The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-11
Invaders Take Possession OF
BOnhOmme and Sainte
Marie.
CLASH IN LORRAINE
Is NOW IMPENDING
Germans Drive French Cav.
airy Patrol From Town
of Longuyon.
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PARIS, August 10.
French troops have gained possession
Of the mountain passes OF Bonhomms
and Sainte Marie in desperate battle
on the ridges OF the Vosges. The battle
began Saturday evening, and both
mountain passes were taken that night.
Tho fighting was resumed Sunday
morning and the French took position
dominating sai2te Marie Mines.
The French losses in the encounters
OF Saturday night and yesterday morn
ing are not given specifically In the
report, but are described as serious"
The wounded of both the French and
German armies were taken to the
French fortress OF Epinal for treat
ment
The French posts on the SUBMITS OF
| the Vosges. from which the troops
had been withdrawn before the war,
have been reoccupicd. 1t is reported
that fighting at these posts has been
resumed.
Advlces received at the War ONCE
this afternoon Indicate that an engage
ment Of Importance between French
and German troops is impending in
Lorraine below saagburs. from which
a German column IL advancing.
French attacking column is reported
to be moving forward TO meet the Ger
mans and Is supported by artillery.
Drive French From LonKuyon.
According 10 reports received to-day
German cavalry. with infantry and ar
tillery support, has driven the French
cavalry patrol from the border town
OF Longuyon. In the Department Of
Meurthe-et-M oselle.
Gen. Joffre's army is now advancing
In great fan shaped line extending
from the Jura mountains on the Swiss
border, through Alsace, to a point east
OF Colmar The army utilized in the
invasion is from the second mobiliza-
ton centre with headquarters at Lam
grcs. The Germans opposing the ad-
vance now have their main strength
massed at Neu Breisach
; Aeroplanes played a prominent part
in the mountain fighting The Germans
5 fired repeatedly at a French aeroplane
J which was doing scout duty ana finally
wounded in the hip the officer who Al
a passenger in the machine was taking
> the observations. The aeropane wan
= struck several times and was some
what damaged. The pilot, however. was
: able to bring tho machine safely to
: earth. The wounded ofYicer was sent
back to Belfcrt and the aeroplane was
= returned to the same fortress for re.
r pairs.
l Detachments Of rurcos. the famous
S native troops from the French colony
5 OF Algeria invaded Upper Alsace to-
u day. Half OF the officers are French
S men and the other half natives who
: have risen from the ranks.
I The War Once announced IN a state
e ment issued early in the morning that
numerous skirmishcs were taking place
7 along the entire front OF tho French
2 army IN Alsace- One clash with the
o Germans, according to the statement.
was violent and both sides suffered Sc
q r'ous losses. The War ONCE announces
officially, however that the French
losses at Al,kirch, which were reported
VI to have been heavy, did not exceed
o 100 killed and wounded. Both German
" and French armies are receiving reen-
$ forcements, the communication adds
:, Seize AeropIane Factory.
= The French troops which occupied
Il Muelhausen seized q great aeroplane
: factory there, operated by noted Ger.
: man manufacturer. The incompleted
aeroplanes will be preserved for the use
of the French
: The German troops have damned the
River Seille. intending TO inundats the
valley In an effort TO stop the French
IL advance. Theve was not enough water
however. to accomplish this object and
the French troops continued their
" march. They were on the outskirts OF
D. the forest OF Hardt. facing Neu Breisach
to-day it appears that tho Germans
occupy Neu Breisach in force,
The River scille flows northwarc
- eighty miles to Metz. where It Joins
with the Mosee, II forms a part o!
the boundary between France and the
~ lost province" of Lorraine. Vic ant
es Moyen Vic. towns which the French
d. captured last week, are on the Settle.
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