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Show WM A MOST COMPLETE ONE Paris. Sept. 13. 3:lf p. m. General Gallienl. military governor of Paris, today to-day received the following message fmm General Joffre. commander-in-chief of the French army: "The battle of the last five das has ended in an undeniable victory. The retreat of the first, second and third German armies is hastening before our left and at our center, in turn; the fourth German army Ifl commencing commenc-ing to fall back to the north from Vltry-Le Francois and front the Ser-maizr- les Pains ln the province of Marne. seventeen mlleB east of Vitry-Lo-Franeois) . "Moreover, the enemv has left upon tl KolllCinl.l .-.. '......inrlrwl and quantities of munitions of war. Also In gaining ground we have made many prisoners. Our troops show evidence of intensity of the struggle and the extraordinary efforts made by the Germans Ger-mans in their attempt to resist our vehemence. "Our vigorous retaking of the offensive of-fensive has determined the success. Every officer, subaltern and soldier has responded to my call. All merit well from the fatherland. "Signed.) "JOFFRE." In making the above mcssago public. pub-lic. General Gallienl added this note: "The military governor of Paris is happy to bring this telegram to tho knowledge of the troops under his command He adds his own felicitations felicita-tions to the armv of Paris for the part it had In the operations. "He felicitates also the troops of the entrenched camps upon the efforts which they made during this period and which efforts should bo continued without relaxation. "(Signed.) OALLIENI." Bordeaux. France, Sept 13, 4:30 p m. The minister of war, Alexandre .Mlllerand, today communicated to tho cabinet the following telegram which-he which-he had received from General Joffre, commander-in-chief of the French forces . "Our victory Is confirmed as mnrc and more complete Everywhere the enmr Is In retreat Everywhere the Germans are abandoning prisoners, wounded and munitions of war. "After heroic efforts on the part of our troops during this formidable struggle, which lasted from the fifth to the twelfth of September, all our nrms are flushed by success and executing ex-ecuting a pursuit unexampled for Its extent "On our left we have ero?wd the Aisne le!ow Solssons, thus gaining 100 kilometres (about sixty-five miles) in six days' fighting, "Our armies of the center are already al-ready north of Marne, while those of Lorraine and the Vo-ages are arriving on the frontier The morale, endurance endur-ance and ardor of our troops and those nf our allies are admirable Th? pursuit will be continued with all our energy. The government of the republic re-public may well be proud of the army which It has equipped "Signed.) "JOFFRE " oo |