Barton County democrat., 1914-08-28
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railroads and retain command of
the seas. Our operations have
enabled the Russians to come in
to action and penetrate the heart
of west Prussia.
ut is to be regretted that the
offensive operations planned fail
ed to achieve their purpose, as a
result of difficulties impossible
to foresee. 1t would have short
ened the war but our denfenses
remain intact in the. pressure of
an already weakened enemy.
Fighting Now on French Soil.
Every Frenchman will deplore
the temporary abandonment of
portions of AlSace and Lorraine
which we had occupied and GER
tain parts of the national terri
tory will suffer from events of
which they will be the theater.
"The ordeal is inevitable but
temporary. This, detachmentS of
German cavalry belonging to an
unattached division operating on
the extreme right have penetrated
to Doubaix (Six miles north of |
Lille) and the Tourcoing district,
which are defended only by terri
torial reServiStS.
"Our valient people will have
to find courage to support this
trial with unfailing faith in final |
success, which is not to be doubt |
ed. In telling to the country the
whole truth, the government and
military authorities give it the
strongest proof of their absolute
confidence in victory which de-
pendS only on our perseverance"
Germans Advance in
Sudden Sweep.
London, Aug. 4.-With a sud-
denneSS which apparently has
temporarily dazed the allies, Ger
many has advanced in one vast
concerted sweep along a battle
line which now extends practical
ly from Lille to the Swiss border,
or a distance of 300 miles.
The movements of the kaiSer'S
forces in AlSace and Lorraine, if
they have not been merged with
the Belgium campaign, at least
have by this time been concurrent
ly with the latter so that stimuli
taneOuSly 100000 Germans of all
arms of the service have begun
the advance through Belgium and
across AlSaceLorraine into
France.
Crown Prince
Repeatedly Successful.
There is confirmation in Lon
don OF the reported successes of
the German crown prince.
The admission of the allies.
however, that they have been for
: ced to retire is open to the most
: serious consideration.
Evidently the allies have been
: taken by surprise. Just what the
: French foreign office statement
means is not yet clear. 1t is not
5 that the allies have been definite
a ly defeated. That which both En-
S gland and France warned their
D subjects to expect has probably
come to paSS-a reverse. Germany
S has scored the first success. But
: the great engagement is still rag.
D ling.
: Three Great Battles Raging.
y On three important fields bat.
: ties greater and more sanquinary
than the world has ever known
s are now in progress. Altogether
: more than million and a half Of
n men are engaged in these combats
= Along 100 miles of territory
e from Mons in Belgium to the Lu
y xemburg frontier, one contes
wages. For three days 25O,OO(
= Germans have been locked in
death grapple there with an equa
4 number of the allies and the iSSu,
is still undetermined.
Luneville and Nancy Fall.
Then along the Lorraine from
tier and extending over across tn,
French boundary line anothel
great army, said to be under tn,
personal command of the crown
prince, is hammering away at tn,
French, who have recently hac
things their own way in that vi
cinity.l Luneville and Nancy ar,
already reported to have faller