Show BRITISH FLEET TAKES GERM GERMAN N PORTS 4 IN SOUTH w SEAS i LO LONDON DOX Sept 1 12 23 0 p p. p pm Tho m.-Tho The admiralty announced this this this' afternoon that the tho tho British fleet has occupied p poche d Her Her- bertsh on Blanche bay bathe the sent seat of ot government of the tho Gorman German Bismarck archipelago o and the Solomon islands Tho Bismarck archipelago with ith an aera of square miles and antI a pop- pop ulaH n of is oa oil tho the north coast of Australia and southeast of the thc Philippine Philippine Phil Phil- islands inlands Tho The grol group croup p was assigned to tits the Ger mau man sphere of 01 influence b by an a agree F ree- ree ment with Grea Britain in I 1585 German Ger man New Guinea is is included included- ed in in tho the jurisdiction MELBOURNE Australia via in Lon don Sept kept l J 12 P p. p m m. m Tho m-Tho Tho British expeditionary forc which force which h occupied Her Her- plans to attack Simpson Simpsons s Haven Hn tomorrow GERMANS NOW OFFER ONLY FEEBLE RESISTANCE IN RETREAT PARIS RIS Sept 12 30 1 3 03 p p. p m m-It m It was crucially announced here this afternoon that the German force to lo the life east cast of Paris are arc generally retreating and nd that the toe are alC offering anI only a II feeble rc resistance to the French rench and British troop troops The communication says tays On Oll On our loft left wing wing- the Germans have bao bt begun un i a general retreating movement be between be be- tween Olio and ami the Maine Marne their front In lay lav b between tv een Soissons Sois- Sois sons sons and Flames and tho the mountain moun- moun tain of Rheims Their ca cavalry seems N to be exhausted I The French Anglo forces force which pursued them encountered on 11 only feeble re resistance At tt t the tho center on our rl right hl win the Germans e have evacuated c Ic where thc they had lied fortified themselves nu nuRI and RI alt also o the they have ha evacuated tho the valley aile of tho the C. river rl Attacked at nt and at nt Rc thc they abandoned a large quantity of or war ar material The Thc German forces Corces which ha c been boen occupying the Argonne region have o be begun n to give e way The They arc retreating to tho north through the UIA forest orest of In Lorraine we have ha ba bade e slight pro reis ress We Ye occupy the tho eastern boundary of or the forest of and Tire Thc Germans o ha evacuated Saint Int Die In B Belgium I lum the tho Belgian Belgian army arm Is acting act act- In ing vigorously against Ilse Gorman troops troop |