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Show FRENCH RECAPTURE MULHAUSEN I AT POINT OF THE BAYONET j Severe Battle Precedes Victory Six German Cannon and Six fv Ammunition Wagons Captured Situation in Vosges I Mountains Remains Unchanged French Occupy f: Guebwiller in Upper Alsace Lines Ex- tended in Lorraine. HOTTEST FIGHT OF WAR AT AERSCHOT I German Cavalry Supported by Machine Guns and Artillery Open Fierce Attack Belgians Outnumbered But Put j Up Fierce Resistance Troops on Both Sides Figb t. Like Demons Battle Soon Became Veritable r Butchery Distinguished Belgian Troops f Hold Invaders in Check for Two Hours. Paris, Aug. 20, 3 p. m. The re-occupation of Mulhausen, I Alsace, by French troops is announced officially here today. I The recapture of Mulhausen was preceded by a very se- I vere battle during which the French troops took one of the suburbs at the point of the bayonet. They also took as the result of their victory six German cannon and six ammunition wagons. The official note says the situation in the Vosges moun- tains is unchanged. In upper Alsace the French have occupied I Guebwiller, 14 miles southwest of Colmar. j In Lorraine, it is stated, the French lines extend from the north of Saarburg, passing by Morhange to Delme. j The situation in the Duchy of Luxemburg and in Bel- J gium is unchanged. London, 4:20, Aug. 20. The almost complete ahsence of news from the theater of war today is the best evidence evi-dence that big events are in progress which w ill test the real calibre of j the battalions today engaged In the "new Waterloo" or the "new Sedan " That the great German advance is being pushed with vigor and determination determi-nation can be safely asserted, Jpdg lng from the intelligence permitted to the outside world On both banks of the Meii3e the Germans are crowd-ing crowd-ing southward toward the entrenched French army waiting to stem their progress toward Sedan and Paris The invaders already have reached a line between Dinant and Neufcha-teau, Neufcha-teau, the latter point being less than 27. miles from Sedan as the crow flies. To the northward their advance troops have reached the River Dyle. near Malncs almost midway between Brussels and Antwerp Before this northward rush, the Belgian forces' are retiring on Antwerp In Brussels they call this a strategic retreat. Germans Gaining Ground. Whether the movement is strategic or forced, the Germans have gained much ground In tho direction of Bni-sels Bni-sels Should they, however, take advantage ad-vantage of this tempting opening for a raid on the Belgian capital they may find the now retreating Belgian army sweeping down on them from behind. "All is going well Tor our arms.' continues to be the tenor of official French dispatches concerning thes lt-uotion lt-uotion in Alsace-Lorraine. Tme official information bureau announced an-nounced this afternoon that communication commu-nication with Brussels since early this morning has been difficult Hot Fighting at Aerschot London. Aug. 20, 510 p. m.-A dispatch dis-patch from Router's News Agency from Ghent. Belgium, says: "Yesterday's fighting at orsehot was extremely hot. The appearanco of two German avlatorR wmis the first Intimation that the Germans, who had been repulsed on the previous evening. eve-ning. Intended to renew the attack "Plying low. the German aviators surveyed the positions and then returned re-turned to report "Soon afterwards tho German Cavalry, Cav-alry, supported by machine guns and artillery opened a fierce attacK. "The Belgians were outnumbered but put up a desperate resistance. Troops Fight Like Demons. "The troops on both sides foughl like demons and the battle soon became be-came a veritable butchery 'Two Belgian regiments, which already al-ready had distinguished themselves Id the frost of Liege, held the iDvader9 in check for two hours I "Both sides were losing heavily when the retreat was sounded 1 nn |
