The Yale expositor., 1914-09-03
Allies Claim to Be Confident.

Allies Claim to Be Confident.
The French, Paris dispatches say
have received reinforcements on this
northern line and are holding both
flanks and have begun, with the Eng
lish cooperating in the center, an Of
fensive movement In an effort to drive
the Germans back to the positions oc-
cupied before the disastrous engage
ments of the past week. The reports
indicate that the allies are now in a
position in which they are confident
of success.
According to a dispatch from Paris,
a German aviator passed over that
city in an aeroplane and dropped
booms which did only trifing dam
age. One contained a warning to the
Parisians that the Germans were on
the outskirts of the city and that the
best thing to dc was to surrender.
Lord Kitchener, British secretary of
war, issued a long statement, cover
ing the situation up to Sunday morn
ing, in which he says the English
forces have retired to their second
lines of defense and that the French,
on their right and left, have succeed
ed in stopping the German advance.
The statement says the Germans have
not attacked the English army since
Thursday, when the four-day battle in
the department of Nord ended.
AS to the situation in the Vosges
region, the French official report says
that along the line from the Somme
river to the Vosges mountain range
the defense is holding we'll. The re-
port continues:
THE fighting here has been notable
for the great number of casualties.
Two German regiments of 5000 each
were so depleted after three days that
they were combined in a single or
ganization of less than the German
regimental strength"
Germans Lose Four Ships.
London-At last the feet has been
heard from. Two German cruisers
sunk and another fading into the mist,
wrapped in flames and in a sinking
condition; two German destroyers
sunk and others damaged, but to what
extent is not known; but every vessel
of the squadron afoat returning in
good order is the message.
Only the strategist expected the
British squadron on guard to take the
offensive; the amateurs long ago de-
cided that the squadron would simply
wait, content to keep the Germans
bottled and prepared to attack them
when they attempted a sortie but, ap-
parently, the British got word that the
time was favorable and delivered a
blow, with the light cruisers and bat
tie cruisers supporting the destroy
ers, which were attended by SUBJ
marines, and every one that went into
this engagement came out under its
own steam.
Rear Admiral Beatty in Command.
Rear Admiral Beatty, who conducted
this brilliant and timely operation, is
regarded as one of the ablest officers
in the British navy and is one of its
youngest admirals, having reached
that rank year ago. He was a great
personal favorite of the late King Ed
ward and a popular member of the
Anglo-American society, having mar
ried daughter of the late Marshall
Field, of Chicago. Rear Admirals
Moore and Christian, who are his i'm
mediate subordinates, both were re-
Gently promoted, and Commodore
Goodenough has already had a dis
tinguished career.
Official Account Of Fight.
Following is the text issued Friday
night by the official press bureau:
Early this morning a concerted
operation of some consequence was at
tempted against the Germans in He'll
goland Blight.
"A strong force of destroyers, sup
ported by light cruisers and battle
cruisers, and working in conjunction
with the submarines, intercepted and
attacked the German destroyers and
cruisers guarding the approaches to
the German coast. Two German de-
stroyers were sunk and many dam
aged.