Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-08-12 | Page 2 | Artillery of French is Good

ARTILLERY OF FRENCH IS GOOD Paris Account of the Movements Move-ments of the Fighting Forces. London, Aug. 12 (11 a. in - The military position at Liege, 'EHgium. also along the Franco-German frontier fron-tier where tin- opposing outposts are in touch and in Alsace. whttVQ severe engagements between p French Invading In-vading force and the German de-renders de-renders recentlj m re fought, is e plained in a dispatch from the Frent b foreign minister received here this morning Ho sa a "Rumors regarding the loss of the forts of Liege by the Belgian troops are entirely false Onl small groups of German soldiers entered the town itsHf under cover of the darkness I Ml the encircling forts, twelve in number are Intact. "Small unimportant engagements have occurred along the whole line Where the French and German armies are facing eaeh other, from Bel fort, rppoaite the southernmost pnrt oi Alsace, Al-sace, to Liege In Belgium. In these encounters en-counters the French cavalry has al v. ays maintained its superiority over the German mounted troops, wbilC our artillery has been splendidl;. served. Our troops have kept the crests and passes of the Vosge mountains and they dominate the heights of Al snce. 1 line between Thann -'- lHUes I south west 'of Kolmar. Alsace) and Alt-kirch Alt-kirch 1 the first position occupied by the French army after Its invasion of Alsace) is 1ield by our armies This imc runs slightly to the rear ot i Mnelhausen "The French govr-rnment indignantly indignant-ly denies that there was any violation viola-tion of German territory by tho French army before the declaration of war "