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Show the F " of France Com-nt'tely Com-nt'tely Failo and the "mies of the Kaiser YV-c Making the Best of jQieir Way Back to . rongholds Across the Drrder. E lies vigorous "c!n their pursuit . jeating Soldiers l;ave Much Heavy "Artillery in Their jCasty Flight' and Are iid to Be Suffering on K ccount of Shortage of jod. ! i" 'il r.Mf by Arrancrment with London Daily "'"ejiapli and International Nciva Service.) MS, Sept. IX "The allies have J a groat general victor-. The Ger-. Ger-. have been routed everywhere.'1 r'! is official communication from the ::: ih ivar office at Bordeaux, which oforo has been coldly conservative ti. to the point of advising that the c avoid becoming over-sanuine, accepted trencrally in Paris to-as to-as the official announcement that : - German invasiob of France had ' day began the second week of the I lan retreat. Ever'' official coin-JJication coin-JJication tended to confirm the utter m,, of the iDvadors. ''ports from the front during the told of the evacuation by the Ger-j.i Ger-j.i of Amiens, in the department of ' ; Also the Germans withdrew i.- POI1laiIousson, twenty miles l of .Nancy, which they had al-r al-r fiuit. This importaut center on j Moselle river, in the department of rthe-ct-Moselle, lies between Nancy ,-Jletz. Its evacuation by the Ger-indicates Ger-indicates the possible abandon-of abandon-of the reported German plan to -ilain this line of communication for Hies with Metz and Thionville or ii;onhofen as bases. Nomeny, ten z3 cast of Pont-a-Mousaon, also was j.n.'Ued, ; reat in Center. 'I'nsito the French ceuter the Ger- iorces have evacuated- Revigny-.;a.:hes, Revigny-.;a.:hes, a little to the north of i.ii,l twenty miles from Vitrv-le-on the Marue nn.l lirabant-le-s . three miles north of Vitrv. The ;i oiet of these positions cvi-i-F 15 " result of the virofou for . orra. of tbe Frei"h n this -,tl"r,-h ot,VS the Germans S lor,,rfi withdraw from r.tapa, Baocarata and ttambcr- Uio p,,l,s mentioned as evacuated il, i 10 Ule Germans. The loss and " m lons by wh,,'h ammuni-KWSium'',eH ammuni-KWSium'',eH !"ay ,e "roueht from i of , "nd Luxemburg. The irar-to irar-to l"tJ? 'onein one dis- H the inth5 ,nvad's failed to . "e Mar"e to the southeast of j 'rrrnch, lpft the allIes hav to a S ,read-, "-etreatinK Germans of the n "'f'S'-'wo miles to the i Ln Psltlon they occupied a il , E'"n 'he German Invasion 5 l lA h!fy'"WfUor mark. The pur-ln pur-ln ISm rrclng lhe Germans P" Hon h.r J'X'"' left a force of ilv-J a",J continued the chase. itv i s',e rVFr at a P'nt above le .; i . "' Pursuit the fHtlirue (c Cor ,,;' trtH'IW "as f"i-sotten; that f spren.l until their ranks 1 in m Memorilllzed- Prisoners rap-I rap-I " ! squads and In larger sec-V sec-V ")l,y betrayed utter exhaus-""in- tlm, '"""-sur-llle fifty uhlans, ! ,., they weak in their li'ii' i ,,ow" ''.v a bodv of tew " 77:,, Tbey cried. 'We' are with , s f'x ?ue' Do anything you d an, ,,. fi wounded were ahan-it ahan-it Iho "r n""rlal was scattered Sans I sh"-li.K that the fleeing y Spport7ltht,""n ,l,0ir l0aJ. Marn0nhJr tl,e Frf"eh have crossed re the !veen Kpernay and Vltrv. !'l l 'hi ' German army lias been 10 Ull back to the north. eess on the Right. 'nuy' nVidia nL1''8 6ucctss's ""'s s'l!1'!',"'; l,e I'rench have occupied nnlif ih a ? vilry-lo-Francols and 'li la's V Germnn abandonment of 1 e?ae,, ?i" Prfvl""sl.v reported. Ih" Ko mi 0"- nf v'tr-v and Sermaize fer i;U German army evldently 'f a, f fp'"'',"-s'- nf preventing Poing sen" .'' ' "B this body to Join In First i sKe'ter" retreat of to ih, ,""fl ""' Ti,lld anni.MS fur-ip fur-ip i.e- ' (;(,-,-'a riijht. ''Il tron S,'''at vietorv of the an,e h ? "reived l.v 1'arls with ao,e dig.Hfld , d srcot d t-lio ad'cisu rf ports d urinff the French retreat from the HoIkihii fruulicr at the beg-iiininer of the operations. All military experts are now freer in th expression of their views. They unanimously praise General .lol'fre for the magnificently prepared plan which ha s land or the German troops In the most unfavorahlp country. exhausted from their superhuman effort of t lie last Fix weeks. Disastrous Retreat. The invaders' retreat across the Ohe. the Aisne. Champagne and Arjronne and in Lorraine, it is predicted, will.be disastrous, dis-astrous, as these rcsrions nossean fev roads and are otherwise imp-i sn hi.;- for a retreating army. It is foreseen that tne Germans will be obliged to iiivi'!e tlseir forces into three columns to march back in tills order as best they f-ai). Already much of their heavy artillery and equipment equip-ment has been taken and is in the hands of tin allies, who are well fed and fresh and are pursuing the enemy day and night, giving them no time to rest or aleep. Following the inforced evacuation of Xancy and TvUneville by the Germans a peneral recession has been forced upon the Invaders along the line extending from Pont-a-?.Iousson as far south as the northern hcundaries of the Vosges. German troops which have been stationed along the Mcurthe are reported to be retiring beyond St. Die and Luneville. Kaiser's Last Chance. Experts here be.ieve the kaiser has rearranged re-arranged his campaign scheme to deliver a series of furious attacks on the right wing at and below Verdun. This is the last chance Germany bus of maintaining main-taining Its broken armies in France. Tf the kaiser's plan Is successful and the great fortress of Verdun- is reduced it will have the immediate result of lessening lessen-ing the pressure of the French right and will deflect the French center which naturally will be called to its support. According to Information from a most reliable source the Germans during their advance from Belgium, levied a war tax of $1,400,000 on Aille and $400,000 on Amiens. Other and less important sums were levied on various towns. It is ascertained that outrages were committed In the cities in the north of France Guise suffered the most, owing to the big battle fought there. This city, once occupied bv the Germans, was retaken re-taken bv the French and finally was occupied oc-cupied again bv the invaders. who poured Into it 12,000 shells. St. Quentin and L.e Fere Ribeniont also suffered from fierce shelling, especially the former although al-though all the art treasures contained in the museums were removed in good time. Iaon was the center of a big battle, but the town suffered but little and the civil authorities succeeded in smuggling to Paris $2,500,000 contained in the strong rooms. , , Neither Soissons r.or Chanlilly suffered, while there is no foundation whatever for the statement that the forest Compiegne was burned and the Chateau blown up. |