The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-08-25
Summaryof Today's War News

Namur the Belgian fortress has fallen into German
hands according TO the official press bureau in London
Details of the fighting not given English newspa
perS regard the fall as inexplicable
Berlin dispatches say five Of the forts Of NamuT and
the city itself have fallen and the capture of the remain
ing four forts is imminent.
to the forces of the allies is generally admit
ted by the English and French newspapers which to-
days news is decidedly bad" While plainly expressing
disappointment at the failure of their forces they declare
the etrograds toward the line of strong defen
ve works the frontier has been carried out in good
order.
It is assumed that the allies are falling back their
first line of defensive works running from Maubeuge in
a southea5terly direction by way Of Hirson MezieTes
Montmedy Verdin, st. Mihel Toul and Epiri i, all Of
which strong fortresses and are lnterspeTsed with
smaled works such as Ayvelle GenicouTt TrOyon Les
ParooheS, Lanville GiTonve and JovySous- -LesCotes
Behind these lies another strong line OF forioations from
ST. Quentin in the north through Laon and Rems to the
great entrenched camp at Gallons.
The English newspapers declare that both the English
and Russians determined to fight to finish what
the outlook may be at present They say the posses
sion of Namur vital for Germany and that II was
fine stroke for the Germans to have rushed the place
der the eyes of the allied armies"
In other parts of Belgium fighting is still in grogress
and report from 0send says 10000 Germans have at
tached Malines thirteen miles from Antwerp.
ChaIleroi has also been the of hot fighting this
time between the French and German troops and fresh
encounter is believed to have begun there today.
Brussels has been left by the main body of German
troops who have proceeded their way to the front.
Russian reports relate the advance Of the Russian army
III eastern Prussia Russian officials however caution
against feeling great sation the preliminary sue
pointing out that the German territory about che
Vistula is strongly fortified along the line of the Russian
forward march.
Newspaper dispatches assert the Austrian fortified port
Of CattarO Dalmatia has been destroyed by the allied
fleets.
Dispatches from the Servan provisional capital Nish,
record the victorious offensive movement of the Servans
and MontenegTns against the Austrans wO said to
have suffered severely
Swiss business reports the garrison OF Srassburg
to have sustained appalling total of casualties at
Schirmeck where $500 Germans went into the engage
ment and only 1900 returned.
German derigble balloon which had flown over Ant
werp yesterday brought down by the Belgian artil'
lery today and fifteen Of its occupants taken prisoners
according TO newspaper despatch. Another telegram
says bombs dropped from the balloon caused several deaths
and of the missiles struck hospital which however
was occupied only by the medical and nursing staff
wireless despatch from the foreign office IN Berlin to
the German embassy at Washington, records severe de-
feat of the French troops by the Germans in battle which
ragged from August IL % and in the of which
more than $50 field guns and 10000 prisoners cap
tured 1t says Luneve was taken by the Germans and
that the army of General Joffr the French commander
in chief broken up making probable oonoentnc ad
vance of all the German army towards Paris wireless
despatch adds that the Duke of Wurtemburgs army
marching through Belgium has completely crushed the
advancing French army and captured many guns flags
and prs among them several generals While an
other German command defeated an English cavalry
brigade 10 the west of the river Meu5e