The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-28
German ''Iron Ring
Being Forced Around
Allies-..Crisis Near
in War Development:

CRISIS rs NEAR FOR FRANCE.
THE GERMANS WITH THEIR OVERWHELMING
FORCES ARE RAPIDLY FORCING THEIR WAY INTO
FRANCE AND THE ALLIES SEEM ABSOLUTELY UN-
ABLE TO STOP THE SMASHING TACTICS OF THE GER
MAN IRON FIST.
THE ENGLISH ARMY WAS THROWN INTO THE
CENTER BREACH WITH FRENCH ARMIES ON EACH
FLANK AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE PUT UP
TREMENDOUS BATTLE AND FOR SOME DAYS HAVE
CHECKED THE oNPoURING GERMANS, TT rs APPAR-
EMIT THAT THE ENGLISH ARE BEING SLOWLY BUT
SURELY OVERWHELMED
CoNCENTRIo ADVANCE FoRECAsTED BY THE
GERMANS AFTER THEIR FIRST BIG VICTORY rs BE-
ING PUSHED FORWARD EXACTLY AS PLANNED. EV-
ERYWHERE THE GERMANS SEEM TO BE VICTORIOUS
AND THEY ARE NOT ONLY CRUSHING BACK THE AL.
LIES ALL ALONG THE BATTLE LINE BUT SEEM TO BE
oUTFLANKING THE FRENCH LEFT WING AND TO BE
THREATENING PARIS By WAY OF BRUSSELS, LILLE
CANGBRAI AND ANIIENS.
TT rs REPORTED THAT 100000 RUSSIANS ARE
POURING INTO EAST PRUSSIA AND THREATENING
PosEN, WITH DIRECT MARCH TO BERLIN AHEAD
OF THEM. -:
TT is ALSO REPORTED THAT THE FRENCH ARE
PREPARING TO REMOVE THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
FROM PARIS TO BORDEAUX
WASHINGTON, AUG. 28-THE FRENCH AND ENG
LISH NORTH ARMIES ON THE SAMBRE AND MEUsE
RIVERS HAVE BEEN SURROUNDED BY GERMAN
TROOPS ON ALL SIDES. AS RESULT OF THE LATEST
FIGHTING, SAYS A WIRELESS FROM BERLIN TO THE
GERMAN EMBASSY HERE.
THE MESSAGE ADDS THAT THE FRENCH EAST
ARMY HAS BEEN PARTLY DRIVEN TO THE SOUTH
THIS HAS PREVENTED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
THE FRENCH EAST AND NORTH ARMIES, WHILE ALL
THE GERMAN ARMIES ARE IN CONTACT FROM CAM
BRAI THROUGH UPPER ALCAsE.
GERMAN CAVALRY HAS ADVANCED TO OSTEND
THE APPEARANCE OF A ZEPPELIN AT ANT
WERE, " THE MESSAGE CONTINUES HAS CAUSED
PANIC IN LONDON.
REPORTS TO BERLIN, FROM COPENHAGEN AND
STOCKHOLM ANNOUNCE THAT THERE Is A GRAVE
CRISIS I'm THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR AT VIENNA HAS
CALLED THE SITUATION IN FRANCE VERY SERIOUS"
London Aug 2S-Fied Marshal Sir John French, com
mander chief of the British expedtonary force reports his
troops attacked five German army corps also cavalry
Wednesday in the neghborhood Of Cambria and Lecateau
and that their casualties heavy Cambria Lecateau
French towns about ten miles southwest of Maubeuge
The description of the Of the fighting reported by
Field Marshal French announced in the house commons
by Premier Asquh fits in with the battle line indicated at
Berlin The field marshal does not state the Of
battle.
London, Aug. 28-An English correspondent at Lille
France says that the advance guard of Germans at
Pont Marco and French towns just south Of
Lille in the department. Du Nord newspaper dispatch from
Bonogne reports that the Germans broke through the French
lines Arras in the province of Pas de Calais but the
French have the situation well in hand
British marines in force ostend Press dispatches
from that town say that the Germans within twenty miles
Of the place.
King Charles Of Roumania is reported seriously ILL.,
The Russian military aache at Paris is credited with the
statement that additional Russian invade
western Prussia with the intention of marching Berlin
II AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR ON BELGIUM
London, England, Aug ga dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Co from Rome says that dispatch received there
from Vienna asserts Austria has declared Belgium
The American ambassador in Belgium asked to take
charge of Austrian interests there
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