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Show S1 fill PIP ll I 1 LliiO III ! ll lib Men Stay in Trenches While Heavy Cannon Engage in Duels, but Frequently Essay Sorties Sor-ties That End in Hand-to-hand Encounters. TURKOS GAIN NEW LAURELS Disobey Officers and Make Charges, Recovering Recov-ering Four Guns Lost by the French; Russians Rus-sians Continue Successful Suc-cessful in Galicia. (Special Cable hj ArrnnKPTnunt Mtti London Pally Telegraph ami International News Sorvlee.) PARIS, Sept. 21. The German right wing, under Goneral Alexander von Kluk, ' has been forced back seven miles during the last forty-eight hours. It has been driven back onto Noyon, where it has been forced to seek defensive de-fensive strongholds to the southeast on the left bank of tho Oiso. General von Kluk is now exposed to tho flanking movement of (ho allies' left, which has been progressing up tho right bank of the Oiso in an enveloping maneuver. The French and British have driven forward until today they occupied tho heights of Lassigny, went of Noyon, have swept bv Noyon itself on the north and have advanced thoir lines toward Laon. An officer returning from Soissons to Paris today reported that an aerial scout just back from a reconnoissauco of the Germans says the Germans wero seen retreating in lare bodies. An announcement from the. war office at Bordeaux at 11 o'clock tonight said that the lighting had become less vio-lont. vio-lont. It added that obvious prepress had be.cn made by the French troops operating between Khcims and the Ar-gonnes. Lull in the Battle. Thja report indicates that a lull had como in tho afternoon. The fighting early in the day and during tho previous night had been furious. Most terrific were tho onslaughts directed by the Germane against tho allies' lines in tho region of Craonno. Hero the invaders in-vaders charged desperately with bayonets bayo-nets fixed and ferocious hand-to-hand combats ensued, in which the Germans wero hurled back, but came on aaju until the carnage was appalling. The success of the flunking movement 'against the German right inspired the I w;tr office, always conservative, to issue the following statement: "We are confident that the allies . hold a favorable position in the great battle now progressing." The great conflict, now enlnring upon its tenth day. saw tho titanic struggle, of the big guns fait reaching a climax. 'Thus far the artillery dtu-l hits ben a ilrnw and tlin contest now hrts resolved itvlt' into one of human cij'liirniiie. The bombardment of Soissons continued con-tinued wifli undiminished and doadlv effect, while into Khoim.s, alreadv practically prac-tically laid waMc, a steady stream of German projectiles still fell, Both Sides Reinforced. The Germans have received reinforcements reinforce-ments at seveni! i-oints along their front, but tlies hnre Keen met by de-ta-hments in strcnetlt l.pjn brought up ;roin the I-'rrncli resei-.es. I In tiie center. wc;t, ,,(' the Argonncs ;iml in liaiiipagiie. ih,. Fren.-ir have taken Mesiijl-jjcs-llurlii1 and Massiges. In file Woevrc the Germans are rn-nort'M rn-nort'M to be bombarding 1 1 usnji-!"ha- ! tH. Tlicv a-., led. I (I,,. t.T,-,,,,rv j t)ln """ ,'. '." T"e Ml nation for liie :i!i,- reM v.'Ml'. in l.orraino :"i. in 'in- esL,r , rr'uejd.s unchanged Tie- c.-nser's troo;..-. pan of the armv I (Continued on Page Two ) BATTLE WITH BIG' GUIS ID GOIJ STEEL Infaptry Allow Cannon to r Do Most of the Work, but Bayonet Rushes Are Frequent (Continued from Pago One ) of the German crown pr nee have oc cup ed Delnuet H 11 south of Chateau fasl ns , The crown pr nee appears tp hae reached1 a pos t on to the north of Mont fa son where he has eniren h.ed in a defens ve pos t on asa ns,t the pursu ng Trench columns Here he has been driven to stand at bay to protect the avenues of retreat wh ch are st 11 open to 1 in thrcugh Luxembcra A cor 1 ng to an ofuc al announce ment of the French na y ofttoe the fleets of the all es now control the At lant c the Med terranean and the kortlr ea A on Kluk Holds Firm It s now becoming the convict on of mil larv men that noth nt but outflank w movements can ha e any ser ous effect on e ther arm The Germans accord nv. to the r own ofhc al report ha e been strongly re nforced both on the r r ght where General o Kluk s ml ng such a stubborn stand in almost -ni rem-ible pos t ons on the hills north of Aisne and n the center where the Germans are mak nr almost s verhu nan efforts to recapture Rhe n It s probably the des re to recapture th s town at all costs beca se of ts un portance as the key to mportant con n unicat ons wh ch w 11 mprovo all the r connect ons for attack or retreat that has led the (. er nans to cont nue the bombardment wh ch has resnltel in th lebtructiou o the fan ous cathedral Th s bon ba an ent has been of the net e ere k ' and s be ng d re ted from Br mont wh ch the 1 reneh re captured but lost apa n and from other h lis around the town and s of deadly The IreDch ha e brought up add t onal heavy art Her n an attem t to dr e the t-ermans out of tbes h lis for until th s 3 done the s tuat on n the town n ust be d ffiej.lt bevere fight a so cont nues north of the sne and n the Craoane di.str t. rwhere the Germans the French offic al ! commuD cat on sa s ha w been repulsed at all po nta w th cons derable osses Ths 3 an extremely d fficult ountr over whh to make an adauce The plateau of Craonne 3 of 1 mestone format on w th tne s des almost as perpendicular as walls The a eys n wet weat er become Quagn es It was on ths pa eau ust a century ago t at B uecher fa ed to cheok Napo eon Allies Scale Heights rhe a es appa enyhaesaedte, wa s of the plateau and ow old the 1 e gn s but ahead of them hey found von Kluk in g eat stren0th and are no v await ng the out -ome of the attempt to turn h s flank wh eh wou d clear the oad for them The Frenc army whic s try ng o wo k a ound tne German r ght s push De, ts ay &owly along tata tn f om Comp egne it rea ed Novon and today e on the he ohts of Lass gny Its nxt object e po nt is Tergn er n neteen mi es fron Laon an mportant ra way jun on w ich the Germans are us ng for prov s on! g tier forces A this f gh ng has been carr ed on In most excreab e weathe a continuous downpour which so of en ac orapan ee battles f 1 ing the. trenches w th water and putt ng a b ake on the movemen s of men and ho se Russians Still Win The Russ an gr p on he s a e ed u t an forces n Gal cia is hold Q re ent less y P zemys hab been ested and Crenera Dank s a mj wh cl s e rea in toward Cracow has been su rounded The capt re of the town of Dud ecko on t e ver ban by t e Russ ans 1 as cut Przemjs off from the western arm es so a must now re y for defe se upon e Aus a ad German arn y co ps are here General Dank s be le ed to be n a d f u t pos on Dr ven ou of Sou h Poland and sepa a ted f om he main bodv of t e Aufa an army ne as been compelled to make a race for C acow n which he wab a o d ng to R s an ac coun s taten by the Russian army com ng sou h ward from the Vistu a to Ba ranow The Russ ans are now so sure of Ga c a t at they a e organizing a civil gover ment for that reg on as we I as for Bukow na the Austrian crown and of wh ch they are comp ete masters The Germans have re al ated to some extent by pene rating he territory of fu wa kl in Russian Po and and farther to the north But the Russ ans are con tenting themse ves w th defend ng t e r fortresses unt heir work n Galea s comp eted The Montenegr ns and fee ians are re por ed to be mee ng w h sue ess and he Mon enegr ns no a e app oach ng Sarajevo cap a of Bosn German ray Men Clever The exp o t of he Ge nan c u sc C n den in the bay of Benga has aused qu te a st n Eng and B erybody a asking whe e was he B 3 feet o a ow the cap u e of h x 5 eame son he f rst p ace o a ow e mden to get away from the Ch na coaa It appears 1 at t was o y due o the wa n ng of an Ita an ap a n at mo e B t s s earners d d no fa no the hands of t e E nden I s s ppospd a B sh wa hps now a e enga ed n search ng fo he bu thut, fa Gr man cru sors wh c na e been f ce n t e different oceans 1 a e su ceede n keeping out of he way of her enen es East Indians Patriotic LO DON Sept 1 0 4o p a my troops and resources s tne a e of fter of the Gaekwar of Baroda o he TJr tish governme t Near y all the Ind an poten atea ia e exp essed a des re for serv e n t e 1 f eld and many have offe ed t e Br t sh go e nment air possess The go e nor of Madras w 1 supp v a fu y equ pped hosp tal s p for the In d an cxped ionarj force |