The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-02
ALLIES WINNING
BATTLE Of A|sHEE;
GERMANS RETREAT
Won Kluck Offers to Give Up, Is
Report.
PLEA sPuRNED BY J0FFRE
commander-in-chie Of Allied Forces
nrInrc chaIiino If Epanov,s Posi-.
PLEA sPuRAED BY JoFFRE
commander-in-chie of Allied Forces
Orders Smelling Of Enemy's Posi-
tion-counter Attacks on
Left Wing Repulsed.


the publication Of which is permitted
by the official press bureau without
either denial or authorization, says:
at is stated here that the German
right has been entirely broken and is
now being pursued by the allies. All
the automobiles in northern NFrance
have been reGuisitioned for the pur-
pose of pursuit. Armored motor cars,
with mitraIIeuses, also are being used
to pursue the retreating enemy.
"The official communication issued
at three o'clock demonstrates unmis-
takabIy that the Germans have been
surrounded in the Somme department,
the French front extending further
east.
ut Is officially stated that Psronne
has been recaptured."
Paris, Sept. 30-The Germans were
defeated at every point of contact dur.
ing the day, and the allies were able to
make further appreciable progress.
In a desperate effort to break
through the allies left, repeated coun-
ter-attacks were directed by the Ger
man right wing against the British
and French, but each was repulsed.
Between the heights Of Albert and
Combles, the allies have pushed for
ward until the enemy operating to the
north Of the main fighting line has
been forced back to within forty-fve
miles of the Belgian frontier.
Germans Beaten Back on Mease.
On the right bank of the Mouse, the
French, by successive and vigorous at
tacks, have regained all they lost
when the Germans made their raid
and obtained a foothold on the lower
heights Of the Mouse. This means
that the invaders have been forced
back across the river.
Won kluck Offers 20 Quit?
One unofficial report received from
the north was that the German right
has been In full retreat since Septem-
Der 26, and that General Won Kluck
had made an offer to surrender to Gen
eral Joffre on condition that the Ger
man troops be allowed to return to
Germany with their arms, agreeing
not to take up arms again during the
war.
This report had it that General
Joffre, In reply to the reported offer,
had ordered the Smelling of the
enemy's position, and that the next
day the German right wing army was
In full retreat, pursued by the allies,
who were using rapid fire guns mount
ed on armored automobiles.
French Believe Victory Is Near.
No confirmation Of this report is
obtainable In official circles. The war
office, in its midnight official state
ment, ignores it, combining itself to the
declaration that There is nothing new
in the situation"
The climax of the great battle,
which Is now In it's seventeenth day,
appears near at hand. The French
and British troops, especially on the
French left, have begun driving home
the finishing blows in anticipation of
supreme effort which 1t is believed the
Germans will make before finally
abandoning the advantage that still
remains to them after their enforced
withdrawal from In front Of Paris.
All indications are that, with the
conflict in which hundreds of thou
sands have been killed and wounded,
drawing to It's close, the ultimate vic
tory will rest with the allies.
1t is confidently predicted in Paris
that the Germans either will have to
surrender their right wing army or
trust it to a hazardous retreat over
lines already threatened at several
POINTS by the allies.
Other Armies In Danger.
Night and day the Germans have
been making vigorous attempts to
pierce the constantly tightening lines
of British and French who are eff
fectively enmeshing General Won
Kluck in what appears to be an in
extricable position.
Not only is General Won Kluck
threatened, but also the reinforcing
dTlUy Ol G9u6Tdl fOH DOGuIQ, WuliS
General Won Buelow is declared to- be
in great danger in his position on the
right center of the German line.
In Champagne, on the center and in
the region as far east as the forest of
Argonne fierce cannonading was re-
suned by the enemy.
East of the Argonne, toward the
Mouse, the enemy occupied strongly
fortified positions and but slight prog
ress was reported by the French COM
nanders.
Further captures Of prisoners are re-
ported, among the numbez being mem
bers of the Seventh reserve corps, and
the Tenth, Twelfth, Fifteenth and
Nineteenth German army corps.
500 Noncomhatants Killed.
More than five hundred members of
the civil population of Reims were
killed during the bombardreet OF the
Lefty by the Germans, according to Of