The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-08-19


their schemes have fully miscarried
but military students are OF the opin
ion that the Germans will yet make
as big fight for victory and its spois
as they ever made. They are already
committed to fight to the last drop
Of blood. They have left only three
army corps to watch Alsace and Lor
raine, and they will attack from the
north with II army corps, striving to
break through the allied army before
they have Russia down at their backs
which can not be much longer de-
layed
The advance guards of the French
and German armies now fighting in
Belgium and the news of the artillery
duel at Dinant indicates that a great
battle is under way. The German cav
airy, which made reconnaissance in
force from Wise into Belgium Limburg
and were defeated at Haelen, are now
apparently to the south o. Tirlemort
engaged with the Belgium left wing
The fighting also reported south of the
line of the great armies on the
Franco-German frontier is of real i'm.
portance. After brilliant action the
French force retook Blamont and
Grey, two posts on the Lorraine from,
tier, due west of Strassburg, and, put
ting to flight the Bavarian corps, found
footing in long-lost Lorraine.
After the action the French aviator
flew over Metz and dropped bombs
into the hangers, where the Zeppelin
airshirs were lodged, and, it is be.
lieved, destroyed some of them. The
French air scouts are striking terror
into the hearts of the German aviators
and German armies. The French are
reaping the reward of the sacrifice Of
persons, made as pioneers in aviation
Seesaw Played in Europe.
Here as we'll as in France it is real
lied that the initial success at one
point is almost invariably to be com
pensated for by temporary failure at
another, and that the main issue will
be decided only by the final readust
ment of the positions of the contending
armies. The fight is almost certain to
extend over many days. The Russian
armies are beginning to make them
selves felt upon the frontiers Of Aus.
tria-Hungary and Germany.
The English press bureau has is,
sued statement that the French and
Bavarian troops have engaged one an
other in an action of some cohse-
quence in the region of Blumont, Grey
and Avricourtt. The French were com
pletely successful, capturing the vii
lagos of Blumont and Grey and the
heights of Andela. The Germans, who
suffered heavy losses, were driven
back, leaving their dead and wounded
The FreLch continued to advance
Terrific fighting is going on between
French and German forces along a
12-mile battle line stretching from the
Sarrebourg, in Southern Lorraine, to
Luneville,in the French department of
Ourtheet Moselle, according to an off
cial statement issued by the war min
istry in Paris and telegraphed here by
Reuters The French war office
claims that the French soldiers were
victorious in the first day of the battle,
1t is officially announced that Thaun
has been retaken by the French after
brilliant engagement. 1t is reported
that Gen. Won Deimling, who is in com.
mand of the 18th German army corps,
was wounded at Ste. Blaire.
Says Battle Was Brilliant.
A dispatch from Paris to Reuters
agency says the official account Of the
fighting between the French and Ger,
man troops, at Blamont and Cirey-Sur.
Zezouze, adds that the affair was a
particularly brilliant one. The Ger,
man force consisted of Bavarian
army corps. when the Germans oc.
eupied the northern heights, the
French troops made grand fanking
movement, which decided the corn.
mander. OF the Bayarian army corps to
retire in the direction of Saarburg
The engagement was very hot one.
The morale of the French troops was
excellent. In a coup the French oc.
cupied an angle OF the Donon river
and took more than 500 prisoners
All England was stirred by the mo
mentsus. dispatch from Brussels to the
effect that the French and Bslgians
had began the greatest battle IN the
worlds history-the titanic struggle
which may last for weeks. The French
success at Grey, where the crack Ba
vsrian corps was forced to fee like Q
disorganiezdv mob, aroused great en-
thusiasm here.