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Germans Pursuing British*French Armies in North leJtSsis® Beafi(Sßi“"¥lffiteff® Tforeffeni fe Mas® Astw@!rp“"Naimir AMiiKllsiiifeiii English Losses Very Heavy•• “Iron Ring” is Tightening THE WEATHER Unsettled tonight and Saturday; probably local thunder showers. 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. » 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. Q3TENP # BRUGES V, iPilfTWriip german x / s w PATROL. X advance X GHENT^T V . U ( t LILLE \ • J (HrAviLv 1 * w '1; ft FORTIFIED) I _ vu. • nci O' o-y Berlin 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 L f "wEAT POTTLE Y> *,v X \JbIS RETORTED « ni-vv PROGRESS V: - MAUUEU&J V* DUIAHTS (HEAVILY JT £ SHADED *""*“** X \ PORTION SHCWS” V> rvj TERRITORY a*. y< CO*'E-RED *4 MftJN S 1 GERMAN AWANCE CWi’ V -STTTI 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 terest*. - .HOME. EDITION