The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-09-10
MAUbE
take BY
GERMANS
Fortress Falls After
Weeks Siege.
FORTY THOUSAND
FRENCH CAPTURED
-Four Hundred Guns Also Fall
Into Hands Of the Kai-.
ser's Troops.

London, Sept. 1O.-Official announce.
ment was made at the war office in
Berlin that the French fortress at
Maubeuge, on the Sambre river, about
six miles from the Belgian frontier
has fallen and that the Germans took
10000 prisoners, including four gen.
erals, and captured 400 guns.
An official communication issued in
Paris, however, says the situation re-
mains satisfactory. The German
right is retreating before the English.
The French center is slowly advanc.
ing. The situation on the right is
unchanged. The statement says:
"First-On the left wing, although
the Germans have been reinforced,
the situation remains satisfactory.
The enemy is retreating before the
British army.
Second the center our ad-
vance is slow but general On the
right wing there has been action of
the enemy against the great circle of
Nancy. In the Vosges and in Alsace
the situation remains unchanged"
Siege Lasted Week or More.
Dispatches would indicate the Ger
mans have been besieging Maubeuge
for a week or more. The British are
said to have assisted the French gar
rison in the defense. On Sept. 6 the
German war office announced two OF
the Maubeuge forts had fallen and
that artillery fire was being directed
against the town. On the same day
Paris reported that Maubeuge con-
tinued it's resistance.
The German embassy at Washing
ton has received a message from Ber-
lin confirming the German victory at
Maubeuge. The message says: THE
German military railway lines are
now free and that the papers in Ber-
lin speak of the 10000 captured,
meaning the weakening'of the enemy"
Maubeuge, however, was not in the
line Of what is believed to be the
greatest battle of the war, and de-
spite its fall the French reports as
sert the allies are making progress
east Of Paris on the line from Mont
miratll to Verdun, and from Verdun
to Nancy, where 100000 men are
said to be engaged The British EN-.
bassy at Washington has received the
following official French communica-
ton:
Many Prisoners Taken.
THE Anglo-Frenchr forces have
taken many prisoners, including a
battalion of infantry, mitrailleuse
company and many caissons."
A news dispatch from Paris indi-
Gates the German offensive against
that city definitely has been checked
and Central News dispatch from
Basel, Switzerland, says the Germans
have evacuated Upper Alsace.
Although little light is thrown on
the movements Of the campaign east
Of Paris the French war office at Bor-
deauX has issued statement indicat-
ing that the French strategical posi-
ton is better now than at the begin
ming Of operations.
The German formation is now In
convex form, which is absolutely con.
trary to the whole conception Of the
German general staff. The French
statement says:
"On the 7th the French and Eng
fish offensive had compelled the Ger
mans to withdraw. Two of it's army
corps have been thrown on the left
side of the Ourcq -..
"The fourth army has attacked US
in the Vitre-la-Francois region. A
falling back movement Of the enemy
has been closely observed" >..