Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-16
Germans Getting Ont Of France
The Allies Have Been Busy Driving out Their
Enemies.
RUSSIA TAKES 1870, O90 kUSTRlANS.
Turkey is Afraid TO Act, Belgium and Ser
via Lend Considerable Help.

French have christined the grsa
struggle which has been in pro
gross for week in the territor,
between Paris and Verdun, witt
the Allies armies of France aLe
England on one side AID the Ger
mans on the other, has not ye
reached decisive result.
The German right in the face
of superior forces aud threatsne ee
with an outfsnklng movement
continues to retire to the N rtI
along the route over which Gamer
81 Won Kluck made his fam us
lightning advance Gu ParlY from
the Belgian border after hav. ne
defeated the Allies at Mons and
again at Cambrai and Quentin.
With General van K uck also
according to French officiaI re
ports. the rlghS wing of Genera
ven Buel VS. army, which sup
ported his left, il falling back
toward the Rivers A!sne and Oise
Gu Won Buelow' left the arm >
had been trying for weeks 10 hrea k
through the French line, also has
stopped fighting and retired N ort {.
The German left wing, however,
composed of other sections of the
Prince of Wurtenhurgs army and
the army comwal ded by the CIR
man Grown PIiace is still fight
Ing with varying success, These
armies, however, appear to Eav.
passed Verdun. as Berlin reports
say they have been bombardir g
fortified positions South CT that
fortress.
Petrograd, Sept. 11.-T9mas-
zow has been taken after a desper
ate fight. Tne Ge-man troops
near Myszinec snd Chorzale, Rus
sian Poland, have been repulsed
with heavy losses. The Ru;sian
troops have take.l by assault the
fortified position Of Opole aud
TourLine, Russian Poland al
pursued the enemy a distance Of
25 miles. Russian csvalfy st:l
is driving the rear guard of the
enemy.
Paris, Sept. II -4:40 p. NJ
The French military authorities
who heretofore. have confined the
information made public concern
Ing the military operations East
Of Paris to lacon!c statements
very general III character, today
gave lengthy description of the
mcst Important battle since the
beginning of hostilltles.
Evidentl y the laft wing of the
Allied armies facing she north
east has borne the brunt Of the
preliminary engagements in which
the British took such prom!nent
part 80 we'll that they are the
object of highest compliments on
the part Of French military men
The combat according TO 0ffcial
announcements, seams to be de-
veIoped into an abandonment of
at least the advance posltions 6
held by the Germans VIII, it is
announced, are retiring along 8
a greater part of the line. This
retirement is said to have been
for 46 miles at some points.
Furious onslaughts, somtim as
by the French aud again by the
German, occurred about the cen.
ter of al extensive line in the
vicinity of Vltty.Le- Francois.
Three great German armies
commanded by general Won Kiuck
the Grown Prince Fredrick Will
liam and the Duke Of Wurten.
burg effeote Junction and re-
peatedly hurled themselves against
the French positions with the
greatest vigor but they were not
able TO achieve their seeming OBJ
Jet of reakipg the Allies center
and thus dividing tho Anglo
Fret ch armies.
Germans in Swift Retreat.
Paris, Sept II -11:34 p. m.-
The following offislal communica
ton was issued tonight by tbs
French war flee:
N .twithsarudlng tie fatigut
occasioned by five days of inces
ssut fighting, cur troops are Wig
OF ously pursuing the enemy
which is in general retreat.
"Thls retreat appears to hav'
boeu N re rapid than the advance
This has been 81 precipitats a.
certain p eInts that our troop
have gathered np at the genera
quarters, notably MoutmlraiI
charts, documents, aid persona
papers abnadoned by the enemy
and also packages of letter
which had been received or wer
ready to be forwarded.
SIN the district Of Fromantere
tho enemy sband med several bat
teriee Of mortars and @ number o
caissons Of ammunition.
Lol d IL. Sept. II p. m -Th
Germon urm'-s which d week ag
today commenced q series Of VIC
lent attempts to break throug
tie French center have fonn
their efforts futii1. and, evscuat