New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-14
JOY FILLS PARIS
AT FLIGHT OF FOE
But French Capital Still
Restraints Itself Lest
Germans Return,
WONDERFUL WEEK
SATISFIES CITY
And II Is Believed Enemy IS
Too Demoralized to
Recover.
BY NINE. JEAN ALCIDE PICARD.

By NINE. JEAN ALClDE PICARD
special Correspondent Of The Tribune.l
Paris, Sept. 13.-PubHc opiniou'
which kept calm when the danger
seemed imminent, does not sag now 1t
is confronting victory. This may not
be q natural part of the French tenn
persment. It is the fruit Of eXpe-
rieuce.
We know that a great national war
can no more be settled by one battle
than a battle such as Is now beng
fought can be won IN day we nave
learned that mastery of the emotions
and patience are essential conditions
10 final success. Yet what a thrlllhg'
splendid week was that which mas JUST
gone! It is not easy to contain our
satisfaction, or our JOY when is nov
less deep, when we 60 over 'he S'oiN
Of the past seven days. ,...
The immense battle was divided INTO
three distinct parts, that OF me hlNci
Marine. of the forest of Argonne ana
~ T,orraine. Each part Of the battle
was favorable to our troops. G!anclng
al the recovered territory we can real
ize the scope and Importance OF our
success
Al the end Of the week before last
TWO German armies those Of Generals
Won Kluck and Won Buelow. passing
Neaux and Coulommiers, arrived at
Provins on the left bank OF the River
Grand NORM There they ran against
-be Allies, massed in Brie by General
loire. Repulsed on the river bank, zen
erals Won Kluck and Won BueloW were
.rving TO resume the offensive, when
he rear of the French army Of Paris
sIipped hastily through MeauN and
Tizv. on the right bank OF the River
Ourco. and menaced the Germans
lines Of communication.
KIucRs Army Decimated.
General Won Kluck drew back, re-
..rossed the River Marine in disorder,
and then the Ourcq, at Nillers and
Cotterets, pursued and decimated by
our troops The Prussians withdrew
"a the River Aisue, and rushed back
mast Compicgne before the envelOplng
novement of the French. They kept
retreating, and actually tried TO reach
The valley OF the River Disc by Laon,
the region which saw them pass on
their supposed triumphant march 10
Paris the previous week, So the Ger
man right has recedcd more than sew
enty-hve miles.
The second battle, that of the forest
Of ArConnc, was -Ou the more extended
front from Mailly 10 Nerdun. Inc
aim of the two German armies there,
under General Won Hansen and the
Prince Of Wurtemberg, was 10 Dteah
through the centre Of General Jofre 5
army. There the most violent combats
took place.
IT, E,-o dgya' Il phfIUR. the enemies,
menaced with the danger Of being out
Aanked on their right m the direction
of the marshes Of Saint Gond, had to
freak M. They were so holly pur-
sped they abandoned Epenay. Our
soldiers are now crossing the Marine
NJ Chalons.
Crown Prince Beaten Back.
J., Verdun little by little the Allies
Nave chased the Germans from the
soutbern point Of the forest Of Ar
I'M Lorraine, east Of the line through
Verdun, Toul and Epinal, the three
German armies, under the Crown
prince Frederick William, the Prince
Of Bavaria and General Won Hcerin'
gen, were trying TO march on Nancy
The Crown Prince was repulsed Oh
rhe other side Of the forest Of Cham
penoux The Bayarlans, who had oc
eupied Luneville. we're forced to re-
cross the River Meurthe. General Won
Heeringen, marching on Epinal, was
forced 20 withdraw past Saint Die.
Now the German General Staff IS
evidently trying 90 stop the retreat
and reform its troops and halt the
forward march Of the Allies. But
whether the Germans will be able tc
recover from their retreat depends OF
the condition of their fatigued soldiers
and their state of mind.
Meanwhile, the Belgians are renew
irg activities i'm the direction of the
rear Of the German army operating N
France. King Albert has taken bach
8alines end Aerschot, and is now al
Tirlcmont, only twenty-five miles from
the railway line which, running from
Aix-la- Chapellc, brings all their bread
and ammunition TO the PruSsiar
troops operating IN the French Cham
payne country.
Tbe methodic advance Of the Rus
slams Is still successful.
Is not this indeed satisfactory
record for week.
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