The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-18
FRONT IS SHORTER
THAN IN RECENT
BATTLE OF MARINE
Fight Now Raging More
Vital to Countries Than
Previous Conflicts.
GERMANS APPARENTLY
IN STRONGER POSITION
Fortify Themselves on Noun
tains North of the River
Aisnc.
REINFORCED BY FRESH TROOPS
Countcr-Attacks Against Allied
Forces RcpuIsed at Many
Points.
No Direct Reports
From Battle Line

While no direct reports Hnvc brcu
received from the northern French
battle front. II i~ apparent from
ncnErc official statements and from
other sources. TINT the allied forces
md the Gcrntnu armies are Rgnin
drawn Up fOrt1 great bnttIc. which.
In the opini"n of military observers.
niRy Inst scvcrNl days.
The Gcrm1ns occupy tnyornblr
country, and ere we'll intrcnrhc,.
The allies. we'll as the Germans,
nrc receiving rcinfOrccntcutS. aud
both british aud Frcuch arc using
their utmeSt cndcayOrS To Improve
tue advantage the! gained during
the retirement OF the Gcrmnns be-
y"nd the River Nisnc nnI into the
hills north OF RhcimS.
The official statements. issued mt
Pnris. merely announces TINT there
has hccn nv change I'm the SituDtiou.
t"NcHriicr oiiicinl statement showed
that the Germans were Offering
strong rcstatRncc ON the French icrt
wing, while ON the centre they con-
finuc To fOrtiry themselves. md In
other districts were welt intrcnchc,i.
French officials admit tho GcrInnnS
are In strong force, and hnvc he
hind them plenty or artillery. This
iS further emphasized by the fnct
That they have undertaken several
cOuntcr-nttaces in thc pnSt dny or
two.
On intc operations the british Wnr
Onicc IL ~iicnt, hut nm official nc-
count of british operations during
the period from September 30 to a.,
Inns been ISSUED 10y the oNicinI prcSS
bureau. showing TINT, though the
british troops hnd hnrd tight ting,
they made n steady advance. i'm CO.
operation with the French through
territory crossed by numerous
rivers. aud which offered mnny oh
stncirs to forward movement.
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the
british Secretary or State for Wnr,
has nSnin urged the necessity OF
developing armed forces Ito carry
ON mud bring the mighty conflict to
n successful comciusiou." Il will he
"ccc>snry. he says. To kccp the army
nj Its tull strength. aniI mnintain "a
StcndN flow of rclnforccmcnts.
German official Stntcmcuts from
Hcritn. by why OF London, rcport
that the Gcrmnn lirigihir nir.Iips
have fulfilled NIL expectations; thnt
none hns bccn destroyed or cnpturcd,
although some hnNc been damaged;
thnt subscriptions TO the German
war f0nu hnye exceeded all cxpcctn-
tons; TINT German Colonial troOps
have succcssfuli! attacked the
Uganda Railway. mud that the Ser
'ian forces. which crossed the River
SnHc, have hccn rcrulsed every
where.
Tokyo report says the German
cruiser fmden hns sunk five itritish
steamers on the coast of India.
According to announcement from
"nsh'nEfou, Germany has suggested
informally that the Uuitcd states
should undertake. to elicit from
Grent britain, France md Russia n
statement of the terms under which
the allies would make peace. The
suggestion cnme through the .smrri-
can ambassador mt Berlin, and WINS
mnde by the German Imperial Chan
cciior, I'm reply to the inquiry of the
American government.
In Eaticin aud East Prussiu. AUS
frians, Germans mud Russinns con
tinuc their StupcndOus conflicts, OF
which no late details have been
madc known.