The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-15

northeast Of the city of Paris and
ten miles southeast Of Senlis.
Meaux is % miles east of Paris and
| Sezanne is about fifty-five miles east
of the capital, Sezanne is also 25
miles southeast Of Epernay.
Vitry-le-Francois is on the bank of
the River Marine and rs miles south
west of Verdun.
Coulommiers is in the department
of Seine and Marine, and is 13 miles
southeast of Meaux and 80 miles east
erly from Paris.
| La Ferte Gaucher is ten miles east
| of Coulommiers and about forty miles
to the east of Paris.
The official communique issued in
Paris, telling of the situation along the
! whole line, says:
First = The allies have advanced
their left wing without energetic op-
| position from the enemy.
| Second The situation is IN
changed on our center in the region
Of Verdun, our forces alternately ad
vancing and retiring. There have
been some partial successes on our
right in the Vosges.
"Third-The advancing troops and
the allies defending Paris have had
several combats on the Ourcq river
with the results in favor of the allies.
"Fourth-The minister of war has
telegraphed to the governor Of Maui
beuge, expressing the governments
admiration for the heroic defense.
The commander in chief has placed
the name of the governor of Maui
beuge in the order of the day for his
splendid defense"
Allies Force Battle.
The general engagement was
brought about when the allies, which
had been in continuous retreat for
many days, made stand in strongly
fortified position to the north and
northeast of Paris.
The first clash came when the Ger
man troops covering the TANKS of the
main German army encountered adj
vance detachments Of the allies at
point near La Ferte-Gaucher and were
forced to retire. The main bodies of
the opposing armies then took up the
struggle and the Germans were forced
to retire.
Million Men Take Part in Contest.
1t is estimated that 100000 troops
were engaged along the line, which
extends roughly 120 miles.
The German first army, which had
crossed Belgium, rounded the left
wing of the allies army, and then
turned southwark and to the east of
Paris, was forced to fight with it's
back to that city.
Messages received from Paris say
this army was forced to retreat early
in the fighting and was being pursued
by French troops. From time to time
the Germans turn and engage with
the French, while French shells fall
continually in their ranks.
Austrians Forced Back.
The following official announcement
was given out at Petrograd est. Pet
ersburg):
"The Austrian army corps between
the River Vistula and the River Burg
are retreating with enormous losses.
The resistance of the enemy has been
broken.
There are evidences of the posi-
bility of famine in Austria"
Another official communication is
sued said: In the sphere Of opera
tons around Rawa, thirty-two miles
northwest of Lemberg, in Galicia, the
Russian forces continue number of
serious engagements. The Austrian
army which has been operating in the
direction of Kholm is retiring, re-
pulsed by the Russian troops, which
have taken numerous prisoners, to-
gether with artillery and ammunition
trains.
Disease Ravages Austrians.
Five hundred Austrian soldiers are
in hospitals, suffering from dysentery
which is said to be ravaging the ranks
Of the enemy.
con the German front there have
been only Insignificant skirmishes."
A dispatch from Bucharest coming
by way of Odessa, announces the en-
try of Russian troops into CZernowitz.
The city is the capital of the province
of Bukewaina, in Austria~Hungary,
and is 146 miles southeast of Lemburg.