The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-09-03
GERMANS FORCED
TO WITHDRAW MEN
TO GUST INVADERS
Kaiser RuShes Troops From Bel.
GUM to Stop Russians.
ALLIES TO TAKE OFFENSIVE.
British and French Armies Retire 70
Second Line Of Defense-Paris
Relieved When Teutons
Halt Advance on City.


London, Aug. 3l.-Germany, which
up TO three days ago had been sending
its vast legions plunging through the
line Of the allied forces on the Franco,
Belgian frontier and had been hurting
still other armies in a steady flow into
east Prussia in response to the often.
siVe movement of the Russian army OF
invasion, now appears to have been
checked in its aggressive movement
and to have been thrown practically
on the defensive.
Allies Have 5000, 200 In Line.
The retirement OF the allies to their
second line of defense has been &C.
complished, according to the latest re-
ports, without hitch; there are now
100000 men on the line. The allied
forces are now ready to assume the
offensive.
Indeed this movement has already
begun. Dispatches from Paris report
that the British, In conjunction with
the French left, have begun a yigor-
Gus assault on the German forces who
have penetrated a short distance on
the Somme river in the direction of
La Fere, In the department of Aisne.
Russian Victories Aid France.
Further west the French have
checked the Germans advance guard
and at the other extremity on the
Mouse the French are offering a Wig
f,I IL
extends along nearly the whole front
The apparent turn in the fortunes of
war in favor Of the allies was brought
about by the overwhelming successes
OF the Russians in east Prussia which
has forced the kaiser TO withdraw near.
ly all the army left to occupy Belgium,
greatly weakening the force attacking
the French frontier in order TO rein
force the fighting line on the east
Great Battle Is Raging.
Along the Austro-Russian frontier a
great battle has been raging for three |
days with 100000 men engaged The
battle line is 100 miles long and ex-
tends from the Vistula to the Dneister
The Russians are reported to have pen
etrated over twenty miles into Aus
trian territory. The attacks and coun-
ter attacks marking the engagement |
have been as ferocious as at any bat |
tie yet fought and there is no indica. |
ton that a decisive result will be !
achieved inside of several days.
1t is to turn the tide of this great !
battle as well as to strengthen the |
eastern line generally that the kaiser
lie rushing across Prussia from Bel
GUM SO trains loaded with troops and |
their impediments. Reports from ST.
Petersburg declare that Russias in.
vasion Of Germany has been successful |
along the whole line of battle
Germans Are RepuIsed.
German troops have been forced to |
abandon several points held by them |
along the Vistula river which marks |
a line of great strategic value
The northern Russian army is en-
gaging the Germans south OF Koenigs-
berg, which is now in a state OF siege, |
and further south the Austrians are
being assailed near Lemberg in Aus
trian Galicia. More than 5000 Aus.
tTians we're killed and many prison
ers taken in this engagement up Il
the time of the latest reports from ST
Petersburg.
Aviator Drops Bomb in Paris.
In Paris, where preparations already
had begun for the razing OF residences
with the zone OF activity OF the forti-
fications, the news OF the check given
10 German arms had just instilled in
the inhabitants a spirit of elevation,
giving rise to the hope that after all
the city might not again be called
upon to Withstand a German siege,
when the populace was startled by an
incident which brought to them viVidly
the realization that Paris was not YET
out Of danger A German aviator few
over Paris shortly after noon, eVading
the vigilance of the guards in the
Eiffel Tower and dropped a bomb In /
the street in front of the Care LEST
near a military hospital. The street
was torn up and the houses in the
vicinity damaged but no one was
killed. The German airman escaped.
British Lose 5000 in Battle.
The losses to the British army in
the fighting between August 20 and 20
we're between five and six thousand,
according 10 the estimate Of Field Mar,
sfal str John French. But an official !
statement announces that sufficient |
number OF fresh troops have been sent \
TO the British forces In France TO more
than doubly make up for the losses in
battle. In the language Of the war Of
fee announcement every gunner has
been replaced and the army is now
ready for the next great battle"
Through the official press bureau the
admiralty also announced that the
losses incident to the battle of Heligo-
land blight we're two officers and 81
men killed and IS wounded.
France TO Call Out Reserves.