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tory and marching in the direction
OF Greece. The Greek government
In consequence OF these reports has
notified Turkey that II this news
should be confirmed, corresponding
military and navy measures will be
taken Immediately by Greece.
A dispatch from Paris to the Ha-
vas agency says French troops have
occupied the town OF Schirmeck, l2|
kilometers (seven and one-half
miles) beyond Saales. In Alsace.
They took 12 field guns. 12 cassons
and eight rapid fire guns.
The French cavalry then push ed
on to Mulbach and Lutzelhausen.
A troublesome problem OF the war
is likely to be the housing and
guarding of prisoners. Already more
than 5000 Germans have heen cap
tured before the battles have really
begun. The Belgians are sending
large proportion of these prisoners
into France. When the big fighting
with at least 100000 men engaged
begins. the number of prisoners prob
ably will run into vast and embar-
RAISING totals on both sides.
Telegram company at Nish. Servia.
telegraphing under date OF August
Is. says:
Our troops at Buyak. near Lyma.
successfully repealed the enemy. Near
Kunichitza. opposite Losnitza. the
enemy has thrown a bridge across
the Drina and fortified its position on
both bands. The night at Belgrade
passed quietly"
A Brussels despatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph company says the
French casualties In the fighting
between Namur and Dinate were
heavy as the Germans were strongly
entrenched and their artillery at the
outset played great havoc with the
French.
The French wing at Dinant had
been badly cut up and nearly routed
when suddenly the strains of Mar
seilles resounded in the French lines
and the men rallied. With splendid
courage the French charged. defeat
ing the German troops. going
ting them to flight.
Washington. Aug. IA. Rus
tembri, the Turkish ambassador
here. said today that while he had
no official announcement from his
government on reports that Turkey
had bought the German cruisers Goe-
ben and Breslau he had good reason
to believe that such report was cor
rect.
AS proof of. Turkeys intention oi
neutrality in the European war. un.
less forced, against 'her will. the am
bassador pointed out that an English
officer engaged before the war be.
gan, to re-organiZe the Turkish
navy. had been placed In command
of the ships
| Paris, Aug. 17.-After remaining
virtually in action for two days GER
tain troops of German cavalry who
were recently repulsed by the Bel
gians. undertook new offensive oper-
ations against the Belgian front. 1t
was evident that the German were
awaiting reinforcements. When
these arrived they proceeded in the
direction of Wavre. town of fif-
teen miles southeast OF Brussels.
During this advance the Germans
encountered the fire of the Belgian
outposts and after number of skir-
mishes the German offensive move
ment was stopped. This informa-
tion was obtained from official
sources in Paris today.
The minister of marine announced
today that a French fleet under Ad-
miral De La Peirre had sunk an Aus
trian cruiser which was blockading
the Montenegrin port OF Anttva.i.
London, Aug. 17.-eSvenar aug
trian army corps have invaded Rus
sian territory, according to the Vi
emma correspondent of the Rueter
Telegram company. Their advance
on Zalocico and Eekal in Galicia
close to the Russian frontier and
| northeast of Lemberg, has been
checked.
New York, Aug. 17.-English pa
pers received here today give details
of the composition of the British
expeditionary forces under Com
mander Field Marshall Sir John
French. The field force is COM
posed of three army corps, each COM
prising two divisions and there is an
extra cavalry division under the
command of Major General Allen
by. Each army corps is of "a in
fantry battalions of about 2,4OO men
each on war footing; six cavalry
regiments, eight batteries of horse
artillery OF six guns each, eighteen
batteries of field artillery, two How
letter batteries and troops of engin-
GERS and other details.
The British field force, therefore,
should contain 720 infantry battal-
ions, eighteen cavalry regiments "a