The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
(By the Associated PreSS.)

cy thu Associated Press,
bet nHaa'D GERMANY sf n '3 and Pia5ct p Great Brit t,f5h a ndff be Gf 5s H ha5
brought a vast Transformation. The pursued are now the pursuers
France met an immovablc force at the river Marine.
-. The nI army of General Won kluck, which 50 long, baHled to turn
tirement before the small but hardy British army turned the tide of
Today, if French official reports are correct all the German armies
e&Gepr rs .nat f 1aansg G Hdhunn and a few miles southwest, are [etreating;
as hurrledly, if not dsordery, with the Germans abandoning
Last Sunday HHy" was the fn0 DARKEST sHReaed day of the war for the allies. The
iIench government emigrated from Paris to Bordeaux in a long sad
nent and the main German force had hammered a huge wedge into
France between Paris and Verdun, with its center some miles south
MARINE MOST MARVEL Gus BATTLE.
was T 20 b a pfe'e on 1 the M xnsthe vt 5ha h ws2 de of 1879 IN vii, il w gepsat Itself eli:
&arded by military critics as the most marvellous reversal of roles
of two armies known.
In their view it appears to have decided the first phase of the war
and to have made impossible the plan which the German staff is
supposed ssed, to have had Of smashing the FRENCH by one comprehen;
to confront the Russians.
GERMANY NOW ON DEFENSIVE
The military experts, however, are still cautious. While recog-
nzing the possibility that the German armies may yet rally and
the almost complete vacuation of France and Belgium Paris an
German renforcementS of 90, 900 reported to be marching south on
three Ths roads adSi in that hath neis e drifa jM not tx kn9xn:
Brussels and claim to have cut the railroad between Liege and
Brussels aS, thus seveIing an important German line of communication.
1t claims to be pushing the scattered German forces, composed for
the most part OF fsES2S1lf t PosI4l tof ss Critical.
Military authorities in France consider the position of the German
armies critical The army which was south of the Argonne Forest
ny iS", h"iNhy Nh iou0dl WHY 10 tC udHStl .
the strongly held French fortress of Verdun, while the mountainous
character of the Argonne district renders retreat due north impracti
cable: The left wing of the Germans, they believe must retreat If
a northwestery direction.
The people cherish the hope that the Belgians may succeed n
clearing the Germans out Of Brahant, when the entire German arm,
would be obliged to retreat on Gutenberg, an operation which they
"Ns' '0 IN passing c e 1 a1>Sf WIRELESS s'1zan is5sG SILENT E S7:'0" bottle neck
The German version Of the battle of Marine is vet to be heard
The German official wireless tonight is silent regarding the opera
tons of the past week in that theatre. 1t records a local success b.
the army of the Crown Prince, which it reports, took a fortified posi-
ton southwest of Verdun, and the beginning of an attack on tn
forts to the south of Verdun with heavy artillery. No date is given
and the operations may have occurred at an early stage of the battle
The position of the troops as stated in the French reports is tina
the German right army is retreating beyond the river VesIe, whic
runs between Rheims and scissors; that the German forces in tn