Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
BRITISH DESTROY
IMPERIAL GUARDS
ALLIES FLING BACK 2,oOo,o 900 AT
PARIS WALLS IN CRUCIAL
FIGHT.
SMASH TEUTON WINGS
kAisER's TROOPS TURNED BACK
BY DESPERATE DEFENSE BE-
FORE BEsiEeED CAPITAL.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, Sept. S.-The German I'm
perial guard has been annihilated by
the British at Precy. on the Disc
river, thirty-five miles from Paris. ac-
cording to dispatches received here.
and the Kaiser's troops face disaster
in the first battle of the war in which
the great masses OF the allied troops
have been engaged against the ad-
vancing hosts from the north.
On n battle line 120 miles long,
from the Meuse to the Disc rivers, as
the central part of the action, 4,0OO.-
600 men were engaged Monday in the
first general conflict which may set
tie the destinies of nations. A con-
tinuation of the German advance
means the capture of Paris. A Sc
rious reverse for the Kaiser means
final disaster.
At the close of the first days con-
flict victory perches on the banner
of the allies. At the eastern end of
the line of battle the British have
spread terror in the ranks OF the Ger
mans by routing the flower of Prus.
sian troops and crushing the personal
command Of the crown prince, it is
reported from the front
On the west, near the strongly for
titled city OF Verdum. the left flank
of the German advance has been
turned. and at the center. north of
Paris. the Teutons are said to be re-
treating slowly to entrenchments they
made three and four days ago.
The Kaiser is directing the attack
against the forts at Nancy in person.
From official communications given
out in Paris yesterday it was learned
that the engagements which began
Saturday and Sunday to the east and
northeast of the French capital de-
veloped Monday into one of the most
important battles of the campaign.
The armies of the allies are oppos-
ing the German advance over a, front
extending for about 120 miles from
Nanteuil lie Haudouin, twenty-five
miles northeast of Paris, to the great
fortress of Verdun. in the department
of Meuse, and twenty miles west of
the German frontier.
The French troops were strongly
supported by the British soldiers who
passed through Paris several days ago.
The Germans number 100000.
The position chosen by the allied
forces to give battle to the advanc-
ing invaders is declared to be most
favorable, having near its center the
strongly entrenched camp at Chalons
sur Marne.
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tions so successfully that portion
OF the German forces were forced to
retire. The Germans had reached the
region around Coulommiers and La
Ferte Gaucher, respectively thirty and
forty miles to Paris, when the detach-
ments covering the flanks of the main
German army encountered advanced
detachments of the allies, who drove
them back
II was officially announced last
night that the Germans are retreating
from the line of Nanteuil lie Hardouin
toward Yerdun after vigorous ac-
tiOn with French and British troops
General Pau announced the victory
of the allied forces at Precy sur Disc,
in which the imperial guard under
Crown Prince Frederick William is re-
ported to have been annihilated by the
British force.
General Joffre's plans are being
steadily carried out" says the official
report. The allied forces, acting on
the offensive, have been successful in
checking and forcing back in a north
east direction the German forces op.
posed TO them.
"a general action has started on
the line through Nanteuil lie Haudouin.
Meaux, Sezanne and Nitroy le Fran
co.'s. and extending TO Nerdun.
Thanks to the vigorous action OF
our troops. strongly supported by the
British, the Germans started retiring.