Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-08-26

Paris, Aug. 21-The German cav
airy have occupied Brussels. This
! official announcement was made
| Thursday night. Strong columns are
| following up this movement. The
| Belgian army is retiring on Antwerp
without having been engaged by the
| Germans.
| Along with the announcement OF
| the fall of Brussels, the official state
ment says:
| "Our troops have met with bril-
| liant successes in Alsace, especially
| between Muelhausen and Altkirch.
| The Germans retreating on the Rhine
left In our hands many prisoners
and twenty-four guns, six of which
were captured by our infantry after
sharp struggle.
'In Lorraine the day was less for
| tunate for us. Our advanced troops
| found themselves faced by excep-
| tionally strong positions. They were
| forced by a counter attack, to fall
back in body, which is solidly es-
| tablished on the Seille and along
| the canal from the Marine to the
| Rhine"
May Change Campaign Plans.
An entire change in. the plan OF
campaign may be brought about by
| the finding of an opening to the
north by the German army in Bel
GUM. This was admitted in an Off
| ciel communication from Brussels
| on Thursday, which said the Ger
mans had gained ground on both
| banks of the Mouse and are in con-
| tact with the allies. 1t adds that
| the "Belgians, having done all that
could be expected by holding the in
vaders to check for fifteen days, their
strategy will now be merged into the
general plan of the allied armies.
Decisive Defeat is Denied
It concludes with the significant
sentence that the retrograde move
ment does not mean defeat" imply
| ing that the Belgians have been oper-
ating hitherto by themselves in
checking the Germans while the
French and British were making pre-
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German forces
Antwerp, now the seat of the Bel
gian government, apparently is the
temporary goal of the German troops
in Belgium. They are reported NOV
ing slowly but steadily in the d1rec-
ton of the great fortified port on
the river Scheldt 1.-THE German SOL
diers have occupied the town of Tirle-
mont and their masses, pushing in
from the frontier, are believed to-
| have come in contact with the allies
| front.
Reports in Brussels asserted a
battle had occurred near Charleroi,
in which the Germans were supposed
to have suffered the loss of 5000
| killed. This was not confirmed by
any official source.
Germans Retake Vile.
That the Germans are making a
determined resistance to the French
operations in Alsace-Lorraine is in
dicated by the war Offices announce
ment that the Germans have retaken
| the town of Vile.
1t is stated that the fighting has
lasted for five hours The German
| Uhlans charged time and again, using
their lances to good advantage, and
finally the French retired, leaving
the Germans in possession of the
field. The official announcement
says:
''Our troops fought with great
bravery at Vile. Despite an over
whelming force of Germans attack
ing them, they held out for five hours
and then retired in good order"
No Invasion of France.
London, Aug 21.-The Germans
have at last occupied Brussels, but
in Alsace they seem to be making no
advance The latest report is that
the French have recaptured Muel-
hansen and it still seems true that,
after eighteen days of fighting, there
are no German troops on French soil.
On Germany's eastern frontier
there has been considerable outpost
fighting which would Indicate that
the Russians are completing Their
work of concentration. There have
been no serious collisions in this re-
gion as yet, however. Austria is too
much engaged with Russia anc with
the need of helping Germany TO make
much progress in her campaign
against Servia.
New Peace Effort.
The death of Pope Plus will be
made the occasion for another effort
to bring about peace. 1t is stated
that when the conclave meets in
Rome to elect a new pope it will
send an appeal to the warning nations
/ for peace and win ask the United
States to aid in bringing about trail
| guilty.
Russians Invade Prussia.
ST. Petersburg, Aug. pa body Of