GERMAN RIGHT WING IN SLOW RETREAT

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5

GERMAN RIGHT WING IN SLOW RETREAT

ALLIES'ATTACK PUSHED HOME ENEMY ABANDONS WAGONS, STORES, AND GUNS London, September 9. ' Mr. Martin Donohoe, war corresnondent of 'the "Daily Chronicle," states: "The right wing of the German Army has been considerably battered during the last few days, and is falling back, with the British fast on its flank. Everything points to a definite retirement rather than to a temporary retreat. "Far in tho roar of tho Germans the driving movement of tho Allies is making itself felt. "Tho German patrols on the left bank of the Somme, particularly around Amiens, were euddonl" withdrawn, and tho greater part of the enemy holding Xmiens withdrew in somo disorder early on Tuesday. Most of their wounded were sent to Arras, 85 miles to the north, and thoso too seriously injured were abandoned at Amiens. The Allies' loft wing is giving the enemy little respite. Tho British' cavalry is particularly active. The Allies are seeking to detach tho harried and sorely pressed German right from tho main body, and to annihilate it. "Tho retreating Germans are directing their rearwards ; march towards Cambrai and Tournai. "The German right made repeated futile effort* to hold its own, but tiho pressure of the Enclish was too creat.

"The vast German mass is in motion: its pace is slow enough at the moment, but each hour its rearguard rate is gaining momentum, and will, if it rune, bring upon itself inevitable disaster. It is now experiencing some of the sufferings nobly borne by the Allies in their retirement from Belgium. ■ "A wounded French officer informed me that the German right had entirely exhausted itself by its rapid march on Paris, and is now short of munition and supplies. "This was the moment chosen for the Allies' counter-attack. For three days the British fought with the same valour and heroism which,characterised them at Mons. "On Monday and Tuesday the retreating Germane repeatedly halted and delivered fierce- counter-attacks on tliei- relentless pursuers. "The German onslaughts lacked determination, and they abandoned wagons, stores, and gune. , GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS ADVANCING. (Eec. September 10, .11.45 p.m.) London, September 10, morning. Oatend reports state that the Germans are proceeding by forced marches towards the north-west of Franco. The Third Army Corps of reservists passed through Oudenarde and Grammont for the purpose of reinforcing the German right-wing, which has snffered an important check, and appears to have been driven" in .the direction of Dunkirk, on the French coast. 1 It is estimated that 60,000 reinforcements are advancing into France. (Eec. September 11, 0.65 a.m.) Ostend, September 10. Sixty thousand Germans in Belgium were hurriedly dispatched to France in three columns. The Germans are extensivoly mining the Belgium roads. BIG FORTRESS IMPERILS GERMAN REAR. (Reo. September 11, 0.55 a.m.) London, September 10. Owing to the spirited defence of tho fortress of Maubeuge, in the north of France, against the monster 34-centimetre mortars transported by rail through the rough country in Belgium, the communications -between the enemy's armies in tho north of France by Belgium are seriously impeded. The Germans had reckoned iipon the fall of Maubetige, which would enable them to utilise the siege artillery at the. crucial moment when tho armies came in touch with the Paris forts. A RUMOUR DENIED. London, September 9. The Russian Embassy denies that any Russian troops are in France.