GERMANS IN CRITICAL POSITION

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2236, 24 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANS IN CRITICAL POSITION

GREAT SERVIAN VICTORY ' RUSSIAN SUCCESSES , NAVAL BATTLE IN THE ADRIATIC AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIP SUNK J. ■ The news which we publish from tho theatres of war to-day de» .'. scribes the rapid development of events from the storming by the Germans of the fortified town of Diest, north-east of the Belgian ' capital, to their entry into the city. The area covered'by tho German .invaders, who were overwhelmingly superior in numbers to the valiant 'defenders; was most stubbornly contested, arid the whole lino of 'march wae practically a prolonged series of desperate and most sanguinary engagements. From Brussels, the Germans, with remarkable rapidity it seoms, moved into Ghent, which they occupied, and thence to Ostcnd, laying waste with fire and sword as they went. This march from Brussels to the sea was apparently by a flying column, equipped with motor transport and quick-firers. Russia's march into Germany, by / 20 army corps, has penetrated some 30 miles in the direction of Konigsberg, on of Dantzig, while Austria also has been invaded. Tho Servians, fighting hard along their heavily defeaterl'-tho''Auafrians",''olidtl■ 'i. , ' . captured much' valuable war material. From the Adriatic conies the sole item of news concerning tho movements of tho-fleets at sea. The 'Adriatic bas been raided'by an Anglo-Fronch squadron, an Austrian ✓battleship has been sunk, and tho Austrian port of Trieste has been thrown into a stato of panic. Aldng tho Franco-Gorman frontier, from the , Swiss line along the Rhino towards Sletz, a 6eries of hotly- . contest^ engagements have, taken place, with varying fortunes for--either side, but, 'on tho whole, a general score to the French. The Germans are concentrating in large numbers, and.it has been deemed prudent to relinquish for the present any systematic attempt to hold Lorraine egain&t these odds. The Japanese ultimatum has expired, «id'there is no definite information as to Germany's attitude thereto. i