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London. Cutting off a great force
of Germans sixty miles northeast
of Paris, the first and second dlvU
slons of the British army, assisted
by a French cavalry, scored a corn
plete victory.
Unofficial despatches telling of
the battle state that the British cap
tursd 6,000 prisoners and fifteen
guns. Although greatly outnumber
ed they completely routed the Ger
mans. Officers report the forces of
the Kaiser utterly demoralized. The
prisoners taken were half starved
and ravenously devoured beef bis
suits supplied them by their captors.
A party of British cyclists surpris
ed a detachment of German cavalry
In a wood and wiped out 150. The
losses of the attacking cyclists were
severe, but nothing to compare with
those of the Germans.
On both the left and right wings
the Allies are pressing forward and
driving back the Germans, while In
the centre west of the dangerous
angle In the line at Verdun the
French are holding fast against the
furious onslaught of the Germans,
who have concentrated a great
force to pierce the French lines and
split the army In two. On the ex
treme right the French have pushed
eastward Into upper Alsace and re
occupied Muelhausen, the scene of
one of their first victories and later
of a great repulse.
The German war machine is not
moving so smoothly. Its lines of
communication are threatened In
Belgium. The Russians are advanc
ing toward Berlin and Vienna, with
fresh troops continuously pouring
to the front of their armies, the
Belgians have assumed the offen
sive, and the Servians and Monte
negrins are achieving fresh vic
tories. - .
The Kaiser is threatened with the
loss of his only ally, it being pre
dicted that Austria will soon sue
for peace, while It Is believed that
it Is now only a short time before
Italy will enter the war.
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE WAR.
London. A careful analysis of all
the late dispatches from countries
concerned In the great European war
'brings out the following salient
facts:
FRANCE. The War Office an
nounces that the Germans are still
retreating after heavy losses and
that the British troops have crossed
the Marne In a northerly direction.
Gen. French reports the capture of
an entire battery of German field
artillery and 350 prisoners. From
Paris comes the announcement that
the Allies are forcing the enemy
back at every point along the line.
French forces are reported to be
reoccupylng Upper Alsace, tne uer
mans having withdrawn their
troops there to re-enforce their
centre and right A despatch from
Nancv announces that the Germans
have evacuated Lunevlile and that
German troops have been with
drawn from the territory eastward
of Belfort. The German line, ac
cording to the last reportB, has been
driven back thirty seven miles.
AUSTRIA. According to a despatch
from Vienna. Austria was plunged
Into gloom when official admission
was made that the operations
against the Russians had cost the
Austrlans one-fourth of the first line
of effective fighting men. The total
loss In killed, wounded and miss
ing Is reported at 125,000 men. For
the first time It became known that
the oDerations In Galicla and Rub
slan 1'olaiid had been under the
personal direction of the Archduke
Francis Frederick. The hospitals.
hotels and publlo buildings of
Vienna are filled with wounded,
who are arriving In great numbers
In special trains from Poland and
Galicla.
RUSSIA. The latest development
alone tho Russian frontier Is that
the Austrlans have begun the
evacuation of Cracow. It Is also
reported that Przemysl Is being be
sieged by a heavy Russian force,
The Russians have apparently not
yet succeeded In capturing Godek,
near Lemberg. The hardest flent
VIENNA BITTER AGAINST KAISER
Left Austria to Fight Czar's Forces
Alone.
Vienna. There is increasingly bit
ter feeling here agalnBt Germany and
an almost universal demand in popu
lar circles that the Government sue
for peace. The acknowledgment that
the Austrian armies were compelled
to meet the Russian assaults alone
end unsupported while Germany in
vaded France with the result that
the Austrian ormy was crushed by
overwhelming numbers has resulted
SERVIAN WOMEN IN RANKS.
Soldiers and Civilians Show Great
Endurance In Besieged City.
London. A dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram Company from Rome says
that, according to reports from Nish,
Belgrade Is still putting up a magnifi
cent defense. Even the women are
fighting stubbornly. The Servians
Bwear that the enemy will never en
ter the capital so long as one house
stands and one Servian lives.
Refugees from Dalmatla say that
Jlfe there is entirely paralyzed.
tng, according to a late report, Is
on a line extending from the
Dniester River to Tomaslow. An
other report says, that the Russians
are advancing Into Silesia and that
their present movements are threat
ening Bresluu.
TURKEY The Turkltih Ambassador
at Washington was advised by the
Ottoman Government that all con
ventions between the Powers and
Turkey which conferred special
privileges or restricted the sov
ereignty of the Porto have been
abrogated.
BELGIUM. A German force of 3,000
men has been reported near Ghent
and large bodies of German troops
are on the way from Brussels to
the French frontier. The Belgians
have recaptured Aerschot, the Bel
gian sharpshooters, according to
report, having dashed Into the place
and routed the German garrison.
GREAT BRITAIN. Premier Asqulth
asked Parliament to authorize a
new call for 500,000 more volun
teers. The War Bureau admitted
that the British cruiser Pathfinder,
which was sunk off the cost of Scot
land, was destroyed by a torpedo
and not by a contact mine as was
at first reported.
GERMANY. According to a despatch
from Berlin, It Is officially an
nounced that the Germans who at
tacked the allied forces between
Meaux and Montmlrall are In re
treat. Tho retreat Is attributed to
the numerical superiority of the
Allies. The official statement says
that the Germans are not being
pursued.
SOUTH AFRICA. Premier Botha
announced that the South Arlran
Union promised Us wholehearted
support to the British Empire In
the present war.
GERMANS STUBBORNLY
RESISTING ALLIES' ADVANCE.
London. Emperor William's troops,
though stubbornly resisting, continue
to full back before the French and
British, while the Kaiser's entire
scheme of campaign Is threatened
with disruption through the rapid ad
vance of the Russians, who have
started their march on Berlin and
are before Bresluu.
General Joseph Galllenl announces
that the German retreat Is continu
ing with heavy fighting along the
centre.
The German right wing army has
been forced back a score of miles
from the positions it occupied before
Paris. The Germans are believed to
be buttling to effect a retreat to
Epernay. where they hope to Join the
German column- about Rheims and
restore their lines of communication.
An exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Rome soys: "A message from
Vienna states it Is officially admitted
there that Archduke Frederick lost
120,000 men In the Gallclan battles, or
one-fourth of his entire command."
RUSSIAN LEFT
CRUSHED BY GERMANS
Drive Invaders Back In East Prussia
and Czar's Advance Guard Forced
to Retreat Eastward.
Berlin. The Germans have rained
another notable success over the Rus
sians, it was officially announced In
Berlin. It was stated at the War
Office that the German army, after a
sharp encounter, completely crushed
the left flank of the Russian army m
Pant Prussia. The Russians are de
clared to be in full retreat. The way
has now been opened for an attack on
the Russian main army In Russian Po
land along the line of Warsaw. It
may also be possible for the Germans
to flank the Russians, who have
hnen reduced to send additional troops
to Galicla, where the Austrlans are
again reported to have assumed the
offensive.
A cable from Petrograd admits that
the Russian forces in East Prussia
are retiring on a new defensive post
tlnn to meet an attack by a large Ger
man army which has Just arrived
from the west. This rorce is reported
to be made up of several German
army corps withdrawn from the
French front and more than 200,000
members of the second line. They are
heavily supported with artillery, ana,
It la believed the Ereat eastern Ger
man fortresses have been denuded of
their fighting forces to increase the
forces in a general assault on the
Russian column.
The Russian advance guard, finding
the Germans in great force In the Ma
surenland region, has withdrawn on
the main column. Russian reinforce
ments have been Bet forward and the
Russian right army is to be streng
thened Immediately. It Is stated that
this movement will In no way Inter
fere with the campaign against the
Austrlans which is being pressed with
a great battle now in progress at Gali
cla. That the Austrlans have been very
strongly reinforced by the Germans
Is admitted. There are reported to
be not less than five army corps of
first line German troops now fighting
with the Austrlans along a battle line
that extends from Tomaszok, almost
on the Russian Polond-Austrlan fron
tier, southward in an Irregular line
through Ruwarska, then west of Lem
here to the Dniester River country.
In a storm of bitter criticism of the
Government.
Stormy Scenes Predicted.
The known losses are .enormous,
and it Is believed they have been
far greater than the Government will
admit. So strong and bitter is the
feeling that it is ,not believed the
Government can hold out much longer
against it. Unless Austria sues for
peace In the near future it will be
very hard for the Government to pre
vent stormy scenes not alone in Vien
na, but in every big city in Austria
Hungary. DEFEAT DEATH'S HEAD HUSSARS
Count Stolberg, Commander of Crown
Prince's Old Regiment, Killed.
London. A Petrograd dispatch to
the Dally Mall says the Bourse Ga
zette reports that a squadron of the
Death's Head HusBars, of which the
Crown Prince was once commander,
was defeated and cut up near
I'nland. Count Stolberg,
rthe commander of the squadron, and
all the oiher officers were among me
fallen. The sale of spirituous liquors
has been orohtblted.
Russians Capture Two
Austrian Strongholds
Nlcolaleff and Mlkolaijow, 25 Miles
South of Lemberg, Fall Only
Three Towns Bar Czar's
Advance on Berlin.
Tetrograd (St. Petersburg). The
fortress of Mikolajoff (Mlkolaijow or
N'lcdlleiff). twenty miles south of
Lemberg and commanding the Aus
trian State Railroad's crossing of the
River Dulester, was taken by the
Russians after severe fighting. Forty
heavy guns and stores of all kinds
sulllclent for a year were captured.
The preparations at Mikolajoff and
Lemberg to hold out for a year in
dicate that the Austrlans intended to
make a stout resistance.
The capture of this fortress cleared
away every Austrian stronghold In
Galicla East of Przemysl, which Is
now Invested by the Russians.
Mikolajoff is one of the most mod
ern fortresses In Austria. Its de
fenses include steel cupolas and mod
ern guns of heavy calibre.
North -of Lemberg the main Aus
trian army, which has been beaten
back from its invasion of Poland, is
reported retreating all along the line
between the Rivers Bug and Vistula.
This retreat spells more than defeat
It Is disaster, owing to the nature
of the country through which the
Austrlans must make their escape.
The fortresses of Przemysl and
Jaroslau, on the River San, and
Cracow on the Vistula River, are
the only obstacles the Austrlans now
have to prevent the Russian advance.
P'zemysl Is a strongly fortified mili
tary ramp, firty-one miles west of
Lemberg, with forty-two forts and
40,000 men, who have been reinforced
by the soldiers who escaped from
Lemberg and Poland.
Berlin Reports Victories
EVACUATED RHEIMS TAKEN BY
13 TROOPERS, WIRELESS
ADVICES DECLARE.
Washington. A German account of
the manner in which the French
fortress town of Rhelnis, in the sec
ond French line of defense, was oc
cupied by the Kaiser's forces was
made public by the German Embassy.
An official dispatch from Berlin to
the embassy via the Sayville wireless
route says the town was taken by
thirteen officers and privates under
command of Capt. von Humbrchs,
who made a daring ride into Rheims.
WAR NEWS TOLD
IN TABLOID FORM
The French War Office announces
that the German right wing and part
of the centre west of Revlgny are re
treating. The official Press Bureau In London
reports that the general retirement
of the German forces continues. The
British forces have captured 1,500
prisoners and several guns. The
British forces are still pursuing the
Germans.
Berlin reports through the embassy
at Washington that the Germans held
their own in the heavy two days' fight
ing east of Paris, capturing fifty guns
and several thousand prisoners, but
retired when the advance of a strong
hostile column was reported.
In East Prussia, says Berlin, the
Rmiiani have been outflairked on the
left wing and are being driven back.
The total losses of the Austro-Hun-garlan
armies operating against the
Russians have already reached 125,000,
killed, wounded and missing, accord
ing to an announcement by the War
Office in Vienna.
Austria was plunged Into gloom
when official admission was made that
the recent operations against the Rus
sians have cost the Dual Monarchy
one-fourth of Its first line of effective
fighting men.
The Belgian Army has resumed the
offensive against the Germans, and Is
reported to have driven them from
Aershot, Diest and Termonde.
A dispatch mailed from Toronto
mvi that 30.000 Indian troops secret
ly passed through Canada on their
way to France.
On a request by Premier Asqulth
the House of Commons voted to add
another half million men to the army,
bringing England's prospective force
up to 1,400,000 men.
Berlin officially reported the surren
der of the French fortress of Mau
beuge with 40,000 prisoners and' sev
eral hundred guns.
An official announcement from the
French War Office In Bordeaux said
the German armies had been pushed
back a total of twenty-five miles.
The armed merchant cruiser Ocean
ic, of the White Star line, was wrecked
off the north coast of Scotland and Is
a total loss, but all the officers and
crew have been saved.
India has pledged 70,000 soldiers
and $5,000,000 to aid Great Britain.
In adltion, many native princes have
offered their private fortunes, and
their services In the field.
The admission Is made that the
Austrlans are unable to transport the
wounded. The Austrian Red Cross
has issued a demand that all auto
mobiles within the country he turned
over to It to transport the wounded
to places where they can be properly
cared for. Every hospital in Vienna
Is filed with desperately injured sol
diers. All public halls have been
requisitioned and are also full.
Say Austrlans Outnumbered.
The Austrian troops fought with the
greatest bravery. All reports from
the front agree to this. But they were
ARCHIVES ARRIVE IN BORDEAUX
Adequate Organization of the Gov
ernment Is Being Effected.
Bordeaux. The work of effecting
an ndoquate organization of the
French Government In Bordeaux Is
proceeding unremittingly. Govern
mental documents are arriving from
Paris by the vanload.
It was noted with Interest by the
crowd that they bore the names of
firms engaged in the moving business
In Colraar and Muelhausen, in Alsace-Lorraine
00,000 DEAD IN ONE DAY.
Casualties In Six Weeks of War
fare Break Record.
LONDON. The Times has
this despatch from Its St. Pet
ersburg correspondent:
"The extent of the losses dur
ing the first six weeks of the
war places all previous casual
tle for In the background. Not
fewer than 10,000 dead Germans
were counted In the trenches
after one engagement in East
ern Prussia.
"On the fateful September 1,
when two Russian corps came
to death grips with four German
corps north of 8oldau, the loss
es of both sides totalled between
60,000 and 70,000, the majority
being Germans."
Warns England
Germans May Be
Preparing Trap
War Correspondent Says if Kaiser's
Forces Have Not Been Making
Real Resistance Signs Are Om
inous for Success of Allies.
London. Alfred Stead, war corres
pondent, sounds a warning note In a
despatch from Paris. "It would eem,"
he says, "as it tho German advance
forces were not making a real reals
tence and that their object may be to
draw the allied forces east, thus re
moving them from Paris ond exposing
them to running their heads Into a
prepared position.
"The absence of news from the Am-iens-St.
Quentln region may well be
ominous. Just as Brussels was one
German objective, so Paris is another
and far greater objective. Therd is
time enough to strike at tho allied
armies when they are facing two
ways, and so it is unwise to be too
optimistic.
"For the present moment the Ger
man advance to the East of Paris Is
Btayed, but the main German armies
have not been destroyed and their
transport difficulties, with the need
for replenishing adequately the ammu
nition stocks and bringing up of heavy
guns are all sufficient reasons for
pause In the main German advance.
"German troops are reported In the
Olse district again, at Henlls, St Fir
nln, Compelgne and Crlel. This Is sig
nificant and may be the first Indica
tions of German masses on the ex
treme German right wing."
Germany Admits
Allies' Success
Berlin Official Notes Say Kaisers
Troops Were Forced Back With
Loss of Fifty Guns and Thou
sands of Prisoners.
London. "The first official admis
sion on the German side of success
by the Allies," says a Central News
dispatch from Antwerp, "appears In
official communications Issued In Ber
lin this afternoon. General von Stoln
announces that the German awny,
which had advanced across the Marne
to the east of Paris, was' heavily at
tacked by the enemy between Paris,
Meaux and Montmlrall.
"The fighting lasted two days. The
German army had checked the enemy
and had even itself advanced, but
stronger hostile columns came to the
assistance of the Allies and the enemy
won tne Dame, compelling uemmu
troops to retire.
"Fifty cuns were captured by the
Allies and some thousands of men
made prisoners.
"To the west of Verdun fighting con
tinues. The situation in Lorraine ana
the Vosges is unchanged. The battle
In Eastern Prussia has been resumed."
KAISER CABLES
WIL80N PROTEST
Sends Wire Personally on Use
of Dumdum Bullets
by Allies.
WASHINGTON. President
Wilson received a personal ca
ble from Emperor William oi
Germany protesting against the
use of dum-dum bullets and tne
oartlcloatlon In the war by civ
illans of Belgium. The message
expressed also the German tm
Deror's deep regret at the do
struction of the Belgian city of
Louvaln.
"Mv heart bleeds for Lou
vain," Is one of the phrases
which the Emperor Is under
stood to have used. He declared,
however, that the population of
Belgium had offered such resis
tance that his generals had In
many cases found It necessary
to administer severe punisn
ment.
always outnumbered. Russia was
ready for war long before her moblll
zation was complete. The armiei
hurled across the Gallclan frontier
were enormous. It is estimated that
the force which moved against lem
berg and attacked the Austrian
armies that Invaded Russian Poland
numbered at least 1,500,000 men.
The Russians pursued the Germans'
tactics of utilizing their entire forc
In attacks, but with the lesson ol
their last war in mind, the Russian
movements are reported to have been
very open.
WAR HITS ENGLISH TRADE.
Export and Import Business Drops
$165,000,000 In Month.
London. The effect of the war on
B'rltish trade iB seen in the Board ol
Trade returns for August. Imports
compared with the corresponding
month last year, show a docrease ol
upwards of ?G5,000,000, while export!
have fallen oft nearly $100,000,000,
Tho imports of sugar have dropped
more than $7,500,000, of which th
loss of $4,000,000 falls on German)
atone.
SERIOUS
BLOW
10 AUSTRIANS
Russians Drive Wedge Through
Austrian Lines.
WHOLE ARMIES ARE TAKEN
As Result Of the Latest Engagement
It Is Reported That the Russians
Captured 30,000 Prisoners and
Several Hundred Guns.
London. The British War Informa
tion Bureau's version of the Austrian
defeat in South Poland follows:
"The Austrian Invasion of South
Toland, which penetrated as far aa
Opole and Krasnostax and Zamose,
was protected on Its right by an army
operating east of Lemberg. This lat
ter army was completely defeated by
the Russians ou September 1 near
Lemberg.
"From that moment it became evi
dent that if the Austrian right flank
could not continue a stubborn resist
ance the retreat of the main Austrian
army from South Poland would be im
periled. By the capture of Tomasxow
on September 10 it Is probable that
the Russians drove a wedge through
the Austrian line.
"Sunday a brilliant Russian victory
is reported, in which 30,000 prisoner
and several hundred guns were taken,
This is probably the immediate result
of the Tomaszow action."
A dispatch to Lloyds News from
Petrogram says:
"Two Austrian armies are surround
ed and 60,000 prisoners have been
taken, including COO officers from one
army and COO from another. The sur
render of both armies is impending.
The Germans are again moving troops
from the east to the west."
A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram
Company from Paris says:
"The Matin Ienrns from Tetrograd
that the first Austrian army, under
General Von AufTenberg, has lost 300
officers, 28.000 soldiers and 400 guns,
and that the second Austrian army has
lost as prisoners S00 officers and 70,000
men. The Russian victory is con
sidered to be absolutely decisive."
A message from Petrograd to tho
Paris Journal states that the Russians
have taken 120,000 prisoners and that
other captures are imminent.
MOVE MADE FOR PEACE.
Emperor William Considers Informal
Demand.
Washington, D. C Emperor Wil
liam has hnd under consideration for
several days, an Informal inquiry from
the United States Government as to
whether Germany desires to discuss
terms of peace with her foes.
No reply has been received, but on
Its tenor depends to some extent
whether or not the Informal peace
movement Inaugurated a week ago can
be pursued further with Great Britain,
France and Russia. The inquiry was
not a formal one, such as President
Wilson's original tender of good offices,
but was an effort of an official char
ncter to determine whether Germany's
reported willingness to talk peace was
based on fact
U. 8. CONSUL WILL LEAVE.
Danger From Japanese At Tsingtau
Greater Than Reported.
Washington, D. C. As a precaution
ary measure against possible destruc
tion of the records of the American
consulate at Tsingtau, China, the Ger
man port now besieged by the Japan
ese, Consul Peck has prepared to re
move bis offices, Charge Murray, at
Peking, advised the State Department.
It is believed by officials here that the
danger is greater than was at first
realized should the consul remain In
the city until the battlo has been de
cided. He was Instructed to act at his
own discretion.
SPAIN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL.
Prime Minister Quoted As Denying
Alleged Intervention.
Paris. A dispatch to the Havas
Agency from Madrid says that Eduardo
Dato, the Spanish Prime Minister,
made the following statement:
"Spain has contracted no engage
ment and will remain neutral until the
end of the war."
The correspondent says the state
ment was made in reply to reports in
foreign newspapers concerning Spain's
position, which has led to the belief
that Spain intended 'to intervene in
Germany's favor In case of necessity.
WOULD WORK FOR PEACE.
Motion In Brazilian Chamber Of
Deputies Asks Mediation. .
Rio Janeiro. A motion was made in
the Chamber of Deputies by one of the
members proposing that the chamber
suggest to the President that he invite
all the American Governments to offer
collective mediation in the European
conflict. The matter was discussed
and was put over for further con
sideration. BELGIANS FIGHT AT ALOS.
Capture Seven Wagons and Field
Kitchen From Germans.
London. A sharp engagement took
place near Alos, according to a Reuter
dispatch from Ostend, between a de
tachment of Germans and a column of
Belgian volunteers, supported by clvio
guards, with machine guns mounted on
motor cars. The German losses were
serious and seven wagons with a field
kitchen were captured. The Germans
are intrenching at Orroler, near
Renalx.
GEN. FRENCH TELLS
BRITISH
London. Many English breakfasts
went untasted while the people read
the graphic account by Flold Marshal
Sir John French of the heroic fight
made by the British expeditionary
force to keep from being annihilated.
Like a wildcat pursued by hounds, the
British force backed stubbornly to
ward the River Olse, constantly show
ing Its teeth, but realizing that It must
attain the river or perish.
Text of the Report.
The report is published in the Lon
don Gazette, the official organ. It Is
as follows:
"The transportation of the troops
from England by rail and sea was ef
fected In the best order and without
a check. Concentration was practi
cally completed on the evening of Fri
day, August 21, and I was able to
make dispositions to move the force
during Saturday to positions I con
sidered most favorable from which to
commence the operations which Gen
eral Joffre requested me to under
take." General French then doscribed In
detail the position taken up by his
forces at and on the east and west
of Mons, and the retirement of the
center behind Mons on Sunday, Au
gust 23. He continues:
Surprised by Joffre'e Message.
"Meanwhile, about five In the after
noon, I received a most unexpected
message from General Joffre by tele
graph, telling me that at least three
German corps were moving on my
position In front and that another
corps was engaged In a turning move
ment from the direction of Tournnl.
He also Informed me that the two re
serve French divisions and the Fifth
French army corps on my right were
retiring, the Germans having on the
previous day gained possession of the
passage of the Sambre between
Charlerol and Namur.
Had Reserve Position Ready.
"In view of the possibility of my
being driven from the Mons position
I had previously ordered a position In
the rear to be reconnoltered.
"When the news of the retirement
of the French and the heavy German
threatening on my front reached me I
endeavored to confirm It by aeroplane
reennnoissance and as a result of this
I determined to effect a retirement to
the Maubeuge position at daybreak on
the 24th.
Fighting on the 24th.
"A certain amount of fighting con
tlued along the whole line throughout
the night and at daybreak o l the 24th
the second division from the neigh
borhood of Ilarmlgnlcs made a power
ful demonstration as If to retake
Blnche. Under cover of. this demon
stration the Second corps retired on
the line of Dour, Qunrouble and
Framerles. The third division on the
right of the corps suffered consider
able loss In this operation from the
enemy who had retaken Mons.
"The Second corps haltel on this
line, where lliey intrenched them
selves, enabling Sir Douglas Halg with
the First corps to withdraw to the
new position and he effected this with
out much further loss, renchlng the
line from Bavoy to Maubeuge about
seven In the evening.
"About 7:30 In the morning General
Allenby received a message from Sir
Charles Fergusson, commanding the
fifth division, saying he was very hard
pressed and In urgent need of sup
port. On recolpt of this message Gen
eral Allenby drew In his cavalry and
endeavored to bring direct support to
the fifth division.
Re-Enforcements Brought Up.
"The 'Nineteenth infantry brigade,
which had been guarding the line of
communications, was brought by rail
to Valenciennes on the 22d nnd 23d.
On the morning of the 21th they were
moved out to a position south of
Quarouble to support the left flank
of the Seeond corps.
"With the assistance of cavalry
Blr Horace Smith Dorrlen was en
abled to effect his retreat to a new
position, although having two corps
of tho enemy on his front nnd one
threatening his flnnk. He suffered
great losses In doing so.
"At nightfall a position was occu
pied by the Second corps to the west
of Bavay. the First corps to the right
The right was protected by the for
tress of Maubeuge, the loft by the
Nineteenth brigade In positions be
tween Jenlnln and Bruay and by cav
alry on the outer flank. The French
were still retiring ana I hnd no sup
port except such as was afforded by
the fortress of Maubeuge, and deter
mined efforts of the enemy to get
around my flank assured me that it
was his intention to hem me against
that place and surround me.
Not a Moment to Be Lost.
"I felt that not a moment must be
lost in returning to another position.
The retirement was resumed in the
early morning of the 25th to a posi
tion In the neighborhood of LeCateau
and the rear guard was ordered to he
clear of Maubeuge and Bavay by 3:30
a. m. Two cavalry brigades, with the
divisional cavalry of the Second
corps, covered the movement of the
Second corps, and the remainder of
the cavalry division, with the Nine
teenth brigade, the whole under com
mand of General Allenby, covered the
west flank.
"The fourth division commenced its
detralnment at LeCateau on Sunday,
the 23d, and by the morning of the
25th 11 battalions and a brigade of ar
tillery, with the divisional staff,
were available for service.
RUSS AVIATOR GIVES
LIFE TO WRECK FOE
London. Captain Nesteroff, one of
the most daring Russian aviators, and
the first of his countrymen to loop
the loop, has sacrificed his life in a
successful attempt to destroy an Aus
trian aeroplane, says a Petrograd diB
patch. According to a report from the front
Captain Nesteroff was returning from
on aerial reconnolssance when be saw
HOW STRATEGY
F
"Although the troops had bpt
dered to occupy the Cambrel
CateauLondrecles position u
ground had, during the 2."th, hti
tlally preparing and Intrenched,
grave doubts owing to Informally
had received as to tho accumaUti,,
strength of the enemy against a,
as to tho wisdom of standing uWi,
fight.
"Having regard to the continue
tlrement of the French right, nj o
posed left flank, the tendency f u,
enemy's western corps to enyolop B,
and more than all the exhausts ,
dltlon of the troops, I doinrmlni t
make a great effort to continue Utet
treat till I could put some subsuaii,
obstacle, such as the Somrne or t,
Olse, between my troops and the n,
my, and afford the former mint ;
portunlty for rest and reorganise
"Orders were therefore seat v
the corps commanders to contln
their retreat as soon as the; puna
could toward the general line of Vr
mimd, St. Quentln und Klbnmont,it.
the cavalry under General Altai
wore ordered to cover the retlrenwii
Throughout the 2th and far Into t!
evening the First corps cnntlno:d t
march on tandrecles, following t!.
road along the eastern Ixirder of t
forest of Mormal, and arrived at Ui,
reclos about ten o'clock.
Enemy Allows No Rett.
"I had Intended that the ten
should come further nest, so as to t
up the gap between Leoaleas i
Landrcclcs. but the men were. nhai
ed and could not get further In ;
out a rest.
"The enemy, however, would i
allow them this rest, nnd about i
that evening tho report was receh
thnt the Fourth Guards brigade
Landrecles was heavily attacked !
troops of the Ninth German it
corps, who wero coming through !'
forest to the north of the town. T
brigade fought most gallantly i1
caused the enemy to suffer i t:
mendous loss In Issuing from the f
est Into the narrow streets of I!
town. This, loss hns been estitw
from reliable sources at betwees
and 1,000.
"At the same time Inform'
reached me from Kir Douglas E:
that bis first division was also w;
engaged eouth and east of Marllh
Two French divisions assisted t
First corps to retire In the nlgit
the 25th. Second corps took port:
between Caudry and U'Cateao.
Attacked by Four Corp
"At duybreak It became sppu
thnt the enemy was throwing the f
of his strength against the left
the position occupied by the Sw
corps nnd the fourth division. All
time the guns of four German '
corps were In position against t
ond Sir Horace Smith Dorrlen m
ed to me that he Judged It Impos.'
to continue his retirement ai
break, as ordered, In the face of r
an attack.
"I sent him orders to nse Hi
most endeavors to break off the id
and retire nt the earliest possible J
ment, as It was Impossible for '
send him support, the First con
lng nt the moment Incapable of w
ment.
"The French cavalry corn! i:
General Sordet was romlng P
our left rear early In the momiK
I sent hlra nn urgent message to
his utmost to come up ?'
the retirement of my left to,
owing to tho futigno of hli none
found himself unable to Interns'
any way.
Outnumbered Four to One.
"There had been no time to
trench the position properly, W
troops showed a magnificent m
the terrible fire which confn
them. The artillery, althou?
matched by at least four to one, r
a splendid fight and Infllctd i
losses on their opponents.
"At length it becn.no nppar
if complete amiiliilaHon
avoided retirement must be -and
the order was given to cent
it about 3:30 in the We'
movement was covered witn
voted intrepidity and detcrn, in
the artillery, which had I Hf J
heavily, and the fine work
the cavalry In the hirtherrrW"
the position assisted inatenW
final completion of this iwj
and dangerous operation,
ly, the enemy hnd hlni""J
heavily to engage In nn eners
BU"The retreat was ''''J'
the night of the 2n."JtJJ
27th ond the 2Sth. on Uj K,
troops halted on tho llneWJ
Chauny and
thrown off the welM of the"
rench Co.e , J-,
"On the 27th and the
much Indebted to Genera i
the French cavalry div Is
commands, mi,
my retirement, and 6ucc ,
lng back some of the , J
bra.. General d'Aniad J ,
Sixty-first and Sixty ' t
divisions, moved d,W; ,
borhood of Arras on the. w (
flank and took much
rear of the British to J
ni.i. iHpd the Vetw
closed the
,i i .. flohtlnK. W
lino , h CIUI ,
inn neuvv
ftem8;,J
at Mons on onSi
. . . o..n,tnv fl
23, and whlcn r
four days' battle. At w
fore, I propose to cto
dispatch."
an Austrian aerop
the Russian forces. ((
i..0inn avla"r
. j direction 0'
must nave gainN;i
such tactics MnfL'ttii
the cost of his own l e. rf
the Austrian new
h imnnct caused tne .j,
machines, wine m
the two aviators
death.
ROM
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