NEWS BY MAIL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 64, 14 November 1914, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

CROWN PRINCE BEATEN, | GERMAN PLAN MISCARRIES, The first German a ru} 111 -® thoroughly beaten on French soil was that of the Crown Prince, says Mr. Granville Portescue, writing in the London Daily Telegraph. At the time of their victory the French did not make claim to a decisive victory. In the official communication the most they claimed was a drawn battle. Actually they had smashed the flower of German military power. “Contrary to the general impression the great battles round Paris did not begin with the defeat of General von Kluek. “That commander’s misfortunes says Mr. Fortescne, “were due directly to the retirement of the German left wing on the night of September 6-7 The mystery which surrounded the movements of the German armies disappears now that we know that the main body of the Crown Prince’s army retired 40 kilometres that night. Such a retirement amounts to a rout. “In the plan of the German operagreatest glory was reserved for the Crown Prince. This was in accordance with the policy of the House of Hoheuzollern. Throughout Germany h;> Ingwy. glorins he severe ter of o him d desuper- ; with round ;d the ner. gave The . cony till eyond e has Led to 0 sec'reneh le suupoh the Germans can never be approximately estimated. The total loss of the Germans is placed at figures so high that I hesitate to record them —100,000, of whom 20,000 were killed. This estimate is made by a trained who was on the battlefield before the dead had been touched. “With the Crown Prince retiring, there was nothing left for Kluek ’s and von Bulow’s armies but to execute the Same manoeuvre. This brought about the battle of the Oise and all the . subsequent fighting. In the fighting the French have been uniformly supported. It goes without saying that the English troops contributed largely to this success. Their bravery has passed into a proverb throughout France.”