Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-19
BATTLE IS RAGING
THROUGH LORRAINE;
FRENCH VICTORS?
Metz Bombarded by AerOpIane-
ZeppeIinS Destroyed.
GERMANS ROUTED AT DlNANT
Feirce Fighting Is Reported by Paris
War Office Along TweIVe-Mile
Battle Line-Two Mil
lion Engaged.

ported to have taken place between
the advance guards of the allies and
German armies in Belgium. A sharp
artillery duel at Dinant, Is miles south
of Namur, indicate that a great bat
Gle which may decide the destiny of
Europe has begun.
Fighting also is reported to the
southwark along the Franco-German
border. The French are reported to
have recaptured Blamont, Grey and
Thanh.
Two French aviators-Cesari and
Prudhomme-few over Metz and
dropped bombs on the dirigible
hangers, and they are believed to
have destroyed number of Zeppelins.
Despite a heavy fire directed at them
both regained the French line in
safety.
The correspondent of the Times in
Brussels telegraphs as follows:
A battle was fought between French
and German forces at Dinant, In Bel
GUM, 40 miles southwest of Liege.
At 6 a. a. the Germans occupied
that portion Of Dinant lying on the
west bank Of the Meuse.
Chasseurs Chase Germans Ten Miles.
A French column of infantry, sup
ported with machine guns and artil-
Iery, attacked the Germans and after
several hours desperate fighting drove
the Germans out. During the great
er part of the battle the fighting was
between the artillery, where the
French again proved their superiority.
When the Germans fell back, says the
dispatch, they were pursued for ten
miles by French chasseurs and infan-
trymen. The operations around
Dinant indicate that the Germans
south of the Meuse are pressing for
ward toward the French frontier.
French Win.
Terrific fighting is going on between
French and German forces along r.
mile battle line stretching from Sarre-
bourg, in southern Lorraine, to Lune-
Vile, in the French department of
Muerthe-et-Mosselle according to an
official statement issued by the war
ministry in Paris and telegraphed here
by Reuters.
The French war Office claims that
the French soldiers were victorious
in the first day Of the battle, which
commenced at daybreak on Saturday.
French Victors at Dinant.
Paris, Aug. 1.-THE war office an
nounced a victory for the French at
Dinant, Belgium, which discovers for
the first time the exact location of the
French allies in Belgium Sharp fight
ing took place on the right bank of
the Meuse, where the German forces,
composed of infantry, supported by
cavalry and rapid-fre guns, we're
forced to retreat in disorder. Hun
dreds of the Uhlans' horses were cap
tured in the engagement, which was
marked by display of brilliant cour-
age on the part of the French.
The Bavarian forces, according to
the same war Office statement, have
been pushed back across the border
70 German territory, losing every posi-
ton they have gained previously in
this vicinity.
The French troops have taken sew
eral new positions, notably in the vi
cinity Of DOnon and the upper Bruche
valley On the line from Thionville
TO Verdanvilie, near Luxembourg, the
Germans still hold the region around
Briey and Longwy. The war Office also
declares that the offensive movement
OF the French army along the line from
Sarreburg to Luneville was continued
during the day with great vigor. So
precipitate was the German retreat
that at points it resolved itself into
disOrdered flight. Another German
standard was left on the field and was
captured by the French
Two Million Troops on Border
cOmmunique has just been issued
by the government notifying the popu-
lace to be prepared for news of the
great battle involving more than 2,000,-
900 German, French and Belgian troops
over a battle line extending from the
interior Of Belgium southwestward
along the French border to the north
ern boundary Of Switzerland.
An appeal is made to the public to
follow with GOODNESS and calmness the
various phases of the operations.
ia some quarters it is believed that
the mighty conflict has opened in earn
est, following a week of skirmishing
"a telegram from Brussels says that,
while it is believed there that the gen.
eraI engagement has not begun, the
sound of a violent cannonade has been
heard in the direction of Diest and
Hougaerde since three o'clock in the
morning. Hougaerde is two and one
half miles from Tierlemont and 25
miles from Brussels.
He Matin says:
THE French government will not
give out early bulletins of the great
battle. but will wait for definite and
tangible results. 1t may be a week or
longer.
This must be so from the nature Of