The Green Forest tribune., 1914-08-21
INVADERS HELD
 IN TIE FRONTIER
STUBBORN RESISTANCE OF BEL CLANS, REINFORCED BY THE
 FRENCH AND ENGLISH.
Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 London.-Communication with the armies has virtually come to an end while commanders in Begium and along the Franco-German frontier are preparing for trial of strength which promises to develop the greatest bat tie in history.
 It is known that the Germans are attempting to swing their right around toward 1ssels and Antwerp, but with whA {cess nobody outsidelthe field of ope htions knows. The sSme applies to the attack on the Sage forts one of which, Pontisse is 1sefr~ tial to German success, as it is near est to the bridge over the Mouse which the invaders are using to bring troops into Belgium
 According to a Brussels dispatch to the Reuter- Telegraph Company, timed 9:30 D. m., Saturday, an official state ment has been issued saying:
 Belgian Army in Coco Condition.
 'The situation of our army contin- ues excellent Victorious engagements against the Germans have strengthen ed its morale and the strategic dispo- sitions remain advantageous for us. Explosions in different directions in- dicate that our engineers are destroy ing bridges.
 On all the main roads around Brus- sels entrenchments have been thrown up for the reception of any of the Ger man cavalry which may approach the capital. This step is police measure, not part of the military operations"
 A Reuter- dispatch from Diest. timed 8 D. m.. Saturday, says:
 "The night passed quietly here with out attack. It is said the Germans are advancing in the direction of Aero chot, west of Diest, where an engage ment is imminent. It is reported an engagement has occurred at Landen, and the Germans were driven back
 A German aviator flew over Tirle- mont in the direction of Diest at noon Saturday. A shell brought him down."
 Silence envelops the operations in other parts of the little country which is playing such a big and unexpected part in the war. On the Alsatian from tier the French claim another victory in the capture of Saales Pass in the Nesges mountains. Here French off cial reports say, the Germans again lost heavily by their tactics of close formation, to which, from all accounts. they are adhering.
 "The German forces stretch from Liege to the Muelhausen district with marked density north. Their front seems to follow the course of the Our the river, then the frontier, which is crossed at Longwy and Grey. A large part of this front has been brilliantly carried by the French and the German columns are falling back. They left many dead and wounded, in addition to prisoners. In the Upper Vosges, the French troops continue to make progress and the Germans are retreat ing"
 Two other small countries, Servia and Montenegro, arc playing import ant roles, for, if accounts can be be- lieyed, they not only are offering strong resistence to Austria, but ac- tually have invaded Herzegovina, where they are certain to be assisted by the friendly population. This will divert some the Austrian forces from the French and Russian borders.
 Russians are appearing in greater strength in Eastern Prussia and Aus trian Galicia, and the busy destroying railways and otherwise hampering the movements of Germans and Austrians.