The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-09-25
KaiSGr'S Troops Be-
ing D0atGn Back
RIGHT WING IN DANGER
Continued Bad Weather Greatly
SIaokGnS Fighting,
Three british CRUISERS sunk

German Attacks Are RepuIsed With
Heavy Losses-Crown Prince Mass
inu to Attack Verdun-AIIies Suffer
HeaviIy-Gaekwar of Baroda Offers
! Troops and Resources-8ritish War
ships After German Cruisers.
Three British Warships, the armored
cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy,
have been sunk in the North Sea
by submarines, according to an an
nouncement given out by the official
bureau. A considerable number OF
+ the crews were saved by n. M. S.
, Lowestoft and by division of tor
: pedo-boat destroyers. Trawlers and
their boats also aided in the work
of rescue. The Aboukir was torpedo
ed first. The Hogu and the Greasy
drew in close to her and were stand
ing by to save her crew, when they
were torpedoed. The warships lost
were OF the same type.
All Geographic and telephone commu-
nication with BresIau has suddenly
ceased. 1t is feared that the Rus
sian center may have pushed for
ward and be attacking the city.
An Antwerp dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegram company says the staff of
General Won KIuck, commander of
the German right wing, was trans
ferred to Mons, according to an UNI
confirmed report. The Belgian re-
cruits of the 1914 class have been
called to the coIors.
PARIS - The following Off
cial communique was issued:
''The fighting today has been less
violent. We have made noteworthy
progress between Rheims and the Ar
gonne ridge"
PARIS = Unless all signs fail.
the beginning of the German re-
treat from France is in sight.
The government reports coincide
with the opinion of military critics
that all along the line German resist
ance is crumbling before the numbers
and spirit of the allies.
The definite result of the ninth day
battle of the Aisne places General Won
Kluck. commanding the German right
wing, in peril of development. I'riI
ish and French have struggled for.
ward at awful cost to the heights of
Lassigny, thus endangering the ex-
IRENE German right.
East of Rheims, in the center Of the
battle, the allies are preaching tie
German line and have driven the Ger
mans from strong positions. The re-
treat in the center adds to the danger
of Won Kluck's army and indicates
necessity for general withdrawal to
a new line of defense, probably Bel
;gium.
Massinq to Attack Verdun.
/ Rain storms and inclement weather
have sIackened battle fury at the east
of the line, where the duke of Wurt
teDburg and the Crown Prince Fred
,erick William are struggling to hold
positions In a finad effort to break
tae, Verdun line of Notifications and
let German troops through, the crown
prince, heavily reinforced, is reported
to be massing an attack against the
Verdun fortresses.
The official cOmmunique issued at
night is extraordinarily brief but holds
subdued optimism within its guarded
pbrases-the hint that the allies are
breaking through the German center.
Allies Advance Everywhere.
The eagerness of the French public
was more substantially fed by the
communication of the afternoon. The
details, accepted by a public which
has perfect confidence in the cCuse"
yatism and truth of its government.
point distinctly to progress in the al
lies endeavor to cut off General Won
Klrck's army At the extreme left
and in the center the allies have adj
-anced their lines further than ever
core. At Rheims the Germans have
coiled after the fiercest of any at
,tacks and are maintaining the bonn
.bardment of the city. Eastward, to
the ridge of the Argonne, they appear
to have been pressed backward. There
is no definite news from the Voges
and Lorraine.
German Attack Fails.
Paris and all French comprehend
that shouts of victory would be prema-
ture. But there is the most positive