The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-12

oStAh1N WV iNii1Ai bllNA ~
general battle which will set
tie the control of Alsace is
near.
The French lines extend
across to the Rhine and along
the Swiss border and have
been reinforced to repel an eX-
pected. attack by Austrians
who are reported as marching
through Switzerland.
HEAVY GUNS ON WAY.
Amsterdam, via London,
Aug. 12.-The second attempt
of the German army to build
a pontoon bridge at Herstal,
over the Meuse, was success
ful, according to dispatches
from Maastricht to the Tele-
graf today. The bridge is in
tended for the passage of siege
artillery, several pieces OF
which are being sent to Liege
and others to Namur.
Germans Driven Across Border.
Montreal, Que, Aug. IA cable
gram from Paris TO the Morning Star
says:
The French war office has officially
announced that the troops of the re-
public We're victorious in engagements
with the Germans. All German SOL
Giers who penetrated France, depart
ment OF Mouse, and Meurth el Moselle,
were driven bac kacross the border.
AT Mangientes, the French claim
| to have repulsed the Germans with a
heavy loss. Six guns, three heavy
pieces OF artillery, and three rapid
fire guns fell into the hands Of the
French A battery OF German artil-
| lery was disabled During the early
stages OF the battle the Germans
fought go fiercely that the French lines
were on the point OF wavering. Re-
serves thrown forward turned the tide
and the French began n counter at
| tack.
| French Win Border Clashes.
| Paris, Aug. IL, 2:30 n. m.-The
French troops along the entire front
are in contact with the Germans. At
| Mangiennes, northeast Of Verdun, the
| Germans attacked the French on Mon
day evening The French. reinforced
by reserves, then took the offensive
and repulsed the Germans with con-
| siderable losses. A German battery
was destroyed by the French artillery
fire and another was captured with
three gatling guns and ammunition.
A regiment of German cavalry suffer-
ed seriously.
| Near Moncel, n German battalion
with artillery was repulsed. The Ger
man losses are said to have been
heavy.
The village of Iagarde in German
territory was taken by the French al
the point OF the bayonet.
German forces appeared at Longwy
and demanded the surrender of the
| town, which was refused.
Distribution of German Troops.
| London. Aug. 12.-There also Is good
reason to believe that the mass OF
| German troops on the western German
frontier are distributed between Thi-
onville, fortified town in Lorrains
II miles north of Metz. and Liege;
and that Lorraine is held compare
lively lightly farther south.
There is every indication that the
| Austrians have entered Alsace. II Is
believed the forts at Liege have moi
been taken.
| Bodies Burned at liege.
| London, Aug. IL, $40 a. ma dis
patch to the Standard from Mass
| tricht describes the wholesale crema-
ton OF bodies OF German soldiers killed
at Liege as told by fugitives arriving
there. During three successive nights
after the first fighting at Liege the
German collected their dead in heaps
of thirty. Funeral services were held
and military salutes were fired Over
each heap, which was then burned.
The officers explained to the mer
that this was necessary TO prevent the
bodies from becoming menace to the
living. Many other bodies were thrown
| into the Mouse to float seward.
German Asroplans Brought Down.
brussels. via London. Aug. IL, l;9'
"A. m.-The newspapers here announce
| that a German aeroplane aying over
Namur was brought down by the fire
of the fort and that two officers IT
the machine. uninjured by the fall
were taken prisoners.
| Six thousand German troops. II II
reported. seized the station or Landon
west Of Liege. and stopped trair
from Brussels. They permitted th'
passengers to go, but destroyed tn
station, removed the rails and drove
out railway employees. The passenger
were compelled to return on foot t'
Tirlemont.
According to fugitives from Landon
the Germans burned many VILLAGES