THE FRENCH FRONTIER CAMPAIGN

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2224, 10 August 1914, Page 5

THE FRENCH FRONTIER CAMPAIGN

FIGHTING AROUND BELFORT GERMAN PLANS TO REACH PARIS V ; _ r . 1 i ■ (Rec. August 9, 5.5 p.m.) • Paris, August 6. Who is to have mprerae command of the French forces'is doubtful. General Balliegi, who gained fame in Madagascar, and General Castlenau are destined to be in important commands at the frontier. General Joffre has gone to the front, but it is not expected he will direct operations. \lt"is;:bqlio'ved. in: Paris intend to advanoo via Mezieres, and .calculate to' reach-Paris in' a fortnight. . .. I Speoial editions of the newspapers are forbidden. The Press Bureau at the Ministry of War examines .overy proof and only those deemed satisfactory are pa'ssixl. Relative to the events of the war only. those supplied by the Bureau cin.be published. ' A telegram from Monteindy. states the sound of cannon-was heard in the ' directioii- of. Lorigwy. Other reports state' that two officers and twenty men of the German patrol who crossed near N Longwy were killed and the attack Teiielled. ■ Zeppelin airships manoeuvred over French territory near Bpinal. A German spy was shot dead at railway bridge. A telegram from Belfort states: Gorman patrol entered French.territory and , came' into collision with a French force near Jcncherai. The officer in command of the invaders killed a French soldier/and he was slain by the dead man's comrades. Two Uhlans and five motorists were captured,in the act. of cutting the telegraph Wires. A fairly strong German cavalry detachment advanced towards Suaree, to the south-east of Belfort and captured a number of horses. The French Commissioner at Petitdrois, on ; the Luxemburg frontier in French territory, reports that ■' Germans'opened fire on the Frenoh post. _ Two German cavalry officers were killed x at Honccrey and Boson on the Frenoh side, < GERMAN CROWN PRINCE ATTACKED. 1 1 " ■. (Rec. August 9, 5.5 p.m.) London, August 7. The "Standard" says that reports from a reliable source state that a mam of Unknown nationality attaoked and seriously wounded the Crown Prince of Germany. • The assailant escaped. . . • ..'■■■■■,■ r . . •'