France

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 8, 27 August 1914, Page 5

France

ALSACE AND LORRAINE. GERMAN GUNNERS FIRE ON THEIR OWN TROOPS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. ~.,,, Paris, August 26. Duriug the fighting round Mulhaulen, the forts at Istein,. seeiug .dimly by night-time ajpprojachinfg frj>m .he direction of Mulhausen,, tqpk, them or French, and opened a terrible lire, decimating them. The lire continued ill night. The French, taking advan;age of the mistake, captured and fortified the adjoining heights. A French dirigible dropped bombs .imongst a cavalry division, causing the at most consternation. FRENCH FALL BACK. [Unitee Press Association.] ■ Paris, August 26. Official news states that after yesterday's counter attacks the French right fell back. The French repulsed several counterattacks at Colmar. The War Office says that all available, forces in JVlose!le-et-Meuse have been ndered to abandon their occupied territory. Mulhausen has been evacuatced. ACROSS THE FRENCH FRONTIER Paris, August 26. It is officially stated that German cavalry patrols have been seen in the Douai region, but are unable to advance further owing to fear of falling into the English lines, which the French are now reinforcing. The general situation is excellent, despite troops' fatigue and losses.

(Douai, or Douay, is a French town, 20 miles south of Lille, and about 12 miles west of the frontier. It is a great military town, strongly fortified ; contains an important arsenal, a cannon foundry, and a school of musketry. Population', 30,000).