Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09

vance having bssn rcsoluteiy pushed
home.
cd some casualties. but the number 10
small in relation to the nature OF the
fighting
Tho result of the two days opera
tiOns UP 20 the pieseAt - se.y sa.I''
factory"
French on Favorable Ground.
The allies. according to a bulletin
issued by the French war Office, sue
cessfully repulsed a second attempt of
the Germans to penetrate their lett
center between Fere-Champenoise a ID
Vitry-le- Francois, where the roads ana
RAILWAYS are more suited to the French
movements than they would have been
further north. In fact, II is -oeieV eu
Gen Joifre purposeiy fell back Ioh
cha o,ls so that he could choose GROUND
more favorable for his army for either
defensive or o.e..s.Ee o ,rai.o. s. IN
this lie seems to have been 1ustihed.
for not only was the German attack
repuIsed, but al N.iTy--;1-F alceis 'ne
Germans actually lost ground
This has been the scene OF the heasi-
est fight ng of the present oattie, ioI
on the German right. which t'e ,es
seem to have gotten around zen.
kluck is tan ns nacs Trencb and
British forces toward the Ma:ne be
tween Meaux and Scyanne- There MUST
have been some fighting here, however.
as the French report that some prs
oners were taken from the enemy.
Reinforcements for Allies.
There have been many rumors or re-
endorsements having been sent this
army of the allies. Some of the rumors
are TO the effect that Russian troops
actually have Joined il. and others that
The Indian troops tok part in the fight
ing These rumors. however. remain
without confirmation, and the more
thoughtful observers or the war eo
slider that the increased STR nStn % ''s
allies left wing Is due to the arrival OF
fresh troops from En@land and france
and to the fact that the advanced de-
densive army of Paris Is taking part
In the operations.
The French are still sticking below
the Lorraine frontier. and here, &C
cording to the war office, have re-
pulsed an attack made by the Germans
on the line between Nancy and Chateau
Salins.
30 quickly at the beginning of the war,
there has been a long respite from
serious fighting, II being said that the
Germans have evacuated upper SAGE.
This Is due, in the opinion OF military
experts, to the withdrawal of the Ger
mans who were needed tor the west. and
probably to the return to Austria OF
loops sent to the assistance of tine Ger
mans last month.
Algerians in Heroic Charge.
A feature of Mondays action was an
other heroic charge by the Alger an rifle
men. At critical moment it became
necessary to carry a certain position. and
after the artillery had prepared the way
1000 Algerians. with fixed bayonets.
charged the position at doub,e-au.ck
without hinching under the storm o.
shot and shell.
They never stopped until they reached
the trenches. where they wrought rear
full carnage. Many pieces Of artillery and
machine guns were captured.
After the A!ger ans zane the infantry
and arti .lery, and the wedge driven tntJ
the line forced the Germans to ret eat
They were pursued by the same Algeri-
ans who inflicted terrible losses
Auxiliary Troops to Be Used.
The French minister of war has order
I'd that the auxiliary troops. usually
unarmed. be Incorporated into the army
when their age and health permit
The correspondent of the Chronicle at
the front in France telegraphs as fol-
lows:
THE tables are turned. The right wing
Of the German army. winch was con-
stderably battered by the heavy lighting
of the last two days. Is continuing its
retrograde movement. 1t is falling back
". tn the British army fast in it's !ank.
Everything points to the movement
being a definite retirement rather than
a temporary retreat. The greater part
of the German force holding Amiens
withdrew Tuesday morning, and the
German wounded were rushed to Arras.
when ] left the neighborhood of Amiens
at noon a small French force was watt
Ing in the vicinity to reoccupy Amiens