The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-09-05
MORE BRITONS ALSO
SENT TO CONTINENT
Second Expeditionary Force Of
One Hundred Thousand Men
Landed in Belgium.

London, Sept. 5.-England has
placed more than $4,000 Russian
troops in France by means of trans
ports sent north of the Scandinavian
peninsula to Finland, where the Cos
sacks embarked and were safely land
ed at French ports.
In addition to these troops a Sec
ond expeditionary British force of
more than 100000 troops has been
landed at Ostend, Belgium This in-'
formation would indicate the allies
are planning an enyeloping movement
of the German left wing, which is
swinging far to the south In France.
BY coming to the rear of the force
that is pushing on to Paris the allies
will threaten their communications
and may cut them off,
1t is officially announced in Paris
that opposing armies around Paris
have not come In contact. They con-
tinue their movements taking posi-
tions." tbs statement adds:
THE Germans have been checked
at Verdun. The French are success
ful in Lorraine and the vosges. The
situation has not changed"
Route of Troops Not Known.
Because of the mines in the Baltic
and North seas and the presence of
the German feet Ii had been regard
ed as impossible for Russia to reach
France except by marching through
Germany.
A constant stream of empty ships
has been moving south from Liverpool
ever since the English declaration of
war. but there has been no observa-
tion of ships northwawrd bound. and
the report that England has helped
the Russians reach France has given
rise to much speculation as to where
the ships sailed from.
However. the secrecy which sur
rounded the movement of the first
British expeditionary army was so
complete that the English public is
willing to believe the English govern
ment has 1t within its power to con-
ceal any movement.
Ahat thC al hil0o vi dCl uidlyt AUS
tria. Russia, France and Great Britain
still are at death grips in four colos-
sal battles Is the information con-
veyed In brief bulletins from cor
respondents near the scenes of the
battling.
The last twenty-four hours has
yielded little news of the progress of
the battle In Northern France. 1t is
expected the allied armies will make
q stand on the line from Verdun on
the east to the sea and attempt with
all their might to stay the German
avalanche.
Twenty-Five Miles From Capital
The correspondent of the Times at
Dieppe indicates the Germans are less
than twenty-five miles from Paris
The cannonading broke windows in
Chantilly. only seventeen miles north
Of Paris, and the retreating French
are said to be falling back from the
German right wing through Creii
Senlis and Creepy -en-valois.
The Copenhagen correspondent OF
TIC SOnti a. ANCWo DAYS DcItlu utWo-
papers describe the battle which was
proceeding Wednesday between
Rheims and Verdun as the greatest
battle In history. Three-Quarters OF
million men were declared to be par
ticipating In the engagement
French troops have been passing
through Paris for the last three days.
headed toward the battle lines to the
north and east of Paris, which pro-
tect the capital from the German ad-
vance. The resumption OF the Ger
man offensive II awaited at any mo-
ment, but the confidence OF the
French Is strengthened. 1t is felt in
Paris that the strategical problem OF
the allies II to select the right plan
and the right movement for counter
offensive tactics.
The German plan. according to pop
ular speculation, is not to besiege
Paris. but to attempt to force breach
q the ohain e fQxtreeses with their