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Show GERMAN NEWSPAPER CLAIMING VICTORY BEPLIN fv a Copenhagen to Lon don) A g 1' 1 30 a m The Lokal Anze ger n an art ele deal ng w th one German v ctory at Muhlhausen Alsace says The s lence of the western fron t er follow ng the br ef but swift entry of small forces of French into Altfli rch has been, broken by the br 11 ant news of our first battle at Huhlhausen the We ssenburg of 1914 But th s fight was much more m portant than was that of We s senburg n 1870 (when the Germans won the r first important battle of the Franco Pruss an war) cons der ing the number of combatants en gaged We understand the French had three divis ons of about 55 000 men Two d vis ons belonged to the Sev enth army corps and also conta ned a port on of the Bensacon corps whose me bers are among the el te of the Trench army We do not 1 now tho extent of the art llery and cavalry engaged but we be 1 eve that the French n M hlhau sen have now a new idea of the value of Krupp guns Naturally the French would have fort fled the pos t ons at Muhl hausen w th earthworks but an army 1 ke the German a my wh ch takes fortresses by assault wo ild find then sel es 1 ttle troubled by such obstacles |