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(Cn t.ral News War Telegram.) BORDEAUX. Sunday. At a Council of Ministers to-day M. Mine- j tapd communicated the following telegraphic Aispatda received from General Joffre: j OUR VICTORY CONFIRMS ITSELF Afi MORE AND MORE COMPLETE. THE ENEMY IS EVERYWHERE IN RETREAT. I EVERYWHERE THE GERMANS | ARE ABANDONING PRISONERS, | WOUNDED, AND WAR MATERIAL. I AFTER THE HEROIC EFFORTS EX. I PENDED BY OUR TROOPS DURING THAT FORn;J')ABL.E'" STRU GGLE WHICH LASTED FROM THE 5th TO THE 12th OF SEPTEMBER, ALL OUR ARMIES, EXCITED BY THEIR STJC. CESS. ARE CARRYING OUT A PUR- SUIT UNEXAMPLED IN ITS EXTENT. ON OUR LEFT WE HAVE CROSSED • THE AISNE BELOW SOISSONS, THUS GAINING MORE THAN 100 KILO- METRES IN SIX DAYS OF grRUG GLING. OUR ARMIES OF THE CENTRE ARE ALREADY NORTH OF THE MARNE. OUR ARMIES OF THE YOSGTSS AND LORRAINE ARE ARRIVING AT THE j FRONTIER. [ OUR TROOPS. LIKE THOSE OF OUR ALLIES, ARE ADMIRABLE IN THEIR MORALE AND ENDURANCE, XJUD THE ARDOUR OF THE PURSUIT WILt, BE CONTINUED WITH ALL OUR ENERGY. THE GOVERITMENT OF THE RE- PUBLIC MAY. BE PROUD OF THE ABMY IT HAS PREPARED. QCNERAL JOPFRB'S message TO MS ARMY. I (Ptaes AaBOciaAioaB War apsaw.) I PARIS, Sunday. 0. b" iftma ibe following I mder to tha Asmy The battle whi& he* I)OW go-mg on tor the last five days mi drawing to a close s we an incontestable victory. The ratrwt of the 'first, mooim) and I (fiird German armies is becoming more I pvonooneed on our left and our oantre, and the enemy'* fourth army is beginning in I ite turn to fall back to the north of Vitry and germaime. The enemy is <*v«rywiiep« abandoning act any wounded, and quantities of stores and prisoners are being made on all sides. A* they geiii ground our troops find fcreoee of the intensity of the struggle and the magnitude of the means employed by the Oermanø in their endeavours to resist our elm. The vigorous resumption of the offen- sive hag determined minow. You aJI, officers and men, have answered my call and all have desarved well of the Fatherland. (Signed) Joffre. r O?HsfaJ Q?Hieni, Military Hovemcr of W-lioni, .NiW,,itary Covem)r ?'?? h" brought th? for?g?ing telegrams to the notice of the troops in the en. t-renched calrp of Paris, adding his personal c"gratu lations to the finny of Paris for the j P-t it took in the operations, and further I ?grai'j!a,tion<t for the troops of the ca,Pitall for their eff rt. h d ? efforts in the period under renew. 1 I 1 •- THE GREAT DECISION ¡ I 'WHr it MEANT TOI THE GERMANS. I /= ?? .?s<)<;iation ?-? Speci..L) I ..4 1 PARLS.?r?a.v. i jnu ?"? '?' ? '??k '!? .? uu'g? lH. c??med t.h?  ",1 tllc ent,r;" ? ?"' vic.torio¡¡¡; cop. mtJ v £ yt?r&ls;rsns:gi in a i by tha in bOQae t&U, ha? ba?s occupied by the sta?f d -ch? 5tli German Army Corps the follong ord er> signed by Iiieut.-General Tuitf on Ischeppe Und Weid-enbach — Vitry-iia-Francois, Sept. 7 U days ago) 10.30 p.m. Jne objd of' cu; tcii? and tuduoua marches has beeH. achieved. The prin- ? !pal French troops haw been forced to l accept battle after having beyn con- tinually forced back. The great d, on » undoobfcedlv at flaria. i To-morrow, therefore, the whole strength of the German Army, as well "a of 1,4,1 that of our Army Corps, Liv. bound j to be engaged all along the line from Paris to Verdun. To sa Vorl the welfare and honour of I barmany, I expect every officer and man, notwithstanding tie liard and hemic fi,,hts of the laz' tights 01 the last few days, to do his duty tinewervmg^. ;md to the last breach. Everything depends on the result of to-morrow. .1 frris is an interesting conjunction oi orders (proceeds the French communi- que). It sjioAvs that the (xarnians attached no Jess unportancc to the issuie of the battle ol the Marne than our commander-in- chie. FORWARD MARCH CONTINUES, I PARIS, Sund&y 11.15 p.m. I An official communique ju?t M?ued, states that no como?njc?on an-iv?d th? evening from headquarters. The communiques published yesterdav and this afternoon show the vigour with which our troope pursued the Germans in retreat. Naturally, in these conditions, the headfjaarterc' cartnot twice a day send de- tails as to the incidents of this pursuit. Ail that we know is that the forward march of the Allies continues on tha, who!<? iront, and that wnt?ct with the ¡ €neniy ? maiftam?d. ? t On our i?ft wng w,? have crossed the  Aisn*;  ■ ■ y.«: •. I t "NEVER MIND." I BRITISH FORTITUDE UNDER I REVERSE. I FRENCH TRIBUTES TO I TROOPS' COOLNESS. I PARIS, 8undy. The heroism displayed by the Biitish troops is the subject, of adiuirijig comments in tho French p«.pcr?-. The gives some striking examples. On ona ooMt?ion ?ertcn.na in con ai4>e1".a.ble I forc? tried to enter a, town <?ccupMd by British troops. One gootch dctschment was entrusted with tlle taslv of checking the ad- vancing Germane till the English troops s;uo- oeeded in retiring in good order. Tiioy took up 4 poaition in the first houses in the town. The Germans directed a violent fire upon the hous?f. which soon 'hrea.ten?d to bury the ¡ defenders- nndcr their r?i7? The German j attack slackened, and the Scotsmen realise that the enemy were prepariag to take up a ¡ still better position. During the lull a. Scotch sergeant, -who occupied a grocery shop, discovered on tha shelves several packet* of chocolate, and turning to his men told them. "I will aivo a bar, of chocolate to Every Man who Kills a German," When the attack wqA resnpted tbe ser^oaat gravely proceeded to distribute fhe promised reward to the men who brought dow-n a German soldier. The da-y after the sam,5 Sooioli l'gjmont waa oc<!upj'ing a, trench swept by violent rifle fire e-iii artillery fire, When two privates noticed that a Frenchman attached to the batt,&Hori as intei-preter occupied The Most Exposed Spot in the Trench. I One private said, "The Frenchman is awk- wardly placed; let us widen his trench, "and I in a minute, paying no ettelltion to the hail of bullets and shrapu^.1, the privates deep- ened the trench, a.nd with the aanie <aim l'f. I giumed their places. The correspondent adds that the bra very of the! English is truly admira-ble. Although they had suffered heavily, tlw nev ir 1'n, a; ont: of their units ha«1 -insf. annihilated. They remained «il»nt for n few seconds, and then answered wth wondeiful determination, "Never mind. One day -.to -,Vill htve Ito besL of it."—Pre** Association War Special. I ON THE LORRAINE I BORDER. I GERMANS HURLED BACK: I 31,000 CASUALTIES. I DIJON, Suiiday. The German Array has evacuated tho re- gion of Nancy, which for ten days re&isted splendidly <md repuberl victoriously all Ger I man attacks. The attack made on Monday, September 7, was superintended by tho Gor- man Emperor in person. Luneville, winch hctd been occupied by Germans, was retaken on the Hth inst. by < the French Army. The Germars have lost > he.vily—at Nancy 2J,OOJ me. at •Lnm.-viiie 1: .poo. ,'fhc bombaidhient of Nancy by tlie Germans on the mghL 01 Septemhyr 9-10: caused only daipagc witliout loss uf life, arid was ioliovved hy ths retreat of the German Army. 1 he Beljort, district is free of the in radar*, and. vrc shall reoccupy it' to-day, The j French Array Holu?-, as heretofore,' Thann j and the outskirts tlf A(t.kircl). — ("The j limes. j

BATTLE OF THE I MARNE. ——-— MIGHTY CONFLICT DESCRIBED. LUCID BRITISH ACCOUNT. Bitter German Chagrin." EXPECTED TO ENTER PARIS. The Pyese- Rw-eaii issued Oie follow-ing 1 ata-tamant on Monday :— The following report ie compiled from in- formation sent from the headquarters ot Field Marsha-l Sir John French, under date September Utfo. A siimmaxy of the opera tioas of the British Ajrniy in France was issued by the W Ift.I" Otlioe on the 0th mat, a.nd an aocount—stated to ce incomplete— of further oporaitdons was issued from the Bweau on Saturday n'ht. To-day it is possible to giive a more oorn- fl^te mpirt of the m,ov<aneait« of the British i F or'( a.nd of the Fi'en<?h. AT?meg m imme- dia? touch w?.h it, Thi& &cooura is com- pji? frc.m date l'Øivoo from the M'ont and carries the operations from the 4th to the (' 10uh Septsnabar, days inclusive. It v,?3't] be U?a.t bh? general p&siMon of our tr0GpS on Sunday, pt-em' Imt 6th, wa? shaA?ed to be sou-tn of the Marne, with' Frenoh loree" in line on our ngttit and left. Practically there hfl.d been no ch&nee in the sotiuftion since Thuivdav, the 3rd, whioh inarktsd THE END OF OUR ARMY a U):>;U I RJiTIREMENT I from the Belgian frontier tl-trough Northern France. On Friday, the 4-th. it became apparent that there was an alteration in the direction of advance of almost the whole> of the 1st German Army. That army, since the battle near Mons on August 23 had been playing its part in a colossal strategic endeavour to create a Bp oar; for the Allies by ouituu.king I and enveloping the left of their whole line so as to encircle ainf drive both British and French to the south. There wail now a change in its objective, and it was observed that the German forces opposite the British were beginning to move in a south-easterly direction inst?d of continuing south-west on to the c?pjtal.' ,Leavwg a strong rMr- guard a'ong the !i:M of the River Ourcq (which flows south and joins the Marne at to keep off the FrNtch 6th j Army, which bv then had been formed and was to the north-west oi Paris, they were evidently executing what. amounted to a flank march diagonally across our front. PREPARED 10 IGNORE THL BtUiifctt, M being driven out of the fight, tney were il1itiatwg an effort to atlaa the left flank of the Fi-erich Main Army, which stretcned j in a long curved line towards the east, and so to carrv out against it alone the envelop- ment which had so far failed against the combined forces of the Allies. On Sat,ur¿;nt-he 5th. m? movement on the part of the German* -was continued "Lnd Large -adva-noed ?'-ti? croeaed t?M ;t&ll!! southwards a.t Tniport, barnm?'aT. 'Le.F?M Sous Jona-mei and C.n&t?ti Thierry. There .iii't;. .?HMdeca-h? iig??UR, wàth"tlle Fr??h 5th Army on t-iw Franoh !f? ?ud<? feD'! b?'k from it? position ac?.tth '?f t.he M.}U'n'e ? t.owards the Seijifl. On Sunday large hostile forces crossed the Mams and pushed on through CoulomiriieJV pa^rt the Brii/ish right.. [I C- r they were attacked by the French 5th Army, j which captured three villages At tfta Point of the Sayooet. Oa Monday, the 7th. Ihore war a general advan.oe on the part n the Allies in this quarter of the field. Oll,, foroew, which had now bfien mis forced, pushed on in a north- es-otertlv d;Tet.ticm in oo-opwaitAoa with an j advance of the Frend: 5th Army to the north, anr] r)f the French 6th Armv eaet- w;rdc- agHJ111.,t the Gieiiman the OUTog. Possibly weakened by the de- tjvrh>m«nit. of troops to the oastem th-sst-ve of opei-atdom, and realising thst th° aotion of the French 61;11 Army against the line of "hp a lid fch«9 acl V;IJ1JÜ of the British placed their own flanking movement in aon- @d-ara,hle tiangsr ryf rear and on its right flank, the G^i-vnans on this commMiced to retire towards the nosrbh- Tliip. was the first time that these troops had tu.rned back since their attar < at Mons a fortnight bqfow, and from re- i f-ofts received the nrçler to j'otraat when close to Paris war A Rlttar OlassppC'Intnien't. From letters found on trie rlfw. there| is no doubt rhst there, w as a, general ini- pression amongst the rueir.y's I troops! that ihry about to enter Paris. On Tuesday, the 8th inst., the (hr- man movement noi*t'i-cn$twards was tinned, their rea??m-ds on the 80nOJ of tiM Mm"T? boum p'-c':?s<?d haf!< to, th?t river by our troops and h the French on our right, the latter capturi?? thr'?.' vI 'llag :'fbor a hard !!?h'' and Lhe iu?:c- tion of severe loss on the enemy. Th Rghting along lite Ourcq continued S  nnthi.sduy.?'Kt, Of tits wiost Sangulfiary Character, for tnc Germans had massAd a great, force of artillery .Iong ihw Vw..Very few of their infantry were seen by. the Fi-eneh. The French 5th Army »!«••» i.Ti.ie p. iferce attack or. the Germans in Montmirail, mg^.iniir.T that plaoa. un Wednesday the 9th. the lv. twee?\ the Fr^n^h' 6th Army and wbst wps i now the (ieaman flhiik-guard along Ourec, conti nued..The British corps."over- C0rning some res.ist.1 nee nn tho Hi ver Petit Moian. erosp^d th" Marnc in pursuit of the Germ ens, who wgre now hastily retreat ii!^ -Rs clp,- la\Td by an ob8t;nat<> defence, who made A machine guns at I.a where hridg" had boen dtfstroyerl. On Thursday, .'he 10th. th" French &t-h, Army pr.wsure on the w.,gt,, while the oth Army by forced '^la.re.ho- reached the line Chateau Thierry Dortnans on the Marne.V Our corps :115n edtvtmved i the pursuit on the north of the 1,1 t, to. r R' v<-r. and after a considerable amount of i\?htine CAPTVRKD SOME "'1'"1., IX niacmn^ :un; w tr-msporf wagons- Many of the enemy were killed and wonnllsr1, and the numerous thicck: woods which dot the country north of the Marne aw, filled with German stragglers, i Most of them apjxw ifi ha\ e heert without food, for at lea«t: two -lays. Indeed in t-hisi arPa of ow>rataons. HEROIC FRENCHMEN. GERMAN LEADER SHAKES HNDS WITH THEM. v.luch brutal And, senseless daJJiage- has been done in the villages occupied by the pn-mv P?P???' h" ?f? w?ntoniv de- ?jyMi. P'o?'c? Inthp.ch?tpM,x h&vo been ripped "P- and hous '/eneriiliy pU lage?' Tt ?' Rt-dTd on unimpeachable ?u. tborit-v also that 'f?e inhabitants have been much ill-treated. A COLUMN TRAPPED. Intexesting incideiiVs have oeeurteo dur- the figbthj'g op the 10th. Part of our (Continued at foot of next column.) ]

DIVERTING THE I GERMANS. -1. I GALLANT BELGIANS' SPLENDID WORK. presenting ASSISTANCE GOING- TO FRANCE. (Prese Association War Special).  ANTWERP, Sunday. An c&tCMi ?ateinent issued here to-day c?riy s hows how uful the Belgian forces are proving in divertmg some of the German fcrce? from the main theatre of waj. The statement says that after four days' hard Jigbliug our .field troops, which left the fortified position of Antwerp to attack the German forces in Brussels, Louvaine, a.nd Ma lines triangle, have returned inside 1 the outer ring of forts. I The sortie, the object of which at first feeemed to be merely an operation against covering the troops left by the enemy in fj-ont of u. developed into an artioq. on an extensive scald. The enemy's position was very strong owing to the nature of the ground and earthworks thrown up during tha last fort- night. The. necessity of holding this position at all cofts obliged the enemy to caJ] upon aJI their available forces. Thus the 3rd German Corpa, which had left Minove for Mederbraeckel. Returned Hastily to Meet our Troope, and the yth vorps. w!;ioh va> alreadv on the Andenarde-Ruyen-road, wa", likewise re- called. Moreover, the Landwehr and Land- stm'm d?tAchmpnt?i stationed to the south of BrnSBelt. as w?i ? 15,000 German Marin&a. who arrived in Bruss?!s some days ago, took part in the fighting. The reeult attained is from the point of view of the operation bc-ing conducted by t-he French and British staffs of capital im, pyrtance, Silloe in consequence of our inter- vention two German Army Corps have been unAhIe to go to the a?si?t&nce of the Ger- i man armies which are retr?atin? in France. In view of this concentration of all the German for?s ?vmlable in this country, our armv found f,?: ( -? f at th? end of the fourth day in th", presence of superior numbers and ivturned to Antwerp. Our field army continues to be a Constant Msnaee to tha Enemv, and will oblige the- Germans to immobolise important forces which are pressinglv ncme-i The losses during the day's fighting have been hra-v testifying to the stubbornness I of the conflict. The fire of the Germans was very poor aF compared with ours, which 'was parfcfcula-rly dcadly. The wounds sustained by OUl men ?ra, generally speaking, of a slight charsctw. I gel-i,r&-L]y sipe&k-ing. of a wight COMMUNICATIONS CUT. BELGIANS DESTROY WHY AIN- tielemont line. "The Flanders LitwwUe" issues the follow. ¡ ing statement "We lea¡l'D fi-om excellent sources that the Oe-rman army whioh intended to attook Antwerp has been cut-off between Bmeeels and Louvain by the "Belgian aiiny." Oiilcial information has been received at the Belgiii-i 1-&,g-atioil in London to the etIt tliat,the Belgian Araly which sallied 6ut from Antwerp on Thursday, rep;uteed the Germans all along the extended line. Malines and .AerscH^t have be-en re-taken, and: Belgian troops fcavs blown up the rail- way line between Ixs.itTaln ajid TiTI-eraout., The offensive raowmeait continues in a 1 f.?,t:fi?p.to"y way. ReuterV'Aie^r- 18: principa im- pOrtanoe of i.his aotioii lies in the fact that, I in destroying the railway at Louvain ;and Tirlemont', the Belgians have cut off com- I munieatipns bstween Brussels and Liege. BAD FOR THEM. FATAL QUARRELLING AMONGST THE GERMANS. | i OSTJ-irrp, S UTI rj a..J An informa.nt, .hQm I nave hitherto aJ. ways found reliable, an-ived here from Brus- k«6 ye6jA:raey morning with news that quar- rolling has broken out there between Prus- sia-n and B&Tariatt sbldiere. In a serious collision near the barracks tit Ktterbelk ten Jlvas seated to harp, been telegram (per Press Aesryj^. won). NO MORE FOOD." Reason for Zfrvbui I&IIVF-Iioii Austria's "I Explanation." RQMK, Sunday, 10.50 p.m. The Austrian Knjbasrv has issued a coia- muuiqus to tho newspapers declaring that the occupation of Scniiui portanca," su> -tli?. JS^rviaais have been com- polled to invade Austria bccaufv. they had no more food in Scrvia-.—(Central News.) i RPORTED DEATH OF KAiSKR'S SON. kLSØ OF TWO OTHER GERIilAN PRINCES. OSTEND, Sunday- Priuce Frederic William and Prince Atfal- of s,on of he (Scrman Emperor, ;¡d Prince Cari of Wiir- tomberg. arp said to have f ieri in hospital in Brussals.—Seut«r. (Prince Fred-arie Vt'illia.m is the son of the late Prir.oe All»ert, I'.cpnen- of the Em- peror I. lie was bar in 1830. Prince AAalbei^r- 5<6 the third son of the Kaiser, born ia iaS4. Prince Carl, of Wt,.r. tetubery is probably Duke Carl of Wur- tembei g, Mn of .Duke AHn'eOÙt. heir pre- au!nmv<. cf ?'e Wurtembevg Throne H.? .I! It1U"

I 109003 PRISnUZRS. I GERMAN RIGHT WING: RETREAT. ALLIES' ATTACK IN FRONT AND FLANK. i I Many Guns Taken. I The following officlai statement detail- in8 the progress of operations, was issued from the War Press Bureau:— LONDON, Sunday Morning. A summary, necessarily incomplete, may be attempted of the operations of the British Ex;>editionary Force and the French armies during the iast four days. On Sept. 8th the southward advanoe of the German riglil roached its extreme point at Gouicmjniers aoo Prcvlns, cavalry palrois having penetrated ever, as far south as Nogentt-Sier-Seine. This movement was covered by a large fiapk-I tog forces, west of the line of the river Ourcq, watching the cuter Paris cteferd-li ers and any Allied ftwoe that might issue, from them. The southward movement cf the enemy left his right wing In a dang^aus posi-j lion, ss he had evacuated the Gompiegne regio-r*, through which hie ad- vanoe had bs-el1 pushed. ALLiES ATTACK IN FRONT AND FLANK. The Allies attacked this exposed wtng both in front and flank en the Tn covering force was assailed by a French army basod upon the Paris defences and brought to action on the lint NnteulHo- Hanwui!? fvieps.ix. Tha maIn pertson of. the enemy's right wing was attacked! frontaily by th" British Army, which been transferred IteiDm the north to ths east of Paris, and by French oorps ad- vancing alongside of It on the line Crecy Coulommiers (Sczcnne). The centsnued operattons have up to the present fcsan completely sucoessfui. The German ftanlt was ToroaiJ back as far; as the Hfie of the Ourcq. There it niadel a strong defence and executed vigorous counter-attacks, but was unable to !>eat off the pressure of the Frsrtoh advance. The ma'n badly of the enemy's rijsrhi wing vainly eneavojJrOO to defend v Sine of the Cr&rd Morin river, and tI-.en that of the Petit Morin. Pressed back over iioth of these riyers, and thrfcatsned on its right owing to tn;) defeat of the covering foroe by the m left, the Ger- man right wing retreated over the Mame on September 10th, The British Army, with a porUon of the French forces on its left, a-ossed J this river beJow ChalCRM Thierry, a move-1 ment whioh obliged the enemy's forces west of the Ourcq, already assailed by the French farming th? extreme 1')'f! nf the Aliles, to give way, and to retreat I north eestwards In the direcion of Sols- I sons. GERMAN RICHT WINe FALLINC BACK. Sinœ the 10th Uw whole of ihs Carman right ?!ng has fR!'?n back In consfderable j diso?d?, c?&!y f?!owed by the French and British troops. Six thousand prisoners and fiftMn guns wa captured on the 10th and i i th, iha on-snv/ is reaorted to bs continuing his reiijwnent repidiy ov?r the Aisne, evacuating the &oiss&ns region. The British cavalry is reported to-day to be at Flsn)-gs, n&(: far from Rheiens,' while tlll German s ight wing has thus j bhin drlVOO Sack and thrown into is- order. The' Frc-nob grinds to the s?st hawo b';c-f;a??ng<? Migag? with! the Caftan ???a, ?Mch had pushed j forward ,,s V Hry. Eetween the Sth and 10:1" our Aiinw unab?e to make muoJi impression vv,)St cf Vitry. On tha 11th, hswsver, this portion of the German army bJgan to giva way, and eventually abandoned Vitrv, where the, enemy's lige of !JaH!e was forming ? Î ssiien'i under the impulse of French troops, bstween the Upper Msme and the MeMsa. The FiT,jch trcops ar^ fDHcwlng the snemy, ámi are driving of his noitiiwards towards the Argoidre I Forest e-suntry, The Third Frsnob Army reports to-day tèt;t. it has oeptMrsd the entire artillery oi army corps, a capture whioh piT-habiy presents about 160 guns. Ths snemy Is th.ts in I'etmt aic-rs tlie whole IKte west of ths Meuse, ard has s«.s1Tc;'ed gravely in mo; ?.!e, bw-idas I.-I 4 pn- ooun^er?!? Koavv los?-;>s In swsom«l and matwlaf. GREAT HtSSIAN i VICTORY I WEDGE THROUGH AUS- TRIAN LINE. I I r1\ I' í_ 30,000 PRISONERS AND Hur. I DRED) OF GliNS TAKEN, i P;?3 r:;UFl\!J (Later). Tho Austrian ;>■»visn of South Pohmd sVittS PlotOOt1!D en its eJisht by an army! ssut Ilf Leirberg, The Saiter army wai. completely defeat- ed by the Kiwsiaro on Sedlembsr ist, n&ap Lmhn, by t;1' caplurs nf Port. aigched "n Septer^H.-v;- tOrh. It is probable f.hst F uslas drovai a \foI-ed\;1t through the Austrian line. | Ta-dav a big- Russian victory is report- 9(5, prisoners apd sp-versl hundred t guns being taken. This is probably vhe- Immediate result of h1 _$ünaW)hr¡j RUS3»AN MARG. TO VIENNA. 11 R f) r, E, Smday, Acoord?nf to news from Russian soursss) th Muscovite forces Have surrounded Prionysl. and Cracow, and intwi aftzr-; wwii* to march direct towards Vienna, —(Press Association,) A MESSAGE FROM SERUM. ROM E) Saturday. Aowriing to an officiai SerHn messagaj oircuSaiad here the Sermans cJafm to h?vs rsputsed, near Lyok, East Prussia, the Russian Army Corps. (Centra?

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1 SH0BT "OF AUmtlNiTION.j SURRENDER WITHOUT FIRING | A is HOT p \.inf\ Runda.y. ".counts received from a.U elides seem to 1 k-ave no doubt that the Germans are begin- Tiiryj to run fchoi't of ciitii^uTiiti^?!. Au Ens- 1181\ offtcer told rat- to-day that he had Keen a -tt.,cr writ-ten hy a German staff officer a quarter- of an hour before he was shot in h" said that the German position was bc«*&mUiE <'rmo''L Theh' tranapoj-te were | ??akit'f! dow? a,?d ?hay had vary li?le ain- I iwuuiu-ur. left 0,11, to-day 2.600 (ierman-; flre -reported- to surrendered without firing asbot r.imply throuch lack of aratnumtion. i The .Gennans are now apparently anuoua '<> rsturn to t"h-- frontier by the <iuiclw*t Association War Special. [

BRAVtJ! OUR-ALLIES 144 GUNS T-AKEN. RAPID PURSUIT OF THE GERMANS. PRESS BUREAU, Saturday, I Ow troops have crossed the OurCQ, and are leaving this morning In rapid pursuit of the esiomy. Two hundred prisoners ware oapturod. The Allies' oavairy were between] Soissons and Fismes last night. Thel enemy are retreating north of Vitry. The Third French Army has captured all the artillery of one corps. I for aeropJanee report that the eMemy are retreating very rapidly. i NOTE.—AN ARMY (,ORP ARTIL- LERY WOULD BE AT LEAST 144 GUNS. THE OURCQ IS NORTH-EAST OF PARIS, AND FLOWS INTO THE MARNE ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY. SOISSONS IS 60 MILES NORTH- EAST OF PARIS AND 80 TO 90 MILES SOUTH-WEST FROM THE FRANCO BELGIAN FRONTIER. FISME6 IS ABOUT HALFWAY BE- TWEEN 801880NS AND RHEIMS. THE GERMAN LINE OF RETREAT IS TOWARDS SEDAN, A GOOD OMBN "LIKE A WALL OF IRON." FRENCH TRIBUTE TO BRITISH TROOPS. 14 COOLNESS, DISCIPLINE, ENERGY, STREIiGTH." (Press Association War Special). BORDEAUX, Friday 'The Temps." in a leading article this evening, says for a lonp time the marvellous qualities of the British soldier Lavf b-cen weil known, and they have been demon- strated ane4 in this rough campaign in a manner which imposes respect, and excites in France a. feeling of deep gratitude. Dering -the whol e of the campaign the British Expeditionary Force has contested every foot of ground with forces greatly its superior in numbers. At thus very moment this force, in co- operation with OLir troops on the left wing, resumed the offensive with Superb dot^rminatiqri, and is pursuing thp enemy, which hm been forced back beyond Marne. The principal characteristic of the British soldier is coolness and discipline in every | trial. energy and strength which but oppc.'P like a wall of iron the; assaults of the most formidable foes. The • Teafps ncteg with joy and grati- tude the generous eulogies of the French troopa in the British Press. STRUGGLE FOR THE RIVER. GERMANS BUILD BRIDGES SIXTEEN TIMES. (Press Association War Special.) MEAUX, Friday. The Anglo-French forces whioh repulsed the GonnAUs on the banks of the Marne in- iiicted enormous losses on them in men and war materials. In one place especially the enemy'e loseee amounted to five times those of the French. The Germans marie incredibde efforts to cross the Marne. The French having destroyed all the fl- Germans tried t-o construct iliree b-^idgeft of l>os.ts. Sixteen times the bridges were on the point, of completion but were reduced to m?tchwcod by the French artillery. winitary services work admirably. All the wounded were taken to Jkms- rvtal.* nud thft degd interred, and now tfiere remains nothing on the immense plain where the br.ttle took place. AUSTRALIA'S NAVY. BAPTISM OF MRE—ON SHORE. GERMAN PACIFIC COLONY TAKEN. The Press Bureau issued the following statement on • Saturday afternoon, timed 2.15 The Secretary of the Admiralty announces that a telegram has been rcceivecl from Rear- Admiral Patey. commanding the Australian Sluadron, announcing the occupation %t 7 .TO. yesterday (Uhf 11th) of the town of Herbe'rtahohc in the ;s!and of New Pom- Her))e iholie t!lp ;and of '\rjvi Pom- in the Bismarck Archipelago. This h:!and lies ,ii (late Bi7itaiiil the Jar,-est. 1-;Iar.( i Tl»e Briti*li flag was koiated wiUhout- np- j*ysft-iion. A r.avnll landing; party, njirfoc Commwidcr J. A ii 1,ercpford, Aiustralian Navy, eitiblished themselves in shore, at without- tb* en<r.n.y'» knowledge. In proceed in a; to <^eatroy the wire!«s« station progresp was .stoutly opposed and the had to fight their way for iona ni!J bush, the road being in nia-ny nlaees mined. Th. tie?'man officer in command of par from the ta- tKon surrendered unconditionally. Guns have been landed and stepts are lieing taken to captuie the station. Our ca«ualtie« are a-s follows :— ed,- Lieut. C'oii) j))at,,d er- C. F-. Llw^J], R.N. and two MMunen of the Australian Naval Reserve. \S"on r d ed. -Th ree. The German casualties are not known. Two German officer# and five non-com- miwrioned orticcr? are prisoners; ■also thirty native NO COMPLAINTS HERE. Cliaaring Latter from Woolwich Barracks. We have received the followirr• cheering letter, which we publish wPh pleasure Just a line from the Swansea hoy to let you know we are having a fine time in the barracks at Woolwich. Vfhen leaving Swar-wa last wc~k ive Ae-verai com- plaints about food, sleep, and money. Well, we oari Mr ail am 1,< l>ecE»'«e of orv T-n'ilss iiohoclr'' ecinplsins. We have plenty of fond, and good sleep: our pay haa been good Ita «<rpe<;led. a.-o v •• icing .1:; to console-our mothers st hoJne. Hoping all the Swansea bojg have joined. "fSi?'u<'d??'m,T Thomas. dn' rer; Ted Jcre?. ?r'vp'r; ?'iU Net*, d'-irpr; ?in 1':(lw"" "'mf)" P ? ? 3.f-R<'??. W6" wt-h Common, Woolwieh. Bor* t Nortliami.ito-i "en" a "imila,r communication.

MAN WHO SAW THE RUSSIANS: "THEY ARE IN OSTEND." "I HAVE FOUND THEM." Is the story of t-he Russians passing throigh England one of the "great oxnards" that will go down to histpry as has been suggested? According to )1 r. Percy J. Philip, the special correspondent nIt-h- .London "Daily News." tiie Kusaian* are in Belgium. Telegrapaing from Ghent on Sunday, htl' says: Jo-nigiht, in an evening paper, I hnd the statemear de bonne source the Germa^ Army in ig. cut at Go-urtenberg te. ween Brussels and-Lou- vain- by-the lieigitai Army, reinfoyeed by I'hl.53ian troops*. The last phrase uneeals my pen. "For two days J have been on a long tiek looking for the R-uss-.ians and havs found them where and how many n wouia aot he dis- creet. to tell—but the published &akment that they are here is sufficient, and of my own knowledge i can answer for their pre- sence. W hether they ale all her; is another matter, and so t.oo-one mast be obscure to ?thing-is .the possibility th?t..hoira is not t,ie ?).'o.-eady &r<jn? BdgiaQs." Privte information which reached the Daily Post" nearly a fortnight ago w« to the e.fi'ect that Russians were then encamped a t d. Belgium is on the mode (continues Mr. of t,C 'I of which I wrote while it i-.as yet on the Mons-Comic line that it was nearly "in the air, • is ;n a danger that looks like the end. I Blood will flow. Torrents of it—you cannot iinifcu an army like that with a tap on the rose-but tire end. of which everyone in Ft.gland has been confident since the begin- u;ng, begins to come into snght if onfy the retreat- can be kept going. It all depends on that. If it can be kept go-ng tin the -Mons-Conde district and the Belgian frontier is aguin reached, then every- thing will he ready. Belgium by then will be wiped, •ilmost- cleaj* ef Germans: The King, I was told to-day by rn officer. 8-8,id yesterday I walild like to Come Saok to Sarssels." -inat is enough. The Belgian Arni% is go- ing back to Bmsselg—-maybe -in three day. I or four. The attack -is being made on bptii, the East and West. By this morning the whole I of the country north "ot Ùlelîuc from BTUF- sels to Louvain end. Daest L'-I.d been cleared I up, and L\e b?me to-da.y at Cor ten burg- its dètai! are ?.'ot yet. ?nown—?evfrs t!? most ?;rt.h?riy Gfunan i:ne on the Ea&t of Brussels. On the. north-west Termonde is again 'leld by the''Bslgis-ns1.' Alos-t i? threa- tened. and may be evacuated as Nino-ve fur- tfier to the Sa 'th ha? been. WHY THE YARN IS DISCREDITED. The "Uonlv Chronicle" on Monday issued a denial cf the Huosian story. It points out that the-re is only one single railway line from Y ologda to Archangel. It is a differ- ent gauge from other* Russian railway*, has a very small quantity ot rolling stock, and little business is done OR it. In order to •gather 50..000 t-ioops ai, Archangel, with horses, artillery, and equipment,, the Rassian authorities would have had to start mobilis- ing them in May last. It alludes also to the stupidity .of landing them in one part of England to put them 011 board ship at another.

r- ? The Welshman's Favourite | ? MABON Sauce i ? ?'?' As good as its Name. | ? BOWT FAIL TO GET 1? x W&M-BLAXCH'S, St. Peter S< CaXdiff- tJWgntijkciHrffns-rlii.AXCH's, St. Peter Sc. Cardiff. j9

I 30 OUT OF 460. I SWANSEA PRIVATE WHO FOUGHT AT MONS. Pt»e. Hariy SJaetpittsfrd, second son 01 M" I Frederick Shepherd, saddler, Nortihainptoai- place, SovaniSitta, has bean invalided Lome fufferuiig from a bullet wound in the arm, and is now at tha Holyhead Seamen's Ho*- pjtal. In a letter to his parents Pte. SHiepbetpd, who belongs to the Royal Welsh Fusiliera, says that he was at the' battle of Moos, and was one of about 30 out of 460 who vvi* not killed during the hottest part of the memorable engagement. Before he was wounded he had been in I the I FIGHTING LINE FOUR DAYS. He hopes to get bacfic to the front again, and expecte to be r-onrajescmt in about a fortnight's time Pte. Shepherd, it mav be addled, w a etrapprng young fellow j) yeans of agft, and has been iweive months in the Army. ISWANSEA FRENCHMEN. I NEWS FROM THEM AT THE FRONT. j GOOD HEALTH DESPITE THE FATIGUE. | Letters from the members of the Swansea | French Colony to their families do not j ccme very rrgulaxly, but? acwrding to th? lateat news r,"ived from every ODe at them, it can be stated that they w» aH safe and sound on the 2nd of September- In tact, M. Georges BarbLer and ltw brother..Jules, wrotes as recently as the 6th inst. that they had never enjoyed better- health. Oil the 5th inst. M. JouUie was DSM Orleans, and early this month M. Piel was in the region of Soussons. M. Graindox, who had been in Belgium, I was back in Fraiice abbut the 2rd, inst. M. Paul. Courtois waa in liernay laM week, and M. Cliabal was in Brest. No recent 11.-C sefems to have been ra- oei<ved from M. Demeiller. The Fr-endh Consul, M Morawiecki, was in the region of Laon-Vervins about ten days ago. AU of them state that although they fael 'the fatigue of the campaign, they enjoy BETTER HEALTH THAN EVER. I The food is puentuul and wnoiesome. The arrangements of the commissariat aro pen-feet, and the spirit of the troops is 6plandid. No fb'lusioh to any actual fighting ia made bv any of them,- but it is obvuoos that, some of" them at least have bean very actively employed.

I GIBBS-GRIFFITHS. IntepW!ug Weddtng at St. i Thomas. j A pretty but quiet wedding t-ook place at St. Thomas Chuix-ii, Swanseaj the j contracting parties being Mr. Clifford A. Gibbs, eldest sou of Mr. and Mrs. A. Gibbs. Rosehill-terraw, Swansea, and i Miss Maud Helena Griffiths, datighter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths, Lewis-street, St. The Vica1', Pev- IV. EVIiUlB, St. T h omas. The Vicar, Rev. V> Evans, officiated. Tiie hride was atfcirod in a grey cos- tumo, with violet, velvet hat, and v&s given away by her father, the best man being Mr."Stanley Morgan GrifStlis,, the bride's brother. After the ceremony a r reception was held nt t.h,e bride's parents home, only immediate relatives and • friends being present, which" included the Vicar. They were the recipients of some beau- titni presents, inchvding.a. silvor dinner cruet and silver basket-, with her I name inscribed, from child- School.-a«vi- »avera.l prét." and us*fn1 gift's fi:1" the children and parents, by whom sh « was much •esteemed

(Continued from practising oolumn.) fend Army Corps advancing north found it- self marching parallel with another ir.l'antrv .it,rce at some little distance away. At first jt was thought that. tJÙs was another British unit. After some tape, however, it was dis- covered that it was a body of Germans' re- treating. 'Measures were promptly taken head off the enojiiy, who wane surrours-ded and trapped in a stunken road, where over 400 men surrenderc«L On "the 10th a party of 1-VoricIt under a nun-commisHKmed otficer was cut off and iurrouttdgd. Alter a desperate resistance it |. was to go or. %hting to the end. Finally the N.C.O. and one niall vrme left, both hcinj, woundeo. Jhc Germans -id shouted to them to Jay down ,tn-eir arm?- Ihe Gepnwu commander, how- Jever, Rtg-nt«d- 1..0 them t-o keep t1}cir arms. ;vrd the," permission to shake hands rwith the J^n-conimigsioned officer, who was carried off on his stretcher with his rifle by !?&:?a-' f Th? ?rri?aj of the.rein f orcements. ?nd the ixiiituiued advaece have delisted the ■troops, who sic liil! of xM) and anxious to preM ttiit.