Bisbee daily review., 1914-09-13
LONDON ISSUES OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF ACTION
Confirms Reports Of General Retreat Of Germans Before Advance Of
 Allies Great Forces

LONDON. Sept. 12.-The German armies, which one week ago today
 commenced a series of violent at tempts to break through the French center have found their efforts fu- tile and are evacuating Vitry-Le-Fran- cois, which was the pivot of their of fensive. and where they had fortified already strong natural positions, and have retired northward This retire ment was made imperative by the continued retreat of the German right wing, which is now somewhere north west of Rheims, and the defeat of the army corps which is operating just east of Vitry-LeFrancois around Rev igny Sermaize, and which in its hurry tO join in the retirement left a quan- tity of war material behind
 The Germans in the Argonne dis trict have likewise begun 10 -Gl back so that the pressure on the forts to the southwest of Verdun. which the Berlin report said the Germans had commenced to lombard should be relieved
 In Lorraine too, the French claim to have won further successes and to have been enabled to straighten out the line along that frontier They oc- cupied the territory east of Forest, Champeneoux, Gerberviller, Resain- vller and Saint Die, thus getting closer in touch with their troops which, since the early days of the war have held much German territory in the front near Colmar.
 Apparently the Germans, who sent their best army further west to take part in the advance on Paris, have found the mountains of Moselle and Vosges, where the French were in strong positions, too hard a nut to crack While French reports say that the French army is following up all these successes. it would appear that their most serious driving movement is taking place against the German right wing, which since Saturday last has travelled north faster than it went south
 On Friday this wing, which is com posed of General Von Kluck's army and a part of General Von Buelow's corps, occupied a line which followed the river Vesle and the railway from Soissons through Fismes to the noun tans immediately south of Rheims. Today. however these troops must have gone still luther north or east as the Vritish official report says the British cavalry has reached that line today. between Soissons and Fismes and that a number of prisoners were captured
 It is believed that General Sir John French, who won a reputation as one of the greatest cavalry leaders in the South African war will cling to the heels of the retreating army just as long as his men and horses can stand the strain. It is possible too that he will get assistance from the French cavalry. which has not yet been heard of to any great extent during this war and which is credited with being equal to any inthe world
 The French official report refers to this retirement as a general retreat, and from the rate at which the Ger mans are travelling it would seem to be such, although military experts are of the opinion they may make a stand or counter offensive move when endorsements, which have been sent from Belgium, reach them It is be- lieved portions of the German army which is falling back on Revigny are almost certain to put up hard fight in the forest of Argonne, where mill tary men expect General Joffre, the