FRENCH ARMY NOW HOLDING ITS OWN

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2243, 1 September 1914, Page 5

FRENCH ARMY NOW HOLDING ITS OWN

GERMANS DRIVEN BACKI AT GUISE HARD FIGHTING REPORTED IN ARDENNES London, August 30. Offioial messages declare that the Biitish are occupying a strong line, supported by the'Frenoli Army on both flanks. \ Paris is preparing her defences.:— "Times" and Sydney "Sun" sorvicea. (Rec. August 31, 5.40 p.m.) Paris, August 30. There has been hard fighting in the Ardennes. A French army stopped a force, including the German Tenth Army Corps and the Guards, formorly under. General you Emmich. - <,i'

Fcur French Army Corps to the westward also drove the enemy back on Guise, twenty-lire miles eouth of Le Oateau, with heavy loss.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. With a view to meeting the enem y ! s attempt to drive a wedge between the British and the coast, a new French army has been formed to take the offensive'against the Germans. ' (Rec. August 81, 5.40 p.m.) London, August 80, evening. The Press Bureau states that its ac count of tho fortunes of the Expeditionary Force fully describes the present position. ThoXigh the messages or correspondents are not forbidden, tihey {.hould be received with extreme caution, as the information is second and third hand, from persons m no condition to tell a coherent story, and the informants lack a proper perspective. "Times" and Sydney "Sun" services. •. BOMB DROPPED ON PARIS Parts, 'August, so. 'A German aeroplane, from a height of 6000 feet, dropped a bomb in the city during the afternoon, but did no damage. (Rec. September 1, 0.50 a.m.) ParlS) 'August 81, morning. Thousands of houses, shops, and factories are being blown up to clear a field for tfhe fire of the Paris forts. ENEMY LOSE HEAVILY ROUTTD NANOY. New York, August 30. Official dispatches received at the French Embassy state that the French troops found eight thousand Germans dead around Nancy.