New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-04


AaOn should subsequently await under the walls Of Paris
Spies are active m the district Several caught Yesterday
Thu morning detachment of Hghlanders surprised body OF
Uhlans at farmhouse and killed or captured them ALL
An undated dispatch to ''The Times" to-day says;
The valley of the Somme has been abandoned La Fere
IA. been taken after bloody combat We obliged to retire
Saturday evening. :.
he right wing of the Germans far advanced and
here is chance that will be cut and caught between two e'
the British should be found IN force Our centre re'pg very
wen and the right wing of army appears to be taking the
offensive"
The dispatch to 'The Daily Mail" which the success of
the Germans at Moreu made the capture of Amlen certain gives
the following description of the occupation of the town;
at was o'clock Sunday evening" says THE Mails cor
respondent hen party of Uhans entered Amien by the Nue
I, Barnv After brief reconnaissance they retired to the Ger
man main body at Canon Half hour later they returned ac-
cOmpaned by envoy bearing white flag The latter inter-
viewed Mayor Figuet at the Town Hall
After an hours discussion the Mayor appeared with hu
peters and officially announced the surrender OF the CITY,
the citizens make disturbance.
81 alter the Mayor and the municipal councillors drove out IN
carriages TO paw formal visit the German commander who
told them that they would be held personally responsible with
their lives for the good conduct of the citizens
The Germans hereupon went to the Town HAIL. where hey
hauled down the French flag and hoed the German coors
The troops began entering the city about midday MONDAY
singing they came Die Wacht Rhein and Deutschland
Uber Allies
so time was wasted however the orders were to move
.iy out on the high road Paris Only few were left
TO guard the city, The only casualties of the German occupation
were those of chauffeur who shot the city gates because ne
did not stop quickly enough the order of the sentry and OF
local sausage maker who got into of words with some troop
ers over the price of his wares"
Reuter- dispatch from Amsterdam says that loOO Austrian
soldiers of the heavy siege artillery corps of Trieste passed through
Cologne last week their the western theatre OF the war
The journey these troops who brought their own siege material
with them, lasted four days.
The correspondents authority for this statement Is Ho
lander who has lust reached Amsterdam from Cologne
The Paris correspondent of "The Daily Mali sends the fol-
lowing delayed Dispatch
81 have lust returned from Compegne The English have
left the town. The bridges the Oe blown up this (o
dav) morning The Germans expected hourly.
One important section of the battle which drove back the
allies left was fought Bapae Thursday and Friday Friday
morning the Germans brought machine guns dense
fog and hours engagement the French suffered severely
"a British force unexpectedly arrived and occupied the
French position allowed the French to retire Ihen
though hard pressed British continued to night magnificent
battle"
correspondent of The Daily Chronicle who has just ar
rived from Paris at Rouen sends the following dispatch:
son reaching Rouen found the work of evacuation was In
progress. .
81 learn that has been engagement reaching even as
far south as the Compegne district and strong party of Uhans
been observed near Beauvas The Germans advancing
along the Disc Valley and making determined effort to
Laon and Rheims Should these great fOesse' fall there
will he nothing between and the ring of forts around
Paris except the returning French just possible that
there will be battle within few miles of greater Paris