OFFICIAL NEWS
PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGES. 'The following official messages . have ' been received by the Prime Minister :—: — LONDON, 9th Sept., 1.5 a.m. Official. — The general position continues'satisfactory. The Allies have gained ground on their left along the line of Ourcq and Petit Morin. The British have here driven the enemy back ten miles. Fighting has been in progress further to the right along the line of j Montmirail-Le Petit Sompuit, neither eide gaining any advantage. /Further ! to the right the enemy have been pressed back in the direction of Reims. In the vicinity of Luneville an attempt of the Germans to advance was repuked. Pressure against the enemy continues all along the Allies' front. The British force has been engaged all day. The enemy opposed to it. after a stubborn resistance, retired, and ie now crossing to "North Marne. The Fifth Trench Army advanced Twith equal success. There are reports of many captures. The Sixth French Army on Ourcq lias been heavily engaged. Here also the enemy have been driven back. The Germans have suffered severely along the line of advance everywhere it was resolutely pushed home. The British again sustained severe casualties, but the number is -small in relation to the nature of the fighting.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue LXXXVIII, 10 September 1914, Page 8
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