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Show SRUSSELS RETAKEN BY ANGLO-BELGIAN ARMY, IS RUMOR (Special Cable by Arrangement with tne London Daily Telegraph and the International News Service ) BORDEAUX Sept 13 The allies have driven the aerman right back 62 miles the chase carryino; the pursuers across the Aisne river above Soissons The triumph of the French arms ha3 flushed the troops with success and they are pursuing the retreat mg invaders with an unexampled energy This is the purport of an official report from General Joffre m supreme command of the allies read by minister of war Millerand at a, cabinet meeting today General Joffre says The government of the republic can well be proud of its troops The report m full follows Our victory is showing itself to be nAre and more complete Everywhere the enemy is m retreat and everywhere the Germans aro abandoning prisoners the wounded and their materials of war All our arms are flushed by their success and are expecting a pursuit which is unexampled for its extent On our left in a fight which lasted from the fifth to the twelfth of September we have crossed the Aisne river near Soissons thus gaining 100 kilometers (62 miles) m six days of fighting Our troops as well as our allies are conducting themselves admirably The pursuit will continue with all ourenergy The allied armies in the center are already to the north of the Marne while those m Lorraine are arriving on the frontiers The government of the republic can well be proud of its troops JOFFRE ' JOFFRE PRAISES HIS TROOPS. PARIS Sept 13 3 16 p m The following communication from General Joffre commander m chief of the French army, was made public this afternoon The battle of the last five days has ended in an undeniable victory The retreat of the first second and third German armies is hastening before our left and at our center in tirn the fourth German army is commencing to fall back to the north from Vitry le Francois and from Sermaize les Bains (in the province of Marne, seventeen miles east of Vitry le Francois However the enemy has left upon the battlefield many wounded and quantities of munitions of war Also in gaining ground we have made many prisoners Our troops show evidences of the intensity in the strnggle and the extraordinary efforts made by the Germans in their at tempt to resist our vehemence Our vigorous retaking of the offensive has determined the success , Every officer subaltern and soldier has responded to the call All ment well from the fatherland In making the above message public General Gallieni added this note The military governor of Pans is happy to bring this tele gram to the knowledge of the troops under his command He adds his own felicitations to the army of Paris for the part it had in the operations He felicitates also the troops of the entrenched camps upon the efforts which they made during this period and which efforta should be continued without relaxation GALLIENI ' GERMAN ACCOUNTOF MARNE FIGHT. PARIS Sept 13 10 50 a m. A Havas Agency dispatch from Bordeaux gives the following official communication issued at Berlin The news is received from headquarters that the army sit uated east of Pans and which had advanced across the Marne was attacked by a superior force of the enemy proceeding from Pans between Meux and Montmirail The battle lasted two days resulting m heavy losses on both sides The French troops advanced and our troops retreated fol lowed by columns of strong fresh French troops The situation m the region of the Vosges remains without change In East Prussia fighting has recommenced The news is received from the army commanded by the crown prince that the forts south of Verdun have been bombarded since Wednesday by heavy artillery The foregoing is signed by General von Stein EARLY REPORT OF PARIS WAR OFFICE. PARIS Sept 13 3 15 p m An official statement issued this afternoon says First On the left wing the enemy continues his retreating movement He has evacuated Amiens falling back to the eastward between Soissons and Rheims The Germans have retired north (Continued on Page Two ) n aI Qflll RHmfl-mp With AUies in P: Germans Are ouii "eatiiiv 4i (Continued from Page One.) ward from the Vesle. They have not defended the Marne to the southeast of Rheims. "Second: At the center the enemy, though it has lost Revigny and Brabant-le-Roi, still holds the south end of the forest of Ar-gonne. Ar-gonne. On our right wing the hostile forces which were along the Meurthe are beating a retreat beyond Saint Die and Lunneville. We have reoccupied Draon, Le Tape, Baccarat, Remireville, Nomeny and Pontamousson. - . "In the Belgian field of operations the Belgian army has vigorously vig-orously taken the offensive to the south of Larre. "In the Russian field the battle that has been in progress in Galicia for the last seventeen days has ended in a great victory for i the Russian army. The Austrians have retreated along the entire front, leaving in the hands of the Russians a great number of j prisoners and important war material." : DEFEAT BENUMBS GERMANS. I GENEVA. Switzerland, via Paris, September 13, 9;55 p. m. ! News of the German retreat, despite every precaution, has passed through Switzerland and to the north and has caused profound de-; pression in Germany, after so many announced victories. According to advices received here, people have gathered in the streets in various German towns shouting "Tell us the truth! Give, us the news!" i The newspaper offices at Munich ha ve been closed, as dis- i 1 orders are feai-ed. It is also reported that the news of the steady retirement of the . Germans in France has trickled into Berlin and benumbed the ' people. I i Along the Swiss-German frontier, the full extent of the Ger-1 man retreat is known. People are crying: m , "If the French have beaten us, what will the Russians do? j GERMAN CAVALRY CRUSHED. LONDON, Sept. 13, 11:21 a. m. The Rome correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says: A dispatch from Basel, Switzerland, states that between Blotz, heim and Sierenz, Alsace, French cavalry, supported by artillery, has annihilated two squadrons of German cavalry. All the horses of the invaders were killed. The number of German troopers killed was very large. A GERMAN FLEET IN BALTIC. (Soecial Cable by Arrangement -with the London Daily Telegraph and the International News Service.) COPENHAGEN, Sept. 13. According to telegrams from Raoumo, Finland, the German Baltic fleet cruising south of the Aland islands includes seven dreadnought cruisers of the Friesland class, two big cruisers, four torpedo boats of the first class and a number of colliers and repair vessels. The flag of the admiral in command, Prince Henry, is flying from the cruiser Blucher. ; BELGIANS RETAKE BRUSSELS, IS REPORT I (Special Cable by Arrangement with the London Daily TelcgTaph and the j International News Service.) I LONDON, Sept. 13 A dispatch to the London Star dated at Folkestone says: 1 "On the arrival here tonight of the boat from Flushing pas- I sengers stated that a rumor was current at Flushing that Brussels ! had been re-occupied by an Anglo-Belgian army of 75,000 men. 1 The Germans had already evacuated the capital." GERMANS IN A NEW MOVE. 1 LONDON. Sept. 13, 5:50 p. m. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Rome says it is reported from Basel that 90,000 men were engaged yesterday in a fierce battle between Thaun and Senheim. The Germans occupied the Gebweiler valley at the foot of the French Vosges. The outcome is not known. JOFFRE WIRES WAR MINISTER. BORDEAUX, Sept. 13, 4:30 p. m. General Joffre, commander in chief of the French forces, has sent a telegram to Alexandre MiU-erand, MiU-erand, minister of war, saying: "Our victory appears more and more complete. Everywhere the enemy is in retreat, abandoning prisoners, wounded and .stores." |