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Show Reported 120,000 Soldiers Sol-diers Are Marching South From Belgium to Aid Armies of the Kaiser Now Battling Desperately With On-rushing On-rushing Allies; Defeated Defeat-ed Hosts Abandon Second Sec-ond Line of Defense. GERMAN LOSS IS PLACED AT 81,000 French Army of 500,000 Said to Be in Paris Waiting for Order to . Sweep Forward to the Fighting Line; Allies Reoccupy Rheims and Amiens. (Special CaMc by Arrangement with Lonfloa Dally Telegraph and International News Service.) PARIS, Sept. 1-1. The army of Crown Prince Frederick William, forming form-ing the German lct and the pivotal position of the German battle front, has joined in the general retreat of te in vadcrs. Moreover, the tardy recession of the crown prince from a posit ton between Verdun and Toul, where he has been attacking the line of southern fortifications fortifica-tions of the former city, probably will result id disaster. There is a grave probability that they will be cut ofT in the A r ion dcs and south of Verdun. While the main body of the armv of the crowo prince has been forced to retire re-tire to the northward, behind the Bcllcnevc forests and beyuud Thian-court, Thian-court, the headquarters of its commander com-mander have been removed from Ht. Mouehould to Montiaucon. This indicates indi-cates that the right wini' oT this army has been forced across the Aire river by the ad vance of t he all ie. Mont-f Mont-f auco n is to 1 b o n o r t h ca s t n f the A r-onues r-onues on the Meuse river. The French left has been, working around to the eastward of tins position, po-sition, as indicated by the tu forced German rcti re men t further toward the i frontier, and it has been reported from the J' rout that many of the roads leading lead-ing toward Luxemburg a re bciu held by the French and British troops. Au-1 Au-1 I Ofhor clement which may operate to effeet the capture of the rrown prince a armv is the general destruction t the bridges by the French along the Meuse river. French Reoccupy Rheims. In their retirement the Germans evacuated Britignv, but still hold Lai-mont. Lai-mont. The withdrawal of Germans has been general throughout the day from Nauev to the Vosgcs, this region being reported completely cleared of the cnomv. The next important development ol the day is the reoecupatiou of .Rheims bv the French after they had forced the Germans to abandon this defensive position. po-sition. The Germans have been forced : to the north. ' The return of the kaiser's invading, armies assumed greater proportions to-da to-da v. The Germans are in desperate straits, having been dislodged from all their fortified positions aud being forced to retire with great rapidity aud disorder everywhere. Jn the great battle front approximately approxi-mately 2,000,000 men have been engaged en-gaged for eight days. The allies continue con-tinue to harass the German rear wherever they are in pursuit, en I ting off stragglers, capturing guns abandoned aband-oned in the quagmires created by the rains of the last two days, but always advancing with caution, with the ever present danger of a fresh German coup in mind. Germans Disheartened. The a Hies during the pursuit so far have captured enough guns, ammunition, rifles and other war supplies to ecjulp an army, and the Germans have suffered severely from the loss. The Germans are behiE? forced to make nipht marches, and on half rations. The moralo of t he Invaders In-vaders is said to be fit low ebb. the soldiers sol-diers being disheartened by their enforced en-forced and disorganized retrea t after their brilliant advance toward Paris. Their pursuers, on the other hand, while tired from the relentless chase, are reported to be full of zeal and are Hnxious to push on. The German o?a of life. too. has h"ii enormous U is estimated tha t fin.nnfl Germans fell while trying to fit through the French lines. At Nmicy alone 'Ju.iiOrt "Germans are reported to have fn lien, while in the operations about T.iineville they lost 11,000, according to unofficial figures. A French army of oOO.noo fresh troops is being held In Paris ready to be hurled against the German line in tnse it covers and braces for a counter a t tack. The French general staff lias always In mind the possibility that tliouch the general victory has been undeniable, it is not yet incontestable and there Is still a possibility possibil-ity that the general retirement may develop de-velop into a. maneuver which has for it secret the luring of the allied armies farther from their base before making a stand. New German Army, j Certain it is that the German forces! will have to retire to some safe territory , to recoup, refit and reassemble before an- other decided stand can be made. If the retreat continues in its present seneral direction, the allied a rniies will he forced to face the strong German fortifications along' the Rhine and the Moselle. Mo-selle. It is officially reported that a new German Ger-man army has started on its march of relief. It is commanded by General von Boehn and consists of three or four corps, numbering from 120,000 to 16.000 men. This army has appeared In Ralgium In the vicinity of Renaix, which would seem to Indicate that its programme 1 to strengthen the German right wing army of the crown prince and prevent the cutting cut-ting of the lines of communication in his rear. The army of General von Kluk. the disastrous! y defeated German right! has been, forced back until thHr tost ground now covers nearly seventy miles. This army had marched 500 miies in the past month, most or' the distance under lire, and is almost completely exhausted. In the center the Germans had prepared pre-pared a line of defense between f'om-ptegne f'om-ptegne and Soissons. t the north of the Marne. in the hope of rheckjng the allieV advance. but this they have bfn forced to abandon. Germans Quit Amiens. The detachment at Amiens has retired on a line from Perontie to St. Quentin, : evacuating Valenciennes in the operation. The French ha vc reoccupicjl a m:,ni. It ! may be that the Germans nuw will attempt at-tempt to establish a line of defence from Peronne through St. Quentin to th Argon Ar-gon nea if they fall back from the Alne river. The retreating German a miles now form a line from north nf I.jion, southeast south-east to the lower extremity of the forest of rgonne, then northeast to the north-, ward of Verdun and continuing in a southeasterly south-easterly direction to a point above and to the east of Nancy H nd Lunevllle. The a i tack upon Verdun probably mav be. lifted, for the French troops, which were withdrawn, apparenilv without r-. r-. g'lrd for consequences from th right wing and the left center, in orrlor To hurl back the combine' attack of the German a rmles at Vitry, now are being rushed to tiie retUf of Vrdun. It i reponcd '.hut the armv nf General von Kluk Jind part nf tha nf'Vnn Ruelow from tfie territory north of I.aon are headed head-ed for the line between Glwt and Sit-niur. Sit-niur. Oftifrat von Man Hfu' f !'oic,. with part of the army of tho, prlny-e of W'ur-tembuiu. W'ur-tembuiu. is believed to he retiring toward to-ward Rethe, while the army of Crown Prince Frederick William and that of Crown Prince Pupprecht of Bavaria, wilh the ti o'ps nndT Genera I JP-r rtnjpni. a re retreating all alone the line, generally in a northern direction. Tii'- forces under- General I Ten ircrrn a i r reported to fjirhrj In trV-jr fffurl'tn pierce the -u!er workw of the del'eiiH" at Kplnal. in Hi'- Vo: ees pasHf-, yrid to h;t e become eng igrd In a conflict which hni for Its lurttle front a line from Cirnmnv to Altkirch, twenty-five mlle;? from P,el-foit. P,el-foit. Kusian3 to the number of frnm 170 ruin to '.'00.000 are reported t have landef' at Oslcnd to reinf'M-ce the allien. They were brought from Kngland in fort v-1 wo t ra reports re-ports h nd are reported lo be moving In a southerly direction In attack- the German Ger-man right wing. Unconfirmed repurf.H tel, also, of the landing of Ituslun troopa at Jlavro and Boulogne. |