EARLIER MESSAGES.

Timaru Herald, Volume CI, Issue 15448, 10 September 1914, Page 8

EARLIER MESSAGES.

GOOD NEWS FROM FRANCE. THE TIDE FCRNED. ENEMY'S RIGHT WING i HFRLED RACK ti MILES. j Coruinifwioner's C'abte. > LONDON. Sept. S. \ It i> orticially stated from Paris chat] tin- teEc win;* of the* Allies, in which the British form he centre. ivS making pro; Sire***, without wttt'li opposition, against tfi.<* Germans, ivfriw- riy.ltt wing has V--.-U hurled hack ward twelve miles,. The main battle line externls from Pari.s to Verdun, a distance- of l.jO niiU>s. The opposing armits number 2.0i.X>.000 men. GERMANS GOING HOME. Tliere is nti'.v little doubt that the Germans, withdrawing their troops from Fraw«> ami The people] of I,ie#» have tw ordered to remain j indoor* during this, transportation. I i RUSSIAN TROOPS ARRIVE. j A Rnuv 'ler.-.spaper of hij*h standing' states. tLiat a Ri.i>?siaa army of 230.0W) is- In France. Th-re i<» U'» i.-eonrixiatic-:i; h'-rn. | Reliable. —The Aniclo-Frenm armies] have taken runny prisoners, inttudine a] l).-i.ttiiiiim of infantry am! a m!ti"»iif'»iNe| company- j LONDON. Sept. e. The Pres- Brit-can state-* that General Jodre's plan*. a:> beirijj .steadily cur-cu.-d cut- The Allies ar ( - acting on the <>H'»T.«ivt-. I The Bureau i»r;rin£:» thv t<Ertetal state-{ merit- ii'-oiu Bordeaux of the istw:ces«jn? | forcing back in tlie north-easterly direction «>f the German ri;;ht wint;.

J PARIS. Sept. S (a.m.> \ Official.—Oa our left wing the Allies ', advanced without meeting serious reI slstanee. In the centre in the Verdun district our forces alternately advanced and -retired. The situation remains unchanged on[ cur right, and in the Yosges district we; gained several partial successes. • lht< War Minister, in a telegram to; Manbeuga. expresses admiration for tho heroic defence. CORROBORATION OF ENEMY'S RETREAT. PARIS. Sopt. S. Ouieiul.—The Allies aro making t eiitinttous progress tram the liartks t.f : tiit- Oureq. as far as the region of Moututirai. The enemy is retreating in the diree- . tfon of th? Marne. | ANTWERP, Sept. S- ". f The Germans are streaming into, Liege, bound for Germany, j > The inhabitants have Seeu forbidden j ■ to leare their houses for three days, | and sailors, are guarding the railways. • All this seems to indicate that, the supplr of reserves is exhausted. ! i i ! MUNITIONS RUNNING SHORT. ROTTERDAM. Sept. S. j The rifles (nirr.e by the German , Landsturm thonie forced, in' Belgium are of the old type, and the t men arc insufficiently supplied with j ammunition. Some are armed with ; ; rifl.w tabu front the Be'gians. It is 1 states! on good authority that the supply .: of Geruiau arms is nor. exhausted. I r | NOTABLE INCIDENTS. PARIS. Sr-pt. S The New- York "Herald"* states that- . en. Sunday"* lighting at one point the French defended the passage nf the | Marne arid carried the German i»a--i trenehments at the point of the i bayonet. Seventy-nV»» Ridiim ' : .fjs;lented the German battery and quick-' • firers. The Germans constructed a

bridge of boats but these H-cre destroyed hv shells in a few minutes. FURTHER EAST. A communique states that German dxsious attacked tho allied lino at Chateau Salins. near N" ancv and "\revo repulsed to the north rf tho CEjampenoux Forest. The Allies hare re-captured Mardray on tho crest of iho Fourncaux Pass.