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Show BERLIN HAKES OFFICIMEPORT Berlin. Sept. 14. by wireless 'o the Associated Press by way of Sayvllle, L I ) The headquarters of the German Ger-man army in Berlin today gave out the following official report: "The German crown prince has captured the enemy's fortified post ;ion southwest of erdun and Is now bombarding with heavy artillery llu outer forts lying to the south "A battle is in progress between Paris and the river Marne over a Iront of U'o kilometers, stretching from Nanteull, in the west, where the English forces are. to Vltry. The crown prince s army is separated from the main battle by the forest of Argonne "The armies of the crown prince of Bavaria and General Von Heerin-gen Heerin-gen are in tormal battle near the upper Moselle. "James Y Gerard, the American ambassador to Germany, has given out an interview to the press, denying deny-ing persistent reports that the United Uni-ted States was preparing to Join the allies; that Mr. Whltlock the American Ameri-can minister at Brussels, had attached the mayor of Brussels to hlB staff, t ruit the American flag had been raised rais-ed at Ghent; that the Tuckerton incident in-cident was unfriendly discrimination against Germany and that he is advls ing Americans to hurry away because the United States was going to war "General Hindenberg has defeated the Russians, has crossed the Russian frontier and up lo the present time has taken 10,000 prisoners and cap-tured cap-tured eighty guns and many machine guns aud aeroplanes " Another official report issued today says : The garrison at Antwerp has been repulsed. "The crown prince's army is now attacking the forts between Verdun and Tourl on both sides "Prince Joachim arrived today in Berlin and has been lodged In Belle-vue Belle-vue palaco. Last night's official details ot the battle to the east of Paris cannot yel be made public. A new battle is In progress which up to the present has been favorable to the Germans. Re ports from Paris and London of a German defeat are declared untrue.' ' The retreat of the Russian army In enst Prussia appears to be developing devel-oping into flight and demoralization General Hlnderhurg reports the capture cap-ture of loU guns and between 20 000 .ind 30,000 prisoners. "The London Times confesses that the attempts at recruiting in Ireland have failed." oo |