New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-01
Part of General Won Klucks Force Re.
ported Cut Off and Trapped in
Quarries at Lassigny.
BOTH MIDDLE ARMIES STAND FAST
Military Observers Forecast Line of Retreat Through
Rethel-OffiCia Communications Make Con-
Servatve Claims Concerning Battle.

London, Oct l. 3:25 A. MA Rotterdam dispatch to ''The
Daily News" says:
Dispatches from the south indicate that preparations for
the retreat Of the German right have already begun German
troops have been observed coming from the of France tow
ard Journal and Mons prepared army in case
of retreat"
Mons, which General Won Kucs headquarters was re-
ported flames Tuesday Today message received from
Flanders states that the Germans have fred part of Journal de-
manded fine of two million francs taken noabIes of the
town hostages
dispatch from Ghent to "The Daily Express" dated
Wednesday declares that the Germans have built heavy pom
toOn bridges the Mee between Gvet and Nau
apparently for the purpose of facilitating their retirement from
France All their wounded the dispatch says have been removed
from Brussels.
Paris Sept 3oDpatches from the battle front on th the
nineteenth day of continued desperate fighting along the l5oe
front from the SOmme the Mosee add sufficient to the some
what official reports indicate that the Germans are re-
cedng before sustained pushing from the armies especially
on the eastern and western wings The cene where the Germans
are most strongly nrenched with heavy artillery remains almost
stationary.
To-nighP official announcement which follows conspicu
ousy avoids mention of the fighting the allied left:
The general situation satisfactory There he's been no
change of account the 'front.' except south of the
Woee where have occupied Secheprey and advanced as far
as the slopes to Rupt de Mad"
FLANKINC MOVEMENT CONTINUES.
This afternoons communication confirming in considerable
statements OF the unofficial
says:
'FRst--On left wing north of the Somme the action
continues to develop rapidly and toward the north
Between the Oe and the Ane the enemy has delivered vigorous
attack TscyeMOn To northeast of the Forest of Aique
the Germans have been repulsed with heavy losses.
SecOndOn the centre there relative along the en-
tire 'front.' which extends from Rheims the Meue Between the
Argonne and the Meuse have made slight progress
'n the WoeTe district there have been severe bates Our
have advanced at several points, notably the east of
Saint-NihieL
"On right wing, in Lorraine Vosges there has
been change"
GERMAN WINGS FOLDING BACK
generally concluded by French military men that some
important must be made by the Germans who have
opposed the enest and desperate resistance sacrificing
thousands of men daily
The German wings appear though folding back on the
centre leaving the sole oOphOe for backward movement by
way of Rethel
The Germans main supply base JunuIIe which is protected
by heavy of troops absolutely essential that this
place should be held for the evuamg of the German armies
northeastern France appears be placed n precarou situation
with its single line of railroad.
The official report that the action continues develop the
norhwad indicates that the French left be pushing
toward Cambria yesterday il the neghborhood Of
Albert
FRENCH FAR TO NORTH.
Even further north than thi. the ffcna sIUpsats
and last week German force sent to orches sixteen
tack German hospital that place. with superior forces
and had to fall back.
The Germans, too their official report received here add