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IIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1914.
GERMANS FIT UP A BASE
FG
Heavy Guns Are Heins Mounted at Zeebrugge,
on the North Sea—Germans are Reported to
Have Left Ostend—Many Troops Moving.
Continued From Page 1.
peror’s birthday, was made the oreasion for the attack.
The official announcement follows:
‘‘The bombardment of the German position at Tsing-tao was
begun from both land and sea at daybreak and is successfully pro
ceeding.”
Stormy weather has hitherto prevented the Japanese warships
from making an effective attack.
CI1EFOO, CHINA, Oct. 31.—Many building in Tsing tno have
been set on fire by Japanese shells and are burning fiercely, accord
ing to advices received here. The last noncombatants left the Ger
man fortress last night.
Fit Naval Base to Attack Germany
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
LONDON. Oct. 31.—The Germans
are establishing a naval base at Ze>-
brugge, the port of Bruges, on ♦bo
North Sea. for their proposed attack
against England. Reports to this ef
fect. which have been current for sev
eral days, were confirmed to-day by
the following Reuter dispatch from
Amsterdam:
•‘Yesterday (Friday) the heavy guns
were again thundering along the Bel
gian coast. Obstinate fighting is de
veloping. Large bodies of troops are
being moved toward Ostend. The gar
rison at Zeebrugge is being reinforced.
Eleven hundred German marines have
occupied Ramscappelle, near Heyst,
whose guns command the forts at Zee-
brugge.”
Trenches are being dug along the
coast, and batteries of heavy German
guns mounted among the sand dunes,
their muzzles pointing to sea.
Another Amsterdam dispatch states
that two Dutch newspapers, The Han-
delsblat and The Telegraaf, both say
that the Germans have evacuated 03-
tend and are moving heavy bodies of
men northward along the coast in the
direction of Blankenberghe. It has
been evident for the past two days
that the German position in Ostend
was growing precarious, owing to the
steady advance of the Allies and the
flooding of a portion of Flanders by
Belgian*troops, who cut the dykes
The following telegram to The Dally
Mail from Rotterdam corroborates the
Amsterdam dispatch:
“The Germans are reported to have
evacuated Ostend. They have retired
toward Zeebrugge (near Blanksn-
berghe), about fifteen miles west and
north of Ostend, where they are plac
ing heavy guns and intend, from all
appearances, to utilize the place as a
naval base. All the Inhabitants of
Blankenberghe living near the sea
front have been ordered to leave be
cause they were suspected of signal
ing to the French and British war
ships off the coast,”
E. M. Amphlett, telegraphing to The
Times from an unnamed point in
Northern France, says that the Ger
mans have evacuated Lille, which city
has been occupied by the Allies. The
Bavarian soldiers, this correspondent
says, have been forced back step by
step by the British.
Russians Force German Retreat
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
PETROGRAD. Oct. 31.—The Army
Messenger anonunced to-day that the
positions taken by the Germans on
the heights between the Pllica and
Radomka Rivers had been captured
by the Russians and that the German
forces were once more in full retreat
toward the southwest, with Cossacks
attacking their flanks. The German
trenches were captured by bayonet
charges made in a blinding snow
storm.
The German fought obstinately,
The Army Messenger says, and the
trenches were filled with their dead
when they finally gave way and fell
back. Two companies cut off from
the main body by the Cossacks in a
flank attack were driven into the
Pilica River and scores were drowned.
The Warsaw correspondent of The
Novoe Vremya telegraphs that Crown
Prince Frederick William of Germany
had charge of the operations along
the Vistula that resulted so disas
trously for the Germans. The same
correspondent recently had the Kaiser
directing the operations.
Though the correspondent ridicules
the fighting qualities of the Germans,
he praises them for their conduct 'n
the district from which Russians have
driven them. The civilian Inhabitants
suffered no mistreatment, and the
Germans paid for everything that
they took.
Scots Want Knees
Covered in Winter
Kitchener Asks 15,000 Hosetops to
to Supplement Kilties. Which Aren’t
Meant for Wet Trenches.
l/)NDON, Oct. 31.— Wherr German
troops arc Muttering from "cokl feet,"
Highlanders have developed cold knees
Winter Is coming ar.d kilts are a
draughty costume.
Therefore Lord Kitchener is appeal
ing through the Marchioness of Tulll-
bardlne for 15.000 hosetops for the use
of the Highland regiments at th« front
Since knitted tights, covering th« leg
and ankle to the thigh, went out of
fashion, tlie Scot has been proud of his
bare knees, which through long expo
sure to all sorts of weather have be
come tanned and hardened to the con
sistency of leather, but however tough
tlie Highlanders' knees may b»\ it does
not take much kneeling in wet trencher*
or scrambling over rough ground to
make them tender arid susceptible to
cold.
Temps Wants Capital
Kept at Bordeaux
PARIS, Oct. 31. The Temps, dis
cussing whether the Senate and Cham
ber of Deputies should hold the session
fixed for January In Paris, says:
"We have to-day a moral certitude
that the Germans will not be able to
begin their advance again, but we have
not a material certitude. It is still a
fact that the enemy at certain points
Is fighting within a hundred kilometers
of the capital.
"The re-entry of the Government and
the Chambers would be certain to en
courage aggressive activity on the part
of the enemy greatly and to redouble
his enterprise* by way of the air. Be
sides, the bringing back of the Gov-
Cnambers- might hamper
ffr
ernment and
the decisions of General Joffre.”
Antwerp Says British
Cost It $46,000,000
Special Cable to The American.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.—The Co
logne Gazette says 50 commercial
houses of Antwerp have sent a pro
test to the American Minister against
the destruction of their stocks of
goods by the British before their re
treat.
They demand from the British
Government an indemnification of
1:30,000,000 francs ($46,000,000) as the
destruction of their goods, they claim,
was not occasioned by the defense of
the town, but was willfully carried out
by the retreating British troops dur
ing the evacuation.
Briand Sees French
Victory at Verdun
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Oct. 31. —Ex-Premier
Briand, now a member of the Vlviani
Cabinet, in an interview in Le Temps
to-day, after a visit to the battle front
at Verdun, declares that the battle will
result in a brilliant victory for the
Allies. ’
M. Briand says that the Germans
have been blinded and rendered mal-
droit by fury owing to the checks
they have sustained. He found the
soldiers in the trenches full of gaiety
and confidence.
February Will See London
Air Raid, Says German Flier
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 31.—Informa
tion from an authentic source regard
ing Germany’s aerial plans throws a
new* light on the action of the london
authorities in doing away with all
brilliant illumination and sweeping
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the skies at night with many search
lights. These precautions are appar
ently thoroughly justified, though a
bit premature.
While occasional minor raids may
be made on London sooner, if Ger
many gets a foothold on the channel,
the Grand Aerial Armada will not oe
launched against England until Feb
ruary at the earliest, according to tills
information, for Germany will not be
ready till then.
"We are building 200 aeroplanes es
pecially for the attack on London.
These are of a new and extra large
type, capable of carrying 1,000
pounds," one of the best known of
the younger German aviators said. *T
am training the flyers now at special
aviation camps. The Government
wouldn’t let me go to the front at the
outbreak of the war, saying I was of
more use here as flying instructor.
Yes, I have been often in London. I
was flying in England as recently as
last spring."
An American refugee from Rouma-
nia, who reached London six weeks |
ago via Austria, Germany and Hol
land. said at the time that at the
flying field in Berlin he had seen at
least 500 aeroplanes and 50 Zeppelins
in their sheds.
When the young German aviator
was asked if there was any truth in
the statemnt that Germany had 50
Zeppelins six weeks ago, he replied
frankly:
"That is nonsense. But we nr**
working on new Zeppelins night and
day, and by February we shall have
46."
Aerial Dreadnought
Seized by Russians
PARIS, Oct. 31.—A remarkable new
aerial dreadnought has been captured
by the Russians in Transylvania, with
her pilot, the famous aviator, Blatche.
according to a Petrograd dispatch to
The Temps.
The machine measures 50 feet be
tween the wings, is 36 feet long, car
ries two men, has an automatic en
gine and ample accommodation for a
quick-firing gun and ammunition. The
Russians are using it with wonderful
results near Warsaw’. They are also
repairing a captured Zeppelin to use It
against the enemy.
Balaklava Date Is
Not Commemorated
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Oct. 31.—The sixtieth an
niversary of BaUklavn pUMd with n"
celebration for the first time in man>
years.
The annual dinner and reunion of the
survivors—there, are two officers ami
eleven men left of the 600—was aban
doned this year as a result of the feel
ing that the funds for this purpose
would be better used for the men now'
fighting on the Continent.
Eight of the survivors are supported
by the fund raised in 1S97 at the time
of Queen Victoria’s jubilee.
RUSSIAN GIVES HIS LIFE
Canada Will Send
15,000 More to War
Premier Promised 10,000, but Re
sponse to Call Is So Hearty
That Change Is Made.
Surprising German Engineers on Girders Below
Bridge, He Stays to Fire Shots, Though Act
Means Death—Prussian Discipline Strict.
By ROBERT CROZIER LONG.
PETROGRAD, Oet. 31.—I have devoted the last few days to
visiting military hospitals here and in the suburbs. Few of the
wounded have any notion of the results of the battles in which
they fought ; most of them have vivid but confused impressions of
their immediate experiences.
At a private hospital 1 found a soldier who could describe
events clearly as well as vividly.
The
soldier is Osip Tuermer, who, Judg
ing by his appearance and name, is
of German origin.
Tuermer was present nt the fight at
SoTdau, in which the army of Narew
drove back the German rear guard.
He was later present at the battle o f
Hohensteln. His commander w’as the
late General Samsonoff.
Discovert Engineers.
Tuermer’s first story is of a soldier
;<t Malava, who voluntarily sacrificed
himself. When guarding a bridge at
night the soldier discovered German
engineers on the girders underneath.
He fired first in the air to summon
help, and next at the Germans. The
Germans fired back. They shouted
something, presumably advice to the
Russian to leave his post and surren
der, as the bridge was about to be
blown up. The guard stood at his
post and continued to fire. The Ger
mans fled from the bridge. A moment
later the bridge und the guard flew
into the air.
Tuermer has the confidence char
acteristic of all soldiers, that, what
ever the general result of the battle,
his own side wins in all detail fight
ing that comes within his personal
observation. He described to me the
fight near Soldau as the fiercest he
had seen. I quote from my notes:
Act as Executioners.
"We drove the Germans out of
three lines of trenches. From the
prisoners we learned that seven com
panies who were surprised by us and
enfiladed lost 340 killed and wounded.
A thing occurred in this fight which
would make your flesh creep. We
acted as executioners for the Ger
mans. We surprised a German out
post on a hillock with a camp be
hind it.
"Prussian discipline is severer
than ours. With us many men, con
victed by court-martial of offenses,
get off with a chance to distinguish
themselves by some dangerous ex
ploit—that is, if the offense is not dis
honorable. The Prussians keep disci
pline by shooting.
“When our men got near the Ger
man camp they started to creep. Over
the raised edge of a drain they saw a
queer thing. A young German, blind
folded, stood before a firing party.
Our men were so taken back by this
that they ceased to craw or ward.
Condemned Man Falls.
"At this moment on the Prussian
left up came a second body of our
men. These poured a volley into the
enemy. The first man to fall was the
condemned soldier.
“The Germans, who numbered
about two companies, put up a fight,
and then ran away or surrendered
They left their wounded and with
them the condemned soldier. This
soldier had a bullet through the
thigh, and was insensible from loss
of blood. He was carried off by bear
ers who knew nothing of the firing
party, and was attended by a sur
geon.
“After the surgeon had stopped the
bleeding from the leg he said. This
man has an old wound on his face;
it’s queerly bandaged.’ He took the
blindfolding bandage from the Ger
man’s face and saw there was no
wound.
"The German did not tell us what
he was shot for. He died.”
OTTAWA, Oct. 29.—It has been de
cided to send 15.000 more Canadians
to Europe in December Instead of
10,000, the number specified in the |
announcement of Premier Borden two i
weeks ago.
The ready response to the call for
volunteers and speedy delivery of
equipment have enabled the Govern
ment to increase the second force.
The Royal Canadian Regiment,
1,000 strong, now garrisoning In Ber
muda, will be one of the units to go
with the second contingent, and Ber
muda will be guarded by less expe
rienced men. Many men who have
been doing guard duty on bridges,
magazines and wireless stations in
Canada since the beginning of the
war also will be given the chance of
active service.
Private Is‘Too Busy’
To Talk to Kaiser
ROMP3, Oct, 31.—The Kaiser’s visit
to the soldiers at the front is de
scribed in The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger,
as follows:
The Kaiser, wearing a gray uni
form, appeared unexpectedly among
the soldiers, who cheered, while the
bands played martial airs.
Meanwhile, the guns opened fire
against the enemy’s position. The
Kaiser, after repeatedly bowing his
thanks to the salutation, praised the
troops and conversed with several of
the men. Wehn he asked one soldier
what he thought of the enemy, the
man replied: ‘I am too busy fighting;
it is impossible to think.’ Thereupon
the Kaiser laughed and the soldiers
joined in.”
German Dances Put
Under Ban of French
PARIS, Oct. 31 —At a meeting of the
Dancing Masters’ Academy to-day, a
letter was read from President Le Fort,
now a soldier at the front, proposing
that ad Austrian and German dances
be suppressed.
The academy postponed the consider
ation of new dances. It is suggested
that the ostendaise and lancers be re
vived after the war.
Frenchmen Shot for
Signaling Germans
PARIS, Oct. 29.—The Eclair says
that three young P’renchmen, caught
in the night near Rheims signaling
to the Germans with rockets the po
sition of the French guns, were shot
at a roadside, where they were left
for twenty-four hours.
Austrian Emperor Is
Unable to Get Sleep
VIENNA (via Rome), Oct. 31.—Em-. I
peror Francis Joseph is severely I
troubled with asthma. IBs sleepless- j
ness and increasing weakness, coupled
with depression, are causing apprehen
sion.
The Offeial Gazette publishes impe- j
rial ordinances forbidding the payment
of debts to English or French eredi- |
tors and also the exportation of woollen i|
and cotton goods needed by the army
for winter equipment.
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3 German Aeros
Cross Allied Lines
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PARIS. Oet. 31.—Three German
aeroplanes yesterday reconnoitered
the region of Senlls, and then crossed
the Allies’ lines toward Paris.
They were prevented from reaching
the region of the capital, however,
through the vigilance of the aerial
guard.
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$18.00 B A L M A-
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