The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-25
CLAIM
ADVANTAGE IN
DAYS Fighting
Germans. However, Say They
Are on Offensive All Along
the Battle Line
Artillery Plays
Principal Part
Heavy Guns Intended For the
Siege of Paris Battering
Forces of Allies-Battle Be-
comes Siege

Paris. Sept. 24.-Frcnch cav.
airy has cut General Won Kluck's
line OF communication between
st. Quentin and Cambria. Tho
allies thanking movement has
driven the Germans from PEE
rome. There are indications that
the German extreme right wing
is being forced back eastward to.
ward Cambria, Bouchain and De-
main by the army of Paris, while
. British French army continue
its drive northward.
The battle of the Aisne. now In
It's twelfth day, shows q disttnCe
advance by the allies Mt the west
end of the battle line, an uT-
broken deadlock In the center
from Craonnc to the plains OF
Chaions. and violent, but inde-
ctsive, fighting at the east end. It
Is reported from London that tho
German right wing has advanced
from MOntfAueon and has recap
tured Varenncrs. The Germans
have made no progress In thedr
attempt to break through tho haK.s
rier fortresses from Vertfun 70
Nancy and Luneyilic.
Most positive news comes from
the allies left, where, unquestiOn-
ably, the turning movement de-
signed to envelop or sllatter Won
kIuck has progressed from ten u
twenty miles in the past twenty
four hours. Government rcports
are guarded, but there evidences
multiply that the French are get
ting in behind Won k1uck's ex-s
treme right, where the battle line
10 north and south, while an al
lied army hammers at his center
and left, where the battle line To-
east and west. Reports from Lille
and yalencicnnes hint that tho
Germans are preparing To fail
back TO those cities. and It ~
known that uhlans arc blowing up'
bridges between Amiens and
Arras, to the northwest Of Of
Peronne, u further Indication Of
withdrawal.
Allies Getting Reinforrcmenta.
Despite the slow gains at the We
{ becomes more evident daily tn
he Germans will spend their last ouHS
# strength to hold their entrencht
position from Laon 10 the ridge of "A
soehm means determined reststance
he fianSing movement while Genari
ron kfuek gathers HRS forces f6t
more stubborn struggle north
rraonne The Germans have 600,0(
men at their right and center, bur "a
lilies are strengthening their numbei
lourly. L
There is some uneasiness as to evan
81 rxsit
Prince Frederick William. heavily N
nforced, is undoubtedly moving strOnl
Y against Verdun to cooperate Wtt
he Crown Prince Of Barvaria. who
Issaulting the barrier forts southaal
# yerdun. But the government a
critics appear confident III
he French right will hold long enouf
or the turning movement on the III
o be accomplished. In the vooGo
aims are turning to snow. This NJ
lalt operations and Is an advantA9aj
he allies,
The government report tonie6
made public at IL p. NJ, Is OF ia
Utmost brevity. but retains the spi1l
II optimism. The text follows:
"On our left wing the developm4t
II the battle continues. In the ceSI
81 tHtif HAS DSST NO ukUtlAA si
On our right wing tM
German attacks appear to have bee
brought to standstill,"
The military authorities have foun
hat the picking up of German shell
IS trophies by curious collectors q
he battlefield has become so IN
luently disastrous to whole hope1
lolds that 1t has issued spec11
carrying the warniM
hat fresh. unfired German shells ~
la BILE to explode u
The report OF the afternoon. oe
aimed, as usual. more detail, inGIul
ng the news Of the capture
'eronne, twenty miles north
.assigny, and an Important GAx1
&c sition Possession of the t0ygM
,eing contested bitterly. This N
With hints of further progress bSkY1
force. assures the public
he main effort is being pushed
ritual siege operations c0nttnas
he eastward VI.