Longwy

British at St. Quentin on Aug. 28, and was tearing with it all fortresses, such as Longwy, La Fère, Maubeuge, and others; but it was failing in its principal aim: to embrace the skillfully retreating enemy before he could reach the line Paris-Verdun, which he had selected and prepared for the next stand.

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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

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Longwy and Neufchateau, and through the encircling of their left wing at Mons.

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Dunkirk, would by no means march along our frontier to Longwy in order to reach Germany.

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Many of them had fought at Longwy and along the heights of the Vosges.

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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.

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(Givet), Montmédy, and Longwy then became of supreme importance, for the defence of northern France against an invading army through Belgium.

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Garros, French aviator, wrecked German airship at Longwy; French aeroplanes dispatched toward Nancy.

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Aug. 2 -- Germany sends ultimatum to Belgium, seizes Luxemburg, and invades France; fighting at Longwy, three German spies arrested in

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Namur has fallen; account made public of battle at Charleroi; Germans, led by Crown Prince in Lorraine, pursue French beyond Longwy; success of force headed by Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria at Lunéville, Blamont and

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