Connecticut western news., 1914-08-27
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 STEADILY , :, ADvANClNG General March Into Paris Predicted. SMASH JOFFRE'S ARMY Germans Tell Of Taking 10000
 French Prisoners.
 ea RUSSIANS ARE VICTORIOUS Troops Take Important Towns
RUSSIANS ARE VICTORIOUS
Troops Take Important Towns After Six Days of Des-
 perate Fighting.

The war office in Paris announced that the Germans in the north had as stunned the offensive again and that they are attacking the combined Eng hsh and French armies.
 The Belgian army essayed a sortie from Antwerp to attack the German rear and. having taken the first line of the Germans by surprise, threw tbem back as far as Malines. thirteen miles to the southeast. The Germans, heavily re-enforced. have resumed the offensive there.
 In Lorraine, following the counter at tacks, the French have withdrawn to the river Mortagne. continuation of the Meuthe from Luneville to Nancy.
 In Alsace the French have repulsed numerous attacks and still hold Muel- hausen. The theater of operations in Alsace, however, is now of secondary consideration.
 The British losses in the fighting in southwestern Belgium are estimated at 2yO00 by Field Marshal Sir John &kEhNhy OA LAG oAlL1OA CA peditionary force on the continent.
 Germans Claim Big Victory.
 The repulse of the allies by the Ger mans in the fighting of the last few days along the Belgian. Lorraine and Luxemburg frontiers was telling and almost crushing defeat, according to wireless messages received from Berlin by the German embassy in Washing ton.
 There were two of these messages They came through the Telefunken sta tion at Sayville, N. Y. The first one says that the Germans smashed the mnin French army under General Joffre, took 10000 prisoners, among them several French generals, and 15O guns. A general advance of the Ger man armies toward Paris Is predicted.
 The official press bureau in London announced that the first line of the allies defense had been broken by the Germans. necessitating a withdrawal of the allied forces to their original po- Efti0n on the French frontier. It was explained that this withdrawal was in accordance with the original plans and was purely, for strategic reasons."
 RussSas Troops Victorious.
 Six days of desperate lighting which have marked Russia's swift invasion, of eastern Prussia has placed, accord. ing to reports given out at St. Peters burg, the Russian troops in possession of Insterburg and other important towns
 It is asserted that they also control railway lines leading to important stra- tegical points; also they are declared to have the moral value of a great vic tory over the German forces. which uere obliged to retreat in disorder.
 The fighting during the entire week kas been desperate and resulted in heavy losses on both sides
 The Germans are reported to be crossing the Angerapp river with the Russians in pursuit. The Russians have occupied Insterburg and an nd rance line stretching from Grunheide fn The north. through Insterburg. south hto the lake region. ....
 The main body of the German troops have entered Brussels. Headed by major general and his staff, the Ger. man forces proceeded into the city along the two main roads leading from LoHyain. Up to that time the only German forces in the city were the esvalrymen.
 A news agency dispatch from Amster dnm says that the Belgians have been fweed to evacuate Malines. fifteen miles northeast of Brussels
 The Belgians are admitted to be re ,iring to Antwerp. The advance guard af ,he German army that is operating nksCugh Luxemburg has reached Neuf shssean. In Belgian Luxemburg
 ln connection with the rumors about Errssels the war office in an official statement points out that the Belgian sesense plans center around Antwerp Tsaat Is the Belgian base. It is tre- .ne2dously fortified, whereas Brussels is not The withdrawal of the Bel yi~m seat of government to Antwerp gss considered highly significant