The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-22

Undenlable victory" and more anC
more complete are the terms USED
by General Joffre, the French com
mander-in-chief, in his message tc
Paris and Bordeaux
From the latter city comes a report
telegraphed to Lloyds Weekly News
OF London that the line of commune
cations used by the Germans has been
cut and they cannot make use of the
lines east Of the Argonne forest, ow
ing to the rapid advance of the allies
on the center and right.
They must try, continues the mes.
sage, for the line through the Meuse
valley and Luxembourg.
Berlin Tells Of Retirement.
In official communications issued in
Berlin, General Won Stein announced
that the German army, which had
advanced across the Marine to the
east of Paris, was heavily attacked
by the enemy between Paris, Meaux
and Montmirail.
The fighting lasted two days. The
German army has checked the enemy
and had even advanced, but stronger
hostile columns came to the assist
ance of the allies and the enemy won
the battle, compelling the German
troops to retire.
Fifty guns were captured by the al
lies and some thousands of men made
prisoners.
Cracow, the strongest Austrian post
in Galicia, and the one which OBJ.
structed the advance Of the huge Rus
sian center upon Breslau, is reported
from Petrograd to have fallen before
a furious attack of Russian cavalry
and infantry under. cover of the dis
astrous fire of heavy siege guns. The
forts to the east and north of the city
were shelled and the city was oc
cupied by the Russians.
Germans Line Up for Battle.
The German armies which have
been. In general retreat for three
days, have reformed for a stand
against the pursuing allies, said Lon
don dispatches of September Is.
At prepared position along the
River Aisne the German RICH. wing
has attempted to check the victorious
onrush of French and British troops.
On the center, occupying the
heights to the north and northeast of
Rheims, preparations for another bat
tie are in progress.
Eastward the German retreat con.
tinues, and additional gains have been
made by the French in the Vosges
district
From Geneva comes this dispatch:
Alters everal days silence, which
has aroused anger in Berlin, no men
ton is yet made of the battle of the
Marine. Serious demonstrations con-
tinue in Germany, the people insist
ing on knowing the truth from the
kaiser himself, who has suddenly be-
come silent"
First Captives in England.
One hundred uniformed Germans
were brought to England September
Is from the continent They were
the first prisoners from the scene of
war in France. Other attachments
will follow.
Belgians Defeat Germans.
A German cavalry force, 5000
strong, with machine guns and supply
wagons, was surprised at Rousbrugge,
between Hoogstade and Poperingh,
close to the frontier, by French cav
airy force of 1000, which put the
Germans to flight and captured many
of the machine guns and much am
munition, says a dispatch from Brus-
sells to London. This is reported in a
Reuter- dispatch from Antwerp.
The fl : encounter between German
and Japanese forces on land occurred
September II, when there we're num-
Der of sharp skirmishes between pa
trolls of the contesting forces at a
point close to Chino.
A considerable japanese force is
reported Is miles to the north of
here. A dispatch received here from
Wei-Hsien, 60 miles northwest Of
Kiauchau, says 80 Japanese troops ar
rived there Sunday.
President Answers Protest.
Washington, Sept. 18-President
Wilson, in two important utterances,
gave the American people an object
lesson in practicing the strict neutral
ity on issues of the great war which
he preached in his recent proclama-
ton.
Replying to Emperor Williams
cablegram charging that the French
are using dumdum bullets and defend
ing the destruction of Louvain, the
president explained that true Ameri-
can neutrality precludes an impression