South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-09
VALIANT DEFENSE Is
GREAT AID TO ALLIES
Dispatch From Paris Following
News From Berlin Says Moth
ing of Reported French Defeat
Many Officers in Death List
BY FREDERICK WERNER.

BERLIN. sept .. - The French
fortress Of Maubeuge has fallen. ac-
cording TO an official announcement
made here today. It is stated that
the Germans took 10000 prisoners
and 400 guns.
Among the prisoners. the war OF
fee states. are four generals. and
many other officers Of high ganis.
Maubeuge. which is on the sambre
river. has been invested by the Ger
mans for more than two weeks and
most OF that time have been heavily
bombarded.
Maubeuge lies 125 miles northeast
Of Paris and Il miles south OF Mons.
Its first class fortress was greatly
strengthened at the outbreak or the
war and the army was lodged there
when the Anglo-French army began
its retreat from Belgium The city IS
a strategic position of high import
ance, being situated upon both banks
of the Sambre and commanding an
important roadway. There IS an eX-
tensive arsenal there. containing
great quantity Of war material.
Estab n Communication.
German almy engineers have sue
ceeded in establishing railway COM
municatiOn a5 far as Montmedy ac-
cording 10 the Cologne Gazette.
French prisoners are employed upon
construction work and have been util-
lied 10 build bridges and clean out
tunnels.
CMontmedy is in the department or
the Meuse p miles southeast OF
Sedan.)
The opening OF rail- communication
between Germany and MOntmedy IS
of great advantage To the Germans
for il gives a route FOR the transport
ton Of ammunition and stores for
the armies lying along the frontier
OF eastern France.
Many Officers Killed.
BY their bravery the German Of
ficers are suffering heavy losses.
Maj.-Gen. Won GOtha and Maj.-Gen.
Nieland have both been killed, IL was
announced today.
Premier Won Weiszacker OF Wurten-
burg, and Finance Minister Won Brue-
mig Of Bavaria, have both lost sons.
Prince Frederick William Of Hesss
was wounded in the breast IN France
but viii probably recover.
Military hospitals have been estab-
lished all over western Germany %
which trainloads Of wounded German
soldiers are being brought from Bel
gium and France.
These trains usually consist u
passenger coaches from which the
seats have been removed and replaced
with cots A hospital attendant ac-
companies every train and there are
numerous surgeons. German sur-
geons Indignantly deny the statement
that the wounds OF German soldiers
are badly dressed and often injected.
Prisoners in Freight Car.
The transportation OF prisoners into
central Germany Is done with Ordln-
! ary freight cars, the passenger coach
es being used for the conveyance "
the sound and wounded troops
In the last list OF casualties the
names Of Lieut.. Count TXkull and
Raymond Arthur Breton are contain
cd among the dead.
NOTE-In view Of the German an
! nouncement OF the fall OF Maubeugr,
the following story from Paris is in
/ teresting IL was received IN New
/ York five minutes after the Berlin an
/ nouncement reached there.
valiant Defense Aids AIIieS.
/ PARIS sept. 9.-The valiant de-
! fense OF Maubeuge by the French -
proving OF the greatest value 20 tho
allied army. according 10 Gen. Cher
/ fls. an aide TO Gen. Gallieni. the mill
/ itary governor OF Paris.
Gen Cherils. in reviewing the size
uation today. said
Although Maubeuge has been un-