The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-09-03
The Eslu Sc Before Saarburg
Calsso Temporary Retire
meni Of Invading Force.
CHEC., CSCWA PRIMO :; Army
Germans Outflanked Allies in North.
west-Jap Destroyer on Rocks at
Using Tau-city of Louvain
Destroyed.

TdT-s, sept. IL lie following OH
cial statement was issued by the wal
office this evening": a
The situation in general actually
is as follows:
"First-In Vosges and in Lorraine
it must be rememb ered, our forces
which had taken the offensive at the
beginning of the operations and
driven the enemy outside Of our from.
tiers, afterward underwent serious
checks. Before Saareburg and in the
region of Morhagne, where they en-.
countered very solid defensive works.
our forces were obliged to fall back
and to reform, one part on Couronne
de Nancy and the other on the French
Vosges.
The Germans then assumed the Of.
fensive, but our troops, after having
thrown them back upon their posi-
lions, resumed the offensive two days
ago. This attack continues. to make
progress, although slowly. 1t is a
veritable war of sfeges, as each posi-
tion occupied is Immediately fortified
This explains the slowness of our
advance, which is, nevertheless, char
acterized each day by fresh local sue
cesses.
"Second-The region of Nancy and
Southern Woevre since the beginning
of the campaign in this section, be-
tween Metz on the German side and
TCul and Verdun on the French side.
has not been the theater of important
operations.
Crown Prince Checked.
"Third-In the direction of the
Meuse, between Verdun and Mezieres,
it will be remembered the French
forces took the offensive in the begin.
ming towards Longwy, Neufchateau
and Paliseul The troops operating
in the region of Spincourt and Lon.
guyon have been able to check the
enemy's army under the command OF
the German crown prince.
neutrality-suspicious. in the north:
The French and British forces orig.
inally took up positions in the Dinant
and Charleroi country and at Mons.
They endured several repulses and
the forcing Of the Meuse by the Ger
mans near Givet upon our flank, com.
PEELED our troops to retire.
In the meantime general battle
took place IN the region Of st. Quen
tin and Verins and at the same time
in the Pam-Peronnes district. This
battle was marked by an important
success by our right, where we have
thrown back the Prussian guard and
the Tenth army corps into the Disc.
lowing to the progress of the Ger.
man right wing, where our ,adver
sar:es have united their best corps,
we have had to mark a new retire.
ment."
Je,s Lose a Destroyer.
Using Tau. Sept. IA Japanese tor.
pedo boat destroyer went ashore on
Lien Tau island during the fog las
night When the fog cleared this
the Using Tau batteries at.
tempted to shell the destroyer. but !.
proved to be beyond their range.
The German gunbcat Jaguar, how
ever. steamed out Of the harbor and
fred eight shots into the stranded
and returned unmolested by
the other Japanese vessels that arc
the port.
The Jaguar reported that the crew
had abandoned the destroyer, which
can be seen from Using Tau breaking
on the rocks. Four Japanese destroy
ers and one cruiser nov form the
squadron.
Make Counter Claims.
London, Aug. 31.-From all the far
spread battle lines only bulletins oi
brevity have come IN the
last twenty-four hours. History is be
Ing made ION three great fields of &C.
tion-along $50 miles of French from
tier, on 200 miles Of the Austria-Htn
garian border and through wide ares
Of eastern Prussia.
Silence has covered Austria's war
with Servia for several days, but tina
has become q minor detail of the
death struggle Of the European pow
ers.
From northern France the news ap-
pears to follow events by three or four
days. The French embassy announces
that there has been hard fighting ON
the right wing Of It's northern army
near Mezieres since Friday and tina,