New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-19
ALLIES ADVANCE
ON LEFT OF LINE
bv an Angorench operating the border as well as Oy
Belgian army.
INVADERS STRONGLY PLACED.
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INVADERS STRONGLY PLACED.
However the Germans reported be prepared to offer
tremendous resistance such They not only strong
positions rnforcmen of munitions and provisions
can reach them easily they have defended positions to fall
back upon necessary Furthermore they said to be strength
ching their positions along the River Sambre from Maubeuge to
Namu along the Muse from Gvet to Namu SO that nothing
evidently is being left to chance.
1t even reported that the Germans concentrating trans
port trains on Luxembourg frontier to enable them to
move troops should they desire. This leads Of
the military believe that the Germans have decided
to the defensive the west while they sending their
main army confront the Russians Apparently they
concentrating their western armies for with the exception OF occa
siona Uhan troops Northwestern France nearly clear Of
The Calais and Bouogne routes to Paris have been re-
opened
One Of these Uhan patrols caught by British armored
motor car in command Commander Samson at Doulon
the main road north Amen few days and four out of its
FIVE men were killed The other Uhan wounded and captured
London Sept 19-Referring official announcement of
Commander Samsons amored motor exploit at Doulons
The Daily Chronicle" points that although small incl
dent is of considerable Importance for DouonS twenty miles
north Amen and thirty miles inland from the Channel coast
is great north the position the Disc occupied by
General Won KucI British any force in the neigh
borhood of Amiens Douons and Aas it is evident that the
German right wing is position of very great danger.
Generally the behavior of Won Klucks force has implied
the existence of strong body of Allies in the region between the
Channel and the German flank.
An announcement issued by Official Press Bureau last
evening says:
According to report received this afternoon there
particular change in the situation.
'here has been activity the part of the allied
aIry but without at the present time any definite result"
The News Copenhagen correspondent has forwarded
the following dispatch received from Berlin:
'The situation of the German troops In the great battle
the western good especially the CENTRE where the
Germans have received substantial renorcement The end of
the battle is expected soon"
INTRENCH LINE FURTHER BACK.
An agency dispatch from Osend says:
The ntrenchmg themselves strongly the
River Sambre from Maubeuge to Namw have important
defensive works Thu Farciennes and Floree Many In
habsnts of places had been forced by threats perform
labor the works
have been told that the kind of Notifications be-
ing erected on the Meuse from Gvet Namu but impossible
to cross the Sambre for myself believe, however, my
formation is accurate"
The various official and unofficial dispatches yesterday ndi-
cate the efforts Allies been divided into supreme
struggles: First dodge the Germans from the heights
Aisne second break through the fourth and fifth German
armies at CENTRE and third outan the German right
General Kuc The position of the fourth and fifth Ger
armies considered the remainder of the ne
while thanking successful the railroad
yhicb the Germans depend greatly would be cut
Figures have been compiled here, according which the
German estimated 5000 daily for the fortnight
This totals than a. 900 since September The losses
the Allies are known to have been tremendous.
The Rome correspondent of THE Daily Telegraph he learns
from an authentic source left France
and Belgium for the Russian frontier.