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Show SUMMARY OF I WARSTTUATION I The right and center of the German Ger-man army of invasion in France is gradually withdrawing and the left wing is stoutly resisting the advance of the allies, according to best obtainable obtain-able information today. The German crown prince .appears to be holding his own In the vicinity of Verdun. The capture by the Germans of a fortified position southwest of Verdun I and a battle between Paris and the river Marne, described in a report from the German headquarters, have been noted earlier in press dispatch The British statement reviews the operations of the British in France from September 4 to 10, but reveals nothing new An official communication issued at Paris at 3 o'clock this afternoon (Par-Is (Par-Is time) declares that the Germans i are "retreating everywhere." They are, It Is added, "abandoning all the positions which they established to cover a possible retreat." R ports concerning the fighting in Russian Poland and Galicia are con-ill. con-ill. ting. It appears that the Austri- j ans bae met serious reverses but continued struggles establish that they have not been completely overwhelmed over-whelmed by the Russians Still less Is definitely known of the operations In east Prussia Accord- ing to a dispatch from Petrograd, a Russian army Is before the capital Koenigsberg. But official advices two days ago stated that Russian for COS were bombarding Koenigsberg. According to British reports, the initial success of General Hindenberc; in east Prussia, which has been admitted ad-mitted in Petrograd, was followed by further German triumphs to the joutn of Koenigsberg;. The Belgian army operating from I Vntwerp is represented as harrassini; I tho Germans In that vicinity to pre- vent the two German army corps there moving south to the aid of the German main line. Belgian official reports admit that their forces were obliged to retire after a counter-at-tack by the Germans. I The Servians claim continued successes suc-cesses against the Austrlans. the greater part of whose armies are engaged en-gaged With the Russians to the north |