New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-17
Forward Movement Develops All Along
'FRONT.' 900 More Prisoners Taken,
New Total Being 800
GERMANS ROUTED ON BELGIAN SOIL
Reoross Meuse in Disorder Pursued by French Cavalry
Clash of Great Armies VIII Begin in North
and Extend South to Alsace

Paris Aug. Is G1 40 P M)-The following official state
Inent was issued tonight
"A forward developed to-day all along the front
from Rechicourt Rngen Lorraine eleven miles southwest
Sanebourg Sante- Msre-AuxMnes We carried the latter
and advanced into the region of SantBlaise.
The French troops, who occupied Donan Saturday.
nued advance their progress being especially rapid the
Schrmeck Valley We have taken 900 prisoners addition
TO 500 Friday Large quantities of equipment abandoned
b Germans captured this We pushed
Lorqun Height capturing convoy belonging cavalry di
vision, consisting of nineteen automobiles and orries
The Germans attacked Dnsnt Their force consisted of
guard division and the First Cavalry Division, supported by
battaon of infantry and machine gun companies When
appeared the left bank the French attacked with
great vgor and dash The Germans and ecrossed
the Meuse great disorder Many who failed to reach the bridge
slipped down the steep bank and fell into the swiftly flowing
and drowned.
Profng by the disorder the French Light Cavalry Regi
and pursued the Germans for many
miles regiment put fight and drove before greatly
superior forces of German cavalry"
FRENCH ADVANCE GENERAL
The advance of the French the frontier
now appears general Following review of the latest
available the French War Office: series of important
and successful reported from the district of Bel
and Grey between Lunevie and the frontier. On Friday
night Of the French divisions opened attack upon posi-
held by Bavaran army which strongly nenched
within hed works befOTe the town OF bumont Inc
having been pushed back operations ceased until
yesterday, when the French resumed the offensive.
During the morning Bumont and the village of Grey, five
miles the eastward both recapted the infantry attack
being powerfully supported by artillery The German force
then occupied the hills overlooking from the north the ground
they had Yielded but the face Of the French advance
movement they retired in the direction of Sarrebog, leaving
many dead wounded and prisoners both in the villages and
the hllsides.
Three miles the south French troops had on
Friday occupied Donon of the chief SUBMITS of the Vosges
$500 feet in height and just beyond the frontier This
viewpoint and imagine the JOY with which the
French soldiers will look out the owands of Asace and
Lorraine, spread like map below them
In capturing the position than 500 Germans were
prisoners Further north the Brey district Bavarian
troops have been psgng houses and maeang the civil
before retiring In general the French side Of the
appears be cleared of invading forces In Aace
e retiring reported have burned many houses
and shot many inhabitants.
step forward has been taken in Southern Alsace by the
capture Of Thsnn little manufacturing town of 5000 nhabi-
foot of the Voges and midway between Muhausen
frontier Prisoners taken here that General Won
Dsning, commander of the 18th German Army Corps was
wounded at Sante Blase village of the Asatian val
es thirty miles the north The German standard which was
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