New Britain herald., 1914-08-13
Over 1000 French Officers and Soldiers Taken Prisoners by Germans During Fighting at Muehausen---Frst
 Despatch Direct From Berlin Received Today.
Many Germans in Berlin Place Their Homes at the Disposal of
 Stranded Americans.

The first despatch direct from Ber- lin uncensored by the authorities of the nations at war with Germany was received today by The Associated Press through the medium of the Goldschmidt Wireless company s station at Tuckerton. N. J. The mes- sage contained the important infor- nation that during the fighting at Muelhausen considerably over 1000 French officers and soldiers were taken prisoners by the Germans who also captured four cannon while in a fight with the French on the border of Lorraine further to the north the Germans also took one thousand German soil has been cleared of French troops.
 Developments in the war zone, which appears chiefly confined to Bel :, gran territory are made vague owing to the strict censorship over news re- lating to military movements. s Positions occupied by the main French, Belgian and British forces are not permitted to be disclosed even approximately. so that their plan of campaign cannot be assumed.
 AS to the German forces, indications from various sources point to the concentration of the main body with its right wing in Belgium and its left yivAer iy1 "a q. The German staff is said to have gathered twenty-six army corps along the eastern frontier facing Belgium and France. Many of these troops proba bly, are stationed at the great fortresses in Alsace-Lorraine and along the Rhine. One despatch as- serts the defense of Germany's Rus sian frontier has been left to armies made up of reservists. Although all of these are trained soldiers 1t would seem natural to leave as nucleus for their organization a considerable force from the active army.
 The dispositions and strength of the French invaders in Alsace, where they are said to hold a long line within the German border. are kept rigidly secret.
 On the sea, the reported safe arrival ill the Dardanelles of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau has led to rumors of their probable dis mantling until the end of the war. Tn the north Atlantic. although Rear Admiral Craddock has declared 1t clear of German cruisers as far south as Trinidad" the French liner Rochambeau which was to leave yes- terday with French reservists., Was held in New York by orders, from France.
 Tn the North Sea, which the British government says may be strewn Wltr mines the main squadrons of British battleships are still out; but thei1 Neither is the location of the main German fleet public property.
 The reports from Dover. at the eastern entrance to the English chan. -nel, say heavy cannonading lasting ar hour was heard this morning coming from the direction of the North Sea.
 The Austro Hungarian fleet. owing to the declaration of war by Great Britain added to that of Germany. is said to be in the Adriatic. where il was recently occupied in blockadine the Montenegrin coast
 . The British squadron in the Medi- terranean is strong and has the sup. port there of almost the entire French fleet.
 Belgian reports assert that a strons force of German cavalry, supported by infantry and artillery after severe fighting around Haelen was thrown back toward Liege by division n1 . Belgian cavalry with infantry and artillery. The German killed anf wounded are said to have numbered three -fifths of the 5000 men engaged while those of the Belgians are re. ported relatively light"
 The French foreign minister de. nies a German report of the captur, by Germans of a French regiment d Briey Meurthe-et- Moselle.
 Swiss reports assert the Franco German battle before Muelhausen t, have been so severe that the neigh bor in- hospital accommodations prove, absolutely inadequate.
 Many Germans in Berlin have placet