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British Commander Gives Detailed
Report of Stand Made Against
Four German Army Corps and Re
treat Under Difficulties to En
trenched Position Battle Forced
as Soon as Army Mobilized.
LONDON, Sept. 10, 2:.0 p. in.
Tlio text of the report of Field Mar
shal Sir John French, in command
of the British forces in Fmncc, cov
crinjj the British o)icrMions since
they landed in Franco, wns made
public today.
Tlic report is addressed to Enrl
Kitchener, secretary of vrnr, nml it
publication indicates that the govern
ment is responding to the public de
mand for fuller information on the
progress of operations so far ns the
British forcra are concerned in
France.
The report is published in the Lon
don dinette, the official organ. It
follews:
Troop Transported.
"The transportation of the troops
front Kiipliui.l by rail nml pea wns
effected in the best order ntid with-
mil ft check. Concentration was
practically completed on the evening
of Aucust 21. and I was able to
mnko dispositions to move the force
to petitions I considered most favor
able from which to commenco the op
erations which General Jo f fro ex
pected me to undertake. The lino ex
tended along the line of the canal
from Cotide on tho weslr through
Along and Binchc, on the east.
"Duritif; August 22 mid 23 tho ad
vance squadrons did nome excellent
work, nomo of them penctralinjr as
far ns Soignes (a town of Belgium
ten miles northeast of Mows) and
several encounters took place in
which our troops showed to great
advantage.
Battle Begaa Auguat 23.
"On Sunday, the 23d, reports be
gan to come in to the effect that the
enemy was commencing an attack pn
the Mons line, nmxirentlv in some
strength, hut that the right of the
position from Mons was being jwr
tieularly threatened.
''The commander of the first corps
hud pushed h flank back to some
high ground south of Bray and the
fifth cavalry evacuated Binchc,
moving slightly south. The enemy
then occupied Ilinehe.
"The right of the third division
under General Hamilton was at Mons,
which formed n somewhat dangerous
snlient, and I directed the command
of the second corps if threatened se
riously to draw back the center be
hind Mons. This was done before
dark. ' '"
rteUremeat Forced.
"In the. Meantime, I received a
most unexpected message from Gen
eral Joffre by telegraph, telling me
that at Jcabt threo German corps
were moving on my position in front
nnd that a second corps was engaged
in a turning movement from the di
rection of Tournni. He also inform
ed mo that the two reserve French
divisions and the fifth French army
corps on my right were retiring, the
flennniiH having on tho previous day
gained possession of the passage of
the Sambrc between Charleroi nnd
Namur.
"In view of the possibility of my
being driven from the Mons jwhition,
1 hnd previously ordered a osition
in thu rear to be reconnoitered. This
position rested on the fortress of
Mnuhctigc, on the right, and extended
west to Jenluin, southeast of Viilen-l
oiennen, on tho left. The position wns
reported difficult to hold becuuso of
htuuding crops and buildings made
the siting of trenches difficult and
limited tho firo in many important
localities, It nevertheless afforded a
few good artillery positions.
Itctlrcd to Mmibcugo.
"When news, of the retirement of
the French nnd tho heavy German
threatening on my front reached me
1 endeavored to confirm it by aero
piano reconnuisance, and as a re
sult of this I determined to effect n
retirement to the lluuheuge position
t daybreak on the 24th.
"A certain amount of fighting con
tinued along thu whole line through
put the night, and at daybreak on the
24th the second division from the
neighborhood of Himnignics made it
powerful demonstration as if to re
take Binchc, This was suppoited by
he artillery of both the first and thu
Msiond division while Oio first di
vision took up supporting position
h (he neighborhood of J'eissan!. Uu
dr ooer of thU demonstration the
ifooml wrjw retired on tho lino of
Dwr, OujiohIiIh uml FiHincric-i, The
Iklni tllv'Mofi oh tho rllit of the
iwjh ku(ftr lionUdcraliln lorn 1ii
iki amnlUtH fiw (lit fdHiiy, wlio
ImuI fttmmi Hm,
Hard ircAel by Knemy.
"Tho second eorpi halted on this
line where they entrenched them
selves, enabling Sir llonclns Hnig,
with the first corps to withdraw to
the new position, nnd he effected thi
without much fuither Ios renching
the line from Bavny to Mnuhcugc in
the evening.
"Toward midnight the enemy np
peared to lie directing his principal
effort against our left. 1 had pre
viously ordered General Allcnby with
the cavalry to act vigorously in ad
vance of my left front and endeavor
to take the pressure off.
"In the morning General Allcnby
received n messnge from Sir Charles
Fergnsson, commanding the fifth di
vision, saying he was hard pressed
and in urgent need of support. On
receipt of this message General Al
lcnby drew in hi cavalry and en
deavored to bring direct supimrt to
the fifth division.
Attack a FallHi-o.
"During the course of this opera
tion General Belislo of the second
cavalry brigade thought he saw a
pod opMirtuuity to paralyze the
further advance of the enemy's? in
fantry by making a mounted attack
on bis flank, lie formed up and ad
vanced for this pursiM, hut was held
up by wire about 500 yards from his
objective and the ninth lnnccrs and
tho eighteenth Hussars suffered se
verely in the retirement of the bri
gade. ' "The ninth infantry brigade,
guarding the line of communications,
was'brouglit by rail to Valenciennes
on the 221 and 23d. On the morn
ing' of the 24th they were moved to
a position south of Qunrouble to sup.
port the left flank of the second
corps. With the assistance of cav
alry, Sir Horace Smith Dorrien wns
enabled to effect his retreat to n new
position, although having two corps
of the cnemv on his front and one
threatening his flank. He suffered
great losses in doing so.
Xearljr Surrounded.
"At nightfnll a position was occu
pied by the second corps to the we-t
of Bavny, tjie first corps' to the right.
The right was protected liv the fort
ress of Maubeuge, the left by the
nineteenth brigade in position be
tween Jenlnin and Bruay, and cav
alry on the outer flank. The French
were still retiring and I had no sup
port except such ns afforded by the
fortress of Maubcgc, and determined
efforts of tho enemy to get around
my flank assured me that it was his
intention to hem mo against that
place and surround me.
"I felt that not a moment must be
lost in returning to another position.
I had every renson to believe thnt the
enemy's forces were somewhat ex
hausted and I knew that they suf
fered heavy losses. I hoped there
fore that his pursuit would not be
too vigorous to prewnt me effecting
my object. The operation, howcvcrV
was full of danger and difficulty, not
only owing to the very superior fircc
in my front, but also to the exhaus
tion of the troops.
Itetlrcinent Commence.
"The retirement was recommenced
in the early morning of the 2.th to
a position in tho neighborhood of
Local en n, nnd tho rear guard was
ordered to be cleared of MaubcuL'e
and Bavny by fi:30 a. in. Two cav
alry brigades, with the divisional
cavalry of the second corps covered
the movement of the second corps
and tho remainder of the cavalry di
vision with the nineteenth brigade,
tho whole under command of General
Alltnby, covered tho west flank.
"Tho fourth division commenced
its dclrainmeut at I.ecateau on the
23d, and by the morning of the 2ith
eleven battalions and a brigade of
artillery with tho divisional staff,
were available for service. I order
ed General Snow to move out to take
up a position with his right south of
SoliwmCK, his left resting on the
Cambrni-Lecateau south of Lnohn
priz. In this position the division
rendered great help to the effective
retirement of the second nod first
corps to new positions.
Enemy Too Strong.
"Although the troops had been or
dered lo occupy the Cambrai, Lcca
tcuu, Limdreceis and ground had,
during the 25th, been partially pre
pared mid entrenched, I had grave
doubts, owing to information I had
received as to tho accumulating
strength of tho enemy ngainst me, ns
io tho wifedoui of standing there to
fight.
"Ilntlng regaid In the continued
retirement of the French right, my
exposed left flnnlj, the tendency of
the (iifiny'ri western corp to i-nvcl-ope
pie, nnd iiioro than nil, the ex
hauled condition of (lie I loops I
ilcli'iiiiliiiil to make a gnwil effort
lo noiiliiiiin Die return! till I could nut
HIUIV bUUklllUliul (Altliwlv, ftlll'b U
LONDON, Sept. 10. 10M0 a. m.
i disunion to tho eCntrnl News from
Amsterdam says:
"Hcnorts from Puttcn In thi Neth
erlands, near tho Belgian border. In
dicate that skirmishing In which tho
artillery Is engaged, lias occurred
northwest of Antwerp. Many houses
near Button worn demolished by tho
Belgians to provide an unobstructed
(lied for tho artillery.
"Tho Inefflclcacy of tho forts at
Antwerp, through tho failure of th
Krupps to carry their contract, hai
been made good nnd Antwerp Is now
considered nearly impregnable
"it Is understood that only 20,000
German troops aro between Antwerp
and Brussels, mainly from the Land
strum. "Prince Baudoutn de Llgne died la
Antwerp yesterday as a result of
wounds received In fighting. Me was
only eighteen years old."
Most of tho Medford students to
state schools In their first year, aro
being "rushed" by from one to half
a dozen Creek letter fraternities, for
their membership. Prominent citi
zens arc aiding tho collegians In
rounding up members.
the Somme or the Oise, between my
troops nnd the enemy nnd afford the
former some opportunity to rest nnd
re-organize.
Itetreat Is Sounded.
"Orders were therefore sent to tho
corps commander to continue their
retreat a; soon as they possibly could
toward the general line of Vcrmand,
St. Qucntin nnd Itibrmont, and the
cavalry under General Allcnby was
ordered to cover the retirement.
"Throughout the 25th nnd far into
the evening the first corps continued
to march on I.nndrceies, following
tho road along the eastern border of
the forest of Mormnl, nnd arrived at
Landrccies about 10 o'clock. I had
intended that the corps should come
further west so ns to fill up the gap
between Lccntcau and Landrccies,
but the men were exhnusted nnd
could not get further in without n
rest.
"The enemy would not, however,
nllow this rest, and that evening the
report was received that the fourth
guards brigade in landrccies was
heavily attacked by troops of the
ninth Gennnn army corps, who were
coming through the forest to the
north of the town. This brigade
fought most gallantly and caused the
enemy to suffer a tremendous loss in
issuing from tho forest into the nar
row streets of the town. This loss
has been estimated from reliable
sources nt between 700 nnd 1000.
Aided by the French
"At the same time information
reached me from Sir Douglas Haight
that his first division was also heav
ily engaged south ami east of Ma
rillcs. I sent urgent messages to the
commander of two French reserve
divisions on my right to come up to
the assistance of the first corps,
which they eventually did. Partly
owing to this assistance, but mainly
to the skillful manner in which Sir
Douglas Haigh extricated his corps
from an exceptionally difficult posi
tion in the darkness, they were able
at dawn to resume their march to
ward Wassigny and Guise.
"By late afternoon tho second
corps hnd got into position with the
right on Lccntcau, their left in the
neighboihood of Paudry and the line
of defense was continued thence by
the fourth division townid Scruuvil
lers. "During the fighting on the 24tl
and 25th cavalry becume a good deal
scattered, but by early morning of
the 2(lth General Allcnby had suc
ceeded in concentrating two brigades
to tho south of fnmhrui. The fourth
division was placed under the orders
of tho general officer commanding
the second army corps.
Xo Support When Needed.
"On the 2 llh the French cavalry
corpl consisting of threo divisions
under General Sordet, had been in
billets north of Aveenes. On my way
back from Vnvuy, which was my
poste de commaudcmetite during the
fighting of the 23d and the 24th, I
visited General Sordet and earnestly
requested his co-operation and sup
port. Ho promised to obtain niiiic
tion from his army command to act
on my left Hunk, but suid that his
horses were too tired to move before
tho next day, Although he rendered
me valuable assistance later oti in
the retirement, he was unable lo af
ford mo any support on tho most
critical day of all, namely, the 'Jdtli.
"At daybreak it becimo iiiipurcut
1 hiity (ho enemy wiih throwing the
hulk of his strength against Urn if
of llin pojloii occupied by I lie .i-
oinl corps and lliu foil i Hi dmlori, M
lulu Umv tho uiik pf four (Jcimpn
Pear market on Mod ford Bartletts
Is Improving In tho cast. The follow
ing are recent sales at mictien:
NKW YOBK, Sept. !, Car filTfi.
Houston Hartletts, 13 3S; Ctatrgcaus,
$1.70; Irwin Hartletts. $2.30; Hot
loway ltnrtlctts, $2.20; Anjnus, culls,
$1.55; PcIIovuq AnJoiiR. culls, jl.fiO.
Penr market strengthening.
CHICAGO. Sept. 9. Hollowell
llowells, oxtra, 13.40; fancy, $2.13:
choice, S2.00; standards, $1.60, de
livered sale.
NKW YOBK, Sept, 8.- Irwin Bart
letts, averaged $2.22; somo over-ripe.
Car 120,204, Blugbum, $1,80, very
ripe. Car S96S, Carpenter, J1.C0,
very ripe.
LONDON, Sept. 9. Dennis & Sous
report good prospects for Hartletts.
Hudson Ulver barrels sold 28 to 32.
Kxpect Nowtowns to make 6s Cd to
?s Hd.
Do It TiHlar
Besolre to amoko Got. Johnson cl
ln, tho best, and thereby patronize
homo Industry. tt
army corjw were, in iosiion against
them, nnd Sir Horace Smith Durrieu
reported thnt he judged it iuiws
siblc to continue his retirement nt
daybreak, as ordered, in face of such
an attack.
Cavalry Too Tired.
"I scut him orders to use his ut
most endenors to break off the no
tion nnd retire at the earliest hs
sible moment, ns it was iuiK)Ssible
for me to send him siipMrl, tho firtU
corps being at the moment incapable
of movement.
"The French cavalry corps under
General Sordet wns coming up on
our Ictt rear cany in the morning
and I sent him an urgent message to
do his utmost to come up nnd sup
port the retirement of my left Hank,
hut owing to tho fatigue of his
horses he found jiinisclf unable to
intervene in any way.
"There had hcci no timo lo en
trench tho position properly, but the
iroois showed n mhtruificcnt front to
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Bnunpiin in the United States su
premo court today dismissed tho
habeas corpus proceedings In favor
of the prisoners in tho county jail.
In dismissing the application for the
wrill the court slated that theio was
no cause for interference in tho lo
cal situation by tho militia.
Tho Mine-workers union today
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reply lo the statement issued on
Tuesday evening by the mining com
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clared they would no longer recog
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Miner and the Miucworkcrs' union In
the mines of Butte. The statement
will ho issued Into today.
Muckio McDonald and doe Brad
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dent, respectively, of the Miuowotk
crs' union nrc held incommunicado in
the county jail today.
Of, seven Finlnndors arrested last
night on suspicion that they were thu
men who recently sent threatening
letters to Mayor Duncan, all but one
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the terrible fire which confronted
them. Tho artillery, although out
matched by at least four to one,
made a splendid fight and inflicted
heavy losses on their opponents.
Itcllrrmriit Again Began.
"At length it became apparent that
if complete annihilation was to he
avoided, retirement must bo attempt
ed and the -order was given to com
menco it nbout 3:30 in the afternoon.
The movement wan covered with most
devoted intrepidity nml determination
by the artillery, which had itself suf
fered heavily, and the fino work done
by the cavalry, in the further re
treat from the position, assisted ma
terially the final completion of this
most difficult nnd dangerous opera
tion. Forliinnlely tho enemy hnd
himself suffered loo heavily to en
gage in any energetic pursuit.
"1 ennnot close the account of this
glorious stand of the British IroopH
without putting on record mv deep
npprcciution of the valuable werviccs
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. - Assur
ances were given tho federal reserve
hoard today by ,1. P. Morgan, Jacob
Schiff mid Benjamin Strong, New
York bnnkeis, that n syndiculo of
Now York hanks will care for fH0(
000,000 in obligations of tho oily of
New York, held by Kuropoan credit
ors, without iciulriug assistance
from banks in other parts of the
I'niled States.
This moauH that only nbout $70,
000,0110 need como from outside New
York lo meet other l;'uiopenn ohligu
lions. According In the New Yoik
hunkers, a syndicate has been formed
to underwrite tho $80,000,000, hut Its
terms have not been accepted by the
city. Tho hoard has not definitely
decided to adopt the hankers' plan
for meeting Kuropeaii obligations, but
Is still considering its details, In
principle It will bo accepted, it was
said today, but tho board may decline
to carry out some details suggested
in it.
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With Medford Irtdn t Mbdford mads.
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rendered by Sir Horace Smith Dor
rien. I say without hesitation thnt
the saving of the loft wing of tho
army under my command on tho
moniiiiL' of Iho 2tlth could never hovel
been accomplished unless a commiiu-
der of rare and unusual coolness, in -
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been present lo personally conduct
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AvMni by the French. (1, (,(l(li,y (Ii,p,oro hp ftiWM
"The retreat wns continued far which the British forces suffered in
into the night of the 2t)th nnd this great battle, but they were in
through the 27th and tho 2Hti, on evitahle in view of tho fact thnt the
which date the troops halted on thu British army only u few days after
line from Ncyon, Chauny and Lefero, concentration by mil was called on
having then thrown off tho weight of jto witlHtnm! the vigorous attack of
the enemy's pursuit. j five German corps.
"On the 27th and the 28th t was "It is impossible, for me lo ss-ak
much indebted to General .Sordet and too highly of the skill ouccd by the
the French cavalry division which ho
commands for mnterinlly assisting'
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NKW YOltir, Heat. 10. Further
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nhon tho committee of bnukers and
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serve divisions, moved down from the
neighborhood of Ar.uH on Iho en
emy's ri'dit flank nnd took much
pressure off tho rear of Iho British
forcon.
"This closed tho period covering
'Iho heavy fighting which commenced
jut Mons, August 23, and which really
' constituted u four days' hnttln.
two general officers commanding
army corps the seir-sacrificing and
devoted exertions of their staffs and
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