OCR Text |
Show FILE OF PRISONERS 1I1GJI PUS Citizens No Longer Nervous i Over the Result of the Present Battle. PARIS. fc"ept. j". 6:55 a. m. Paris. I after having become accustomed to good news during the days of the German withdrawal, was made a little nervous through the silence of the war office. Now the capital Is reassured by tho steady file of prisoners arriving from the , scene of action. Saturday 100 prisoners were brought here. Friday 1-00 arrived ; and on the preceding davs since the Ger- mans first fell back 1000 to JT.00 has been 1 the dally average. More than 10,000 pris- 1 oners of war are now here. 1 Reference to last night's official state- j ment, which sooke of numerous prisoners, prison-ers, further encouraged the people of the city. It is Insisted here that there are continued con-tinued indications that General von Kluk's army is in a critical situation. British officers who returned from the scene of battle last night are silent, under orders, concerning the details of the fish ting. Speaking in a general way, however, one of them said: "The official statements of our successes suc-cesses are very much below the truth. This has been true -ever since the retirement re-tirement of the Germans from the region re-gion of the Marne." The bombardment of the cathedral of Rhelms has raised a strong protest, as it is declared that the action cannot be justified by any necessity of the war. The Bordeaux correspondent of the Ha-vas Ha-vas agency says the Journal Office! states that General Curieres de Castelnau has been promoted to he a grand officer of the Legion of Honor. General de Castelnau "for a long time has been considered one of the strongest men of the general staff. He has fougru constantly since the beginning of the war. his army achieving brilliant ri. suits. In the meantime two of his son have been killed and a third has bei. wounded. |