The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-17
FRENCH PUSHING
INTO germany
Invasion is Slowly But Surely
Advancing and Leaving
Dead on the
Ground.
IAv1AToRs DROP BOMBS

RSi SV0 \ ItiSA ss'ss' ~Ss~Nss
and Wounded
Soldiers.
[By William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent
PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE French army
invading Germany 10 reported slowly
but sureiy advancing In the face OF
most determined opposition. All
along the border Of Alsace-Lorraina
the forces have cIashed. The dead
and wounded run into the thousands,
but the French war office IN series
Of official bulletins insists that the
French success 10 continued.
While the fighting SO far has been
between the advance guards OF tne
main armies, It has been most des-
perate in character. The French cav
airy with their mountain artillery are
declared to dominate the upper
reaches Of the vosges mountains. ~
addition, the offensive movement
against saarburg is being pushed. Ono
column, the war office says, ts az
Abrosweiler, six miles southeast OF
saarburu while other columns arc
cIosinq in on the city from tho west
and the north.
There is also heavy fighting In up
per Alsace. The French attacking col
umns there are reported as taking the
German advanced base south Of Null
hausen. According to very brief
official bulletin posted BY the war
ONCE, ths Freaoh army operating
south OF Mulhausen, after sheliing the
G.rman trenches, charged and car
ried them by storm. There was fierce
hand to hand fighting In which the
bayonet was freely used, but the su-
perIor strength Of the attacking col
umn told and the Germans were rout-
ed. Their trenches arc reported fi''eo
with dead and wounded. They were
also forced to abandon several rapid
fire guns to the French.
During the fighting French aviators
dropped many bombs into the German
trenches. doing much execution. The
French forces have now reoeeupied
most Of the territory south OF Null
hausen which originally was seized
and later abandoned when the Aus
trian and German troops effected
junction near the Swiss border.
The first captured German battle
f,ao is on exhibition at the war Of
flee, It is the standard Of the First
Lower AIsatia infantry sent from
strassburq to st. Marie Aux Mines
and was taken by the French battalion
Of French rifles. II was brought here
| by Colonel Serret.
| Russia is reported as having masseo
her Black sea fleet preparatory &c
sendino il through the DardaneIies
should IL be deemed advisable. Rus
rian opinion in court circles is said te
be bitter against Turkey because Of
the BressIau incident.
! The war office In commenting on the
situation In Aisace-Lorraine, this at
ternoon declared in the occupation o,
Schirmeck the French troops took
fifteen German field guns and severa
oun carriages with ammunition. II
addition six field pieces have beer
taken In the fighting around Mui
hausen.
The admiralty announced this at
ternoon that the French fleet In tht
| AdrIatic had sunk an Austrian eruis
er. This announcement was greeted
! with great enthusiasm throughout th'
/ citv. It is known that the adniralt,
is expecting great things Of the Med
| i4erranean fleet and announcement o
= bomb ardment Of Pola and Trlest b.
l a combined British and French flee
I is looked for.
! CLOSING IN.
l PARIS, Aug. 1.-THE French lines
/ are closing in on saarburs. The wal
! office, In an official bulletin posted to
! dav announced that armies which in
! vadinq Lorraine now controls Abres
! weller, six miles southeast Of Saar
! burq: Agoudange, seventeen miles d'
rectIy west Of saarburg and Salons
! which previous to 1874 was an impor
| tant fortress. The French are u
force alona the Lorraine border Yves
! of saarburq and the advance column
! is made up Of cavalry, infantry ant
4 artillery. The French also control al
4 Of the upper vcsees, having taker
! lutzenhausen and several other small
]! villages in that vicinity today. TIT
4 French losses are heavy, but It u
stated that they are Jess than th'
j Germans who are slowly falling bae'
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