BERLIN, _23rd September_ (official telegram, yesterday evening).--In spite of these facts we have been able to verify the presence on the tower of a post of observation, which explains the excellent effect of the fire of the enemy's infantry opposing our infantry.... THE GERMAN MILITARY GOVERNMENT. MILITARY OPERATIONS IN FRANCE. (_Official Communiqué._) ANTWERP, _27th September_ (communicated by the French Legation).--The French Minister has received from M. Delcassé the following telegrams.... II. The German Government having officially declared to various Governments that the bombardment of the Cathedral of Reims was undertaken only because of the establishment of a post of observation on the basilica, General Joffre asserts, in a telegram communicated by the Ministry of War, that no French observation-post was placed on this building. P.S.--The German Government did not invoke the presence of an observation-post on the cathedral, but the presence of pieces of artillery behind this church, so that it was impossible to reach these guns without firing in the direction of the cathedral and hitting the latter. This was necessary to dislodge the French artillery. (_L'Ami de l'Ordre_, 29th September, 1914.) On the 23rd September they pretended that there was an observation-post on the tower. On the 27th they declared that they had never made any such statement. German sincerity! On the 7th July they placarded Brussels with a document in which they made a display of their artistic feeling. We asked ourselves what fresh crime they were about to commit. Next day our curiosity was satisfied; the newspapers informed us that the German army had set fire to the cathedral at Arras. * * * * * _Bombardment of the Cathedral at Malines._