Show DRIVEN BACK GERMAN F 0 0 CEU eq FRENCH AND BRITISH OPPOSING INVASION id IN BEL GIUM SUFFER DEFEAT fortress ss upon which allies placed their main dependence to hold in check the advancing ger man mans has fallen 0 london namur liaa has fallen into tho the binds of the tho germans tho tito fortress upon which the allies ailles placed their main depend dependence elice to hold in check the advancing hordes of the alekman get man main strength after they hud had sept past liege has given way bo be tore the advance of tho the enemy the tito news nes cam cant as a surprise but aa as officially confirmed the tile war at officio itic iT lc in giving out tho the tidings added this significant note this necessitates the withdrawal if it a portion of the allied from the lino line of the to their original defensive position on oil the branch frontier vailur Is at the junction ot 01 tile alcuse and ambre riven its fall without a word of warning arning ii of any such prolonged siege of guna gulls as was nag deemed necessary to reduce it to sul suh mission before the german advance tad leates that the attack must have been sudden harp sharp and terrific ter and that tho the main strength of the german held field forces must have been centered tor the time being on this one object the 0 the tile french war mar office at paris has issued the following statement th the french and english I 1 the plan dian of attack having failed owing to un foreseen difficulties have retired on tile covering positions west of the deusa meusa the english army on our out left was attack att ackad id by the german germane but behaved admirably holding its ground with traditional stead steadfastness fastness the rhe french assumed the offensive offen with mith two army corps an african brigade in the front line carried away by their eager eagerness nebs were received by a murderous lire they did not give an inch but counter attacked by the prussian guard they were mere obliged to retire only however after inflicting normous enormous losses the prussian guard especially specially suffered heavily farst ft f lua our troops ad lanced across an extremely extreme lj difficult country and made a vigorous attack when they emerged from the woods but were obliged to fall back after utter 0 stiff fight south of the river nemols cm cra order ut general joffre our troops and the british troops withdrew to tbs covering posit positions ious our troops are intact our cair cavalry alry has in no way suffered am ant jur artillery has affirmed its superiority superior ltv our officers officer 3 and soldiers are in the best beat of ot condition morally and physically As a result ot the orders which have been issued the aspect of the struggle will change for a few days 1 hiie lie french army urmy will remain for a time on ahe the defensive but at the right moment to tto be decided upon by the commander in chief it will resume a vigorous ilg orous offensive movement our hokse a are heavy it would mould be premature to enumerate them jt it would be equally so to ete those of the germans who suffered tic heavily that they were obliged liged to abandon their counter attacks and to establish themselves in fresh positions is in lorraine Lorr alne |