The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-08-28
Allies RaIIytO Strike
Decisive Blows.
CONFLICT STILL RACES
Main AitaekSMade al MabSuge
and LuneVIlIG, Franco
RUSSIANS ADVANCE IN PRUSSIA

Vienna Reports an Austrian Victory
Over czars Troops In q Three
Days Battle In Russian Poland.
Kaiser Announces Annexation Of
Belgium as a German Province.
Japanese Squadron Expected In the
Adrlatlo.
London. Aug. 2T.-French. British
and Belgian troops rallied to strike
decisive blows against the kaiser's
armies. The main, French attack was
at Lunevills, France. where the Ger
mans we're entrenched. French and
British Joined In the assault on the
kaiser's advance lines at Mabeuge,
France. Belgium's army, sallying
from Antwerp, with King Albert at
its head. defeated $4,000 Germans at
Palvorde, where the kaiser's troops
had retreAted when driven out OF Ma
lines.
The French war Office has issued a
statement saying that the allies lines
In the north have been moved back q
short distance and that in a general
way the French and British offensive
between Nancy and the Vosges 10
making progress. The French right
has. however, been obliged to with
draw slightly In the neighborhood Of
81. Die.
st. Die is in the department of the
Vosges, northeast OF Epinal, one OF
the great French frontier fortresses.
This region is the farthest from Paris
Of any Of the five lines of concentric
advance proclaimed by the Germans,
and hence q check there is not deem
ed by the allies as of equal impor-
tance with a defeat in the north,
where the distance between the from
tier and the capital is shortest.
Russian troops advanced rapidly to-
ward Posen, German Poland, in car
rying out the cars scheme of seizing
all Polish territory preparatory to
uniting all Poland under his fag
At the extreme southern Franco
German border French troops defeat
ed a large force of Germans which
attempted to invade France to turn
their right flank
The war press bureau gave out the
following statement: 1T is officially
announced that the French, on their
southern frontier, were attacked in
force by the Germans. The attack
was repulsed and the enemy retired
all along the hne."
Germany Annexes Belgium.
Russian troops are reported to have
occG pied Marienburg, in East Prus-
sia, twenty-seven miles southeast of
DanEig.
Germany annexed Belgium as
German province and appointed mill
tary and civil governors.
Official reports made public in
Vienna state that three days battle
at Krasnik, Russian Poland, ended In
q complete Austrian victory. The Rus
slams were repulsed along the entire
front of forty-two miles and are now
in full fight.
Prince Frederic Of SAKE Meiningen.
q lieutenant general in the German
army, was killed by a shell before
Namur, 1t is officially announced.
1t is intimated here that Japan's
answer to the Austrian declaration Of |
war will be to dispatch a Japanese
squadron to the Adriatic, which would |
permit the assembling Of the war
ships of the allies in all quarters of |
the globe.
All Americans have been advised by |
the American embassy to leave Italy.
Americans remain at their own
risk" the warning says.
The next attack In the Belgian the
ater of war is expected between
Bruges and Blankenburg, where there
have already been skirmishes with the
outposts Communication with Ant
werp has been re-established. The
country southwest Of Antwerp has, as
far as can be ascertained by the civil
authorities, been cleared of the en-
emy.
The Russian advance In East Prus-
STA has become SO formidable as to
cause alarm in Berlin, where meas
ures to arrest the forward movement
are being taken. The German forces
have been obliged to retreat until
only the Os.erode line Of lakes re-
mains between them and the river
Reports by way of Copenhagen
from Cologns say that the engagement
fought In Lorraine was contested by
armies estimated at 100000 men on
each side.