The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-08-28
PARIS WAR OFFICE ISSUES A
STATEMENT GIVING EXACT
SITUATION ALONG NATIONS
FRONTIER.
ABANDON OTHER OPERATIONS
o AS ALL MEN ARE NEEDED
This Action Forces Evacuation CT Al
sace-AIlies Prepared to Make
Greatest Resistance Possible to
Stem Tide of German
Invasion.
Paris, Aug. 27.-The war Office has
issued the following announcement:
All Forces Needed.

Paris, Aug. 27.-The war office has
issued the following announcement:
All Forces Needed.
THE commander-in-chief, requiring
all available forces on the Mouse, has
ordered the progressive abandonment
OF occupied territory. Muelhausen has
again been evacuated.
"A new battle is in progress be-
tween Maubeuge Department Of the
Nord) and Donor, III the Central
Voges, and on it hangs the fate Of
France.
Troops Must Quit Aisace.
Operations in Alsace along the
Rhine would take away troops upon
which might depend victory. 1t is
necessary that they all withdraw from
Alsace temporarily in order to assure
its final deliverance. 1t Is a matter
of hard necessity.
West of the Meuse, as q result of
orders issued on Sunday by the COM
manding chief, the troops which are to
remain on the covering line, to take up
the defensive, are massed as follows:
How Troops Are Massed.
1.-THE French and British troops &C.
cupy front passing near Givet, which
they gained by hard fighting. They
are holding their adversaries and
sharply checking their attacks.
East of the Mouse, our troops have
regained their original positions COM
handing the roads out of the great
forest of Ardennes. To the right we
assumed the offensive. driving back
the enemy by vigorous onslaught, but
General Joffre stopped pursuit SO as
10 re-establish his front along the
line decided on Sunday.
Admirable Dash Shown.
In this attack our troops showed
admirable dash. The Sixth corps, not
ably, inflicted punishment on the ene-
my close to Virton.
In Lorraine the two armies have
begun combined attack, one starting
from Grand Courrene De Nancy and
the other from south of Luneville. The
engagement which began Monday con-
tinues at the time of writing.
Morale of Troops.
Notwithstanding the fatigue of the
three days battle and the losses they
have undergone, the morale of the
troops is excellent and they are anxi-
GUS to resume the fighting. The out
standing incident on Sunday was the
fight between Algerian and Senegalese
rifiemen and the Prussian guard. Our
African soldiers hurled themselves
with unbridled fury on this solid body
and the attack became a hand-to-hand
combat, in which the guard suffered
heavily. The German emperors uncle,
General Prince Adalbert, was killed
and his body taken to Charleroi.
Allies Support France.
The sons of France are supported
by the heroic Belgians, who have re-
captured Malines, and the courageous
British army. Meanwhile, the Rus
slams are marching along the roads
of West Prussia and the invasion of
Germany is progressing
In the north, detachments of Ger
man cavalry which appeared Sunday
in the neighborhood of Lille, Roubaix
and Tourcoing, were observed Mon
day near Douai. This cavalry cannot
advance much further without the
risk Of falling into the English lines,
which have been reinforced by the
French troops"
German Reverses Asserted.
London.-An Amsterdam dispatch
says that German cavalry force,
under Count Won Scherwin, the kais-
er's nephew, was defeated at Courtrai,
a little town in Belgium, near the
French border, and that the count
was taken prisoner The same report
says the Germans were also defeated
near Charleroi Tuesday. In the three
days fighting. Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, Charleroi was taken and lost