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GERMANS ADVANCING INCESSANTLY

■i UHLANS NOW NEAR AMIENS BOULOGNE ABANDONED BY THE ALLIES. / (Rec. August 31,10.45 a.m.) ; London, August 30, morning. Th© Allies have abandoned Boulogne,'as the ground strategically is jininiportant in view of the urgency of strengthening the left of the Allies front. Tho troops aro taking breath after strenuous lighting during tho past -.vees. Passengers from Franco report that tho Governor of Boulogne departed as; -the Uhlans were advancing ; n that direction. - _ _■ ■ .' . The Uhlans arc also within seven miles of Amiens/ forty-five miles soutliUOS The "Daily Mail's" 'Amiens correspondent states tliat the Germans are. advancing incessantly} and "there- is no hope'of checking them. . lho t-er-nuu» have hitherto carried all before them by sheer weight of numbers and tho deadly hail of Maxims, . ".-... England should realise that remforcoments are imperative. There are indications that the British route of transporting wounded and forwarding reinforcements and supplie3 i will be changed v . (Rec. August 31,-0.5 a.m.) . . ■'■:-•. ■■:■■ Antwerp, August 29. One hundred ;and ' sixty trains travelling north-eastward on Friday lUßlit, withdrew from the MOII6O one German army corps, with full equipment, fo meet the Russian advance on the Prussian side. ■ ... Tho German, troops round Brussels havo boon reduced to _ the minimum consistent with safety for the Germans, and as many as possible have been withdrawn from the city. ' \ ' •■ n. ■ The. Germans have commandeered the peasants to dig trenches -on the Mons road to prevent the approach of cavalry. •, . ■ >

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2242, 31 August 1914, Page 5

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GERMANS ADVANCING INCESSANTLY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2242, 31 August 1914, Page 5

GERMANS ADVANCING INCESSANTLY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2242, 31 August 1914, Page 5

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