GERMANS ROUTED IN FRANCE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2255, 15 September 1914, Page 5

GERMANS ROUTED IN FRANCE

-4 „ TREMENDOUS BATTLE, rAMDfITTE 1 I/invlPV VtWi TITO AT TUN THRILLING ACCOUNT OF THE . . ■ FIGHTING : ENEMY I FIX FLIGHT ' , —————— ■ i GLORIOUS TRIUMPH FOR THE The Germans have been defeated in France,, the retreat has become b rout, and the Tout is deepening 'into disaster. Such is the consensus of military opinion on the results of the stupendous battle which has raged for five days between the Allies and the Germans, while tremendous issues troubled in the balance. Everything points to immin- • tent disaeter to the German plans, for confusion is everywhere apparent along the enemy's line of retreat. Their lines of supply and ammunition transport are reported in some places to have been cut; fdodless and jaded, they are broken in morale, and in the words of one correspondent, the great German war machine has broken down. The spirited communique from the Commandor-in-Chief of the Allied armies, General Joffre l is the most cheerful and buoyant note in to-day's cable - news from that theatre, of' the war. Tbe. heaviest battle waa at Marne, where no fewer than forty-six army corps were engaged. '2! reference ,to the map will show that the Allied right has pushed forward almost up to the frontier, the centre is well advanced, and the left sweeping all before it. Amiens, in the north-west, has been evacuated, and the steady pressure of the Allies is converging tho retreating masses upon the centre, where. confusion inevitable and disastrous awaits -them. In Belgium, the spirited offensive of the Belgians is being attended with marked success, and the latest news indicates that British troops are co-operating! • One report—supported by a statement in the High .Commissioner's official cablegram—states • that British troops, presumably supported by tho Belgians, have reoccupied Brussels, and otljer reports indicate that a successful driving movement to the south-east is in progress. A glorious victory over' " the Aufitrians has marked the culmination of. the operations which ■have* been energetically carried <iut by the Russian armies'in Poland; the way to Vienna is open,-whilo iu Eastern Prussia, and in. Posen, to the south, the Russian anuies are manoeuvring for position. In tho Far East the Japaneso expeditionary troops operating against Kiaophau are about to deliver .their attack. From East: Africa comes a report of a. reverse to a force of Aaglo-Indian troops operating against a superior force of Germans. » -