The Washington herald., 1914-08-29
BRITAIN CHEERED
BYSEA VICTORY
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Northwestern Railway at Great Bcrk-
hampstead. and after stabbing the signal
man cut the wires, smashed the levers in
the box and escaped It Is assumed they
are German agents.
French Lines Holding.
A ray OF hope was CLEANED from Paris
war once dispatch saying that in tho
fighting along the Lorraine frontier the
French lines are holding. and that indis
cations point to an ultimate French vic
tory.
The same dispatch, however. contains
q note of gloom, for grave apprehension
Is apparent In the French capital and
fears are felt that II the French line does
not hold in this supreme test to which u
is being subjected Paris may be besieged.
Mindful OF the rigors OF such a state, all
foreigners are being urged to leave the
capital Also, as indicating the govern
ment's purpose to hold the number Of
mouths to be fed to the minimum. 1t has
been announced there that no wounded
are to be taken TO Paris. despite the
elaborate preparations which have been
made TO care for them there.
Germans Pour Through Gap.
The principal cause Of fear is the report
from Berlin by way Of Amsterdam that
the Germans, after forcing the gap at
Longwy, are pouring through by regi-
ments In a veritable tidal wave OF Tight
ing strength. No fear is felt that the
French on the line from Yerdun to Sedan
will not be able TO check the German adj
vance, for they are deliberately intrenched
and an enormous amount of artillery has
been massed to support the line. Besides
this, the bridges across the Mouse have
been destroyed. Also Belgian bicycllsts
l.
Namur forts are still holding out To the
east the Russian advance Is being devel-
oped with great success. The outlyinG
Austrian defenses have been driven In
and the Russian forces are now ready to
attack Lemberg. the capital Of Austrian
Galicia Today the Russians were in
great force within twenty miles OF the
city
From the war office in st. Petersburg
comes the official announcement that the
German outposts also have been driven
in by the Russian troops in force in the
vicinity of Koenigsburg. Also the Rus
slams have successfully hemmed in the
Twentieth German Army Corps around
Allenstein.
Dig Battle Near.
A general conflict between the Aus
TRAN army and the Russians cannot be
avoided longer, according to the Russian
war ONCE.
Altogether 100000 Russians are report
ed to have crossed the Vistula in Ger
many and the Dniester In Austria These
gains are considered OF vast strategic i'm
portance and IN the scales OF the mill
tary analyst are taken to onset the
retreat Of the French and British before
the Germans in France.
But England Is chiefly concerned with
the success Of the operations where her
troops ere Immediately engaged. No Sc
cret is made OF the governments realiza-
ton Of the seriousness OF the state OF
AFFAIRS along the French frontier. and
English re-cnforcements are being hurried
there with all possible rap!dity. To facili-
tate the speedy movement Of transports
the port Of Southampton has been closed
to merchant shipping and every other
obstacle to the hurried transport Of the
troops across the Channel will he re-
moved as 1t makes itself apparent.
Engiand's one thought tonight is Rush
more TROOPS"