Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-09-11
ALLIES TURN TIDE
AGAINST GERMANS
OFFICIAL REPORTS SAY KAIS.
ER'S TROOPS HAVE BEEN
FORCED TO RETREAT.

told of the turning of the tide against
the Germans, the news coming from
French and English official sources,
in a battle extending along 60-mile
front and in which upwards of 3,0O0,-
900 men are said to be engaged, and
though this favorable news has cheer
ed the allies, military critics warn the
public that the battle has not yet
been won and that there probably
will be a week or more of fighting
before a decisive result is attained
any way.
Latest official dispatches from the
French temporary capital at Bor-
deaux say that ION the whole, the
Germans appear to be beginning a
movement of retreat" adding that,
though 1.-The strategic position of the
French troops is improving, one can
not judge of a battle extending over
100 kilometers (about SO miles.)
Force Germans to Retreat.
''In general, the French troops
seem to be gaining the advantage"
this despatch continued. "On the
left wing all the German Attempts to
break the French lines on the bank
of the Ourcq river have failed. The
British army has crossed the Marine
and the enemy has fallen back about
40 kilometers (25 miles.)"
So the allied armies continue to
have the advantage, according to
French official reports, in what can
be only the preliminary Of great
battle extending from Meaux, north
east of Paris, to the fortress of Ver-
dun, .12O miles farther east.
The Germans, who have brought
up fe-inforcements, are striking at
the allies left and center between
Montmirail and Vitry-I. -I.e-FrancOis, a
front of from so to 60 miles, but
each time they have been driven
back.
This is not surprising to military
men, as the Germans have been COM
pelled to advance through the
swamps of the Petit NORM, and then
over bare uplands to the extremely
strong French position on the right.
1t is their only chance, however, and
1t is expected that they will strike
and strike again.
They are bringing their reinforce
ments from Chalons on the roads
leading to Fere-Champenoise, Som
mesous and Sompuis, in the face of
the French artillery poised on the
heights, which give it great ad-
vantage.
Germans Capture Maubeauge.
The Germans have not been with
out their victories, however. The TAX
ing Of Maubeuge, announced from
Berlin Wednesday, is a distinct sue
cess for Germany, relieving much of
the anxiety as to the safety of pos
sible German retreat through Bel
GUM, the easiest route to Rhenish,
Prussia. No details of the capture.
have been received beyond the Berlin
wireless, which stated that four gen.
erals. 400 guns and 10000 French
troops had been captured.
Furthermore, the German occupa-
ton of Client and the renewed attack
upon Antwerp, lends credence to the
belief that large force of Russians,
indians, colonials and British troops
nave been landed from England in
the German rear. This also would
De an explanation of the evacuation
OF Lille and Valenciennes by the Ger
mans.
Russians Report Successes.
Meanwhile Russia announces
steady progress on the German east
frontier. after the annexation of Ca
hcia, an Austrian province. and says
1t will have 100000 men in the line
OF advance on Berlin.
One of the notable events of the
week was the issuance of a proclama
uon by President Wilson setting
apart Sunday, October 4, as a day in
which he urged Americans to pray for
peace,