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Show 1 GHtMANS INVADE FRENCH DOMAIN I LONGWY SURRENDERS; I LILLE IS ABANDONED I Paris War Office Tells of the Terrible I Slaughter of German Troops by I French near Nancy. I U. S. MEN GET WAR FEVER I Brifeh General and Army Congratulated I by General Joffre of the.,. French Forces. H Paris, Aug. 27. The following of- B flclal bulletin was Issued by tlio war PJ office tonight: "In the Vosges district our troops today resumed the offenslvo and drove back the Germans, who yt)3ter- day had forced them to rotlro on the Saint Die side. fgU "The Germans yesterdayombard- ed Saint Die, which IsV unfortified H town. "in tho region between the Vosges and Nancy our offensive movement has continued uninterruptedly for five days. Tho German losses have been considerable; 2500 bodies were found on a front of three kilometers southeast of Nancy and 4500 bodies JR. " on-a front" ofour Kllomelets In the fJk region of Vltrlmont.' f Germani Capture Longwy Fortress "Longwy, a very old fortress, the garrison of which consisted of only one battalion, which had been bom- barded August 3, capitulated today after holding out.for over twenty-four, days. More than half tho garrison was killed or wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Darche, governor of Longwy has been nominated an officer of the Legion of Honor for heroic conduct pH In the defense of Longwy. "On the Meuso our troops have re- pulsed with great vigor several Gsr- man attacks. A Qerman flag Ws taken. ' "T.V; Belgian field army attached to Namur and a French regiment which' supported It have Joined our H lines. British Driven Back on Their Right "In the north the British haye nt tacked forces greatly superior In number, and wero obliged, after brll- llant resistance, to withdraw a little In the rear on their right. H "Our armies maintained their por sltlons in Belgium. Tho army of Antwerp by-its offenslvo has drawn H off and had beforo it several Gcr- man divisions. "In certain Vegtonsof the north In-, habitants ot towns and villages havo H been frightened by tho appearance of scouts of tho enemy. Theso nro H passing incursions which can ,hap-I ,hap-I pen in nny way," sometimes at a grca,t I dlstanco from Important operations, I and need causo no alarm, as they do I not at all indicate Immlnont occtipa tlon by tho enemy." |