From the French right, that is, in Alsace, we hear
little except that the French have had to withdraw from Mfilhausen. There is no harm in that, for the attack on Malhausen was always meant as an annoying raid rather than the beginning of a serious advance in strength. It appears, however, that on Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday morning there was a sharp engagement which ended in the success of the French, the Germans beating a hasty retreat, leaving many killed and wounded and losing many prisoners. Indeed, it is said that nearly a thousand Germans, and among them nine wounded officers, were left in the villages which they had to evacuate. Here we may mention that the French General Staff are said to have come to the conclusion that the German heavy guns are "curiously ineffective" in action.
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