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LIEGE ARMISTICE REFUSED Trenches Piled With Dead*£ French Troops Coming Up THE WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Sunday; probably local thunder showers. VOLUME XIX, No. 221. Battle At Liege Continues With Annihilation For the Surprised German Cavalry Armistice Declined by the Belgians. French Cavalry Arrives at East ot City. Official Statement That 125,000 German Troops in Assault. LONDN —Latest dispatches here indicate that the armistice of 24 hours asked by the Ger mans has been refused by the Belgians. A despatch to The Exchange Telegraph Company from Brussels says a division of Ger man Cavalry which had forded the Meuse to north of Leige was surprised and practical ly annihilated by Belgian cavalry and infantry supported by a battery of light artillery. Seven Gerhlan regiments surrendered. FRENCH CAVALRY. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Via London— A force of French cavalry arrived to the east of Liege today,according to an official announce ment here. The French troops were said to be advancing. BATTLE WITH FRENCH London. —According to despatches an important engagement between French and Germans occurred in Belgian Luxemburg. An official communication Issued at Paris states that the troops in the fortress of Liege being suf ficient for the defense of the town an active division mobilized at Liege has joined the army in the field. English military critics in London papers com ment on the failure of the tactics of the German in fantry exhibited in their frontal attacks on the Liege forts in which they were fepulsed. It is con tended that the Germans learned nothing from re cent wars and still adhere to methods adopted in the Franco-German war. CONTINUING. Brunei* via Pari*.—The newspapers tier* are assured from official sources that no derision has been reached with regard to the request of the Germans for an armistice and moreover that the battle at Liege Is continuing. FILLED WITH BODIES. Brussels.-- Soldiers returning here report that the trenches around Liege ane literally filled with the bodies of Germans In some places the bodies are piled four and five deep. Brussels.—The war office has iasued an official statement saying that 12.1.000 Germans participated In the assault on the forts at Liege tnit that they completely failed to make any impression on the fortlfica catlona. Three army corps engaged in the attack were cut up and ren dered useless. It is declared. APPEAL TO FRANCE. Brussels^—King Albert has appealed.to Fraru* for aid In repulsing the Germans according to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The King In a message to President Poincare thanked him for his promptness In responding to the Belgian appeal. President Poincare responded that the French troops were proud to serond the brave Belgian army. He also In recognition of its gallant de fense conferred the Cross of the Legion of Honor on the city of Liege. GERMANS LACK ENTHUSIASM. Brussel*.—'"For many daya, • reads the war department statement, ••our little army by tenacity and courage rendered highly valuable service to the French army, which for some daya under forced -march has been hurrying to our assistance and now occupies a considerable portion of our territory. “Hundreds of German prisoners have been captured. These are chiefly tavalrymen The splrtt of the German soldiers lack enthusiasm. They appear to be fighting lethargically while their officers endeavor to pass themselves off as Frenchmen.” CUT RAILROAD .. Paris.—Aroordling to reliable information received here, Belgian troops have cut the railroad between Arlon and Virton, thus stopping all German trans purtation in the direction of Virton. At Athus the r Belgians look the rails awgy buddy. . THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. AUGUSTA, GEORGI A, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1914. Belgian King Appeals To His People When Germany Declares War " " "■ " 1 ’ —— _:J BELGIAN TROOPS. King Albert, of Belgium, and Belgian troops stationed at the water front to protect Belgium’s splendid harbor. / HAMBURG LINER HERE The Cincinnati With 500 Pas sengers on Board at Cape Cod. Lights Covered, Dodg ed the Enemy. Boston. —The 1 1 am bur g- Ameritean Liner Cincinnati arrived in American waters* off Cape Cod at 5 A. M. to day, according to a wireless message from the steamer. The Cincinnati left Ham burg, July 29th and was due here today. She called at Boulogne and Southampton and had not been heard from since she sailed from the latter port on July 30th. The Cincinnati hais on hoard 500 fiassejigers, inc,hiding Cardinal O’Connell, of Bos ton. Today’s message came from John 11. Fahey of Bos ton, president of the cham ber of commerce of the United States, who said: “Shipp had lights covered nightly and answered no wireless calls since Sunday. On receipt news Germany's war declaration Captain altered course and started for the Azores, but changed Monday and headed for America. Kept off regular lane' and avoided passing shi}fs. None sighted since Tuesday.’’ P©lfi©M, JOHNS Wifi ENGLAND AOMNST HU ©EIMMS. BMTHSI SOLMEES LAMB ON FUENCH SOIL Daniels Censors Wireless U. S. Naval Officers Also Think German Cruisers Off Ameri can Coast Will Soon Need Coal Washington—Naval officers are ex pecting news of the capture by Oer man cruisers, understood to be lying off the North Atlantic coast, of a number of British, French and Bel gian merchant ships. Unless that Is done they don’t know how the Ger man cruisers can maintain their sta. tion mnch longer lor lack of fuel. The only recourse for coal would be a shore iport. The German cruisers make take coal only at an American port within three months, and a suf ficient, amount to convey them to the nearest home port That would en able each vessel to take on about two weeks’ coal supply, and if It were carefully used while the ships were lying 'gitli banked fires off shorn they milght maintain their positions for perhaps a month and then they would find themselves with empty bunkers and unable to reach a home port Secretary Daniels today Instructed navy yard commandants to detail of ficers to wireless stations In their vicinity as censors. All messages of a neutral character will be transflt ted but no code ineseagU will be re ceived. ASK ITALY TO JOIN AGAINST COMMON ENEMY OF EUROPE London.— I Thu standard, ]>aily Mail and other papers today appealed to Italy to abandon her neutrality and cotne to the assistance of England and France against the common enemy of Eu rope. Americans Tranquil inParis But Ambassador Herrick Re ports a Panicky Feeling Among Those in Sea Coast Resorts. Paris.—United States Ambassador Herrick has telegraphed American consular officers in France asking how many Americans In theld dis tricts desire to return Immediately to tho United States. The war office today Informed Mr llerrlck that a safe iport would lie in dlcated lor American transports, but that Its situation will not he an nounced Wiw. The ambassador says ell Americans will be properly cared for. Americans In Carls are tranquil, but Mr. Herrick Is receiving panicky messages from Americans In the smaller seaport resorts anil other places who cannot obtain regular news of evenly except every kind of alarming rumor afloat. Few newspapers are being publish ed In the towns of France outside of Carla and people In these towns have no means of obtaining news except from posters with summaries of events, telegraphed from Carls to local officials, Germans here are really regarded as .prisoner* by the French authorities. Germans Used the Belgian Flag to Deceive Detenders Brussels, Belgium, via. London,— President Poincare, In Informing King Albert, of the decoration of the “vali ant city of Lleg**" with the Cross of the Legion of Honor today, said. “The government of the French re public wishes to honor the courageous •defenders of Liege and the whole He I glan army with which since this morning the French army Ih shedding Its blood on the battlefield." According to report* receiver! her* from Liege, several (lerman regiment:* marched Into battle under the Hlgian flag and wore Belgian cockades In or der to dcooive th* defenders. $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. ENGLISH TROOPS DISEMBARK. PARIS—It is officially announced to day that English troops under the direc tion of French officers are disembarking on French soil. The point of disembark ation is not revealed. The disembarkation was made under the direction of French officers who spoke English fluently and was witnessed by a crowd that cheered the Englishmen. PORTUGAL JOINS IN WAR Enthusiastic Cheering at An nouncement That Government Will Aid England and France. Lisbon, Portugal via London Portugal’s decision to support Great Britain in the general European war was announced today after Germany had de manded information of her intentions. GREAT CHEERING London. — A despatch to Thu Exchange; Telegraph from Lisbon says that at a special meeting of parlia ment today the declaration was made that Portugal would place herself uncon ditionally on the side of England, according to the terms of her ancient treaty. The declaration was re ceived with enthusiastic cheering for France and England. Premier Machadc, in an nouncing the attitude of the government, said: “According to our alli ance we have duties which we in no way fail to real ize.’’ Portuguese war-hips have been ordered to prepare for a cruise around the coast and foreign shipping in NOON EDITION Portuguese ports has been notified to remove their wireless installation. It is reported the war of fice has ordered the mobili ation of three military di visions. Italians Seize Them . London—A dispatch from Milan to The Chronicle says that the Italian authorities at Genoa have seized two German trans-Atlantic vessels, the Moltke and the Koenig Albert. It is explained that the ac tion was taken when the captains demanded a supply of coal, though they already had coal aboard. The Koengi Albert belongs to the North German Lloyd Line and sailed from New York July 4, and arriv ed at Genoa on July 17. The Moltke is a Hamburg - American Liner. She left New Yoik on July 15, arriv ing in Genoa on the 28th.
