New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-09
FRENCH TROOPS TAKE
SECOND LARGEST CITY
TN ALSACE-LORRAINE
Mulhausen, 81 Miles from Strassburg,
Occupied After Brilliant Raid by
Its Former Owners.
BRITISH ARMY OF 20 1000 NOW IN FRANCE


Advance Guard of Englands Forces Cheered as 1t
Entrains for Namur to Relieve
Belgian Heroes.
Paris Aug Sit is officially reported that French
troops have entered Mulhausen.
The War Office has issued the following:
"All goes we'll everywhere The Franco-Begian plan
of campaign is maturing well as could be desired
Muhausen is the second largest town of Alsace-Lor-
raine and lies 81 miles the southsouthwes OF Strass-
burg the capital 1t became free city of the German
Empire in 1878 In the fifteenth century it entered into
an alliance with the Swiss, which lasted until 1898 when
the city became French taken from the French in
September 1870 and ceded to Germany with Alsace,
in 1871. -anss--1----
Muhsusen is garrisoned by full infantry brigade.
comprising 5000 men, and full cavalry brigade of $500.
1t has population of 100000 and the principal seat of
cotton spinning in Western Germany.
ATTACKED GERMANS AT ALTKlRCH.
The official report of the French invasion of Alsace
TODAY SAYS the French troops crossed into Aace and de-
vered fierce attack on the German forces at Airch,
near the Swiss frontier miles west of Basle
The French troops took the village, which place
of nearly 1000 inhabitants.
The German forces left in full retreat pursued by the
French troops the direction of the great fortress OF Null
hausen The success of the French brilliant and the
Alsaan natives were so wild with JOY the arrival of the
French soldiers that they tore up the frontier posts
1t was also officially announced this afternoon that
1000 English troops already had landed at Osend Calais
and Dunkirk They proceeding toward Namur,
to the west of Liege on the railroad ne relieve the
Belgians
The Decentralization was made under the direction of
French officers who speak English uently and wit
messed by great crowd that cheered the Engshmen
ciferousy.
GERMANS FLEE INTO SWITZERLAND.
Among the myriad rumors reaching Paris from the
front is story that German cavalry is reconnotrng
cessfuy on the French side of the frontier and that
pany of German infantry has reached Homecourt and
two squadrons of Uhlans Mercyebas German cavalry
regiment retreated from Mofontane owing the sudden
arrival of the French and German cavalry patrol at
Rechesy, near Belfor pursued by French cavalry,
with the result that three Germans killed and two
taken prisoners The remainder fed into Switzerland,
where they were disarmed by Swiss soldiers.
An official statement issued to-day says that German
mobilization posters placed walls in the towns of Vic
and Moyenvc in AlsaceLoraine prove the French con-
tenton that the war premetaed the part of Ger
many.
The towns were occupied by the French yesterday,
and according to the statement the posters which they
found afforded them valuable information concerning Ger
manys mobilization, besides revealing that Germany had
decided upon the time that the Triple Entente was
redoublng its efforts for peace.
Belfor France, Aug S.-The Mayor of this city
issued proclamation to the inhabitants to-day calling ON
them to German prisoners with respect and rt n die