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A LUES VICTORS
EAST OF PARIS
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight
and Sunday.
VOLUME XIX, No. 256.
German Captives
Number 6,000
Allies Cut Off and Defeat Enemy Northeast of
/Paris—Retreating Towards Rivers Marne
and Ourcq
London, 9:35 a. m. —A dispatch to the Daily News
from Paris says:
“A motor car brings news from the front that the
first and second divisions of the British army with
the French cavalry and artillery, cut off and defeated
a large force of the enemy 60 miles northeast of Paris
taking 6,000 prisoners and 15 guns. The Germans are
reported as demoralized.
HALF STARVED.
“The half starved ravenously devoured beef and
biscuits supplied bv the British troops.
“During the fight 50 British cyclists from the
cover of a small wood wiped out 150 of the enemy’s
cavalry.
“The allies’ losses were severe but they are as
nothing in comparison to those of the enemy who is
now retreating north of the Marne and west of the
Ourcq.
Id TT MES WERE BRIDGES DESTROYED
IN EFFORTS OF GERMANS TO CROSS
THE MARNE IN TERRIBLE STRUGGLE
London, 6:15 a. m.—The correspondent, of the Reuter Telegram
Company at Meaux sends this story of the fighting in that vicinity:
“The Anglo-French forces which repulsed the Germans on the
banks of the Marne inflicted enormous losses in men and material. The
Germans made incredible efforts to cross the Marne. The French hav
ing destroyed all the bridges the Germans tried to construct three
bridges of boats. Sixteen times the bridges were on the point of com
pletion but each time they were reduced to matchwood by the French
artillery.
"The battlefield has been quickly cleared of dead and wounded and
now only little mounds, with tiny crosses, flowers and tri-colored flags
recall the terrible struggle.
“The inhabitants of neighboring villages have returned to their
homes and resumed their ordinary occupations.”
OURCQ VALLEY STILL COVERED WITH
UNBURIED GERMAN DEAD; TER
RIBLE LOSSES INFLICTED.
Paris, 4:10 a. m.—Forty Germanprisoners all wounded by bayonet
thrusts have arrived here and give a hint of how the Germans suffered
in their retreat across the River Ourcq and Marne. It appears that the
German force sent to that region was an important one and had been
strongly entrenched.
LASTED TWO DAYS.
When Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, ordered an attack, a
fierce engagement of artillery opened and lasted two days without inter
ruption. Aviator Captain Georges Bellenger finally gave the exact loca
tion of the German batteries and soon thereafter they were annihilated
by the French three-inch guns.
THEN THE ROUT.
Then came the rout. The Germans, at the pjolnt of the bayonet,
crossed the Ourcq in disorder, leaving cases of ammunition, cloaks, knap
sacks and cartridges. The losses of the Germans were terrible and this
point of the valley of the Ourcq Is still covered with their unburled dead.
The French also suffered serious c asualtieg but mostly in wounded.
S3ays Germans Dead Beat After Their
Battering-Ram Methods; Will Be
Content to Hold Allies at Bay
London, 3:34 a. m.—The Morning Post’s correspondent at Mantes, De
partment of Seins-et-Oise, writing under date of Thursday, says:
"Never since General Joffre began his magnificent retreat from Bel
gium has the allies’ position looked so promising. The Germans want
repose. The German prisoners I have seen are dead beat. It therefore Is
possible the German commanders Will, If they can, remain content to hold
the allies at bay for a time.
IN BETTER TERRITORY,
"Having cleared themselves from the dangerous country north and
northwest of Paris, they are In much better tertrtory for Just such a de
fensive work. Further they have effected their Junction. There Is a ces
sation of the heavy battering ram eforts which have characterized their
efforts hitherto: they are also waiting for Maubeuge to fall.
"Prisoners confirm reports that two Austrian army corps aer operat
ing with the Germans in France.”
IN FULL PURSUIT
London, 2:25 p. m.—“ Our troops have
crossed the River Ourcq and are moving this
(Saturday) morning in rapid pursuit of the
enemy,” is an annnouncement given by the of
ficial press bureau.
“Two hundred prisoners were captured.
The cavalry of the allies were between Soissons
and Fismes last night.
“The enemy are retreating north of Vitry-
Ae-Francois.”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914.
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FAMILY DESERTING HOME.
This picture tells its own story. It has just been received from Relgium, where it was taken some weeks
ago but held up by the censor. Here a Belgian family that has deserted their home and most of their posses
sions is seen fleeing in a dog cart. The Belgian troops, outnumbered and unable to give protection to their
countrymen, were forced to stand by and watch the desertion of thousands of homes.
Official Announcement Made of
General Retreat of the Germans
Before Victorious Allies Today
CITY DESTROYED
BY EARTHQUAKE
Lima, Peru.—News has reached
here that a tremendous earthquake
has destroyed the city ofCaraveii in
the Department of Arequipa. The
report says the people are in a panic
but no mention is made of loss of
lives.
Caraveli is a town of about 4,000 in
habitants. A year ago the place w-as
wrecked by an earthquake but has
been rebuilt.
NEW AMBASSADOR
BEEN INDISCREET ?
Washington.—State department of
ficials were surprised to read news
dispatches today from Paris saying
the newly appointed American am
bassador, William G. Hharp, bad given
a published interview regarded there
as Indiscreet. The department had no
official word of the interview.
Mr. Sharp has as yet no official
status. Ambassador Herrick, under a
previous arrangement, will continue in
charge until Mr. Sharp becomes fa
miliar with the work of the embassy.
BRITISH WARSHIPS
AT HERBERTSHOEHE
London, 2:30 p. m.—The admiralty
announced this afternoon that the
British fleet has occupied Herbert
shoehe, on Blanche Bay, the seat of
government of the German Bismarck
archipelago and the Boloman Islands.
The Bismarck archipelago, with an
area of 18,000 squure miles and a
population of 200,000 Is off the north
coast of Australia and southeast of
the Plhllipplne Islands. The group
was assigned to the German sphere of
Influence by an agreement with
Great Britain In 1885. German Guinea
is Inclined in the Jurisdiction.
GABOLINE GIVING OUT.
London, 9:30 a. m.—A dispatch
from Bordeaux to Ueuters says the
Ternps repeats the report that Ger
many's stock of gasoline, on which
the army depends largely for its mo
tor transpor of supplies, Is becoming
exhausted.
OPPOSE FREIGHT TAX.
Washington.—Growing opposition
to the proposed three percent tax on
! freight transportation In the war rev
lenue hill resulted today In circulation
of a petition among democratic mem
bers of the house demanding a cau
cus on the bill Monday night.
Germans Retreating, With Little
Resistance-Six Thousand Prisoners;
Artillery and Ammunition Taken
Paris.—3:3o P. M.—lt was officially announced
here this afternoon that tin* German forties to the
cast of Paris arc gradually retreating and that they
are offering only a feeble resistance to the French
and British troops.
The official communication says:
“On our left wing the Germans have begun a
general retreating movement between the Oise and
the Marne.”
Cavalry Exhausted.
Pari*, 3:04 p. m—“ Yesterday their
front lay between Solssons, Braine
and Fistnes and the Mountain of
Reims.
“Their cavalry seems to be exhaus
ted. The Anglo-French forces which
pursued them eneoutered on Septem
ber 11 only feeble resistance.
“At the renter of our right wing the
Germans have evacuated Vitry-le-
Francois w here they had fortified
themselves, and also they have evac
uated the valley of the Haulx River.
Attacked at Sermaise and at Revigny,
they abandoned a large quantity of
waar arterial.
The German forces which have
been occupying the Argonne region
Enormous Stores Train
Captured By the French
Tremendous Advantage Gained Over Germans. Ammunition
Column Four Miles Long Taken By General Pau—Huge
Funeral Pyres at Night Depressing on Kaiser’s Men
London, 2:65 a. m.—The Dally Tele
graph's correspondent at Nanteull, De
partment of f/lse, lh a dispatch dated
Thursday, learns from French wound
ed that the German right has retired
so far that the center must give way or
risk the line communication.
General Pau scored a tremendous
advantage by capturing an enormous
ammunition column seven kilometres
(4 1-4 miles). This.he destroyed, leav
ing the Germans very short of ammu
nition. The correspondent adds:
Paralyzing Spectacle.
“The effect of the long, barren
marches must have an enormous in
fluence on the conscript army. The
huge losses In killed und wounded, the
paralyzing spectacle of pyramidal fun
eral pyres on the battlefields each
night and the procession of long trains
of grievously wounded roust have giv
en the educated Germans In the ranks
food for thought.
“It was all very well while the Ger
mans were marching forward, hut the
retrograde movement Is trying on thn
nerves. On the other hand the French
have begun to give way. They are
retreating to the north through the
forest of Beilenone.”
In Lorraine.
Paris, 3:04 p. m. -“In Lorraine we
have made slight progress. Wo oc
cupy the eastern boundary of the
forest of Ctuwnpenoux, Rehalnvlllers
and Gtrbenvlllers.
“The Germans have evacuated Saint
Die.
“In Belgium the Belgian army Is
acting vigorously against the German
troops whirl) are before the fortified
position of Antwerp.
“In the Servian field of operations
the Servians have occupied Semlln,
Austria.”
army, stiffened by great reinforce
ments who are fighting for all th-y
hold most dear, have offered u resolute
Hnd magnificent front to the enemy.
The French are twice as dangerous in
attack aa in defense."
The correspondent thus describes
the capture of the German ammunition
column while the Germans were feel
ing their way toward I'arls.
All Destroyed.
"The seven kilometre column was
winding Its way along through <’repy.
en-Valois when General Ban sent cav
alry and artillery to Intercept It. The
column was too weakly guarded to
cope with tli« attack and so it was
captured and destroyed. This capture
hail an Important hearing on the suo
sequent fighting.
“A noticeable feature of the opera
tions has been the splendid marching
qualities of the French troops. This
was displayed especially when two di
visions, which were sent last week to
Intercept the expected attempt of the
Germans to Invest Paris, covered 80
kilometres (4» 1-2 miles) in two
stages.”
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
5 Kaiser’s Corps
Are Retiring
Center Giving Ground at Last—Gain Made in
Four Days By French British of From 60 to
75 Kilometres
Washington. The following dispatch from Bor-,
deaux, dated yesterday, was received today at the
French embassy:
“The French general staff made known today that
the first German army continues its retirement.
Three of its army corps were repulsed last night be
tween Y’illors, Colie rets and Soissom. We have in
four days gained from sixty to seventy-five kilome
tres.
Washington.—“ln the second army the tenth corps
and the guards, driven back to the Saintgond swamps
also are withdrawing.
“In the Champagne the third Gorman army is also
retiring. The German center is at last giving ground.
FOURTH ARMY.
Washington.—“ After a tiard fight In the region between Ser.»nne and
Vltry, In the Argonne, the fourth German army has been pushed back to
the north of the Trolsfonlalne forests.
THROWN BACK. •
Washington.—"A fifth German army .after attempHng a very seri
ous effort on our right wing, was thrown hack. Our troops occupy Vaa
slncourt.
DISASTROUS RETREAT.
Washington.—" The general situation has thus been modified to our
advantage during these last days.
“On the other side the Austrian nrmy atacked near Tomaszow was
forced to a disastrous retreat. The whole army has been pushed hack
to the west of Rawa Uusska and the Dnelster river. The Russians be
sieged Grodek.
Austrian Losses 130,000,
of Whom 90,000 Are Prisoners
London, 3:58 p. m.—A Central News dispatch from Rome says:
"A telegram received here by tho Messaggero from Petrograd
states that the second battle In Cal Ida resulted even more satisfactorily
to the Russians than the first. The losses of the Austrians are estimated
at IXO,OOO, of whom 90,000 are prisoners.
Warn British Public That Today's
Situation is But First Phase
Great Battle
London, 2:03 p ,m. Belgian official
reports speak of a rout of the Ger
mans by troops movlnrf southward
from Antwerp, but while there Is no
■ eason to doubt that the Invaders are
evacuating parts of Belgian territory,
it seems probable that they purposely
are avoiding battle, as l lie rnuln object
of their southward move is to get In
thn fighting zone of the Murne and to
relieve pressure there,
Grows Keener.
Anxiety over the fighting east of
I’arls grows keener hourly as it Is
recognized that the result In tills
quarter is likely to have a decisive
effect upon the whole line.
Kliould the Germans smash through
the center of the French line in Ibis
district they would turn the line of
French frontier forts and seriously
endanger the rear of General Castle
inan’H Hlxtti Army Corps, already en
gaged up to the hilt with a corre
sponding host of Germans before
Nancy.
Fully Realized, e
It Is fully realized here that the
driving hack of the German right
wing and right center In no way Is
conclusive and that as the Franco-
British forces rallied after their long
retreat, so may the Germans turn and
retrieve their present reverses.
"The public Is warned that the
ALL ARTILLERY TAKEN
London, 2:28 p. m.—According to official an
nouncement made here the third French army has
captured all the artillery of one German army corps.
“Our aeroplanes report that the enemy’s retreat is
very rapid.
The artillery of a German army corps consists of two regiments
of field pieces, 18 hatterh-s of field guns and six batteries of field how
itzers, a total of 72 pieces), one or two batteries of heavy field artil
lery and u machine gun group.
HOME
EDITION
present situation merely Is the first
phiiss of a great battle and that the
battle Itself is only the first stage of
a titanic struggle between the nations,
which will continue so long as the
main armies remain Intact, as they
are at present.
ATTACK BY GERMAN
RIGHT POSSIBLE
London, 10:48 a .m.—The Paris cor
respondent of The Fix press thinks
there Is a distinct possibility of a Ger
man attack by the extreme right of
tljelr army coming towards Paris from
south of Amiens.
"Ths masses of the German armies
seem not to have been seriously en
gaged thus far,” h* says. "They came
very close to Paris und are now be
ing pushed back with great ease by
the British army and It may be that
their object Is to draw the allied forces
toward the eust, thus removing them
from Purls and exposing them to the
danger of running their heads into a
prepared position."