South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-29
Boulogne in France. saws:

German cavalry come into this city.
hear they were at Arras on Thurs
day. Boulogne is resigned TO its fate:
there is no panic If the Germans
do seize this place they will probably
fortify it and hold il as a base of
operations along the coast "
Another dispatch TO the Times
sent from Amiens, in France, SAYS:
"Uhlans were at Douai on Thurs
day and they are undoubtedly max
ing straight across the country to
Abbeville on the road TO Dieppe.
This will cut off the department Of
Pas de Calais and completely sever
the railway and telegraph communi-
cation with England.
Say Germans Have Tired.
The French government IN a state
ment and a manifesto issued late last
night in Paris, and received here early
today by telegraph. said that the
German attack was tagging. owing To
the evident WEAKNESS of the soldiers.
However, the manifesto stated that
"a battle is still being waged, but the
battle has not been fought to its
conclusion.
English soldiers have 10 stand the
brunt of fighting on the firing line.
They are opposed by seven German
corps, composing the flower OF Emp
error Williams army. They are pick
ed troops. There is the guard infan-
try and the guard cavalry: the third
or the iron corps" of Brandenburg,
which by general consent is held TO
be the best corps in the German army;
there was the tenth from Hanover,
which is a favorite Of the kaiSer's,
and the ninth and eleventh and
fourth. In comparing the fighting
qualities the Daily Express says:
Man for man the allies are better
soldiers, but IL has not been man for
man. The attackers have always had
the superiority in numbers. Ger
many'S last available man is now on
the firing line, but the Germans
scheme to swoop down on Paris seems
doomed TO failure"
Rear Is Weak Point
According to the Daily Express the
German army in Belgium and north
ern France is in weakened position
because of the lack of protection 10
it's rear 1t points out that a heavy
English force could be landed in
northern Belgium and sweep down
against the rear OF the German right
flank. This may be included in the
general scheme of the war office, but
II is also certain that the allies are
trying to cut through the center Of the
German army and separate the cen
trail section, lying along the Franco
Belgian frontier between the Sembre
and Semois rivers, from the northern
wing. That the allies are striking at
the German center and hitting hard is
shown by the Times dispatch stating
that the Germans had fallen back W
on Chimay.
From all accounts the Germans still
appear to have the best OF it in north
ern France. Their advance guard IS
in the vicinity of Arras and is re-
ported to be within less than one hun
dred miles of Paris. In Belgium,
however, the BeIgians are reported to
be forcing the Germans back from
their position south of Antwerp. The
Ostend correspondent of the Chronicle
reports that the Belgians have retaken
Malines.
Fortify Ostend.
The force of British marines at Os-
tend is said to be terrifying the town
strongly. A large number of machine
guns have been landed.
Owing to the secrecy Of the French
and English war offices il is
still impossible to get an extensive
view Of the situation.
At Calais, in France, where there
care being taken to ship the women
and children to England.
Another item of interest is the fact
ing to send native Indian troops 10 the
continent to reinforce the allies. 1t
has been a long time since q war has
involved so many eXtraneOuS races as
this one. The Asiatic japanese are
engaged against Germany in the far
east and already African troops are on
the firing line helping France. With
the Sikhs on the scene the foreign as
pect will be more strongly emphasized.
RRVTTSH LOSE 600
BOULOGNE, France, via Paris, Aug.
29.-Under a rain of shot and shell
all but 80 of a force of 1000 British
soldiers that fought the Germans from
trenches at (Deleted by censOr) were
killed. The story Of the slaughter by
the German artillery was told today by
a wounded British soldier.
1--WE were five solid days in the
trenches" he said, moving backward
and forward all that time as the ad-
vantage shifted. 1t was about ,
o'clock in the morning when the end
came. Things had become quieter
and our officers came along the line
and told us to sleep.
"One Of the men struck a light for
his pipe. That flash was all the Ger
mans needed. The trenches became
an inferno. Down upon lis swept
hail of shrapnel and we fell by the
score.
Then the maXims began TO blaze
away The trenches gave US little
shelter from the murderous volley-
| We stood IT as long a. we could but
| finally we got the order TO retire We
tried to, but when dawn came l could
see only about 80 of our force alive.
That was the first time we had
suffered greatly under the German ar
| tillery. AS a general thing their gun
| fire was very poor"
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