The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-22
LONG BATTLE LINE
ON THE FRONTIER
ARMIES OF THE NATION BEING
DRAWN UP FOR THE IRE
MENDoUs CONFLICT,
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

| western Newspaper Union News Service
Parfs.-Oficial dispatches indicate
tnat a movement began in great force
along the line from Sarrebourg, on
the Franco-German frontier, to Lune
Vile, In the Department Meurthe et
Moselle, Friday evening. 1t continued
throughout the night with full sue.
cess and Saturday morning a German
standard was captured.
"Blamont, IL miles east of Lune.
Vile; Grey, still further east. and
Acricourt, Occupied by Bavarian Army
Corps, were stormed by our troops. +"
the announcement continues. "The
Germans are in full retreat, having
left many dead. wounded and prison.
ers. The French continue to advance
to- Upper Vosges. the Germans giving
way before them.
In Upper Alsace we have retaken
Thanh.
Prisoners affirm that General Won
Deimling, commanding the Fifteenth
Army Corps at Thanh, was wounded.
AT st. Blaise, in the valley of Bruche,
German flag was taken"
Conditions under which the great
battle between the Germans and the
allied forces probably will be fought
are made the subject of an Official
communication issued by the French
minister Of war Saturday. By its de-
velopment and the nature of the
ground over which the battle will be
fought, the communication says. this
vast engagement will differ profound
ly from battles Of other times.
French Army Concentrates.
by reason of the abandonment of
the attack which the Germans plan
ned against Nancy" says the COM
"our concentration has
been carried out with regularity and
In its entirety, and thus the whole of |
The French army will battle with the
whole of the German forces with the
of those German troops con.
:entrated on the Eastern frontier of
he empire.
"The violation Of the neutrality of
Belgium has extended the Belgian and
french lines to the frontier of Hol-
and. The next battle, therefore, will
,e from Basle to Maastricht, with sew
raj millions Of men on each side. II
8 this enormous extension Of effec.
ives and of front which will be pro-
oundly different from all other bat
les.
when two adversaries engage in a
attle along q front of from 20 to 30
.ilometers (13 to 20 miles, the en-
agement is characterized by two
10 rapid and Immediately
ecisive. With q front extending over q,
90 kilometers (266 miles) it il not
kelly to be the same.
1T would appear impossible from all
he evidence that one of the adversa-
les would be able to gain decisive ,
upon this front Of 400 kilo- ,
leters.
Varying Fortunes Of War. 1
"The operations along 30 great q Q
ne would have varying fortunes. We
i'll have an advantage at one 6r sew c
al points; the Germans will have an q
vantage at other points and the line I
battle will continue to be modified
It'll one of the adversaries succeeds '
J. coordination of movements and a p
ass Of effort in gaining some point, p
q superiority of which will dislodge Q
70 adversary's front and mark the {,
ID of the first battle.
These observations have for their
'ject the preparation for the public h
r q battle in new form and without h
ecedent in history" ID