TROOPS DEFENDING PARIS ENCOUNTER THE ENEMY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2249, 8 September 1914, Page 5

TROOPS DEFENDING PARIS ENCOUNTER THE ENEMY

GERMANS MOVINiG SOUTH-EAST ' CENTRE OF THE STRUGGLE CHANGING T0 NEW POINT i By Telterapi—Press 'Association—OopyriEht (Rec.' September 7, 8,25 p.m.) I.:. & . ,j: '■■-~. , , ■ Paris; September ,6. ■ ; --JL. V s -. 0 •?? ■ y ■T e l 3ortet l that -the Allies' advanced troops defending Paris' came in touch, on. Saturday with the enemy's forces'; which, were moving towards the. south-east, and seemed ,to converging ,oh the River Ourcd; an mr ° * ■ it ipiriß at a point thirtyTniles east of Paris.- . It. '?# e ;f? oTemell t of the.main body of the German right 1 wing is small; arid the resulting engageiherit was to our advantage. ■ Ini. n _r_ , ,-. . ..i '..., Paris; September 6. .~. trertnans new. movement through La Fefte-souVJottarrej thirty-four miles east of Paris, and past the fortress of Reims, is interpreted as 1 an attempt to i break the Allies! line between Paris and Epernay; perhaps; also, between the two .strongholds,of Reims .and. Verdiin, the Germans realising the danger of attempting to besiege Paris with an unbroken army in the field.

Another general encounter developing; (Rec. September B,' 0.30 a.m.)

ri •' ■•«.-•'■«•■ ■■■ '• ■f • , Paris, September. 7, morning. , }~. .ft. l ? officially announced that :dir the French centre and right, namely, Lorraine, and Voages, .fighting continues, and .the situation is unchanged. Some experts interpret the latest German movement to te>an attempt to iiiter"cept the French 'eastern fdrces, which have been fighting wifii success Between the fbrtresses. Toul and Epiiial; on. the Lorraine frontier. . j,j Germany's main, object is,to defeat the, French Jield a-niiie-s, as the possibility of ( an. active, defence of. her eastern frontier depends on the impossibility of a,,general offensivei movement by France. j'-.-ii*-'? officially stated that Saturday's encounter between the advanced defence.forces and the flank of the German' right-wing assuiiied larger proportions,, yesterday;: . " ■ ... , : .The Allies advanced as far, as the River Ourcq, -about thirty miles east of Pans, encountering but slight resistance. The situation of the Allies appears good ,as a whole. .-■.■-,"', THe French frontier fortress of Maubeiige continue;! to resist herbicaiiy.

, BOULOGNE EVACUATED BY THE FRENOH. j_ . ■■■!(■•; .■■....■ •■■■,• • torlfldhj September 5; ■ ■~.; The Governor is .leaving Boulogne. He linndimced . that tlie Minister for. War had ordered the disarmament. of the town; owing to the antiquated .defences, jand the garrison to be distributed between. Paris aiid Dunkirk. None capable of bearing arms are'left in the- town.—"Times" aiid Sydney "Sim" Services. two Million Germans carried, west. ,:,;;;:. .■; , ~, ..-'.,,. .• -' Rdtterdam, September 6. ■ '•'.>. The "Cologne Gazette" states that during the first nineteen-days of nibbili-. satipii, five thousand trains went west, carrying two million troops across twenty-six Rhine bridges. - : RANSOMS DEMANDED FROM FRENOH TOWNS. (Rec, September 8, 2 a.m.) ~;,. Paris, September 7. , The Germans have demanded a ransom of £280,000 from Lille, £20,000 . from Armen'tieres, £28,000 from LeiiSj £40';000 and a Hundred thousand cigars from Amiens. . '