New Britain herald., 1914-08-27
Wireless Despatch From Berlin States That All the Fort, at Namur Have Fallen Before the Germans;
 Austrian Army Evacuates Sanjak
Belgian Forces StopSouthwardMove. ment of German Fourth Division;
 Final Attitude of Ita,y Awaited.


 Valenciennes and Roubaix according despatch from Ostend Belgium which passed through the hands of the censor at London All three cities situated within few miles of the Belgian frontier and Lille strongly for lied Vaenciennes military station of less importance while Roubax is known as a manufacturing center.
 Exact knowledge of the importance of this awaits official information Earlier despatches from Ostend quoted Belgian officer authority for the that the allies had decided defend Lille and that it's uaon by the French troops announced by the Tuesday
 wireless despatch received from Berlin early today brought the official that all the forts Ma had fallen before the Germans who had also captured Longwy The army of the Crown Prince it added had repulsed French attack and upper Asace free of the enemy except at points westward of kolmar.
 The office at Paris had been silent up to nearly 
 The Belgian operations were asserted to have been completely successful in official that from Antwerp by way of Paris little after midnight Four Bel gian divisions from Namur said to have stopped the southward of the German fourth division after which the Begians retired the French line The forts at Namur were still holding out, declared. This claim regarding the Namur Notifications repeated later by English correspondent at Ostend who quoted Del gan officer who had arrived from Namur He said that the Germans have destroyed two forts and were still assaltng the others.
 It is officially announced at St. Petersburg that the Russian advance Prussia proceeding with irresistible force It has before been stated that the objective point ot the main Russian army for the present is Posen
 The Germans represented as having retired to Os-
 merchant arriving in London from Berlin is credited with the statement that the trains bringing many refu gees to the German capital from hoenlgsDeTg Wch eiy he claimed civilians had been advised to leave
 Diplomatic relations between Austria and Japan nave been formally severed apparently despatch direct from Toko stating that the Austrian ambassador Baron Muller De Szentkyorgy had been recalled. blockade or the leased territory of Kauchau has been declared by the Jap anese who warships shelled small island off the coast This island was not defended
 The Japanese minister o justice, Yuklo, Ozarkl an an nounces that hostities the China and Japan seas will end with the capture of Kauchau when Japan Will become spectator instead of participant in the war
 He adds however that if the Germans should prove menace to neace through their standing in the south seas Japan would consult Great Britain and might cooperate in driving the enemy of the allies out of the Orient
 Keen interest continues in the attltuoe 1nat i'ay w' eventually assume. - n
 despatch from Kraguyevatz Servia says that the Austrian army has evacuated the Sanjak of Novpaza
 The Norwegian steamer Gottfred struck mine in the North sea and was destroyed Eight of her crew were lost