Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-08-25
GERMANS SUCCESSFUL
ALONG BATTLE LINE,
MONS To ALSACE
Especial by United Press Wire.)

PARIS, Aug 25:-Driven to their own Notifications, the
French and British army today strictly on the defensive
Against their line the great tidal wave of Germans beat with
tremendous force Fresh columns of German troops have
been rushed through to the attack While the regiments that
carried the day yesterday have been withdrawn to rest and to
refill their shattered columns. The German assault was ad-
nttedy tremendous today was Saturday when the first
great battle began.
Nau has fallen. The great fortresses depended to
hold out for weeks collapsed three days. The German lines
outspread like giants FAM have enveIoped the entire Belgian
French, GermanFenCh frontier. Against the gap in the chain
of fortreSses thousands of Germans are being held lhe
French and English hidden in hastily constructed enrenc
ments are striving with desperation to hold their neS The
war office says they will hold.
But it made the same promise about Namlr and there is
grave apprehension that at last the Germans going to
break through and that real invasion Of French threatened
The official bulletin issued today contained no ncrSstye de-
tails of the situation The present position is referred to as
the secondary defense but Just where the strongest pres
sure is being faced not stated The office insists as on
yesterday that the general plan defense working out
"The battle continues along the secondary line OF de-
fense" says the statement and the allied forces will hold
this line while the Russian forces move in the general direction
Iof Berlin"
There was council of the cabinet at the Presidents
palace that lasted for several hours in which the entire war
situation was carefully covered agreed that after the
report from General Joe had been considered that the cam
paign working out we'll could be expected when the
extraordinary strength of the German attacking army was
considered In discussing the situation the minister OF war
|SaId:
There no doubt in the minds of any official of France
what the final outcome will be- The enemy is advancing with
Extraordinary strength Every battle in which they partc-
pate Weakens that strength and is necessary for them to
bring all their supplies up from long distances, whereas our
army operating from its field base We control the railway
lines making the work of rushing fresh supplies and reinforce
Iments much easier task from standpoint Our losses
are very heavy but were the Germans It certain that
the Germans have taken the offensive all along the line from
western Belgium to the Swiss frontier That indicates is our
policy to remain the defensive and force the enemy to
make all the offensive When get ready to strike
will be in position to strike hard and we will not leave the
result long in doubt"
Because of the great uncertainty regarding the fatalities
1.-The town people seriously downCaS 1t is known that the
death list is The general staff makes no expIana
ion of the fall of Namur but is understood that the forts
were simply overwhelmed From the moment that they came
under fire late Friday there no let up Night and day the
German bombardment continued and finally one OF the chaI
was carried by storm Then the Germans were able to mount
their artillery inside of this fort and to reduce the others one by
one according to the story told about the war office. COM
Ipee statement of facts is promised soon.
LONDON Aug. 25:-NamT has fallen The capture ct
1.-The STRONGLY fortified city by the Germans was officially admit
tied today in statement from the war bureau The allied
army has fallen back the original defensive position on the
French frontier The Germans successful all along the
lime of the great battlefront which extended from Mons TO Al
SAGE and have caused the French and English troops to COM
peey abandon their offensive operations and assume the de-
fenShe. "a,
Explanations for the fall of Namur are lacking and mill
tay experts are at loss to account for the capture OF the city
after bombadment of only three days All approaches to
the steel and concrete forts heop mined and barbed
Continued