The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-08-11
THE ALLIES
TO Meet
Sharp Fighting is
Reported.
BATTLE IN AlSACE
Decisive Engagement Expected
Near Ndmur.
GERMANS WIN IN RUSSIA
Much Military Activity All Along
the Frontier.
Much Military Activity All Along
the Frontier.

london. Aug. 11-German forces are
in possession of Liege, and, accoruins
to adyices, only two OF the 1orts re-
main standing. and these will be aban'
dOned.
Latest advices direct from Brussels,
however, persist in the assertion tnat
all the forts are holding out.
Amsterdam received a report that
LOG. 1000 Germans and 100000 Belglans
and French were engaged in battle TO
the south of Liege.
French and German forces are
fighting in Alsace-Lorraine, but the
great losses at first reported are oe-
MED. Apparently the opposing forces
are concentrating for battle, and the
French military experts expect pat
tie of some magnitude to be fought al
Breisach.
Meantime French and British forces
are forming junction with the BEL.
CLANS between Liege and Brussels, and
another big battle is expected In tne
vicinity of Namur or Huy.
Despite the confusion of reports
concerning recent events at L1ege ana
the strictness of censorship with re-
gard to material facts, it is quite ap'
parent that force of Germans occu-
pies the city. This force is set at IT,
900 men, and they are said to De
treating the inhabitants well, though
death has been decreed to all civilian
"snipers." One report has it that Cen
eral Won Emmich has threatened TO
lombard the city itself if the forts do
not surrender.
Officially it is asserted in Brussels
that none of the forts at Liege has
fallen and that none has been dam
aged. It is reported that there has
been no fighting for two days and that
the Germans apparently are short OF
both food and ammunition. No battle
of importance is expected in Brussels
till the allies take the offensive.
Sharp Cavalry Engagements.
Sharp cavalry engagements be-
twaen the Germans and the French
of the Mouse river are reported
90 nllve resulted IN advantage TO the
French. That part of Belgium is re-
ported to be fairly well cleared OF
Germans.
The French also met the Germans
in Belgium along the river Ourthe,
east of Neuchat The German squad.
ron, it is reported, fell back to Ton
gres.
The fighting in Alsace-Lorraine ap
parently has been severe, but no en-.
gagement of major importance has yet
been fought. The French have occu-
pied Altkirch, Muehlhausen and Col
mar. It Is officially announced In Paris
that the French losses at AltkirchI
were only 100. Earlier unofficial ad.
vices had been that the casualties on
both sides numbered thousands.
Indications are that another forward
movement of the main French force
Is in preparation near Metz, as official
reports from Paris say the German
troops have inundated the Seille val
ley between Metz and Nancy to him
der the French advance. A German re-
connoitering patrol penetrated forty.
six miles into French territory from
Luxembourg.
The London Daily Telegraph's Brus.
sells correspondent says Germany is
mobilizing 100000 of the Iandsturm,
or final reserves.
Skirmish In Mountains.
Another scene of struggle between
the French and the Germans was In
the Vosges mountains. Paris reports
10 mir
took the passes of Santa Marie and
Bonhomme. 1t was admitted in Paris
that the French losses were heavy,
but the figures were withheld.
The Austrian army corps of $4,000
men, sent to the aid of Germany, on
the French frontier, was reported to
have violated the neutrality of Swift.
zerland. having crossed from the Aus.
TRAN Tyrol to near Basic.
AS a result of this movement Of
Austrian troops France has made a
peremptory demand upon Austria fol-
an explanation, as Austria and France
are not yet at war. A special cable
gram from Paris says Austria has
declared war on France.
1uC AuSLIldA lfUOpS u1lCClCu "
Germany are said to be Slavic subjects
who could not be trusted implicitly to
operate against the Russians or thel
Eervians.
The German emperor is reported tel
have left Berlin to go to the front.
One report ha sit that he has reached
Aix-La-Chapelle, and that he will take
personal direction of the campaign
against France.
Minor naval activity was reported
from many quarters, with the posi-
bility of an important engagement in
the lower Adriatic.
An Austrian fleet of Twenty-Five
warships, sixteen of them torpedo
boats, is reported to be sailing in the
.Adriatic to the succor of the German
Raisers Goeben and Breslau. 1t is re-
ID from Otranto that the British
granean fleet has engaged the
Meet. If this proves true a
nSiderable magnitude may
made by the