El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-01
BIC BATTLE IN
NORTH FRANCE
continued From Page One,


William Of Germany has taken pe-So1.I
command of his forces in Prussia S. -i,14
inE thereby to stem the rapid P1s-;l,
advance toward the capital
on the other hand, Berlin which a.
last is beginning to issue much MOI.
news of the war, claims important -.
tories of the Austrians over the P1e-
SLAMS.
It is impossible as yet to dec,de
which Of these conflicting reports j.
correct, but it is evident that 6e-c,-
lighting is proceeding
ReuuIsed But Not Broken
4The Anglo-French' army corDs bs,,.
had to give ground, but nowhere bs.,-(
they been broken through" is the STATE
ment given out at the French enbasS,-
in London today relative to the fighting
on French soil
This announcement is summary Of
part of an official communication of ~
French war Office referring 10 III
German attack on the French left
wing. made public in Paris Monday
night
The statement issued by the war
"The situation'in general is as fol-
lows:
''First-In the Vosges and in Lorraine
it must be remembered our forces.
which had taken the offensive at tFe
beginning of the operations and driven
the enemy outside of our frontiers.
Before Saareburg and in the region of
MOrhagne, where they encountered very
solid defensive works, our forces We're
obliged TO fall back and TO reform. one
part on Stouronne de Nancy and the
other on the French VOsges.
Attack in Progress.
The Germans then assumed the Of
fensive, but our troops after having
thrown them back upon their positions,
resumed the offensive TWO days ago.
This attack continues to make progress,
although slowly. 1t is a yeritable war
Of sieges, as each position occupied is
Immediately fortified.
This explains the slow1ess of our
advance, which is nevertheless charac-
terized each day by fresh local sue
cesses.
"Second-The region OF Nancy and
southern Havre, since the beginning
Of the campaign in this section, be-
tween Metz on the German side and
TOulon and VerdOn on the French side,
has not been the theater OF important
operations
German Prince Checked.
''Third-In the direction of the AIeuse I
between Verdun and Mezieres. it Will
be remembered, the French forces took
the offensive in the BEGINNING towards
LOngwy, Neufchateau and Paliseut- The
trOps operating in the region Of Spin
court and Longuyon have been able to
check the enemy'S army under the com
mand Of the German crown prince
In the regions Of Neufchateau and
Pal1seul, on the other hand, certain Of +
our troops have received partial checks,
which Obliged them TO retire upon the
Mouse without having their Organiza-
ton broken up This retiring move
meut has compelled the forces operating
in the neighborhood OF Spincourt 10 /
withdraw also towards the Meuse.
General Action in Progress.
During the last few days the enemy 4
has endeavOred to spread out from the !
Meuse with considerable forces, but by T
a vigorous counter offensive movement I
they were repealed with great losses. /
In the meantime fresh forces Of Ger
mans advanced TO RocrOy. Now, a gen
eral action is taking place between the J
Mouse and Methel and il is still impOs-
sible 10 see definitely the issue Of this.
Fourth-Operations in the north;
The French and British forces originally /
took up positions in the Dinant and
CharlerOi country and at Mons They
endured several repulses and the ford
ing Of the Meuse by the Germans near
Givet, on our flank, compelled our
troops to retire.
Germans Moving West.
THE Germans seem TO be moving
to the west. 1t was under these con-
ditions that our English allies, at
tackled by the enemy in greatly superior
mum Ders in the region Of lie Cateau
and Cambria, have Withdrawn toward
the south, at the moment that our
forces were operating in the districts
Of Avesnes ana Chimay. The retiring
movement was prolonged during sew
eral days
IN the meantime. a general battle
took place in the region of St. Quentin
and Nervins, and at the same time in
the Ham-Peronnes district. This battle
was marked by an important success on I
our right, where we have thrown back I
the Prussian Guard and Tenth army
corps into the Disc
owing 10 the progress OF the Ger
man right wing, where our adversarie /
have united their best corps, we have
had to make a new retirement"