The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-08-13
ALLIES WIN WIDE
AREA ON MEUSE;
L|EGE HOLDS OUT
French Forces 0utfIanking Ger
mans in Belgium.
BATTLE LINES ARE EXTENDED
Both Belqans and kaiser's Forces
Claim Victory at LIese-1oo Ger.
mans Are Executed as Spies
at Brussels.

London, Aug. 11.-French troops
inflicted losses of 5000 and captured
LOO prisoners in helping Belgians
fight Germans at Liege. asserts dis
patch from Charleroi to the Daily
Mail.
Paris, Aug. ia big cavalry en-
counter has taken place on the plateau
east Of the Mouse and it is reported
to have resulted favorably for the al
lies.
Confirmation has been received Of
the news Of French success at Mar
behan, village Of Belgian Luxem-
bourg. half way between Neufchateau
and Arlon. 1t is reported that the
French are now pursuing the Ger
mans, who are retreating.
All We'll With French.
The correspondent Is not allowed to
state fully what took place, but 1t Is
certain that all Is well with the French
forces In Belgian Luxembourg. Bel
gian troops did not take part In this
fighting, as 1t occurred In the zone ap-
portioned to the French.
The net result of the operations so
far as known is that the German ad-
vance was stopped on the line Of the
Mouse and outfanked in Belgium by
the advancing French masses. Equal
~ the Germans we're stragetically out
flanked by the French inroad into AL
SAGE. Thus the hostile TANKS are
menaced and the front seriously con-
tracted.
$4,000 Germans Cross Border.
Paris, Aug. IA great battle be-
tween the French and Germans Is
reported raging near Esch, on the bor-
der between France and the Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg. Whether this
Is merely another clash Of outposts or
whether the great armies have finally
ceased jockeying for position and are
In death grapple. no one can tell.
1t is known that a German force Of
10000 men invaded France at Esch
1t may have been but a scouting party
of the great army corps In the rear,
or it may have been the main army.
Before moving across the frontier
the Germans felled trees and dug
trenches for temporary fertilization
upon which they might fall back II
repulsed
That the fighting was not all In
favor of the French Is admitted by
the war department, which says that
a French cavalry patrol encountered
German body Of cavalry, supported
by infantry and artillery, near DON
guyon and was routed.
Strike West Of Lonqwy.
II the Germans are really invading
in force they are striking the line a
little west of Longwy, and their rout
OF a French cavalry patrol at Lon
gayon indicates that they have passed
well to the rear of Longwy, which Is
strongly fortified, Yet the reports
have said nothing about fighting at
Longwy.
Rome correspondent wires that
Kaiser Wilhelm, who has arrived at
Aix-La-Chapelle to take personal COM
mand Of the field forces, is assemb-
ling 100000 additional soldiers Tor
the invasion. 1t was at first announced
that the Kaiser was on his way to
AlsaceLorraine to see to his defenses
there, but Ii he is at Aix-La-Cha-
pelle IL means that the heavy blow Is
to be struck in the Meuse valley to
the west of Metz. With Kaiser Will
helm at AK and Crown Prince Fred
erick Wilhelm before Liege, it looks
as If Germany means to let the
Rhine forts keep on the defensive, ard
put al: their strength into the effort
to break open a way to Paris from the
North
French In Similar Move.
The invading Germans are reported
to be digging trenches, leveling trees
so that their artillery fire will not
be obstructed and to have built wood
en- platforms 400 feet long for the I'M
loading Of horses and guns. The
whole army of the lower Rhine Is be-
lieved to be involved in this move
ment, and the battle when it encoun-
tiers the French line will be enor-
mously important
On the Eastern frontier the French
ere striking exactly the same kind of
a blow at Germany. While the Kaiser
is trying to cut around the French
left flank through Belgium and Lux
embourg and SO reach Paris, the
French are trying to cut the German
left flank along the border of Swift
zerland and so strike at Berlin. The
fighting In the east has been much
heavier than was at first indicated.
10000 Austrians Arrive.
But the presence of Genera! Joffre,
commander-in-chief of all the French
forces, in Alssce indicates the impor-
lance which Is attached to the opera
tons there. The situation is further
complicated by the reported arrival
of 10000 Austrian troops on the Swiss
border, ready to help the Germans.
This announcement led to the demand
Personal
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, who has been
seriously i'll at the White House In
Washington for two weeks, died