The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-10
Rigid Censorship in Force but
it is Said That Import
ant Events Are
Impending.
ARE INVADING GERMANY
Germans Arc Dammlne a River In an
Attempt to Keep the French
Out Of tho
Country ...
tBy William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent


PARIS, Aug. 1o.-French military
activities are again shut off by the
ImpenetrabIe curtain of complete cen.
sorship. But tho experts at the war
office indicate that important events
are impending. 1t is believed that
the army sent into AIsace from Bel
fort and commanded by Gen. Joffre,
commander in chief Of the French
forces, is moving In formation shap-
ed like huge fan from tho Jura
mountains on tho Swiss border
through all Of AIsace to a point east
OF Coimar. The forces that are en-
gagged in this invasion form the sec
ond mobilization center Of t;ro French
army with headquarters at Lansres.
While the fighting to. date in Asace
has been sharp there has been no gen
eral engagement worthy Of being
called. reA, battle. After making
their Initial stand at AItkirch, the
Germsns fell back rapidly and It was
not until Colmar was reached that
91y serious resistance was encounter
ed by General Joffre's men. Muihau-
tInued fighting, according to the war
Office. At Colmar there was severe
fighting In which the French are re-
ported to have overwhelmed the
Germans by a series Of brilliant bayo-
net charges. Germans then fell back
on Neu Breisach near which point 1t
Is believed a battle Is now in pro-
eresa.
That the Germans expected the
French army to Invade Lorraine Is
indicated by the official announcement
that the German engineers are endeaV-
oring to dam the Seille river. This
river forms part Of the boundary OF
Lorraine being a tributary Of the Mo-
sele and the German attempt Is In
tended to prevent the French moving
in an assault In force on Metz. Ger
man troops are moving on France
through Luxembourg, the main column
bcino reported at Esch. 1t Is reported
here that the German army which Is
operating through Luxembourg, Will
be very heavily reinforced In view OF
the check at Liege. While naturally
exact number of Germans, it Is re-
called that the original German plans
were believed to call for practically
the entire active German army with
the first and secondary line of re-
serves, a total of nearly one million
men.
EIqht Austrian regiments are re-
hauiYd viHl9teH
the neutrality Of Switzerland and to
be now on the Alsace border preparing
to attack the French rear in Aisace.
These men are picked soldiers from
the AustriaI TyroI mountaineers who
will be able to narass the French.
The foreign office has demanded Of
the Austrian ambassador a declaration
REGARDING Austria's intention. None
has been made, it being the assump-
tion here that Austria wants to pro-
woke France into declaration of war,
h opina thus to brinq Italy to her res
cue under the existing treaties.
BATTLE IMPENDING.
PARIS, Aug. 1o.-With Ferney, Null
hsusen and Colmar in the hands OF
the French and all of Alsace infiared
a 9ainst the Germans, battle in
force Is believed impending today. II
Is admitted that the German army is
concentrating on General Joffre's
front. Neu Breisach to the east of
colmar and Strassburg to the north
are the centers of German advance.
l. is believed certain here that the
German army of the upper Rhine is
already marching against the French
and that a general battle which will
settle the control Of AIsace has al
ready begun.
The French line extends across to
the Rhine, across to the Swiss border
and is used to repel an expected Aus
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