Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-09-05
Brussels Reports Whole Front
of 266 Miles Engaged
In Battle.
KAiSER'S MEN CONTINUE
TO PUSH BACK THE ALLIES
Teutons Reported to Be Threatening
Antwerp, Present Seat of Belgian
GoVernmen AdVanc-
ing Through Alsace.
--latest Dispatches. J

IondOn.-A Brussels official COM
munication says:
Fighting is proceeding on the
whole front, extending from Basel,
Switzerland, to Diest, Belgium, and in
these numerous contacts the more the
opposing armies approach each other
the nearer come the deciding battles
and the more one must expect to hear
of an advantage to this side or that.
in operations SO vast and with
those engaged using modern arms too
great attention must not be paid to
the operations in our immediate vi
cinity.
AN evolution ordered in a partic-
ular previously determined aim, is not
necessarily a retreat. The engage
ments of the last few days have had
the result of rendering our adver-
saries very circumspect. The delay
of the enemies advance had the great
est advantage for our general plan OF
operation.
Asks for Confidence.
There is need for US to play into
the hands of the Germans. That is
the motive of the movement now be-
ing carried out. Far from being
beaten, we are making arran gements
for beating the enemy under the best
possible conditions.
The public should in this matter
place full confidence in the comman-
der of the army and remain calm and
trustful of the outcome of the strug-
gle, not doubtful. Meanwhile, the
newspapers should abstain from men
tioning the movements of troops. Sc
crecy is essential to the success of our
operations
May Be in Antwerp.
The advance of German troops
around and above Brussels and even
into what are practically suburbs of
Antwerp, is indicated in Reuter- dis
patches from Antwerp, which report
that German cavalry have been en-
countered near Herenthals, Is miles
east of Antwerp, and also near Turn
hout, twenty-four miles northeast of
Antwerp and close to the Dutch from
tier.
A. Brussels dispatch to, the Havas
agency says that according to the Peo-
pie the Germans again attacked Diest
Wednesday afternoon. They appeared
to have come back in force and bcm-
barded the town, whose inhabitants
fed in terror. The German artillery
also is reported to have lombard I'd
Tirlemont.
Marching On Metz.
Paris-The following official state
ment has been given out:
Latest advices are to the effect
that the French army has reached
Morhange (Morchingen) in Alsace-
Lorraine, nineteen miles southeast of
Metz. Our advance was very rapid in
the afternoon beyond the River Seilla,
especially the central part of our line.
At the end of the day we reached
Define, on one side, and Morhange on
the other"
Define and Morhange are both small
villages about the same distance
nineteen miles, from Metz. They are
half way between Metz and Saarburg,
which was taken by French troops
recently.
Whip Russian Division.
London.-A dispatch received by the
Marconi Wireless Press Bureau from
Berlin says that in an encounter near
Stallupohnen, East Prussia, August II,
a division of the German First Army
Corps defeated a Russian force, cap
turing one thousand prisoners and six
machine guns. Many Russian guns
which could not, be taken by the Ger
mans were destroyed.
Hurled the Austrans Back.
ST. Petersburg.-It is officially an
nounced at the war office that Aus
trian and Russian forces fought for
more than five hours along the line
from Gorodok-Kuzmin line Monday and
that the Austrians were defeated with
heavy loss and driven back on the
frontier.