Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-16


had fortified already strong naeur.
al positions, they have retired
northward.
This retlremens was made i'm
psrative by the continued retreat
of the German right wing, which
ls somewhere north west of Rheims,
and the defeat of an army corps,
which was operating just east Of
Vlrty LIE Francois. around Revig.
ny aud Sermaizs, aud which, in
it's hurry to join the retirement,
left a quantity of war mLterial
behind for the French to pick up
The Germans in the Arsonne
district likewise have begun to
fail hack, 80 that the pressure on
the forts sc uthwest OF Verdun,
which Berlin, report said the
Germans had commenced to bcm-
bard, she uld be relieved.
French Win in Lorraine.
In Lorraine, too, the French
claim to have won further sue
cessses to have beer enabled to
straigh'en out their line along
that frontier. They have occupi-
I'd terrltory east of the forest of
Chsmpenour, Gerbeviller, Resain.
vliler, and Saint Die, thus getting
II olt ser touch with their troops,
which, since the early davs of tie
var have held bit ef German
territory in front of Colmar.
Apparently the Germans, who
sent the best of their army farth-
Il west to take in the advance on
PARIS. have found the mountains
of Mcselle and Vosges, where the
French were In strong possessions,
800 hard a nut to crack.
Be|gjans Retske Town.
The Belgian army has become
ac i've again, and according to CT
fl i,Ial reports tonight, is advanc-
l.g from the forts around Ant
W rp. It apparently has divided
int sections and has reoccupied
both Aerschot and Malines, where
there have been so many engage.
meLts the past few weeks, aud hes
wen got 81 far southeast as the
battlehelds Of August and coming
down Oh both sides of what re.
mains of Louvain, has cut com.
nu ications between that town
and Brussels Oh the west, and be.
tween Louvain and Tirlemont on
the southeast. Another army is
harrassing German forces advanc.
& south ard 30 France.
While the Belgians have only
about $4,000 troops it is mobile
force and can cause trouble to the
weakened German army of occu-
patton in Belgium.
Russians Battle fierceIy.
The Russ ana continue TO strike
at the Austrian left in Gallcia.
and, according to Petrograd re-
ports, they have succeeded in
smashing it. The object in con,
centrating the attack on this wing
of the Austrian army is obvious,
for the Russians have desired
more than anything else at the
present time to put the Austrian
navy entirely out of the fight be-
fore more German relnforcements
c,uld come to its aid.
Activity in Southern Seas.
A australian and New leland
seemingly have designs on all Ger.
man Islands in the South Pacific
After the occupation of g. rman
Samoa by a New q bland force, the
Australian navy occupied Her
bertshoehe, German headquarters
in New Britain.
The Australians have a useful
squadron beaded By the dread
naught Australia, and probably
Will be heard more in the Pacific.
The Archipelago they now occupy
has population of 100000 and
YVES assigned to the German sphere
Of influence by an agreement with
Great Britain in 1885.
Provisions and Guns Taken.
"Sjx thousand prisoners and
fifteen guus were captured on the
tenth and eleventh and the enemy
is reported to be continuing his
retiremsnt rapidly over thu Aisne.
evacuatlng the Soiss ,ns region.
"The British cavalary is report.
ed today to be at Flssmes, not fal
from Rh eims.
While the German right wing
thu, has been driven back and
thrown into disorder, the French
arn 8 further to the east have
baen strongly engaged with the
German center, which has pushed
forward as far as Vlrty LIE Fran.
co.'s. Between Septe m ber s
and 10, our allies were unable tc
make much impression west Of
Vlrty. Ga the eleventh, how
aver, this portion of the German
army began to give way. sno
eventually abandoned Vlrty-Ls
F:ancols.
Between the Upper Marne and
the Meuse, the French troops art
following up the en'my and driv-