The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-09-16
GERMANS FLEEING
ACROSS COUNTRY
Leaving Much War Ma
terial Behind.
ATTEMPTS TO BREAK THROUGH
French Center We're Futile
Strong Natural Positions
Are Abandoned.

Are ADdndOned.
FRENCH CLAIMING VICTORIES
London, Sept. 13.-An Ostend
dispatch to Reuters Telegram Com
pany says: Grown Prince Frederick
William and Prince Adelber. of
Prussia, the Emperor. third son,
and Prince Carl of Wuerttem berg
are repo led to have 4 ed in Il hos
pital at Brussels
Paris, Sept. 12.-The official
statement issued tonight says: 1.-The
German retreat is very rapid. The
pursuit is vigorous. The Germans
have abandoned many mortars."
London, Sept. 12.-The German
armies, which week ago to-day
commenced series of violent at
tempts to break through the French
center, have found their efforts flu
tile, and. evacuating Vitry-le-Fran-
co.'s, which was the pivot of their
offensive and where they had fortifi-
ed already strong natural positions,
have retired nOrthward.
This retirement was made imper-
alive by the continued defeat of the
German right wing, which is now
somewhere northwest of Rheims,
and the defeat of an army corps
which was operating just east of vi
try-le-Francois, around Revigny and
Sermaize, and, which in its hurry to
Join the retirement. left quantity
OF war material behind for the
French to pick up.
The Germans in the Argonne dis
trict likewise have begun to fall
back, so that the pressure on the
forts to the southwest of Verdun,
which Berlin report said the Ger
mans had commenced to lombard,
should be relieved.
In Lorraine, too, the French claim |
to have won further successes and
to have been enabled to straighten
out their line along the frontier. /
They have occupied the territory |
east of the forest of Champenoux,
Gerbeviller, Resainviller and Saint
Die. thus getting in closer touch |
with their troops which, since theI
early days of the war. have held a
bit of German territory in front of
Colmar.
Apparently the Germans. who
sent the best of their army further
west, to take part in the advance on
Paris, have found the mountains of
Moselle and vosges. where the
French We're in strong positions, too
hard a nut to crack.
While the French reports say that
the French army is following up all
these successes, 1t would appear that
their most serious driving move
ment is taking place against the
German right wing. which, since
Saturday last, has travelled north
faster than it went south. On Fri
day this wing, which is composed
of General Won Kluck's army and
part of General Won Buelow's corps,
occupied fine which follows the
River vesle and the railway from
scissors through Fismes to the
mountains Immediately south of
Rheims
To-day. however. these troops
must have gone still further north
or east. as the British official report
says the British cavalry reached that
line to-day, between Scissors and
Fismes, and that a number of pris-
oners were captured.
1t is believed that General Sir
John French, who Won reputation
as one of the greatest cavalry lead
ers in the South African war, will
cling to the heels of this retreating
army just as long as his men and
horses can stand the strain. Ii Is
possible, too. that he will get assist
ance from the French cavalry, which
has not yet been heard of to any
great extent during this war. and
which is credited with being the
equal of any in the world.
The French Official report refers
TO this retirement as a general re- Z
treat, and from the rate at which the l
Germans are travelling 1t would seem
to be such, although military experts
are of the opinion they may make a I