ANOTHER SEVERE ACTION IN PROGRESS

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

ANOTHER SEVERE ACTION IN PROGRESS

'•. allied ARMIES' new position i — \ EXTREME PENALTY PAID FOR GERMAN . ADVANCES \ , (Rec.. September 1, 0.60 a.m.) Paris, August 80.. A Bovere notion iB in progress south and westward of Mezieres, on a line from Launoia to Steny-rAbbaye. The indications are that Sir John French is on or south of a fine from Guise to Signy-l'Abbaye, and the Germans are thus facing a salient.of which the British foroe is the top/line and the French forces constitute the two wings •" , # ' , It is officially stated in Paris that a German force is attacking from the west on a front extending from Guise to La.Fop, which is north-westward of . Jjaon. ' August 30, midnight. Official.—A German infantry regiment essaying to cross the Meuse at Passaye was practically wiped out. _ , The progress of the German wing has forced the French left to , give ground. • . M. Millerand, Minister of "War. has returned from the front and is very favourably impressed with the military situation. Launoio is eleven miles south-west'of Mezieres, and Signy-l'-Abbaye is about twentv-flve miles west by south of Mezieres. The distance from Launois to Siguy-l'Abbaye is seven miles. La Fere is the northernmost of th ese great fortresses, blocking an advance on Paris from the east. It is twenty miles MUthof Guise. The others of the three fortresses are Laon and Reims. The distance from La Fei to ■Signy-l'Abbaye is about iifty miles'. ■ PRESENT RESISTANCE CAN HAVE ONLY ONE RESULT. (Rec. August 31, 11.60 p.m.) • ' • London, August 31, morning. The War Offioe states that the Bri tist troops on the 26th offered a superb end most stubborn resistanoe to the Germans. Who have been made to pay the I extreme price for every forward move ment tney have made. • , It must be remembered that vast though the operations in France are, they are but one wing of the whole fie Id of Dattle. The strategic position of Bntain and her Allies is such that whereas a decisive victory in France would probably be fatal to the enemy, a continuance of the resistance by the •'Anglo-Frenoh armies on suoh a scale m to keep in the closest grip tho enemy's best troops can, iif prolonged, only lead to one conclusion. , '' ALLIES LEFT WING BASED ON ABBEVILLE -\' (Rec. August 31,11.15 p.m.) . . • ' ; London, August 81, morning. The Allies are now in a crescent from Abbeville, near the sea coast, twenty-five miles north-west of Amiens, round the south of Amiens.