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VOLUME XIX, No. 241.
Germans Win in
Nine Days Battle
Defeat French-English Forces—Threaten to
Surround Armies at Maubeuge—Pursue 8
Corps
London, 5 p. m.—Ne news reached Lon
don today concerning the trend of events on
any part of the battle line where fighting is
in progress. Interest here is intense, for it
is felt that the engagements now going on
must have a great influence on the fate of
?aris.
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NINE DAYS BATTLE.
Berlin, (by wireless to the Associated Press, via
Sayville, L. 1., 7:46 a. m.)— Headquarters has issued
an official report declaring that the western enemy
has everywhere been defeated and is in full Retreat
after nine days fighting.
IN FLIGHT.
Berlin. —General von Kink defeated the English
army at Maubeuge, renewed the attack today and
threatened to surround it.
Generals von Buelow and von Hausen completely
defeated the France-Belgian forces, about eight corps,
between Sambre and Namur and the Meuse in several
days battle and are now pursuing them to the east
ward of Maubeuge.
ACROSS THE MEUSE.
Berlin. —The attack on Maubeuge was opened by
the Grand Duke Albrecht of Wuerttemburg, who de
feated and pursued the enemy across the Semois and
the Meuse.
The German crown prince is advancing towards the
Meuse and the crown prince of Bavaria repulsed an at
tack from Nancy and the south.
Gen. von Heeringen continues the pursuit south
ward through the Vosges.
MANY PRISONERS.
Berlin —Four Belgian divisions attacking Tuesday
and Wednesday from Antwerp have been repulsed,
losing guns and many prisoners. The Belgian popula
tion generally participated in the fighting, necessi
tating severe repressive measures.
The corps of the last reserves have been called out
to guard communications.
No Longer Any Serious
Bar Germans to Paris
London, 3:10 a. nn.—"Since the great disaster which Well the allloa
In Belgium a silence deeper than ever has been Imposed by the censor
ship," says The Chronicle today.
"From a message sent out 24 hours ago by the French embassy, show
ing fighting on the line between Cambria and Lecateau, It Is apparent
that the French have been driven back past their line of frontier fortress
es to a point twenty miles behind that line.
"There Is no longer any serious fortified obstacle between the Ger
man main advance and Paris. Under the circumstances It la not surpris
ing that the French ministry has resigned and reconstituted Itself as a
committee of public safety.
"Meanwhile, as If a stage of Paris was now looming foremost in their
minds, their first step has been to appoint a general in supremo command
of Farts ami troops."
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE ONE PAPER IN M0 OT HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1914.
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Exults
German Resentment Against
England Great. Say “Iron
Ring” Closing Around Allies
Berlin. lt Is difficult to describe
the fierce exultation of all classes in
Berlin over the news of the British
reverses at Maubeuge as announced
officially from army headquarters to
day.
The German resentment against
England for having "injected herself
Into this conflict,” and for calling In
Japan, a yellow race, Is so deep that
news of the surrender of the British
army would be received with more Joy
and satisfaction In Berlin than tidings
of the fall of Paris.
Are Shut Up.
It la reported here today that a por
tion of the British force Is at present
shut up In Maubeuge.
The Berlin populace, inspired by
the announcement from military
headquarters that the "Iron*ring” Is
making Its way around the French,
British and Belgian forces from Cam
brl to the Vosges, exhibits little con
cern regarding the situation on the
eastern frontier of Germany. It has
full confidence that the task on the
west line will be speedily finished
and that the victorious German arm
ies will then make sharp work of
clearing German soil of the Russians.
Bitter Punishment.
A correspondent of the Berlin Tage
hlatt reports that Louvain tn Bel
gium, bitterly punished for the up
rising of Its civilian population, has
almost ceased to exist.
Germans Put Quick Fire
Guns at Brussels
London, 4:27 p. m.—The Exhance
Telegraph Company publishes a dis
patch from Its Ghent correspondent
saying that the Germans have placed
a number of quick-firing guns In tho
outskirts of Brussels, principally on
the north side, from which direction
the Belgian troops In Antwerp would
arrive for sn attack.
Brussels Is calm the correspondent
continues. The German flag hag been
removed from the town hall to the
ministry of foreign affairs.
German Advance in Belgium
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ANNIHILATION AT NAMUR;
ONE SHELL KILLED 200
Folkstone, vis London, 4:05 a. a. nv—A number of Belgian wound
ed from Namur have arrived here but It Is difficult to get any connected
account of the fight there. They state the Germans bombarded continu
ally from Friday till Hunday and they believe It whh the superiority, In
long range, of the German guns wh lch gave them the victory.
"On Haturday a German shell exploded In Marchovelstte fort and
and put the largest gun and one six Inch gun out of action. Two hund
red Belgian soldiers, trying to escape, were practically annihilated by
German shrapnel and machine guns.
On Hundy ammunition began to run short In some of the forts and
more amunltlon was sent for but the town fell at midday Hunday be
fore tho ammunition arrived. The Belgian soldiers made a splendid re
tirement which was covered by the French troops.
Red Cross
Nurses Are
Killed By
German
Washington,—France has submitted
to the United States and other neu
tral governments a sworn statement
that after an engagement at Moncal,
a German officer flrsd on three Red
Cross nurses, killing two and wound
ing the third.
Marcella Jouy, the nurse who was
wounded, swore that sfter the bat
tle on Aug. 16 she was attending the
wounded with two other nurses when
a German officer opened fire on them
from a distance of less than HO feet. A
bullet shattered her arm, she stated,
she fainted. On recovering conscious
ness she found that he two compan
ions were dead beside her with bullets
In their bodies. All three nurses, her
state/nent says, plainly wore the In
signia of ths Red Cross.
The French government protests
that this act In In violation of the
Geneva convention of 1906
BEIZE JAP BALANCES.
London, 4:30 p. tn. —A dispatch ra
ce! ved here from Amsterdam says
that Telegraaf, a local newspaper,
declares that the German exchequer
has taken steps to seize all Japanese
balances In German banks.
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
5 German Corps
Attack English
House of Commons Told Casualties Very Great.
Exact Number Dead and Wounded Not Yet
Known
London, 12:48 p. m.—Premier Asquith announced In the houae of common*
today that the British troop. In Wednesday’s fighting were exposed to the attack
of five CJermnny army corps. The losses on both sides, he said, were greet.
FIVE ARMY CORPS.
Premier Asquith said:
"We laive heard lYotu Vleld Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of
the BrKlsri expeditionary forces, that lb the flgnllng wulch took place between
hie army and the enemy on Wedne day, August 24, and which appears from
French official report* to have been tn the neighborhood of CamtAal and Lb
Oatau, our troop* were expoeed to the attack of five German armya; two di
visions of cavalry and a reserve corps of cavalry and a second cavalry division.
SECON D CORPS.
"Our second corps In the fourth division bore the brunt of the cavalry at
tack while our first army corps was attsekod on the right and Inflicted a very
heavy loss on the enemy.
"I regret to say that our casulatlSS were heavy but the exact numbers are
not yet known. The hohavlor of our troops was In all respects admirable.
General Joffre, the French commander-In-rhlef, In r message published this
morning conveys his congratulations and sincere thanks for the protection so
effectively given by our army to the French flank."
Sheer German Weight
Won Battle at Mons
English Artillery Fine But Not Enough of it—Shells of Allies
invariably Burst, But Enemy’s Frequently Misscarried
London, 4:43 a. m.—The Time s’ Rouen correspondent, describing
the battle of Mons from accounts of British wounded, says:
“The artillery was magnificent, but there was not enough
of It In comparison with the enemy’s. There Is universal testimony that
gun for gun both the English and French are superior to tho Germans.
Without Fall.
"The allies sheila burst without fall. The German gunners find
the range smartly but their shells frequently fall to burst and not Infre
quently miscarry and fall short. The sheer weight of their massed bat
teries carried them forward.
Magnificent Mark.
"Their Infantry also advanced In close order and offered a mag
nificent mark. Their losses beyond question are greater than thoae of
the allies but so unfortunately were their numbers. They came and
came again.
"All Hunday the English held their ground. On Monday morning
came the order to retire."
650 FROM GERMANY, 1
FROM SWITZERLAND
London, 1.20 J. American embsssy has received a despatch from
American Ambassador Gerard at Berlin by way of Copenhagen, stating that a
special train wou'd arrive at Flushing today with *6O American refugeess being
sent out of Germany by the ambassador.
A despatch from Bergen, Norway, says s number of Americans arriving
there from Russia report very few of their countrymen are left In the Rus
sian Interior. . 71;
Nine hundred Americans left on a special train from Geneva this morn
ing and are due In Paris some time today. This special was arranged by the
American minister to Switzerland, Pleasant A. Stovall.
900 AN XIOUS
London, 9:40 a. m.—Refugees who arrived In London today reported that
over 900 Americans are at M innheltn anxious to get away from the mainland.
Some of them are afraid to croaa the channel because of the mines.
AUSTRIA WARS ON BELGIUM.
London, 4:15 p. m.—A despatch to The
Exchange Telegraph Company from Rome
says that a despatch received there from Vi
enna states that Austria has declared war on
Belgium. The American minister in Belgium
has been asked to take charge of Austrian in
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