New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-16
Advancing Line Begins at Sanebourg and
Extends to Luneville, in Department
Of Muerthe-et-Moselle.
GERMANS ARE IN FULL RElREAl
French Continue Movement in Upper Vosges' Necap'V'
ing Thann in Upper Alsace, Where German General
sReported Wounded-Three Towns Stormed
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Paris Aug 15-The French Ministry preparing the
public for news of great battle which will extend over line
than 2S0 miles length and in which more than mn0"
of men on each side will be engaged
This battle line will extend from Base, in Switzerland to
Maestrcht Belgium the people warned that at some
points the may be successful while added at other
points the French will have advantage
Official dispatches published in Paris that the French
began great force along the line from Sse
bowg the Fanco-German frontier, to Luneve IN the De-
partment of Muerthe- last evening. 1t continued
throughout the night with full force, and this morning German
standard captured.
"Eamon seventeen miles of Lunevie; Grey, still
further east and Avcourt occupied by Bavarsn corps
were ormed by troops" the continues The
Germans full retreat having left dead wounded and
prisoners The French continue advance to Upper Vosse
the Germans giving way before them In Upper Aace have
reaken Thann Prisoners affirm that General Deinlins
commanding 18th Army Corps Thanh, wounded AT
St BIaise Valley of Bruche, German flag taken
An official statement issued tonight
''The towns near Saale Pass entirely occupied by
French troops which yesterday took the neghborng plateau
The French artillery attacked the Germans and its FIRE greatly
helped infantry, which had few wounded but killed
heaps of abandoned equipment showing that the fight
of the Germans preciptate"
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London Aug 15.-The correspondent of ''The Morning
Post" Baden telegraphs:
at appears that the German losses have been rather
heavy thousand wounded having been brought to Comar
people who have returned to Switzerland from
all concerning the fury of the Pussians against the
civil population of Asace who the of the balls and
bayone of the Germans certain that during the battle of
Muehausen the Baden troops suffered the Bavaan troops
are actually at Muelhausen"
The Germans expelled two thousand people from Metz
and driven them across French frontier according
nomcemen made tonight by the official press bureau of the
British Admiralty and the War Department The residents
expelled on the ground that otherwise they would have to be fed
French aeropanes have obtained several the
western frontier
MANY of the regiments commanded by members
and relatives of the Hohenzoern family The Lokaanzege
saws Prince Joachim Hohenzoern of the army corps
at Oder Maxmiisn Bonden general of
the 4Oth Army Corps Duke Aenbug commands the l42d
Regiment Fuerst Won SchaumbwgLppe the Schsumbg Lppe
regiment cusssers and brother of the Empress Ernest
Cuenther Won Schleswig, the Hoten troops
The British official press bureau its communication to-day
says
Tbe German offensive moment arrested in Upper
Aace and there indications that the French made
progress that side"
The communication continues:
"The French troops advancing into the high Asatan
valleys of the Vosges Mountains Since their occupation of the
Saaes region territory the frontier Asac which
was yesterday the French opo have town
of ITSELF driving the German troops To-day they COL
ected the kits abandoned by the German fugitives.
n the Woewe district the Department of the Mcuse the
French troops to-day fired and brought down hostile aero
plane which flying height of 1000 yards two