The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-25
CANNOT PUSH BACK GERMAN RUSH
|l[AT TIDAL WAVE Of GERMAN SOLDIERS
| SWEEPING THE ALLIES OFF THEIR FEET

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to strike hard and we will not leave
the result long In doubt"
Because Of the great uncertainty
regarding the easuaItles, the towns.
people are seriously downeast II 10
known that the death list 10 enormous
and no ono 10 yet certain just who
has met death. Tho general staff
makes no explanation Of the fall Of
Namur but It 10 understood the forts
were simply overwhelmed. From the
moment they came under fire late on
Friday, there was no lot up. Night
and day the German bombardment
continued and finally one OF the chain
was carried by storm. Then the Ger
mans were able to mount their artil-
Iery inside Of this fort and to reduce
the others, one by one, according to
the stories told about the war office.
Complete statement Of facts 10 prom
Ised soon.
GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.-The Ger.
man army captured 10000 soIdisrs and
several generals, members Of the
French army under General Joffre ;
now controls Longwy and the greater
part Of the Belgian-France frontier,
the Berlin foreign office today by
wireless Informed the German en-
bassy here. One dispatch read:
German troops chased tho French
troops. defeated In battle between the
18th and 21st Of August. German
troops pasted through French troops
In several battles.
Numerous snsIgns, over $50 guns.
10000 prisoners In the capture OF
.Lunssiiis. Took army 4ef -naneral
Jossrs, dlsmembered, no more capable
Of action. German crown princes
army chased French west Of Longwy.
Army Of the duke Of Wuertemberg
marched through Belgium, crossed riv.
or semois. Completely crushed ad.
vancing French army. Numerous
guns, ensign, prisoners, several gem
erals captured. German troops ad-
vance west Of river Mouse toward
Maubeuge, France. Defeated English
cavalry brigade. Semois (the rIver),
Lonwy, (the fortified city, east part
Belgium, France border in German
hand. concentric advance all Ger
man armies towards France prob
able"
The other dispatch read: "German
marines return Scutari part In Aus
trIan fighting against servIa and
stormed In first line mountain 1000
metres high on river Drina.
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge
(of the United States war department)
arrived by battIeship Tennessee. He
praises the attitude Of German people,
regarding Americans. He declared II
his duty to inform Americans Of the
victorious German armies and Of the
excellent spirit Of the German nation.
American sympathies are touched by
German help for poor Russian fam
lilies in Berlin"
The dispatches were sent by the
Berlin foreign office to saviIIe, /. L.,
wireless station and teiesraphed here.
FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Aug. rs. - The
French army still holds Aitkirch and
MuIhausen; the allies following de-
feat by the Germans, have firmly es-
tabIished themselves at point west
of the place where the great battle
was fought, and France and England
are not in the least dTsheartened by
the reverses, It was officially stated
at the French embassy today. Official
dispatches from Paris to the embassy
brought this information.
The allies originally assumed an
offensive position, It was stated, and
this failed. A line Of retreat was
found necessary, and the entreneh-
ments to the west Of their original
position were set up. In the dis
patches to the embassy the names Of
all generals and cities are left out.
The defeat Of the allies was due to
the superior numbers Of the German
opposition, the dispatches stated, de-
oIarine the Germans were massed In
bulk. The position the allies now
occupy 10 said to be impreanable.
rhs second division Of the French
army suffered rather severely, the
cable stated, but the bulk Of the H.
vision was reported In good condition
and not In the least discouraged. One
said that the allies were
progressing through an opening to
CoImar.
High ofseIais In Paris, II was an
nounced, never declared France had
been overwhelmingly victorious at
any time.
France believes Germany had mass