The Washington herald., 1914-08-29
Driven Back Seventy Mtle..

Driven Back Seventy Miles.
II the foregoing announcement Of the
German war office is correct II would
mean that the English force near Maui
beuge, which was defeated by Germans
under Gen. Won Buelow and Gen. Won
Kluk. has been driven for a distance Of
nearly seventy miles in a southeasterly
direction. According to the announcement
made in Berlin the English were driven
across the Samois River. The Samois
rises on the northwestern border of the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and flows
westward about 100 miles to the Mouse
which it joins about nine miles north OF
Mezieros, France. Unless the German
general staff erred or a mistake was
made In the geographical names in trans
mission. the British were driven through
the southern part of the department OF
Nord, the southeastern part OF the de-
partment of Aisne and through the de-
partment of Ardennes to a point on the
Belgian border.
The body Of troops is only a part OF
the entire expeditionary force, but its
dislodgment would help greatly 10 open
the way for a direct advance on Paris
by the German army.
Wants Censorship Raised.
Count ]. H. Bernstorfr. the German
where he will remain until next week.
He will return to Washington for a
conference with President Wilson~at the
White House next Thursday, at which
the Ambassador is expected to renew
his protest against the censorship over
wireless stations which prevents him
from communicating with his govern
ment.
Ambassador Bernstorfr denied charges
~
lated the Hague conventions in bonn
harding Antwerp from a Zeppelin air
ship.
Antwerp is a fortified CITY," he said.
1T is therefore liable to bombardment.
1t makes little difference whether the
bombardment ais from airships. In Ger
many women and children and other nom
combatants have instructions to leave
fortresses where they are in danger of
an attack. II women and children were
killed in Antwerp, no one regrets it more
than l."
Russian battles skirmishe1.
The Ambassador declared that the re-
ports of Russian successes in Eastern
Germany are much exaggerated. He said
that the reported battles were merely
outpost skirmishes and that the Germans
will make a determined stand at the
Vistula River
1t is admitted here by officials Of the
German Embassy that the garrison at
Kiaochow, China, will be vanquished
eventually by the japanese, although the
1000 Germans composing the garrison
will make a formidable defense of the
port aided by the modern guns mounted
in steel turrets.
This dispatch was given out yesterday
at the German Embassy:
AS a result Of the recent encounter
the French and English north armies
on the Sambre and the Mouse rivers have
been surrounded by German troops on
all sides. The French east army was
partly driven south. This prevented COM
munication between the French cast and
north armies, while all the German
armies are in contact from Cambrei to
upper Alsace.
UhIans at Ostend.
THE German cavalry has advanced to
Ostend
THE civilians Of the Belgian town OF
Louvain perfidious,y attacked German
troops while fighting and were punished
by the destruction of the city.
Appearance of Zeppelins in Antwerp
caused panic In London.
Reports from Copenhagen and Stock
holm announce a grave crisis in the
French government
THE Spanish ambassador at Vienna
calls the situation in France very serious
The Danish colony in Berlin warns
foreigners of fictitious news. At a meet
ing Of all the foreign colonies in Berlin
today a resolution of thanks was passed
for kind treatment OF foreigners and to
express admiration for the wonderful en-
thusiasm of the German people"