The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28
French Reinforcements Have
Been Sent to Hold the
Line Against German
Advance.
z THOUSANDS OF DEAD
Wounded Officer Says Germans Lost
Fully 10000 Killed and
Wounded In Three
Days.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
PARIS, Aug. 2e.-The second line
Of the allied defense, much Of It well
within French territory, 10 reported
today to be holding we'll under cnorm-
Gus pressure from the Germans. There
10 fighting all along the front. The
government admits the Germans out
number the allies and that the latter
are compelled to give way at the
points where the pressure is the great
est. But the war office indignantly
denies that the French positions are
being turned. It insists every retro
grade movement has been provided
for and that n the proper time the
alice will assune the offensive. The
British troops now hold the centre.
While the military chiefs refuse 20
confirm 1t, there Is a general belief
that this position now confronts the
famous gap Of Treves through which
the main German army 10 moving.
There 10 no attempt to minimize the
danger that the lines may not hold and
the frank admission that the British
expeditionary forces now have been
beat back the flood tide Of the in
vasion or be overwhe lined, proves
concIusiveIy that the French general
staff believes the Germans are stalking
everything on one mass assault, the
preIimlnaries Of which are already
started.
Meanwhile every precautlon Is le-
ing taken. Should the present line
of defense be broken by the Germans
there will be fairly clear road in
front Of them to Paris. But it is
known the general STAFF plans for such
an eventuaIity are complete and there
is none Of the panIcky feeling evident
in the capital today that was SO no.
tceabIc during the last few days.
Minister Of War Alexander MiIlerand
is in almost constant conference with
his eubordinates.
IF the Germans reach Paris, which
is admittedly possible inasmuch as
they are numerically superior to the
allied forces, they will find it the
hardest kind Of nut to crack. But
the war minister insisted today that
his present plans are for emergency
purposes only and he processes to
believe the present German attack
will be beaten back within the next
few days with losses that will effect
lively check any further immediate Of
fensive move. .
The official deniais that Lille had
been surrendered to the Germans,
aided materially In cheering up the
g. ha
donment Of an important link in the
frontier defense and it's great wealth
made It . material gain to the enemy.
Authorities continued to withhold
definite news Of casualties.
Every field hospital is already jam
med with wounded and only few
doctors are left In Paris, the others
having been rushed to the concentra-
tion camps where the field hospitals
are located. In order that the wound
ed shall not tell anything that might
aid the Germans In their operations.
reporters of newspapers are forbidden
to visit camps. "...
II is admitted at the war office that
II has been necessary to rush French
reinforcements to hold the line. east
through the department. Of the Nord
toward Arras, where the German
Hanking movement was strongly de-
veIoped. The fighting In Pas De Ca
Iais department has been severe but
the German forces were apparently a
reeonnciterina expedition and retired
after a clash at Arras. ...
The fighting continues all along the
line of the Lorraine frontier, but SO