Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-09-17

OFFICIAL PARIS STATEMENT
SAYS WHOLE LINE OF IN
VADERs PUSHED BACK.
BERLIN ADMITS ARMY YIELDS
Teutons Along River Marine Fall Back
When Attacked by Superior Forces.
Russians Cross River San in
Pursuit Of Austrians.

Paris, Sept 1.-THE precipftate
fight Of the German right wing is
being continued, and their left, while
giving more resistance to the constant
attacks Of the allies, is slowly retreat
ing.
The latest official announcement
says that the forward march of the al
lies is being kept up along the whole
front and that the armies are ''in con-
slant contact with the enemey." The
allies left has crossed the river
Ceinse. The evacuation of Amiens by
the Germans, previously reported in
news dispatches, was officially an
nounced today. Lille also has been
evacuated by the enemy.
Text of Official Statement.
An official statement issued this at
ternoon says:
On our left wing the enemy con
tinues his retreating movement. He
has evacuated Amiens. falling back to
the eastward between Scissors and
Rheims The Germans have retired
northward from the Vesle. They have
not defended the Marne to the south
east Of Rheims.
AT the center the enemy, though
it has lost Revigny and Brabantle-Roi,
still holds the south end of the Forest
Of Argonne. On our right wing the
hostile forces which were along the
Meurthe are beating a retreat beyond
st. Die and Luneville. We have re
occupied Draon, lie Tape, Baccarat,
Remireyille, Nomeny, and Pontamous-
son.
Hard Fighting in AIsace.
4 dispatch from Basel, Switzerland
states that between Blotzheim and
SieTenz. Alsace, French cavalry, sup
ported by artillery, has annihilated
two squadrons of German cavalry. All
the horses Of the invaders were killed
The number Of German troops killed
was large.
Another dispatch by way of Basel
says that 10000 men were engaged in
q fierce battle between Thaun and
Senheim. Both sides repeatedly
charged with bayonets.
Some military experts assert that
Gen. Won KluCk will not be able to
reform his army and give battle to the
allies in France. 1t is probable, some
of these experts say, that the next big
battle will be fought in Belgium, with
the advantage in favor of the allies.
RAwHft1 Il
Berlin, Sept. 10.-(OficiaI by Walt
agency army headquarters
EAST of Paris it is reported that some
1etachments which had advanced
llong and across the Marine were at
iacked by forces from Paris superior
in number between Meaux and Mont
mirail.
They held the enemy after desper
ate fighting which lasted two days anC
made some progress. Upon learning
of the approach of new and strong hos
tile columns their wing fell back. The
enemy did not pursue them at any
point.
THE detachments fighting west O.
Verhun have made progress. In Lor
raine and in the Voges the situation is
unchanged Fighting has been resum
ed in the eastern theater of war"
Claim Big Russian Triumph.
London, Sept 14-That the Russian
armies in Galicia and Russian POLAND
have inflicted a browning defeat on the
combined Austrian and German forces
is indicated by numerous dispatches
received today from several sources.
Only the extent of the disaster tt
the AustrO-German forces is in cues
ton. That the retreat of the whole
Austrian front is in the nature of {
rout is certain. The Russians have
taken a vast number of prisoners, the
reports ranging from 10000 to 100. O0(
men, and also have captured many
guns and great quantities of munitions
OF war.
A dispatch to Lloyd's News from
Petrograd, dated yesterday, says:
Two Austrian armies are surround
ed and 10000 prisoners have beer
taken, including 500 officers from on,
army and 600 from another. The sur
render of both armies is impending
The Germans are again moving troops
from the east to the west"
A Central News dispatch from Pet
rograd says that the German forces IL
east Prussia have been driven bacl
with great losses near Muishents. bu
are still bringing up reinforcements
The Germans are making their chic
efforts in the region of the Maurse
lakes.