France

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 97, 14 August 1914, Page 5

France

OPERATIONS AT THE FRONTIER TOWNS. Paris, August 13. The French retreat from Mulhausen was well carried out. The advance on Mulhausen was merely for the purpose of breaking up n German observation station. The proportion of the forces engaged was four Germans to ever;}" Frenchman. The German field artillery was far inferior to the French, the bursting of the shrapnel being indifferent. It is believed that a strong German army, is concentrating to seize the crest of the line of the Vosges. Whoever holds this dominates Southern Alsace. An official report published in Paris says the Germans bombarded Pont-a-Mousson, a town on the River Moselle, 14 miles north-north-west of Nancy and I t miles south-east of Metz, with heavy artillery from a considerable distance. Shells fell in the streets, and killed and wounded many of the inhabitants, besides wrecking many houses. GUARANTEE OF INSURANCE ON SHIPS. (Received 9.5 a.m.) Paris, August 13. The Government has decided to guarantee insurance ou ships where war risks have been paid.