and Luneville; report that
Lille is abandoned; big battle in Lorraine; Germans fire houses in
Liege; Berlin announces British rout at Maubeuge.

Aug. 27--Germans take Longwy and all Namur forts; British-French line
falls back on right flank; French reoccupy Lille; details given out of
fighting at Mons; Germans take Malines and tax Tourant and Charleroi;
announcement of German bombardment of Malines; Paris prepares for
possible siege.

Aug. 28--Austria declares war on Belgium; Belgians retake Malines and
advance to Brussels; Germans defeat Allies along entire line; report
that fall of Namur was due to heavy fog; Germans sack and burn Louvain;
art treasures destroyed.

Aug. 29--German force withdrawn from Belgium to meet Russians; French
right wins at Guise, left reinforced but repulsed; Germans march on La
Fere; Allies evacuate Boulogne; account made public of the heroic
defense of Longwy; details given out of fall of Namur; Germans blow up
bridges on railway from Antwerp to frontier; French bayoneted company of
Germans accused of treachery; Military Governor of Paris orders
destruction of houses obstructing forts' fire.

Aug. 30--French left wing again driven back; Allies' lines reinforced;
Germans recalled to Brussels to hold city; French reported successful
near Amiens.

Aug. 31--Paris defense plans rushed; Allies' left flank again driven
back.

Sept. 1--Allies' centre hard pressed; German attack on Belfort fails;
British flank reinforced; Germans fortify Brussels.

Sept. 2--French move capital temporarily to Bordeaux to allow Allies to
pivot left wing on Paris; German cavalry corps defeated by British near
Compiegne; another pushes on to Soissons; French report success in
Lorraine.

Sept. 3--Report that Russian troops have been transported to Belgium;
Germans take La Fere and Amiens and move to attack Laon and Rheims;
Austrians sent to reinforce German left wing; Germans are twenty-five
miles from Paris.

Sept. 4--Germans neglect Paris and move eastward; German right wing
reported checked and driven back to St. Quentin; Allies driven back
behind Conde; Germans move toward Verdun; Germans bombard Termonde;
fighting in Alost.

Sept. 5--Germans take Rheims and three forts at Maubeuge; Belgians trap
Germans in flooded area near Malines; Germans take Termonde; Germans
abandon attack on Belfort.

Sept. 6--German right wing checked near Paris; Kaiser directs attack on
Nancy; account made public of evacuatio