Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-09-09
ALLIES Win FIGHT
ON FIRST DEFENSES;
GERMANS ASKS AID
Wireless Message Says Invaders
Need More Troops.
MAUBEUGE STILL HOLDS OUT
Capture of Rheims by the Teutons Is
Confirmed-British Admit $1,000
Men Were Lost in Paris
Defense.
MAUBEUGE STILL HOLDS OUT

London, Sept. IA package con,
tanning $4,000 aluminium Identification
plates, taken from the dead bodies
OF German soldiers, has been taken
to Brussels from France en- route to
Berlin
Paris, Sept. THE war office is.
sued the following official statement:
The advanced troops of the first
defense of Paris came in contact with
the enemy, who appeared to cover up
on the Ourcq river. Toward the south.
east a movement is in force against
the German right wing.
"A small engagement has taken
place, which resulted in our favor"
The Ourcq river is a small stream
about seventy-five miles northeast of
Paris, in the vicinity of Rheims.
Allies Report Victory.
London, Sept. THE allied troops
of France and England, operating east.
ward of Paris, have turned the tables
on the German invaders, according to
a dispatch to the Times from Bou-
logne. Instead of the German right
crumpling the allied left, the dispatch
says that Gen. Sir John French, at the
head of the allied army, has turned the
German left to the north of Chalons.
The news was telephoned to the may
or of Boulogne from the front.
COnfrmatory of this, a wireless in
tercepted at Amsterdam says that the
German army in France is calling on
Germany for help, and another inter
copied message is that East Prussia is
calling for help from the army in
France.
A message from Lille says that the
German troops around that city left
hurriedly on Saturday, supposedly in
response to the call for REINFORCE
ments southeast Of Paris.
1t is thought here that the army
which General French has outmaneuv-
cred is that Of General Won Kluk,
which came in by way of Stenay. Gen
eral French, under orders of the gen.
eral-in-chief, Joffre, seems to have
and British troops engaged.
French Are Confident
Despite the continued turning move
ment of the German right, which it
was feared would cut off the allied
army, the French seem supremely con-
fident. A dispatch from Paris says that
General Cheflis said:
Our army is as strong as that of
Germany, it is concentrated and our
lines are intact. The Germans cannot
successfully besiege Paris.
"A captain just returned from a re-
connoitering tour tells me that the Ger
mans, fatigued by forced marches, are
in disorder. In a few days their COM
munications will be cut and their rear
threatened.
THE battle now impending will find
| our troops fresh and strong, and the
invaders worn out. 1t is bound to re-
suit in a glorious victory for the al
lies
Paris seems serene and confident in
the face of the continued turning
movement of the German right, al
though the works of defence are being
actively strengthened.
"The situation as to Paris is salts
| factory" reads an official statement.
1.-The army has been massed for the
! defense of the capital"
Another statement given out says
| that the allies had another brief en-
gagement" with the Germans advanc-
| ing southeasterly and that the "allies
gained an advantage" Whether this
was a cavalry outpost affair or a battle
Of some moment is not known.
Maubeuge Still Holds Out.
Dispatches indicate that the German
right is still making an effort to en-
compass the allied left. Maubeuge,
one of the fortified cities along the Bel
gian frontier, is still holding out
against a terrific German lombard
ment. Rheims has been taken by the
| Germans.
Indications are for a resumption of
hostilities around Belfort The French
! are reported to have REINFORCED their
garrison, while the Germans called to
East Prussia nearly all their besieging
army. A dispatch from Copenhagen
says that Berlin reports that German
aeroplane flew over Belfort and
| dropped bombs, but did no damage.
Battle Paris Gates Today.
The German Uhlans continue to
/ make raids, probably to screen the
movements of their infantry rather
| than for the damage they can inflict.
One such raid is reported from Yer
berie on the else river, but nothing
definite of the purpose of the raid, or
even of the result, is known.
Bridges Are Blown Up.
The bridges over the Cise at Com
piegne, and most of the bridges be-
| tween there and Paris, have been
blown up.
So far as is known here, the Ger