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Show FRENCH TO STRIKE AT GERMAN RIGHT Movement Expected to Relieve Re-lieve Critical Situation of the Allies. IyONDOV Aug 29 11 10 p. ni-The ("Trench, and British are gathering every kri&a and gun available ia northwestern Sfcanee la an attempt to stop the Ger tnan advance on the road to Par s It is also said that General Joffre 'fcommander in chief of the French Wmy, will endeavor to strike at the German right and bring rel ef to the (British and French forces which have ffceen plaeed In such a critical s tnat on by the German outflanking movement now far the allies have succeeded in jfetting across the German path is not disclosed, for the outs de world is ig ora tonight of what is happening on le battlefield A report comes both from Antwerp Wnd Copenhagen that the Germans have Wommenced a movement back from the west to meet the Russians who have been advancing so quickly through east Prussia Bat it is hardly likely that they will make anv great demands up on the westorn army until the big bat -tie in which there seems to have been va lull has been def nitely decided Field Marshal Sr John French the British commander whose army has been 0 hard bressed, was in communication with the British war office late this afternoon thus disproving the German official report that the Br tish had been encircled by the Germans Today s reports from the German ceneral staff are not more illuminating than me ely to say that the crown prince s army which occupied Lpngwy Is now advancing toward the Meuse, that a rrench advance from Nancy had teen repulsed, and that a third army la advancing through the Vosgcs Th s it probably the army wh ch was sa a to be mak ng Belfort its obiecthe The Russ ans continue their march through east Prussia and confirmation 00 nes ton ght of the statement that they had succeeded in investing K.oe iiiesberg and had taken Allenste n It wll be a long t me however be fore thej can directly threaten Berlin or indeed before the r mill ons of men can reach the scene of the Austr an frontier where troops of the Russ an emperor are engaged in a general Dat 1 tie on a front of 300 kilometers (186 trn les) between the Vistula and liem toere cap tal of Galic a There is cons derable uneas ness over 1 the att tude of Turkey Athens to a ght repeats the report that German lua al oft cers and sa lors are on the wav to Constantinople There has been strong denune at on I of the continuance of football cricket end other games while the Br t sh army is f ght nz and more men are requ red to renforce them and part cularly ot voun" men watching matches while Becrelary for War Kitchener is calling , for recru ts , , . T eld Marshal Lord Roberts referred to th s in a speech he made today ot a new battal on of rojal fusiliers re i jru ted from the bus ness and profes-l profes-l elonal men of the o ty of London le expressed h s intense admirat on for these men saying How very different is your action fron that of the n en who can st 11 go on with the r cricket and football as if the very existence of the country were not at stake Th s is not the time to play games wholesome as they are in f mes of p p ne peace We are en gaged n a life and death struggle |