The Enemy Falling Back.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 20, 10 September 1914, Page 5

The Enemy Falling Back.

MR DONOHOE'B ACCOUNT OF THE ALLIES' FIGHTING. BOTH WINGS HARASS THE GERMANS IN RETREAT. tijtii. i■ -; _; ; I (i:'. •-!' "■■ . ■ . i i [BT EKCTBIG TELEGEAJ?H-l-GOPTRIGniI [UNITED PItESS ASSOCIATION.] ,: (Received 9.45 a.m.) m *l,>.i ii.| ■ ■ [:•:■£.. ■■ i • !;• ,i _■!,.! 1 London, Sepetmber 9 ((morning.!)

Mr Donohoe, correspondent of tbe "Daily Chronicle; gays: "The rig-lit wing of tlie ; 'German army lias been considerably battered during- the last few days, and is falling- back, with the British fast on its, flank'.' "'Everything points more to a definite retirement tban to a temporary retreat, for in the rear, the driving- movement of the Allies is making itself felt. The German patrols pn tbe left bank of the Somme, particularly, around Amiens,, were suddenly withdrawn and the greater part of the enemy holding Amiens withdrew, some in disorder. Early on Tuesday, most of their wounded were sent to Arras, and those too seriously injured were abandoned at Amiem:. The Allies' left wing is giving the enemy little respite. The British cavaliT ;W'particularly active, the Allies seeking to detach the harried and sorely-pressed German right from the main body and/annihilate it. Retreating Germans are directing the rearward march from Cambrai to Tournai. The German right made repeated and futile efforts to hold its own, but the pressure of the English was too great for the vast German mass which is in motion. Its pace is slow enough at the moment, but each hour the rearguard rate is gaining momentum, and will, if it runs, bring upon itself inevitable disaster. It is now experiencing some of the sufferings which were nobly born by the Allies in their retirement from Belgium. r A' wounded French officer informed me that the German right had entirely exhausted itself by the rapid march on Paris, and is now short of munitions and supplies. This is the moment which has been chosen for the Allies' counterattack. For three days the British fought with the valor and heroism which characterised them at Mons. On Monday and Tuesday the retreating Germans repeatedly halted and delivered fierce counter-attacks on their relentless pursuers, but the German onslaught lacked determination, and they abandoned waggons, stores, and guns.