New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-10
English Observer Says II
Is Premature to Call
Enemy Defeated.
MET HEAVY LOSSES
IN QUICK RETREAT
Foe Hoped to Stay in One VII.
lage, but Were Routed Out Of
Bed at 2 In the Morning.
fny cable % The TrIbunt.l


London, Sept. 9.-"The Daily ChrCn.
icle's" correspondent in Paris tele.
graphs the following:
where are the jolly boys whose
march out to the firing line watched
Monday evening? Dead, some; wound.
ed, others; lost, few perhaps, and h,
remainder happy in their victory.
How great the victory, or what e1.
actly is its bearing upon the positiOn
in the whole wide field, it is still To-
soon to say. Official records of the e.
ries of actions on the French left end
the German right wings to the east q
Paris are brief and not too clear, but
their main purport is unquestionably
cheering. The major facts, which are
clear in the official notes, are that the
German right in its southwark advance
has been stopped on the west and south,
has been compelled TO retire, and is
being ceaselessly harried-a fac, even
more important for its consequences
further east than its local effects. !,
would be altogether premature 10 sup.
pose that the main German movement,
which, | am persuaded, is aimed at
concentration in the east Of France for
the purpose OF a junction OF oil the
German armies, is yet deeislyey
checked. That may yet take some time,
and it involves a departure from the
temporizing tactics of which General
JofFre has proved himself master
'The above geueralities may be sup
plemented by some details given by SOL
diers wounded in the lighting on the
French left wing, near Meaux, Coulom.
miers and Ferte-Gaucher, who reached
Paris last night and to-day.
"An officer of infantry expressed the
opinion that the defeated Germans Of
this two-days' battle comprised Two
army corps. $500, /.
"They have enormous losses be
said. ~ saw more than SIX hundred
bodies in a single trench. Our mea
were superb. Despite orders one OF eef
battaliJns charged German eet'efyi
brcaa 4," the cnemy'S lines, altno9gh
thew we'll placed. We noticed ina!
r.. o.. he Germans had run out o.
.u.,...u.tion. They retired as last IS
tbev could, passing through the Villages
without firing shot. They seemed
/ tired out ri.
/ N. Dausset, an active member Of 'he
Paris Municipal Council, happened y
/ no near Coulommiers yesterday, ana
. thus describes n visit 70 one OF t9s
, villages whence the Germans retreeNe'
al shall never forget the speetasl'
Ie saw. The place was Absolutely a.
serted; only three women and %!
remained. They told US that the SsI'
mans came in large numbers on Sun.
dav. They occupied the whole viLsse
and the neighboring farms. ius!
looked harassed, as If they had pesH
marching for days without sleep. Near.
/ Iv ali the houses being shut up, they
broke open the doors, but they ~
spected the few cottages that were %"
inhabited. A..
81 went to the Marie 10 see .Ei
myself and found it IN ndescrloaV...
disorder In every room there Wei,
mattresses, sheets and bundies
straw. on which the men had pe:A
sleeping; remnants of food, hslt'empn
bottles, drawers piled on the, h9OIs
chests open in the yards, eldera9ss NV.
! mattresses and pillows, and the uE
I on the village square. In the ehuiNj
/ WAS more straw, where the men nSs
been sleeping, and the remnants
rabbits, fowls and pieces Of meat
| owe entered some Of the houses
| the more comfortable ones chalk 49, 49,
showed that such room was sllVs''s
I to a lieutenant and such another
7 captain. In large but not very ~
urious country house which tney a.
"the Chateau all the rooms nag Os..
occupied by higher officers. In Wy
large dining room the table was ~, ~,
cred with fine white cloths, vases ~.
of fresh cut roses and dishes sboNnf
that several courses had been sensa
There even remained two servieIE'
folded in mitre shape before TWO en''i
that had not been occupied IN
lamp was still burning and numoetI ~, =.
candles guttered over the empty W
ties into which they had been stS srs
I The invaders had drunk chamPsssi
/ from the cellars Of the houses SO''
deal of it, ;.a NE
1.-The women who accompanied ..
said that nearly all the othcers sPOss
French. They did not hurt any 9IS
but took away all provisions they co.,.
Law their hands on. The hrst t Ts.s
the officers asked for was bath. ~
had certainly intended TO remain ~
in bedrooms which | visited they 20
carefully drawn the blinds as 'aOSs'
for a long sleep. ~
"'At 2 o'clock in the morning tney ~
ceiyed sudden signal to leave sno 's'
district was evacuated immediA'.s%s,
There must have been stiff tghtln@
ON our return we passed bodies
thirty horses and some fresh nav
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