The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-09-18
GER MAN ARMIES
LOSING HEAVILY
All German Armies, Except That of
Grown Prince, Are In Full Retreat
Before Hard Fighting Allies

London-Ihe sixth week OF tne war
between Germany and France, Great
Britain and Belgium has brought a
vast transformation. The pursued are
now the purSuers. The irresistible
sweep of seven German armies
through Belgium into France met an
| lmmoyable force at the river Marine,
The army of Gen. Won Kluck, which
so long battled to turn the allies west
flank, was slowly and steadily out
thanked. It's retirement before the
small but hardy British army turned
| the tide of battle.
Germans Retreating Rapidly
If French official reports are cor
rect, all the German armies except
that facing Verdun and a few miles
southwest, are retreating. Gen. Won
klucks army, which week ago was
few miles southeast of Paris, has
retired more than sixty miles to the
northeast, while on the extreme right
the army of the Bavarian crown
prince, which was attacking the
French eastern line from Nancy to
Epinal, has fallen back to the from
tiers of Lorraine, permitting the
French to reoccupy Luneville and sew
eral other towns.
General Joffre, French commander
in-chief, pictures the retreat as hur-
ried, if not disorderly, with the Ger
mans abandoning prisoners, wounded |
and supplies.
Victory of Allies Assured
Paris.-The following communica-
ton from General Joffre, commander
in-chief of the French army, has been
made public:
THE battle of the last five days
has ended in an undeniable victory.
The retreat of the first, second and
third German armies is Fastening be-
fore our left and at our center, in
turn, the fourth German army is COM
to fall back to the north
rom Vitry-le-Francois and from Ser
naize-Les-Bains-in the province of
Narne, seventeen miles east of Vitry-
le-Francois.
Moreover the enemy has left upon
he battlefield many wounded and
Quantities of munitions of war. Also
n gaining ground we have made many
prisoners. Our troops show evidences
II the Intensity of the struggle and
he extraordinary efforts made by the
feNnans in their attempt to resist
'ur vehemence.
Our vigorous retaking of the of .
ensive has determined the success.
very officer, subaltern and soldier r
as responded to my call All merit d
'ell from the fatherland." y
Austro- German Armies Crushed 1
New York.-A cablegram received
ere by Col NicOlai Golejewski, mill
ary attache of the Russian embassy,
rom the Russian general staff in Pc
'ograd, read as follows:
Operations in the region of Kras-
TX and Tomaszow have ended in our
omplete victory over the northern
ustrian armies, which have been l
riven beyond the river San. Great J
lccesses also have been attained in n
lie fighting west of Lemberg, between
ava Russka and the river Dniester. q
he capture of over two hundred Of v
GERS and 10000 men and a great a
lmber of guns and machine guns .
as been reported" +
Colonel Golejewski also received
ON the imperial Russian general
aft an official account of the battles
Galicia, including operations against >
e Austrian and Austro- German ar u
les. 1t is dated from Petrograd, and II
as follows: n
THE total strength of the Austrian u
oops engaged in the east battle in II
e region of Lublin and Tomaszow is
timated as 100000 men and $500 C
ms. The main force of the enemy, i"
,out six hundred thousand strong, de- q
Dyed on the line from Zavihost to
in order to advance the
ont Lublin-Holm. The right flank
these armies was protected by an K
my of more than two hundred bat A
lions in the region of Lwow b,