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German Right Flank
Pushed Back.
FAILED TO STEM TIDE
Won KIuck is RspuIsed with
HEAVY Loss,
FRENCH RETAKE ST. hlHlE!
Teutons Admit Enemy Made Ad'
varces at verGun.

From the Battle FRONT ~! wa! "
paris). Oct. This was the seven
teenth day OF continued hard hshuns
along the 150-mile front from the
Somme to the Moselle. and yet there
is no definite indication that the MS
horic battle is nearing a finish.
There are, however, evidences tha'
,he Germans are receding before a
forcibie and sustained pushing from
the allied armies, especially on thel
western and eastern wings, while tiie
center. where the Germans are more
strongly intrenched than at any otnel
point with heavy artillery, remains al
most stationary.
The turning movement OF the allies
to the north menaces the long nIe
of German communications through
Belgium. AS has been pointed out
before, if this line is cut only RAPID
ratreat can save the German right
wing and center.
That both the armies of General
Won Boehn and General Won kluch
have been overwhelmed by the allies
in q common disaster and that they
ere fighting to escape destruction, Is
Indicated by dispatches received In
Paris.
The army of General Won Boehn
was sent to reinforce that of General
Won Kluck when the pressure OF the
French and British troops became too
severe for the latter to Withstand
alone.
It is generally concluded by French
military men that some important
move must soon be made by the Ger
mans, who have found it Impossible
to stem the advance OF the allies, al
though they offered the sternest ane
most desperate resistance, sacrificing
thousands of men daily.
German Wings Folded Back.
The German wings appear to Dc
folded back on the center, leaving the
sole loophole for backward move
meut by way Of Bethel thirty miles
northeast of Rhefms).
The Germans main supply base at
Jvniville (ten miles south of Bethel
which is protected by heavy masses
e troops, as it is absolutely essential
that this place shall be held for the
revictualing of the German armies In
northeastern France, appears to be
placed in somewhat precarious posi-
ton, with its single line of railroad.
The line of battle has changed con
stderably since the beginning of the
actual contact between the two great
armies, whose numbers and real po
sttions it is not permitted to make
public The front now presents sinuous
windings, looping inward and outward
Ct various points, In country which
everywhere is wonderfully adapted to
defense.
The allies commanders are hus-
baAdinE their men to the greatest
possible extent by keeping them from
frontal attacks on positions where
the Germans are In advantageous po-
sitions, but whenever the plan of cam
pa1gn necessitates direct attacks the
French and British soldiers 60 for
ward cheerfully with the utmost con-
1dence in their leaders.
The French Statement
The last statement issued by the
war ministry in Paris was as fol
lows:
"The general situation is satisfac
tory. There has been no change OF
any account on the front except to
the south of the Woevre, where we
have occupied Seicheprey and ad
vanced as far as the slopes of the Rupt
Dc Mad "a valley in Meurthe-et-M Mo
selle, in the region of Thiancourt)."
An earlier statement said:
''On our left wing, north of the
Somme, the action continues to de
velop rapidly. Between the Disc and
A1sne the enemy has delivered a Wig.
orous attack on Tracy-le-Mont (ten
miles northeast of Compiegne), to the
northeast of the forest of Aigle. The
enemy was repulsed with heavy loss.
ION the center there is relative
calm along the entire front, which ex-
tends from Rheims to the Mouse. Be
TWEEN the Argonne and the Meuse w<
have made slight progress. In the
Woevfe district there have been Sc
we're battles. Our troops have advanc-
q 1t several points. notably to the