The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1914-08-31

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| the fortress Of Maubeuge.
| This effort was frustrated by the
steadiness and skill with which the
| British retirement was conducted and
as on the previous day, very heavy
| losses, far in excess Of anything suf-
| fered by us, were inflicted on the enc
my, who, in dense formation and in
enormous masses, marched forward
again and yet again to storm the
British lines
The British retirement proceeded
on Aug. 25 with continuous figkting,
| though not on the scale Of the pre-
| viOus two days, and by the night Of
Aug. 25 the British army occupied the
| lines Of Cambrai, Landrecies and LIE
| Ca teau.
Cambria is a fortified town in the
| department Of the north, thirty two
! miles southeast Of Lille on the River
Scheldt lie Cateau is fourteen miles
east by southeast Of Cambrat)
1T had been the Intention to re-
sumo the retirement at daybreak on
| Aug. 26, but the German attack, in
which no less than five army corps
were engaged. was so close and fierce
| that it was not possible to carry out
| this intention until the afternoon.
The battle on this day, Aug. 26, was
| OF most severe and desperate char
acter. The troops offered a superb
and most stubborn resistance to the
tremendous odds with which they were
confronted, and at length extricated
| themselves in good order though with
serious loss and under the heaviest
artillery fire. No guns were taken by
the enemy except those, the horses Of
which had all been killed, or which
were shattered by high explosive
shells,
General French estimates that dur
ing the whole Of these operations from
Aug. % to 26 inclusive, his losses
amounted to 5000 or 5000 men. On
the other hand, the losses suffered by
| the Germans in their attacks across
the open, and through their dense for
nation, are out of all proportion to
those which we have suffered.
In LanderieS alone, on Aug 25 as
an instance, a German infantry bri-
gade advanced in close order into a
narrow street which they con- pletely
| filled. Our machine guns were brought
to bear on this line and from this end
OF the town. The head of the COL
umn was swept away. A frightful
panic ensued and it is estimated that
800 or 900 dead and wounded Ger
mans were left in this street alone.
Another incident which may be chos-
| en- from many like it, was the charge
| or the German guard cavalry diVis-
ION, upon the British Twelfth cavalry
| brigade, when the German cavalry was
thrown back with great losses and in
absolute disorder. These are notable
| examples of what has taken place over
| practically the whole front during the
engagements and the Germans have
been made to pay the extreme price
for every forward march they have
ade.
Since the goth, apart from cavalry
hghtlng, the British army has not been
molested. 1t has rested and refitted
after its extreme energies and glorious
achievements. Reinforcemcnts amount
to double the losses sustained, already
nave joined. Every gun has been re-
placed and the army is now ready to
take part in the next great encounter
with undiminished strength and un-
| daunted spirits.
Today the news is again favorable
! The British have not been engaged
but the French armies, acting vigor-
| ously on the right and left. have, for
the time being, brought the German
| attack to a standstil.
Sir John French also reports that
on the 28th the British Fifth cavalry
brigade fought in brilliant fashion with
German artillery, in the course of
which the Twelfth lancers and tho
| ANOJ"l OCOtS NISSS TOuIeQ IQe enemy
! AMI Speared large number in flight
1T must be remembered throughout,
that the operations in France are vast
and that we are only on one wing Of
the whole field of battle. This stra-
| teglC position Of ourselves and our
allies is such that whereas a decisive
victory for our armies in France prob
ably would be fatal to the enemy, a
| continuance of resistance by the ANGLO
French armies upon such a scale as 10
keep in the closest grip the enemys
best troops, can, if prolonged, lead
| only to one conclusion
| The German Wow.
| Berlin, Aug. 31.-(By way Of Copen-
hagen and London 1.-The correspond
| ent at German headquarters Of the
| Deutsches TageSches -Tages Zeitung
reports the defeat of the English at
st. quentin, accompanied by great
losses. The army, utterly defeated, he
says. found its retreat barred by
masses Of German cavalry.
| The correspondent adds:
| 1T is particularly satisfactory that
| the English suffered not only the loss
| or their communication with the
northern Franch army, but also their
communication along the road to the
west and their depots which, according
| TO French statements, they had es-
tablished at Maubeuge
THE army of General Won Kluck Is
In energetic pursuit and in a position
to advance further"
Our correspondents, describing the
events at Louvain, say that a superior
court martial condemned to death
numerous individuals who had been
| seized with arms in their hands.
| Among these were two clergymen who
| had distributed ammunition among
! French irregulars.
! Lieutenant General Hopffgarten, of
| the SiXtieth German brigade reserve
| infantry. was slightly wounded. There
were 1,160 casualties in his command.
| The 126th infantry from Wurttem-
berg. suffered 335 casualties. Among
| these was Jacob Wetzel, of Salemon,
who was slightly wounded. The seth
regiment of Saverne had 181 casual
| ties.
The geenral staff publishes the fol-
| lowing:
| "Our troops in Prussia, under COM
mand of General Won Handenberg, af-
ter a three days battle in the district
of Gilgenburg and Ortelsburg, East
| Prussia, defeated a Russian army con-
| sisting of five army corps and three
cavalry divisions. Our troops are now
pursuing the enemy beyond the from
tier"
THE coNGREssMAN's CROP.
Free seeds he freely sent away
And now he notes
That in a lot Of cases they
Have sprouted votes.
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