The Yale expositor., 1914-09-17

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moving them to the front as a sepa.
rate army.
The retrogression OF the German
arms OF General Won Kluck freed the
garrison OF Paris from its primary
duty of manning the forts. Detach-
ments from this service can we'll be
spared, sufficient to form an additional
corps to strengthen the allies left
flank.
One French Force in Peril.
Dispatches develop tonight a new
point of attack which has been little
mentioned. The fifth German army,
after making the turning movement
around Verdun. seems to have moved
southeast up the valleys of the Aire
and Aisne rivers. So great was the
pressure of its attacks that the French
line was forced TO Souilly and the line
of the Ornain river. The days wire
less report from Berlin of the cap
ture of Notifications near Verdun re-
fers to the operations of this army.
This portion of the French line is
in a dangerous position. In their eff
forts to hold the fortress of Verdun
the French left a salient protruding
% miles beyond their general line.
This salient is exposed to attack both
on east and west. A success by the
! Germans on either side would take
! the other side in rear, and would re
suit in serious losses during the with
drawal.
If the Germans succeeded in such
a move they would isolate Verdun
and have a chance to bring to bear
upon il the same tactical use of heavy
artillery that resulted in the capture
of Liege, Namur and Longwy. The
French armies would be forced back
to the general line running from Virty
TO Toul.
Such a success on the part of the
Germans would not have a decisive
effect on the battle, but it would have
important value in shortening the
front operations and in facilitating
the supply of their troops. By throw
ing open a new line of operations, it
would tend to counterbalance the at
traction of such lines on the right
flank due to the allies turning move
ment.
The fighting reported at Easternay,
ten miles south of Montmirail, and the
reports of fighting along the Ornain
river just east of Vitry show that the
German armies are still holding their
advance line. The successe of the
allies seem to have been gained most
ly by the British army north of Coul-
ommiers and by the French army
and the allied army on their left
1t is too soon to make any esti-
mate as to the outcome of this bat
tie. While the allies have a greater
total force the Germans have drawn
in their columns and massed their
troops in a way that gives them
numerical superiority at the point of
contact.
The outcome is going to depend
largely on the French artillery. If the
French guns can hold their positions
and maintain their fire, the German
losses in assault will be so great as to
make success impossible.
All signs indicate that the Ger
mans have reached the limit of their
available force for the French cam
paign. To gain sufficient strength
for the last effort they have had to
strip the country from Client, Bel
GUM to Muelhausen, Alsace
Kaiser Gains In Prussia.
The latest news changes the situa-
ton in East Prussia. The German
armies in this region have been great
ly REINFORCED and have again in
fiicted on the Russian army OF invasion
a blow that will seriously delay its ad-
vance. During the last ten days the
Germans have made use of their bet
ter rail system to push forward to
East Prussia such great numbers OF
reserve organizations that they have
overpowered the south wing of the
Russian army and have forced it back
into the lake region of Prussia. The
report from Berlin of the defeat OF the
Twenty-second Russian corps at Lyck,
If confirmed, will indicate disas-
trous defeat for the Russians.
The German success in this district
will have an important influence in
delaying the advance of the central
Russian army through Poland. Due
to the same rail superiority Austria
can move her reserves into Galicia
faster than Russia can bring her
forces to the front. The Austrian re-
sistance on the front from Rawa
Ruska south to Stryi is stiffening.
In the rest OF the field of opera
lions the advantage lies with the
Russians.