The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-11
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 TO RUSH BRIDGE
 WITOOUT SUCCESS

and, were repulsed with heavy loss. lit is estimated that 800 Germans were killed within an area of half a square. 1 mile
 A bridge which the Germans were crossing was shattered by the fire of l the fort, which had exact range. l The Germans attempted the assault dead were' found directly in front of the barb wire fencing that surrounds the fort.
 It is reported that Prince William of Lippe and his son, who were killed, W ere charging at the head of 100 Ger- man soldiers Their bodies were bur- jed near the fort.
 One of the spies arrested by the Belgians in Ostend had in his posses sion plans indicating the haIting points of the German army on the march to Paris. According to these. Brussels was to be reached August 3 | and I1iIIe France August g. Le soir says that German Ua1lans l took $S, 52O from the town. treasury and post offices at Tongres And forth with expended s24o for food. as they were hungry
 London, Aug. 11-The new admir- atty and war office information bu- reau established by the British gov ernment started work this morning. | US 1lIS5le announcements W WdSS e4@9 4OA- lows:
 About two cavalry divisions are in the neighborhood of Tongres to the north of Iiege. Three German army corps are still opposite Liege and oth- CT G erman troops are reported to be entrenching along the line of the River Aisne
 E The large German force is moving through the Dutch city ofsLuxenberg. and it's advance troops are now at the Belgian frontier.
 German caValry patrols have been 1 reported near Marchienne and ArIon. Several individual soldiers belonging l to German patrols have been cap tured both in France and Belgium. In all cases they were reported to be short of food for both men and horses and to have made no resistance.
 t"The British consul general at Shanghai. China, reports that no vessels have been pursued or mo- 1 tested.
 "A report from The Hague. Hol- 1 land, states that public nervousness in that country has been a-llayed since the publication of Great Brit aims attitude respecting the neutral Iity of the Netherlands.
 'sIt is stated that the Germans lost 5000 killed before Liege but this is unconhrmed.
 "A report states that the principal Il 1I16g0 1OrIS are SI111z snOI014S= out 4Ssl- though some of the smaller forts have been captured by the Germans. The i}bombardment of the Notifications by t the Germans is proceeding without | interInission. On one occasion a fort | apparently had been siIenced but tl when German infantry advanced to I attack it, a hail of bullets was poured l into them so suddenly and effectively that they retired with heavy losses. l The German attackers who are constantly being reinforced, displayed | great courage.
 Ut is stated that 12o, ,ooo men Of the German army are engaged in the I attack of Liege. Refugees from that city describe the conditions as ter rible. Many houses have been dannag- led or burned,
 l Paris, Aug. IDA large force of l Germans on Sunday night attacked I the French guard, which had pushed forward on Cernay and Muelhausen.
 Before the attack the commander of the French troops had quit MueI- st hausen and assembled his troops in fl the rear of the town. He quickly placed h.s forces in a fighting line and I stopped the advance of the Germans. who according to French reports. were superior in number. The ac- I tions of the French are declared to have been brilliant and it is claimed
 
 thern Alsace. There have been num- erous movements of the German troops toward Morhange. 20 miles southeast of Metz and tn the region
 of Blamont in Meurthe Ee MoseIle-
 An attack on Regeryfllas and Halo
 linville was attempted by the Ger
 mans but failed because the French :, were suppofted by cannon from Ma nonvillers.
 It is officially announced that the
 French troops around Epincourt, in the department of Mouse, forced the
 German cavalry to retreat, although
 the latter were supported by artillery.
 The unloading of troops from
 trains continues in the region of Ge- 1 rolstein, but the principal landings oc-
 cured earlier in the rear of Metz and
 Thionvil1e. French avLatoTs are con-
 stantly flying over the zones where the German troops are disposed l without paying the slightest attention to the bursting shells of the enemy
 The official communication concludes with the statement that the work ot
 fortifying Luxemberg was completed
 by the Germans.
 Martial law is being more rigorousls enforced in this city daily. The au- thoritiesi are particularly anxious te
 prevent the escape of important news and frequently take the precautfon oi tapping telephone wires, calls or which can now be made only 1T
 French. It is explained that this in. . sistence upon the use of a language familiar to the police has been made
 necessary sby the fact that suspected
 Germans were in the habit of tele-
 phoning in English. The restriction E however, is decidedly irksorne to many
 English.
 Detailed instructions have been is sued by the French minister of wal today concerning newspaper cores pondents accompanying the French
 tatives of the French press who are -- of French nationality and not subjec to military duty and correspondent
 of newspapers published in ai1iee
 countries will be allowed to follow