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Show REPORT Or GERMAN :i WAR CORRESPONDENT' I . i Up to September 9 Allies Are Not Given Credit for ' S Any Success. j v ROTTKUDAM. Sept. 11. via London, j , I :Zo p. m. The report of a German war ' ' vurrespoiuiont with tho general headquar- ; tcrs in the held, as received here from 5 Berlin, says: 1 "Toward tiie end of August the French I ! endeavored to arrest the advance of the i 5 j Uermaii troops through Belgium by at- 5 l tacking their forces at K per nay and on . the German left wing at MeU and Saar- I burg. In these attacks the losses of the ; French and British were vry heavy. j "The Gt-rman right wing, composed of s hrce corps, then attempted to outflank the allies by a movement to the lctt past s Amiens, which movement was success- ful and led to a rapid advance on Paris. "Since September r there have been heavy engagements in many places. An attack on the Germans from the direc- tion of Paris over the town of Crecy and the department of the Aisne wan .successfully wit list ood by Field Marshal von Kluck. . 'On tlse following days the attacks 1 were renewed, this lime with the sup- t port of lieavv French artillery. - At tho same time the French made an attack . , from Mohuk and Montmtrail. The result t of this was that the weak German right wing of three corps fell back, breaking, , however, the French onslaught and tak- , ing fifty guns and -100U prisoners." The French forces, tiio correspondent ; asserts, made a notable attack on the German center, but were thrown back on Verdun, whi: her l lie Germans followed and took the outer works. .' According to tiie correspondent, since September"'.) a new battle on the Paris, Verdun. Nancy and French Lorraine line ; , has been In progress, with the Germans holding all positions. Lpper Alsace, he . says, lias been entirelj cleared of the enemy by General von Herringen, |