Official communiques issuing from various sources convey the following intelligence as to the progress of the war:
The latest news from the western theatre of war continues to be entirely favourable.
A statement issued by our Press Bureau yesterday shows that the retreat of the enemy and the pursuit by the Allies continues uninterruptedly. All day on Sunday the enemy stubbornly disputed the passage of the Aisne by the British troops and by the French to the right and left of them, but nevertheless nearly all the crossings were secured by sunset. Many prisoners were taken.
The Crown Prince's Army, which is operating to the west of Verdun, has also been driven back.
The French official statement relates how the enemy have been compelled to abandon the lines of defence which they had prepared, on their right, to the north of the Aisne and, on their centre, behind Rheims. It mentions that the detachments which the enemy had at Amiens have been withdrawn in the direction of Péronne and St. Quentin; that in the Argonne district, which is on the Allies' right centre, the enemy were retiring northwards; and that on the right wing, from Nancy to the Vosges, the retreat is so general that French territory is totally evacuated by the enemy.
Yesterday morning there was published a report compiled from information sent by Sir John French giving a summary of the operations of the British Army in France from September 4 down to September 10.
This narrative gives a vivid account of the Allies' advance against the German right wing, and is emphatic in its praise of the services rendered by the British Flying Corps, to whom General Joffre has paid a special tribute.
In connection with the casualties of the Expeditionary Force a list of 149 names of noncommissioned officers and men who have been admitted to hospital in this country was issued last night.
The Press Bureau last night authorised the statement that there is no truth whatever in the rumours that Russian soldiers have either landed in or passed through Great Britain on their way to France or Belgium. The statement that Russian troops are now on Belgian or French soil may also he discredited.
With regard to the operations of the Russian armies on the eastern frontiers a communication from Petrograd explains that owing to the necessity of paying particular attention to the operations in Galicia it has been impossible for the Russian armies to continue for the time being the invasion of East Prussia, where since the 7th inst. the Germans, strongly reinforced, have been undertaking a big offensive movement against the Russian left wing. In face of greatly superior forces the Russian troops under General Rennenkampf are retreating.
Our Petrograd Correspondent reports that the Austrian army which is retreating on Przemysl includes one whole German army corps and part of another.
The destruction of this army's stores has reduced it to a state of starvation. Przemysl is reported to be provisioned for a year and will be contained by the Russian armies.
The Galician railways have been placed under the administration of the Russian Southern Railways system.
The renewed activity of the Belgian Army based on Antwerp is related in an official statement which reports four days' hard fighting against the German forces in the BrusselsLouvain-Malines triangle.
The sortie developed into an action on an extensive scale. In order to hold their position the Germans recalled two army corps which were moving south and brought up 15,000 marines from Brussels.
This holding up of reinforcements intended for the armies in France is described as a result of capital importance. The losses during the four days' fighting were heavy.
Concerning the Servian invasion of Austria, official reports from Nish say that the offensive continues successfully on the left bank of the Save, and that elsewhere the situation is unchanged. In Semlin was found a great quantity of war material, and the Servian troops were received there with great enthusiasm.
A telegram from Livingstone, Central Africa, states that a German force attacked Abercorn, near Lake Tanganyika, on September 5. It was repulsed and later was driven over the border.
The native Press in India is emphatic in its approval of the sending of the Indian Expeditionary Force to Europe.
The Dalai Lama has asked to be allowed to furnish 1,000 Tibetan troops for service under the British Government.
Parliamentary papers have been issued giving the text of the correspondence that has passed between his Majesty's Government and the representatives of the Overseas Dominions concerning the offers of naval and military assistance by the latter.
An Army Order has been issued giving the grouping into four armies of the new divisions of troops now being raised.
The German official war news declares that reports to the disadvantage of the German armies in France are untrue; that the situation is favourable; and that the Crown Prince's Army has begun to attack the forts between Verdun and Toul on both sides.
In Galicia, it is said, the Austin-German Armies, after five days' fighting, drove back the Russians and took 10,000 prisoners, but they were obliged to retreat before the heavy reinforcements that the Russians brought up.
A protest is entered against Mr. Asquith's speech at the Guildhall.
The Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund yesterday amounted to £2,575,000.