FRANCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 68, 10 August 1914, Page 5

FRANCE

PLANS FRUSTRATED. " BY FRENCH FORESIGHT AND . t STRATEGY. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. Paris, August 7. It is estimated that four hundred thousand men are likely to make an attack on Franco through Belgium. II is possible that the Genijan attack on Liege was designed to prevent interference with the German advances to the westward and south of the Meuse. But the French strategists had long anticipated a German advance through Belgium, and made their dispositions U meet it. ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER. GERMAN PATROL REPELLED. Received 9, 5.5 p.m. Paris, August 8 (6 a.m.) Parliament has been summoned t# meet to-day. A telegram from Montemdy states that the sound of cannon was heard in the direction of Longwy. Other reports state that two officer* and twenty men of a German patrol, who crossed near Longwy, were killed, and the attack was repulsed. Zeppelins manoeuvred over Freneh territory near Epinal. A German spy was shot dead at the Soissons railway bridge. A telegram from Belfort fctates that a German patrol entered French territory and came into collision with a French force near Jencheiai. The officer in command of the invaders killed A French soldier, whereupon he was slain by the dead man's comrades. Two Uhlans and five motorists were captured in the act of cutting telegraph wires. A fairly strong body ,of German cavalry advanced towards Suaree, southeast of Belfort, and captured a number of horses. The French Commissioner at Petit Crois, on the Luxemburg frontier, in French territory, reports'that the Germans opened fire on the French post. Two German cavalry officers were killed at Roncerey and Boxon, on the Frenoli side. THE MARCH ON PARIS. CONJECTURE AS TO GERMANY'S PLANS.

Received 9, 5.5 p.m. Paris, August <S. The supreme command of the French forces is doubtful. Geneial Balliegi, who gained fame in Madegascar, and General Castlenau are destined for important commands on the frontier, General Joffre lias gone to the front, but it is not expected that he will direct operations. l lt is believed in Paris that.the Germans intend to advance via Mezieres, and calculate on reaching Paris in a fortnight. Special editions of the newspapers are forbidden. The Press bureau at the Ministry of War examines every proof, and only those deemed to be relative to the events of the war supplied by the bureau can be published. Le Matin estimates that three thousand sailing ships and two thousand steamers, aggregating 2,800,000 tons, are on the high seas flying the German flag. None carry coal for more than twelve days, and as there are few German coal-, ing stations their only resource is to go to a neutral port and dimgantle.