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... the appointment of Sir General H. Smith Dorien to command of an Army Corps of the British Expeditionary Force in succession to the late General Grierson.
A special communication from the Official Press Bureau warns the public against the attempts made by the enemy to spread false reports as to British Disasters. It refers to rumours relating to a Highland and regiment and to the smuggling of wounded back from the Continent, and declare emphatically that "no casualties have yet occurred in the Army."
With regard to the general situation on the Franco-German frontier, the news is very meagre. The important developments which have seemed so imminent are not yet reported.
The official bulletin declares that the situation continues very good; and that the methodical advance of the French is becoming more definite.
In what may lie a critical point in the campaign, Upper Alsace, we are told that the German forces are retiring in disorder, some to the North and some to the East; that an enormous amount of war material has been abandoned in the retirement, and that the enemy's losses have been far heavier than had been at first supposed.
In the valley of the Bruche, we are further informed, the French advance continues in the direction of Strasburg. It Is possible that the indefiniteness of this news is inversely proportionate to its importance, as a strong French movement in this quarter must have an influence on the German dispositions at Metz.
This view is borne out by the telegram from the French Commander-in-Chief, who reports that in Alsace and Lorraine the French have won "important successes which do the greatest honour to the troops." General Joffre adds tht "our artillery has had a demoralising and overwhelming effect on our adversaries.
With regard to operations in Belgium, reticence is very naturally and properly observed. It is impossible to discern whether the German flanking movement towards Antwerp and the north is being seriously pressed, or is a mere diversion from more serious operations further south.
An official statement issued from Brussels declares that the situation remains excellent; that every road towards Brussels seems to have been definitely stopped; that there is no hostile force round Landen, which is a little more than halfway along the direct line between Brussels and Liege; and that the German troops on the Belgian battle-front have adopted a purely defensive attitude and are entrenching themselves. At the same time, an encounter with Uhlans at Gembloux is reported - a point west of Landen and on the line between Brussels and Namur, but as far to the north of Namur as Dinant, where Sunday's heavy fighting took place is to the south.
Paul Doumer, a Frenéh ex-Minister, who has been in' Belgium, states in an interview that four Zeppelins have been destroyed in the recent operations.
The official war news issued from Berlin gives an amazing account of the operations before Liége while admitting insignificant defeats in Alsace.
From the Austro-Servian frontier comes, by way of Nish, the report of a decisive defeat, near Shabatz on the Save, of the Austrians, who to driven back with heavy loss.
In the Adriatic, according to a Rome telegram an Austrian destroyer has foundered after striking a mine outside Pola.
From Montenegro, through Rome, comes news, of which there is as yet no official confirmation, that on the morning of Sunday last scouts of the Anglo-French and Austrian Fleets met near Antivari, and that in a naval battle lasting fifteen minutes the Zrinyi and three other Austrian warships were sunk.
French and British vessels have arrived off the Austrian coast.
On the Russian frontier there has been a good deal of advance guard fighting. Telegrams from St. Petersburg say that the Germans have been repulsed in an effort to recapture Eydtkuhnen, and that an Austrian advance on the extreme southern limit of the frontier has been driven back with great loss.
With regard to Japan's ultimatum to Germany, our Washington Correspondent says that he has been semi-officially informed that the American Government accepts as made in good faith the asssurances given by Japan, though her intervention in the war is regarded with regret.
Fighting is reported from Togoland, where the Gold Coast contingent achieved some successes.