The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-10
Both the Armies Are Being
Strongly Reinforced.
| BATTLE BEeAH SATURDAY
And Continud Through Sunday,
Aeroplanes Participating.
Germans Flood Valley of the
Seille, without Effect.

definite details OF the strength OF tnO
French turning movement in AlsAce
near the Swiss frontier, where General
Joffre is believed to be in command.
Austrian troops have been hurried
there to the aid Of the Germans and an
important battle is believed to be Inn
minent.
Indications are that another forward
movement of the main French force -
in preparation near Metz. az official
reports from Paris say the German
troops have inundated the Seille valley
between Metz and Nancy to hinder the
French advance but the quantity OF
water is understood to be insufficient to
prevent the French forward movement
Aside from the thanking movement
through Belgium by which the French
assume the German army was trying to
get to the rear Of the great French
fortresses on the frontier. indications
were today that strong German ad-
vance is to be made on France by way
of Luxemburg.
A German reconnoitering patrol pence
trated 46 miles into French territory.
The London Daily Telegraph's Brussels
correspondent says that Germany -
mobilizing 100000 of the Landstrum
or Final Reserve.
Numerous skirmtsheS are RECORDED
along the Franco-German front. none.
however, very serious.
The French troops are reported In
Paris to have seized German aero
plane factory at Mulhausen.
German troops occupy the town OF
Liege, but none of the surrounding
forts, which were still holding out to-
| day. according 10 Belgian reports.
A lull in the fighting was announced
| from Brussels, which city expects that
1 n n a1p ~y1yfl Ie
lied forces have completed plans tQt
tther offensive action against the Ger
man troops.
Brussels reports the German cavalry
retiring before the French advance.
| The German cruisers GOeben and
! Breslau have evaded their British and
French pursuers and arrived in the Ad-
riatic. An Austrian fleet was reported
proceeding from Pola to succor them.
Paris reports the Austrian troops to
have fallen back before the Servians on
| the Bosnian frontier.
Montenegrin artillery bombarded the
Austrian Notifications at the Port OF
| CattarO yesterday.
| Austrian cruiser bombarded Antivari.
Montenegro.
! A small group Of German soldiers
who sought refuge on Dutch territory
are to be detained at Alkmaar, Holland.
till the end of the war.
| Ships reaching New York today re-
port hearing wireless message that the
North German Lloyd steamer Kron-
prinz Wilhelm had been captured by
the British cruiser Essex in the North
Atlantic.
Numerous Skirmishes.
| Paris, Aug. 1O.-A statement issued by
the war department at a late hour last
night says that numerous skirmishes
are taking place along the entire front
! of the French army. One clash with the
Germans was iolent and the losses on
L. - sl<r
| The official communication adds that
the German troops are receiving REIN
forcements and that the French also are
being strengthened.
A battle began on Saturday evening
on the ridges Of the VosFes mountains.
Aeroplanes tcc,- part. The French
troops. after .-esperate strggle. OBJ
tanned possessicn of the mountain
passes Of bonhomme and Saint Marie.
Then on Sunday morning, when the
fighting was resumed. they took a posi-
ton dominating Saint Marte-Aus-Mtne8.
The French losses in the taking OF
Saint Marie are not specifically given in
the official report. which confines itself
to declaring they were serious.
! The wounded French and German SOL
diers were taken to the French fortress
Of Epinal for treatment.
French aeroplane which ascended
during the engagement was repeatedly
| fired at, the officer who was acting ~
observer Of the Germans' movements
receiving a bullet in the hip. The pilot
of the machine brought him safely to
the ground and he was able to return to
Belfort. whittier the aeroplane also was
sent for repairs.
The German troops inundated the val
ley of the Seille, hoping by this means
| to stop the advance of the French. but
| the quantity of water was not sufficient
and the French troops were able to
/ continue their march.
The French today were in face Of the
| outskirts of the forest of Hardt, in front
of Neu Breisach which appears to b
occupied in force.