The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-04
ADMITTED BY FRENCH WAR Of
FlCE IN OFFICIAL REPORT
THAT LEFT WING is CIV
ING GROUND.
FRESH ENGLISH TROOPS TO
REINFORCE FRENCH LEFT
Rested Recruits Are Prepared to Sup
port Retreating CoIumns-Asserted
Retirement Has Been for Pur-
pose of Selecting Good
battle-ground.

London, Sept. 3.-The Germans bat
tered their way little nearer to Paris
when the French left wing was com
PEELED to recede on the line from St
Quentin westward to, Amiens.
Allies Center Holds.
The allied armies center, which ex
tends roughly from st. Quentin east
to Rethel, holds firm, the British hav
Ing effectually checked the German
advance in that quarter at a point
northward, distance not given, from
Compiegne.
The Germans have asked for an
armistice to bury their dead.
Right Wing Resists.
The right wing holds out, according
to French war office statement.
The Paris correspondent of the Eve.
ming News has just cabled that the
British holding the center have gained
decided success and have checked
the German onward rush we'll to the
north of Compiegne. The check is SO
decided, says the correspondent, that
the Germans have asked an armistice
to bury their dead
20 Miles From Paris.
Compiegne is but 40 miles from Par
is. How much farther north the Ger
man line has been halted the CORE.
spondent does not say. Compiegne, at
the junction of the Disc and Aisne riv-
ers, is the key to the whole allied line,
and if lost would throw them back on
Paris.
The Germans beaten back by the
British number three army corps.
Refugees Spread Report.
'The story that the main body of
the German army is within 20 miles of
Paris is the result of tales told by ref
ugees who, seeing detached patrols of
Uhlans in the district, fled, spreading
the report that the German army was
there" the driver said.
1T is humanity impossible for the
British troops to hold their ground
against forces which are seven times
their strength. The manner in which
they have resisted during their re-
treat has been magnificent. For in
stance. at Landrecies, near Lecateau,
brigade of guards and some British
infantry held off for hours the attack
of much superior German force,
though they had only a few machine
guns, while the Germans were we'll
provided with guns"
French Check Invaders.
Well founded, though unofficial, re-
ports were current in Paris that the
vance on the north.
The position of the allies armies,
according to the opinion of the French
military experts, is good
The Germans, it is pointed out, are
attempting a movement which, if it
fails, will leave them in dangerous
situation, with their troops exhausted.
The British army, fresh and rested,
the experts say, is about to engage
the extreme German right and to sup
port the French, who have been re-
firing for several days.
French Retire to Pick Ground.
Paris-The following official state
ment was issued by the war office:
"On our left wing as a result of the
turning movement of the German
army and in order not to accept bat
tie under unfavorable conditions, our
troops retired toward the south and
southwest. In the region of Rethel
our forces have arrested the enemy
momentarily. In the center and on
the right the situation remains un-
changed"
Two Important Developments.
Washington, Sept. 3.-Official ad-
vices received through diplomatic
channels reported two of the most inn
portant developments of the present
war.
Great Britain asked the United
States to be prepared to care for Brit.
ish diplomatic interests in Turkey, in
dicating that the allies had practically
lost hope CT persuading the Ottoman
empire to remain neutral. Dispatches
received at the British embassy refer
red to the Incorporation into the Turk
lsh army of several German officers,
which was regarded as the forerunner
Of Intervention by the porte in behalf
Of Germany.
Turkeys entry into the conflict
means the immediate alignment of It
ally, as well as Greece, on the side OF
Great Britain, France, Russia, Servia,