IMPROVEMENT IN THE SITUATION IN FRANCE.
EFFECT OF THE DEFENCE OF MAUBEUGE.
ARTILLERY NOT AVAILABLE AGAINST PARIS. <Received September 11, 1.30 a.m., London, September 10. A ittthlfMiix communique says there are indications that, the Germans arc retiring along the whole front. The strategical situation of the French troop* appears to have improved, but it is well not to nnticipnIf' 1 ' 1 Jinal result of a battle extending over a front, of several hundred kilometres-
The (i.-rmans seem to he experiencing some difficulty in supplying their ti'M.ps with necessaries.
Dunn; (■> the spirited defence of Maubeuge against the monster 84 rentimetl - '" mortars transported by rail through Belgium, the comrnunidations bruween the enemy's armies in the north of France and Jiid.c:ni:i .'ii n m. piously lmpedt-d. The (ierm;.ns had reckoned upon the (.ill of Maub-'uji'e to eneble them to utilise siege ..rtillery at the crucial moimTit "lien (heir armies came into touch with the Paris forts.
M\iv thousand Germans in Belgium have been hurriedly demerit ('ted to I'i.aniv in three columns. The Germans are extensively mining the roads in Belgium.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15711, 11 September 1914, Page 7
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