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Show GUNS ROARING IN UPPERJLME Berne, Switzerland, via Paris. De 5, 3:15 a. m. The sound of heavy cannonading In upper Alsace has been heard as far as Basel and other localities lo-calities near the Swiss frontier. The main struggle between the French and Ccrmans, according to reports reach Ing the Swiss frontier, la around Alt-klrch Alt-klrch and Damerklrch. Tho inmatoa of the largo mad houso near Scnnhelm, more than 400 In number, num-ber, were so frightened by the roaring' roar-ing' of the guns, that they became frantic and tried to break out of the asylum The German authorities were obliged to convey all of them to I Muellmusen. A newspaper dispatch states that tho Germans are mounting guns before be-fore the city hall and church In Col-mur. Col-mur. with tho object of forciug the KVench to bombard tho town In the hope that the population will be thus turned against the French. oo |