mountains and continues the Ar
gonne by line passing the north of Varennes This last
place been evacuated the enemy who have reached the
River Meuse close to the forests Of Fges the north Of
Verdun.'
GERMANS DENY DEFEAT.
Washington, Sept 1.-THE German embassy received
the following wireless from Berlin
All the French English reports Of victories of battles in
France The German retreat of the eastern wing
practical maneuver not eecng the strategic position
The French failed break through the German center and
were victoriously repulsed
There is confirmation of German successes at several
points of the long extended battlefield The Temps reports
that the losses of the British army in the fighting
amount to $1,000 dead and wounded.
GERMAN ARMIES AT BAY
London Sept. 17-Along ninety-mile front the Ger
armies at bay The allies occupying ledge
the River Ane which was won after on Of the most
spectacular thrilling river crossings made by
tacng force under fire. For the past two days there have
been sporadic attacks from both sides along this ne but
according admissions from rival headquarters they have
produced any definite results Both sides suffered
noy during the past week and the present pause
doubtsdy being % bring lsnforesmen supplies
n Vorkmen, Idle for Moaths,