The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-08-20
REPORT OF BATTLE OF DINANT,
BELGIUM, is OFFICIALLY CON-
FIRMED BY PARIS AND LON
DON DISPATCHES.
LOCATES FRENCH ALLIES
FOR THE FIRST TIME
Kaiser's Forces on March in Valley of
Meuse Prepare for Extensive Cp-
e~rations and Preliminary Skirm-
ishing Continues-French Move
Forward All Along Line.

49, ~
Paris, Aug. 1S.-An official note is
sued by the war Office confirms the re-
port of a battle Sunday at Dinant, Bel
GUM. 1t says:
Report of Battle.
"a division of German cavalry, sup
ported by some battalions of infantry
attacked Dinant. The French cavalry
~repuIsed the German troops, who re-
tired in disorder.
The French troops captured some
hundreds of German cavalry horses
which were Immediately sent to the
ear to serve as ~re-mounts, for the
French cavalry.
The high spirits of the French
troops greatly encouraged the Bel.
gians."
Discovers Exact Location.
The war office announces that the
news of the victory for the French dis
covers for the first time the exact To-
cation of the French allies in Belgium.
Hundreds of the Uhlans horses were
captured in the engagement which
was marked by a display of brilliant
courage on the part of the French.
The Bavarian forces, according TO
the same war Offices statement, have
been pushed back across the border to
German territory, losing every posi-
tiol they had gained previously in this
Take Several Positions.
Tho ->ronch trCnnc have toIo, -,
eral new positions notably in the vicin-
ity of Demen and the upper Bruche
valley. They have retaken others
which they were forced to abandon,
forcing the enemy to ~avacuate Bla-
mont and Grey.
AS reported, they have reoccupied
the town of Thanh in upper Alsace,
which is just before Muelhausen.
which is certain to be soon recon
quered, it is thought.
On the line from Thienyille to Yer
danville, near Gutenberg, the Ger
mans still hold the region around
Briey and Longwy.
German Prisoners In France.
An official announcement by the
French war office says the French
troops took over 500 German prison
ers on Friday when they occupied sew
eral mountains around Donon. also
known as ~Rougemont, on the border of
German Lorraine.
Action of German Forces.
London, Aug. 1.-THE German
forces are pushing forward through
the valley of the Meuse, and still more
extensive operations are in progress
along the Alsace-Lorraine frontier
where the French and German armies
are in contact.
A Reuter- dispatch from Paris an
nounces that it is officially stated that
the offensive movement along the line
from Sarrebourg on the Franco-Ger-
man frontier at Luneville in the de-
partment of Misunderstanding con.
tinues.
News of Oinant Victory.
Reuters correspondent in Brussels
telegraphs that the French legation
there confirms the report of a victory
by the French at Dinant. He SAYS the
oSiLhoh IiOopo dppedTeu III IOrCo Win
several quick-fring guns and attacked
the French position.
A brisk fight ensued in the course of
which the French artillery decimated
the German troops. At the end of the
fighting. the French occupied both
banks of the river.
Forward Movement of French.
Paris.-The following official state
ment was issued:
"A forward movement developed all
along the front from Reichscourt (Rix-
ingen), in Lorraine, IL miles south.
west of Saarebourg. to Sainte Marie
Aux-Mines. We carried the latter n
advanced into the region of Saint
Blaise.
The French troops who occupied
Donan continue to advance, their pro-
gress being especially rapid in the
Schiermeck valley. We have taken
1000 prisoners in addition to the 500
on Friday. Large quantities of eauip-
ment had been admitted by the Ger
mans. We also captured this. We
pushed as far as Lorquin Height. can
turing a convoy belonging to a cavalry
division, consisting of 10 automobiles
and lorries."