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Show THREE MILLION MEN ENGAGEIN BATTLE GERMAN FORCES FALLING BACK BEFORE FIERCE ATTACK OF FRENCHMEN AND BRITONS. Passage of the Marne Costs the Germans Ger-mans Dearly, Pontoono Being Swept Away Fast as Erected by French Artillery Fire. Whllo most official statements give little details of tho battle which Is bo-ing bo-ing waged In Franco nnd In which 3.000,000 men aro engaged, it seems apparent that tho German forces nro still falling back, from tho announcement announce-ment that the allies havo gained about thirty-seven miles of territory In tholr advance. Both British and French troops have crossed the river Marne, tho British capturing men and guns. The action of greatest sovcrity was fought botween Mallly and Vity-le-Francois. The PnriB correspondent of the Express Ex-press quotes a message received from the front stating that tho allies at last have got Into their stride: 'The passago of tho Marne has cost tho Germans doarly," tho message says. "They fought their way step by step, tired though they wore, but at the .Marne tho French army got In. Tho German pontoons were no sooner erected than they wore swept awny by the French artillery fire. Tho Germans Ger-mans held on steadfastly but lost heavily and finally succeeded In get-ting get-ting across the river under a torrent of fire. "Tho British nrmy was not so heavily heav-ily engaged during tho dny. Tliero aro approximately 1,600,000 men in tho allies' fighting lines." Both tho German nnd allied armies in Franco aro receiving reinforcements and tho battlo in .France is likely to last some days yet. Tho reports regarding tho progress of tho Russian and Austrian arms arc meager, but a Petrograd dispatch says It Is believed that the German crown prlnco has been appointed chlof commander of the forces which aro to oppose tho Russian advance. Tho British prime minister haB called for moro men to servo the country, coun-try, and when the government's plans are completed, tho British army will number 1,854,000 men. Additional 'British casualties have been mado public, covering the period up to September 7, and bringing the total for the campaign closo to 19,000 killed, wounded and missing. In tho engagement between British nnd Germans in the Nyassaland, British Brit-ish Central Africa, tho Germans, according ac-cording to tho British official press bureau, were driven back to tho river Songwe, which Is part of tho frontier between the (British and German protectorates, pro-tectorates, J'rlnco Joachim Alhrccht of Prussia, son of tho lato Prlnco Frederick Albert, Al-bert, regent of Brunswick, nnd a second sec-ond cousin of tho German emperor, has been wounded In battle. |