The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
PARIS FINDS No
SWIFT DEFEAT Of
KA|SER'S FORCES
To Be EXPECTED
Crown Prince Said to Have
Suffered Reverses In the
Forest of Grunie
No Sign Yet Of
Breaking Deadlock
Brilliant Generalship Of Won
Kluck Saves Right Wing
From Defeat Germans Be-
hind Strong Fortihcations

" Paris, Oct. 3.--The Germans are
niles In France with the reckiess
fury of their attack upon the allies
left wing.
Today they hurried army corps
from Won Buelow and Won Einim'z
armies at the west center and een-
ter Of the battle line I'm n new and
determined effort to smash through
the British and French line near
Roye. hut the desperate expedtent
failed. The allies withsfOOd the
shock. The deadlock continues.
Paris has no fears, therefore.
as to the outcome of the battle
toward the west, and In dednfteiy
treasured by reports frog the east
Of the line of disaster 20 part ~
the army Of Crown Prince VIII
heim. which WAS beaten back ~
the north Of yarrnnes.
Tie goyernfasut reports are dfaapNs
pointtngiy condensed. but maintAtA@
steadily note of optimism That TIL
general situation OF the allies - satte-
factory Is borne out by unofficial re-
ports. The night communiqus. issued
at 11.l5 o'clock. contained only two
sentences, which were
There is now no new detail to b
noted. The general impression Is IA
vorable
The increasing violence OF the Ger
man attack at the west of the line was
emphasized by the report of the after
noon, which told, also, of the vic
tory over the forces OF the crown
prince northwest of Verdun, and Of
French successes along the Mouse. and
in the Waevre district.
The communique issued at r. NJ.
was as follows.
Il. On our left wing the violent en-
gagement raging since yesterday COM
tinues, particularly in the region OF
Roye, where We have repulsed all at
tacks, although on the part of the
front the enemy has been reinforced
by new troops drawn from the center
OF the line
go AT the center lis nothing to re-
port from Rheims to the Argonne.
In the Argonne the sixteenth Ger
man corps army of the Crown
Prince. who had tried to slip by the
forest Of Grurie, has been repulsed at
/ the north of the road OF varennes-IA
Harazee-Vienne La Vile. In the
Woevre region and on the heights OF
the Mouse our advance is always
slight but steady.
80 In Belgium the Germans are
bombarding the southeast front OF the
fortress of Antwerp without having
yet succeeded in making considers
able effect ON the works. They have
made several infantry attacks which
have been repulsed
"a In Russia one German army,
having "a strength of four corps, estab-s
lished between the East Prussian
frontier and the Niemen river. has
been thrown back on Its left wing
upon Marjampol and Suwaiki. at ~
center the town of Augustowo has
been taken by the Russians; on its
right wing the conflict continues
around Ossowiec tbetween Lyck and
Bielystok).
IS. In Balicia the rear guards Of
the Austrians are falling back in dtS~S
order beyond the Nistula.
IS In Bosnia the Servian and
Montengerin columns are advancing
on Sarajevo.' sAS
/ varenRes is about seventeen miles
northwest Of Nerdun on the east side
of the Argonne forst and twelve
miles south of Montfaucon, where the
Crown Prince Is supposed TO have hta
headquarters.
No swift Defeat Of Germans.
1t must be admitted that Paris hA4#
abandoned any notion that the Ger
mans are near swift disaster. BY der
grees the feeling is growing that thu
invaders can only De driven from tneaEs
strong defenses by days OF determin-
ed attack. 1t would seem now thAAs
they must be slowly exhausted
Brilliant generalship and wonderfntl
maneuvering of troops has SO far de-
layed the turning movement Of the ~
lies upon which SO much dependeds@
Won Kluck, like Napoleon in the Hun
bred DAYS. has defended himself upon
several sides. while often striking WIG
orously on the offensive. But there
remains ground for belief that tn
German situation is becoming more In
possible daily,
Today, and for several days past
they weakened the center of their hnNs
to send reinforc smsnts 10 Won Klucn
and their right wing, Won Bnel0W sMxl&s
Won Einirn, shorn Of army corpa a(HAs
to the west. appear to be wholly an S1&&s
defensive behind extraordinarily kxNGf
fortihcations. To help Won Kluck I'M
have weakened their strength iMSI1
Woevrc district whore French ptuf
Is continuous 1t remains. ths{S
that tho allies can oveFwh31n
whole German Inns II thsy Hre 1&1l
(Continued % 9eeona FnGG