At last a pause has been called in the headlong retreat of the German right wing.
Bulletins issued from the Press Bureau and from Paris announce that the enemy are still occupying strong positions to the north of the River Aisne, and that fighting is going on along the whole line. On Monday 600 prisoners and 12 guns were captured by the corps on the right of the British.
The Allies have occupied Rheims, and the Crown Prince's Army, north of Verdun, has been driven further back until it occupies a line from Varennes through Cousenvoye, on the Meuee, to Orues, east of that river.
Rain, it is said, has made the roads heavy, and has increased the difficulties of the German Army in its retreat.
An earlier message from Paris stated that the Allies had re-entered Amiens, and that the enemy seemed to intend to offer a resistance on he heights to the north-west and west of Rheims, while continuing to fall back between the Argonne region and the Meuse.
Fort Tryon, which is one of the smaller forts between Verdun and Toul, and which had been fiercely attacked, has been relieved.
Sir John Jellicoe has sent to Sir John French, on behalf of the officers and men of the Grand Fleet, a message expressing their intense admiration of the magnificent fight made by "their comrades of the British Army" and their warm congratulations on the recent successes.
To the "comrades of the Allied French Army" a similar message has been sent by Sir John Jellicoe.
German official intelligence states that the right wing of the German Army has been engaged "in heavy but undecided battles," and that the French endeavour to break through the German lines has been "victoriously defeated."
From Petrograd comes the announcement that the Russians have crossed the River San, and that in taking a position near Ravarusska they captured 30 guns, more than 8,000 prisoners, and enormous stores of supplies.
The results of the pursuit of the enemy were not known.
On the right bank of the Dniester the Austrians have been driven back; and Czernowitza, the capital of.Bukowina, has been occupied, together with all the surrounding country, without firing a shot.
A further report from Russian headquarters says that the crossing of the River San was unopposed, that Gorodek has been occupied, and that Przemsyl is now only one march away.
As to the operations in East Prussia, it is officially reported that the Germans have been bringing up large reinforcements and threatened an envelopment of General Rennenkampf's army. After heavy fighting the Russians extricated themselves from a difficult position.
The Belgian Army continues to operate in the neighbourhood of Antwerp.
In the recent battle the losses inflicted on the enemy were considerable, and since then he has remained inactive. No attempt was made to prevent the Belgian retirement within the Antwerp defences.
An official report from Nish alludes to heavy fighting on the River Drina. On September 8, when 90,000 Austrians who attempted to effect a crossing were repulsed with very heavy loss.
This battle, it is said, was among the most sanguinary of the war, and the defeat of the greatest consequence to the Austrians.
From Nairobi, in British East Africa, further fighting on the 13th is reported.
With regard to the German attack on Karanga, in British Central Africa, it is reported that out of 19 German officers engaged 11 have been accounted for, and three others have escaped by water.
On the borders of South West Africa. Fighting has taken plies. A force of the South African Mounted Rifles, after a forced march, captured Raman's Drift, an important passage of the Orange river.
Sir Edward Grey has published a reply to the German Imperial Chancellor's communication to the Danish Press on the subject of British concern for the neutrality of Belgium and Denmark.
The Press Bureau has issued a translation of the second report of the Belgian Commission of Inquiry into German violations of the law; and customs of war. It deals with acts comitted in and around Louvain and Malines.
President Wilson has consented to receive the Belgian Mission which is visiting America to protest against the alleged German atrocities.
The German war news, to which reference has already been made, refers to "a violent manifesto" against British policy issued by the British Independent Labour Party. The Austrians are said to have repulsed the Servian on the Save; and India is declared to be in 'a strong state of ferment." In East Prussia it is reported that four Russian army corps have been routed near the Masurian Lakes, and that heavy losses have been inflicted on other Russian troops at Lyck.
It is stated that on Sunday morning last a small German cruiser was sunk by a hostile submarine.
There is no reference to fighting in Galicia.
In connection with the casualty lists already issued certain corrections and additions in regard to officers are published.
A list of admissions to the Cambridge and Connaught Hospitals, Aldershot, has been issued. It relates to 129 non-commissioned officers and men.
The Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund yesterday reached a total of £2,605,000.