EARLIER MESSAGES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15443, 4 September 1914, Page 8

EARLIER MESSAGES.

GERMANS NEARER PARIS. RESISTANCE WELL MAINTAINED. BRITISH CAVALRY BEAT THE GERMANS. AND CAPTURE TEN GUNS. (Higti Cable.) LONDON, Sv-|»t. - t.y.10 n-m.) _ ■ R<.>liable. —Tli. enemy's right wing is rxty miles. from Pari*. Th«* Allies' !irt'! L> «il! unbroken. Paris. is arranixintc tt>r a Tht*--v is 3U s of otßciat nw» from the front. An important muve T.y tit". Atlks is expected. LONDON. Sept. 3 a.m.) Official. —Coatittuatts fightinj; is in prngre-ss along thf ivtiok* lint- of battle, Tlie- British c-.vvatry with (Ji»tinctkm thf cavalry ot the- ruy ami poshed thent hack, capturing ten g«ns. The Frpnt-U army continue*! the offensive-, and garnet! ground in the Lorraine region. 'I/hero i.-i increase*! activity near Antwerp. and further fH>mf>-t'fermring by Germans. BATTLE ON SI~NDAV. ATTACK OX FRENCH LEFT. GERM A N" PREI'ARAT lONS i)CCiTIEI> TWO DAYS. MTF'LE LS[->I"LT REPORTED. LONDON, Sept. 2 (a.m.} Heavily eerworeit narrate that the- ti-i-manK nwvl» a great wheel to tlie French The mowment was continuet! R.it Friday. SautrtUv awl Sunday. »ntl resulted in a fiercw eru-ounter <i« Sunday. The- ti-oops coveted altmg tin- Allies' lints. Ttw* Germans gained a. suece** against thfr Fn-wh Twritutiali,

which was only retrieved by tho stand which was made by a long line oi j artillery which occupied tho crost of a j gently sloping' platoan. Tho artillery finally forced tho inics of German skirmishers t» fall back in disorder to cscap* the shrapnel Ere. "I lIK THRKE DAYS' BATTLE. SEE-SAW OF SUCCESSES. | WASHINGTON", Sep:. The French Ambassador announces tliat a battle has continued tor three days in the llara and Vomers district, with alternate progresses and retro-: gr onions. The French left yielded; somewhat but remained unbroken. GERMAN CENTRE CHECKED. CONTINUOUS ENCOUNTERS. ; GERMANS LOSING MEN. : BOULOGNE. Sept. _>. Telegrams scato that there has been incessant fighting since Thursday in the Aisno district (which includes Guize. Vorvtns, St. Qti"ntin anrt Laon}, but that neither side had obtained much advantage. After two days' fairly even fighting tho French forced the enemy to to tiro, leaving Iteaps of dead and wounded. . The French lasses were also hoary. The Germans are still bringing huge rai'Sis of men from the base to fill up the treni'Mufot:s %t{*v which have l»en matte in tln» advance lino. i PARISIANS ENCOURAGED. j PEOPLE NEVERTHELESS LEAVING.' PARIS, Sept. 1. •• Le T»-mp.>7/' military critic says.:— ' "" Tttt-r,- is no reason to I*' unduly alarmed by the G,*nnan advance on our !»-lC . The German troops tlu-r,> arc <|utto insufficient to besiege Paris. Lite important point i> th*- cent r>:% where tho :».Jvatiiv has Ixni checked. Tho Germans are !»elieve«l to K» at the limit of their effort." , LONDON, SVpt. 2. I Ivcuter's Pari-. correspondent states that numbers of jvuple are leaving

Paris, mostly provincials and men removing their families, in order not to hamper the defence of Paris. BRITISH FORCE. WELL C'AItED FOR. LONDON, Sept. 2 (a.m.) Newspaper correspjiidl-nis state that :hc- spirit of Kitchener pervades the ivhole o; the Expeditionary Force. Ammunition is supplied without a iiitcli by thousands ol" motor vehicles. Un'y one traction engine has been lost. MERE NOISE OF ATTACK. HAS USEFUL EFFECTS. PARIS, Sept. 2. A womukd lancer in a letter to ir.emls -avs: "The Germans, attach a of importance to massed artillery firo. For hours all their guns seem to [•lnv on one -kilo spot until tho din »ncl noise of the screeching shells overhead is terrible. Apparently ic is intended to shatter the nones. Most- of it* stuffed our oars with en;ton wool.. N'oise seems to count for a lot with \he [iormans. The cavalry have trick of ihnndering aiong so that tho horses' soofs make the most awful din. giving fin impression tliat the -ahole earth is linking, added to whieh are wild uncanny shouts." Tho Germans five with their rifles underneath the:':- shoulder, relying on tho volumes of lead rather than on accurate shooting. HELP FOR WOUNDED. PARIS'. Si.pt. -2. Forty red cross ant-mobiles left Lille for the noig-hbouriiood where the d;-a<l ind wounded are in except ionaMv largo numbers. BRITISH CAPTURE GUNS. Official.—The British captured ten tjuiis at Forest. AVIATOR SCOUTS' RISKS. PARIS. Sept. 1. Use aviator s.ouu; haw invented a new spo:*t. It inis i i /coring tlie

bullet holes in their machines. Each itoio is marked with rod chalk io prev> nt it being included in the next dav's total. At presrnt the record is thirty-seven holes :i day. QI'ICK TRANSPORT. Other aviators are occupied in ciinveving machine guns from tiio repairing shops to the troot's. IRISH BATTALION" CAUGHT NAPPING. LONDON. Sept, -2. Tlio "Daily Chronicle" states that the Irish battalion r-nehed—(place not stated.) —on Wednesday aft or a hard night's inarching. When breakfasting the German cavalry suddenly appeared. Tlio nun took cover in perfect order, hut were forced to retire after thrice r. pulsing a greatly superior force. The British cavalry gallantly drove ! enemy from an excellent position. AGILE ALEGRIANS. amuse "onlookers. LONDON. Sept. 2. An outstanding feature of the battle o:i Sunday \v:u an attack by the Algerian infantry. As they marched out they amused tile townsfolk by making a gesture of cutting tlio threat accompanied by a flourish of the fist in the direction of the firing. "When the Algerians reached the front the whole of the French army was engaged. Closing to the right the Algerians, without forminguusp s launched themselves against the right, flank of the German brigade'. Whilst a battalion pushed through good cover at the rear of the Algerians from the attack of tlio next German column, tlio Algerians bounded through the bracken like a pack of hounds, and readied the edge without showing a man. They did execution with their | riflc«. but though they gained upon the retiring German infantry they never | got close enough for the bayonet charge for which the Algerians longed. Following this success the lino push-, ed forward some distance; thc.n came the night. and the exhausted men snatched a 'hasty meal and sleep, leaving any fresh troops coming up on either side to continue tlio struggle.