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Show I FRENCH ONCE MORE INVADING ALSACE By C. F. BERTLLLL (Sp4.-Ul CiMe br Arrtnirmeat With Lnaon Dilly Tel,rapb ind I mere a (.local Nowa Brrlc,) PARIS, Dec, 4. Private information has reached mo from tho Swi& iron-tier iron-tier which ehows that the French progress prog-ress in Alsace, which has been eonhid-erablo eonhid-erablo duriDg the pa;-t weekj is eausiDg tho utmost alarm to tho Gorman de-lenders. de-lenders. The French adviees in this direction constituto a serious menace to Strass-burs Strass-burs and the Germans are feverishly preparing to defend the famous fortress. fort-ress. Dozens of private forests and parks, which micht serve to cover an advancing ad-vancing French army, have been razed in tho gO"iwe5Tern suburbs of Strass-burg. Strass-burg. Already the French progress near Oolmar is formidable, while Gueb-wilier Gueb-wilier is almost completely surrounded. The Germans have mined several quarters of MuelhauR-'m in order to dynamite dyn-amite the town at the moment of the French entry, which is considered imminent. |