Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1914-08-27
G0NCENTR|C ADVANCE
ON FRENCH CAPITAL
Probable Plan Of Teutons Ac-
cordIng G to Official Advices
From Berlin.


Namur, capital Of the province of Ma
mur, thirty-four miles southeast Of
Brussels, fallen before the German
advance, five of the Namur forts cap
tured by the Germans and the cap.
ture of the remaining four forts i'm
minent, German arms, by forcing the
allied armies back to the vicinity of
the first line of French Notifications,
practically have cleared the way for
the movement of large numbers Of
German troops to the French frontier,
with Paris as the objective.
In Paris the official announcement
was made that "the German offensive
movement in the north, which was
stopped Monday, appears ia, have
been resumed, but that the en- tmy is
being held back by French army,
acting in conjunction with an Eng
lish army and Belgian army.
"The armies of the allies surprised
the enemy and drove back their ad-
vance detachments," says the an
nouncement. THE allies have gone
beyond Malines. The Belgian army
came from Antwerp"
Fall Of Other Forts Imminent.
: "A wireless message from Berlin by
way of Nauen, Germany, and Sayville,
L. l., says ofhcial announcement is
made in Berlin that the city of Ma
muir and five of its forts have been
captured by the Germans, and that
bombardment Of the four other forts
continues and their fall seems immi-
nent. The English oficial war in
formation bureau announces that Ma:
mur has fallen, but gives no details.
A reverse to .he forces of the allies
generally is admitted by the English
and French newspapers, which say
the days news is decidedly bad"
Plainly expressing disappointment
at the failure Of their forces they de-
clare the retrograde movement toward
the line Of strong defensive works
near the frontier has been carried out
in good order. 1t is assured that the
allies are falling back on their first
line of defensive works.
A concentric advance of all the Ger
man armies toward Paris seems
probable, in view of official advices
from Berlin received by the German
embassy In Washington.
Fighting at Many Points.
An Ostend dispatch to the London
Daily Express says 25,0O0 Germans
have been surrounded between Cour-
trai and Anseghem. In other parts
of Belgium fighting is in progress.
Another Ostend report says 10000
Germans have attacked Malines, thir-
teen miles from Antwerp. Charleroi
also has been the scene of hot fight.
ing, this time between French and
German troops. Brussels has been
left by the main body Of the German
troops, which has proceeded on its
way towards the French frontier.
Russian reports tell US of the ad-
vance of Russian armies In Eastern
Prussia and the surprisingly rapid
movement of the troops. Russian Of
ficials, however, caution the allies
against feeling too great elation over
the preliminary successes, pointing
out that the German territory is
strongly fortified along the line Of the
Russian advance.
The Nish correspondent of the Reu-
ter's agency says the Twenty-first,
the Eleventh, the One Hundred and
Second and Twenty-eighth Austrian
regiments have been wiped out by the
servians, who are pursuing the Aus
trians along their whole front.