THE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 16, 5 September 1914, Page 2

THE WAR.

The following was issued as an “extra” last evening:—

A Sacred Struggle.” REMOVAL OF GOVERNMENT THE’PRESIDENT’S APPEAL THE ARMY WILL DEFEND “WITHOUT PEACE, TRUCE, CESSATION UR i-ALi ERiNiP Tile following lias been received by the mine Minister, London, 3rd Sept., 7.50 p.m.:—

I Official. —President Poincare 'and the Government iiave left I Paris tor Bordeaux. Ail the 1 Ambassadors and Ministers have Tett Paris, and only the United ! iStates Ambassador remains, j President Poincare addressed the following 1 proclamation to !Prance:— ~

“In order to watch over the national welfare, it is the duty or the public and the Powers to remove themselves temporarily from Paris. Under ths command of its imlnent chief, the French army will defend the capital against the invaders, without peace or truce, without cessation or faltering, the sacred struggle for the honor of the nation and the reparation of violated rights must continue. Endure and fight, vyhile at sea the British, aid us by cutting the communications of our enemy with < other worlds, and while the Russians continue to advance to, strike a blow, aiCtfle the enemy.” ... . .

(Bordeaux is a seaport and commercial city on the left bank of the Garonne, situate sixty miles from its mouth in the Atlantic. Population 2(12,000. This town was the Burdigala of the Romans. Under the Normans it was the capital of the Duchy of Guieune, and in 1152 passed by, marriage into the hands of the English until 1451.) THE ALLIES PUSHED BACK 55 MILES FROM PARIS. ENEMY’S ATTACK WEAKER London, Sept. 3 (8.30 p.m.)

Official. —Tiie Germans continue to advance,, u , ~ .n...

The enemy has pushed back, by sheer weight, the Allied left, including the British. The Germain attack, though still violent, is perceptibly weaker.

German cavalry patrols readied Senlis yesterday, 12 ■ miles from the outer fortifications of Paris, but they' -Were thrown back again to Creil. The enemy is holding communications with the outer reserve force.

(Criel is a town on the river Oise with a population of 10,000, near Beauvais. Beauvais is the capital of the Oise Department, 55 miles north of Paris, and has a population of 20,000.) THE FURY OF THE ENEMY. HEAVY RUSSIAN LOSSES INCLUDE THE COMMANDER (Deceived 9.15 p.m. London, September 3.

A battle was fought near Osterode with reinforcements which the highly developed reticulation of the German railways; had made it possible to throw into the fighting line from the southern portion of Eastern Prussia(Osterode is a town of 16,000 inhabitants on Lake Drewenz, East Prussia.) The Germans made a furious attack in superior numbers upon the Russian army, comprising two corps, who were exposed to the terrific fire of heavy artillery. The Russians suffered severe losses.

Among the killed was the Commander of the Army, General Samsonoff.

The reverse was mainly due to the superiority of the German guns from Thorn and Graudenz.

(Thorn is a fortified town on the Vistula in Western Prussia with a population of 30,000, including the garrison.) (Graudenz has a population, including the military, of 34,000) The reverse cannot seriously affect the operations. The Russian offensive movement continues in. the western portion of Eastern Prussia,

Owing to the extent of the Empire, there are' three armies in Russia, known as the European, Caucasian, and Asiatic armies. The three are practically distinct from each other.