FLEEING GERMAN INVAADERS ABANDON GUNS AND STORES
German retreat continues with rapidity and cleverness as their main body nears the Belgian frontier. In Lorraine the left wing is said to be fleeing, abandoning more than sixty cannons and thirty machine guns. Allies press the pursuit, with vast ammunition stock left behind. Forecasts say the next war phase may move into German territory. Fresh Allied troops arrive as they keep up the pursuit day and night.
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Belgian
German
Lorraine
France
Lnes
Paris
Germany
Annihilation Feared As German Retreat From Frontiers Looms
London dispatch reports Paris says German retreat is hampered by harsh terrain and scarce provisions. Allies aim to annihilate fleeing forces before the frontier, with Germans diverting from the Oise valley toward Champagne Ardennes forests and damaged Meuse bridges. General in Paris commands about a half million troops.
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Derstood
London
The
Times
Paris
Oise
Champagne
Forest of
Ardennes
Arsonne
Meuse
Parte
Allies Push Fleeing Germans In Effort To Turn Defeat Into Disaster
London reports the German forces in France have fallen back along the line except near Verdun. Germans withdraw from Nancy to the Vosges and retreat northeast before French and British forces. Allies pursue on a broad scale, aiming to recapture Rheims and cut German communications, with British and Allied forces crossing rivers and advancing from the Marne toward Argonne.
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London
Verdun
France
Nancy
Vosges
von Luck
von Buelow
Aisne
Compiegne
Soissons
Amiens
St Quentin
Letter From R W Norris Attacks Old Indictment
R W Norris writes he faced a past audit loss and an indictment as bookkeeper for a Atlanta firm though he says he returned the missing funds and the case was nolle pressed. He admits no wrongdoing, explains costs were unpaid, and urges supporters to back the shared ticket.
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Atlanta
Altthough
Nolle
R. W. Norris
British Flyers Do Great Work In War Efforts
Britain praises its flying corps for gathering critical intelligence for Field Marshal French and General Joffre, noting their ascendency in air power. Belgians repel German moves from Antwerp while the Russian drive crushes Austrians in Poland, with heavy losses and large prisoner counts. Serbia resumes offensive against Austria after Semlin falls.
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Pari
French
Flying Corps
Joffre
Field Marshal
Britania
England
Antwerp
Germany
Belgium
Paris
Brussels
Lonvain
They're Running Back Home as Germans Began to Flee
A Times correspondent reports from five miles south of Provins in Seine-et-Marne describing the German retreat on the Marne and Ourcq fronts. Allied forces reportedly held the line at Meaux, Sevran, and La Ferté Gaucher as German units contest the river crossings, with heavy losses and disarray across the field.
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France
London
Provins
Seine-et-Marne
von Kiuck
Marne
Grand Marine
Bezanneé
Espernay
Meaux
Maries
Ourca
Madgeburg
von Klock
Merin
Sezanne
Gureq
Parla
Reading
Ourea
Rimsgel
England
le Forte-Sous-Jouarre
Chateau Thierry
Vitry-le-Francois
Germany
Saint Goud
Napoleon
Rhenra
Grand Morin
Paris
Belgium
Times
Bordeaux
St Quentin
Mezieres
Luxemburg
Argonne
Verdun
Charleville
Great Part Played by Britons in Smashing German Legions
Report from War Office details British and French advance on Paris from September 7 to 10. British reinforcements, river crossings, and captures reported amid German retreat and demoralization on the right. Sir John French’s HQ report notes movements from Sept 4 to 10 with front-line actions in France.
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Leon
Rheims
Germany
Rethel
von Kluck
Belgium
British War Office
John French
Parisia
von Bluck
Paris
London
France
War Office
Alea
Ourch
Mona
Priasphery
Paria
Marne
French
John Prench
Northern
Prince
Mons
Sean
German withdrawal from Marne pushes Allied push
Reported sequence of German moves from September 4 to 10 shows a flank march southward, crossings of the Marne near Trilport and Chateau Thierry, French fifth and sixth armies countering, and Allied advances capturing prisoners and matériel. By September 10 German retreat accelerates as British and French forces press northward along the river Oureq. Civilians reportedly suffered ill treatment in occupied villages.
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Ourea
Marne
Lisy-Sur- Oureq
Sixth Army
Paris
Trilport
Sammeron
la Ferta-Sous-Jouarre
Chateau Thierry
Fifth Army
Benne
Goulommiare
Qureq
Mons
Gureq
Lne
Montmirail
Sixth Arm
Quant
Alomy Tha Ourey
Pettit Dorin
Sixth
Chateau Thistry
Dormana
Maens
Berlin silent on battles fought in France
Berlin reports a crown prince force seizing a fortified position near Verdun and bombarding outer forts to the south, with battles listed along a 126 kilometer front from Nan teuil to Vitry and actions near the Upper Marne and Argonne forest. It notes Hindenburg’s reported defeats on the Russian frontier and Antwerp garrison repulsed, while Prince Joachim arrives in Berlin amid ongoing fighting east of Paris.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Sayville
S. 1
Crown Prince
Verdun
Porte
Marna
Nanteuil
Wear
Antwerp
Toul
Joachim
Hellevua
Faria
German Defeat Rumor, Russian Retreat Reported
Reports from Paris denying German defeat circulate as retreat in East Prussia develops into fighting and demoralization. General von Hindenburg claims capture of 130 guns and tens of thousands of prisoners. Also an advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine promising a cure in one day for 26 cents.
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Tomaszow
Poland
Opole
Krasnostay
Zamos
Lemberg
Przemyl
Lftte
Austria
Galicia
Bled
I_t
Rome
Miana
East Prosagian
East Prussia
Rennenkampt
von Hindenburg
Semlin
Belgrade
Paris
East
Prussia
Vindenburg
Grove
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