Arizona republican., 1914-09-11
Field Marshal Sir John
French Reports Germans
Have Been Driven Back
All Along Line, Germans
Suffering Severely
MEN ARE IN
EXHAUSTED STATE
Notwithstanding This Re
port of Commander of the
British Forces, Military
Experts Not Rushing to
Sweeping Conclusions
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPATcHl


LONDON, Sept. 10.-The crucial
hattie of the war in France has not
Vet reached any decisive result. Field
Marshal Sir John French, commando
Of the British forces, reported the Ger
mans have been driven back all along
the line; that the British crossed the
river Marne; that the Germans sntf-
cred severely and that their men ara
supposed to be in a very eNhlis ed
condition. Notwithstanding this le-
port the military experts VIII not lu i
To sweeping conclusions
Military writer's in the London pap
ers report that from the conservative
terms of the French official statement
il is too early TO anticipate the result
Of the battle extending over the front
for nearly 100 miles. Three million men
is the number estimated to be engaged
actively or as reserves and three great
battles at least are in progress. Prob
ably the fierceSt struggle Is against
the French center between Rheims and
Verdun. while the British army is con-
testing second hard fought engage
nltDt dSIlUSl Inc iiidii iiohl'
The Germans are believed to be at
tacking the French right from Nerdun
to Nancy. Lesser fighting is in prog
ress in Alsace. from which province the
Germans appear to have drawn away
part of their army, the French now
taking advantage of this opening. The
German western armies have been
fighting almost continuously for %
DAYS until the last phase of the cam
paign and are now on the offensive.
Field Marshal French's view that they
are becoming exhausted finds reaGy
credence among the military experts
here. 4 German official wireless to-
night SAYS that no report has been
made public in Berlin of any event IN
France for the past three days.
That the German navy has not
been without enterprise was revealed
in the admiralty announcement today
that the British cruiser Pathfinder
was destroyed by a German subma-
rine not a mine. as at first sup
posed. A German craft which ven
tured so far from its base is given
credit for its enterprise.
Another mine disaster the victim
cf which was the tramp steamer OF
tawa. was added to the list. and the
advisability of closing the North
sea to merchant shipping has been
discussed.
Both England and Germany suffer
through strangulation of their trade
9nd England is losing food supplies
from Scandinavian countries, while
Holland has promised to be Ger
many's principal avenue of commerce
with the outer world.
That the Germans are concentrat-
ing all their strength in the western
field of warfare against the main
French front appears to be confirmed
by reports which arrived through
Holland. Most of the troops left in
Belgium are said to be men past the
Irime of life and the landstrum
while 10000 or 10000 naval re-
serves are marching to replace the
depleted garrisons.
An Ostend message says the Bel
cian army at Antwerp has taken the
aggressive and driven the Germans
hack to the environs of Louvain. An
othe' message says the Belgians de-
feated the German garrison, COM
posed of the landstrum. at Aerschot
n short distance from Louvain.
The house of commons today voted
unanimously for half million mo e
recruits. The country was surprised
by the announcement that 100000
men had already enlisted since the
beginning of the war
When the governments plans are
completed, the British amy for con
tinental and home service will con-
sist roughly of the following: Regu-
lar army. 100000; territorials
900. goo; reserves, 214,000; Indian con-