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French Find 2,500 at J\[ancy, 4,500 at Vitrimont
Russians Take Jlllies Battle at Boulogne
THE WEATHER
Unsettled tonight and
Sunday; probably local
thunder showers.
VOLUME XIX, No. 242.
German Losses
al Nancy Heavy
On Front of Seven Kilometers, 7,000 Bodies
Found-French Take Oftensive-Longwy Cap
itulated at 24 Days
Washington Russian troops are 30 kilometers
from Lemberg and Servian army headquarters has
moved forward to Zalievo, according to official dis
patches today to the. French embassy. Before Nancy
the French troops found 2,500 German dead and be
fore Vitrimont 4,500 dead.
Washington.—The official dispatch from the foreign office in
Paris dated yesterday follows:
“On August 27 the French troops took the offensive in the Vosges
and An the region between the Vosges and Nancy, and their offensive
has/been interrupted hut the German loss has been considerable.
( “Our forces found near Nancy on a front of three kilometers 2.600
dead Germans, and near Vitrimont, on a front of four kilometers 4,600
dead. Lngwy, where the gairison consisted of only one battalion, has
capitulated after a siege of 24 days.
IN THE NORTH.
force and after brilliant resistance moved back a little.
“In east Prussia the German troops are retiring on Allenstein and
Koenigsberg In Galicia the Russians are only thirty kilometers from
Lemberg. The general army headquarters of Servia have moved for
ward to Zalievo.”
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
DENIES JEJJELTIES
Absolutely Shameful, Says Count von Bernstorff, the Cam
paign of Enemies Charging Such Acts Against the Kaiser’s
Armies
New York. —Count von Ber.istorff,
German ambassador to the United
States issued this statement here to
day:
"The campaign of our enemies
charging the German army with
’cruelty, is absolutely shameful. The
traditions of the German army are
above all attacks in this respect. No
body can regret more than I do if
women and children have been killed
during the fighting. This is, howev
er, unavoirable if the civilian popula
tion of country Joins in the fighting,
as in the case in Belgium where Ger
man solders have been shot in the
back, where German wounded have
been mutilated and doctors and nurs
es shot.
Unjustifiable.
'lt is absolutely unjustifiable to
suppose that Zeppelin bombs were
thrown against anything else but for
tifications. Women and children
should not remain in besieged for
tresses.
"Tt is absolutely inconceivable that
any of the powers who have Joined the
coalition formed solely for the pur
pose of attacking us should desire to
give us lessons on methods of Euro
A GREAT STORY
OF THE
PRESENT WAR
Starts in today’s
Herald.
Do not fail to read
the opening chapters
of Frederick Palmer’s
splendid war story. It
explains the plans of
Germany and France
now at war.
READ “THE LAST
SHOT.”
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
pean warfare after having called
Oriental races into the struggle and
after having sent colored African and
Indian troops to France to fight their
battles for them.”
No Confirmation.
Count von Bernstorff said he had
received no confirmation from his
government of the destruction of
German cruisers in the North Sea by
the British hut asumed newspaper
accounts were true.
"I do not account it a great naval
battle," he said. "It seems an entire
British fleet attacked and sunk a few
German ships doing outpost duty.”
German Press is Wild With Indigna
tion on Jap Action in Joining England
London, 4:45 a. m.—Wild indignation is manifested in German news
papers reaching this city over the action taken by Japan in support of
Grat Britain. Editorially most of the newspapers refer to the Japanese
as blackmailers. The Germans, however, seem resigned to the loss of
Kiachow, comforting themselve.i with the reflection that its ultimate fate
will be decided on European battlefields. All the newspapers lament the
situation of the unemployed, which the Vorwaerts call "the flood of mis
ery which Is slowly and surely inundating the empire.”
Discussing the treatmen* of prisoners of war the Post says it is ab
surd to treat the prisoners any other way than as enemies while the
Tagezeltung urges that all Russian officers who are captured should be
held as hostages for the good behavior of the Russian army and shot If the
Russians conduct themselves badly.
CROSS THE RHINE.
* .
Rome, via London, 12.28 p. m A
despatch to the Giornale D’ltalia from Basle,
Switzerland, says that three German army
corps, two Austrian army corps and a great
quantity of siege artillery have crossed the
Rhine.
THE ONE PAPER IN HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 29, 1914.
30 Left
Out of
2,000
End For British Came at 2 A.
M.—Five Solid Days in the
Trenches, Then An Inferno of
Bullets
London, 3:30 a, m,—The Chronicle’s
Boulogne correspondent sends the per
sonal story of a wounded British sol
dier who declares he Is one of 30 sur
vivors of a company of 2,000 who were
practically wiped out by the German
artillery. Hts story follows;
“We were five days In the trenches
and moved backwards and forwards
all that time with the varying tide of
battle.
“It was about two o’clock In the
morning when the end came. Things
had got quieter and our officers came
along the line and told ,us to get some
sleep. We were preparing to obey
when a light or something else gave
us away and we found ourselves in an
inferno of bullets. We could do noth
ing.
Hail of Shrapnel.
Down upon us the shrapnel hailed
and we fell by the score. Practically
at the same time the enemy's Maxims
opened fire. We were almost with
out shelter when we were caught and
we crawled along in front to find
cover.
“ 'Leave everything and retire,’ was
the order, and we did what we could
to obey. I don’t know how long it
lasted but when dawn came I could
see not more than thirty men left in
the various sections of the field.
Thirty at Most.
Thirty at the most were left out of
about 2,000.
“I wandered about from the others
and eventually found myself at
with a single companion. That was
the first time the German artillery
really got at us. As a rule their gun
fire was mighty poor.”
In the above story the censor has
deleted the name of the town near
which this fighting occurred.
DANZIG IN PANIC.
London, 6:40 a. m.—A Copenhagen des
patch to The Exchange Telegrnph Co.,
Kao's the German steamer Derkld on ar
riving there from Danzig, Germany,
brought reports of a terrible panic in
Danzig, owing to the fear of the Rus
sian invasion. The Inhabitants, it was
said were In a desperate condition, there
had been fierce rioting and foreigners
were ruthlessly mistreated.
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The allied armles v have abandoned their counter offen
sive movement and have fallen back to their first line of
fortified defense.
Boulogne Battle-ltaly
to Fight-250,000 More
Men For French Army
✓
PaJTs, Ip. m.—Train service between Paris and
Boulogne was suspended today until further notice.
Tt is presumed here that this step was taken because
the allied armies are about to engage the Germans on
or near the railroad line running into Boulogne.
ON TO AUSTRIA.
London, 3:47 a. m.—The Paris correspondent of the
Express says: :
“f am informed Italy will present an ultimatum
to Austria requesting .an explnation of Austrian mob
ilization on the Italian frontier. Only a brief period
will be given for an answer and within a short time
Italten troops are expected to be in Trieste.
QUARTER MILLION MORE.
Ipndon, 4:30 p. m.—According to reports in Lon
don Prance has formed a new army of a quarter of a
mi lion men to take the offensive against the German
rigjit. This rumor, however, lacks confirmation.
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Russians Take
Kouigsberg
Strongly Fortified Seaport Invested By Czar’s
Army—Defeat and Heavy German Losses Re
ported
London, 5:09 p. m. —A dis
patch t,o The Reuter Tele
gram Company from Paris
says an official communica
tion given out in the French
capital confirms previous
reports that tlio Russians
liavo completely invested
Kouigsberg in Eaten i
Prussia.
IN RUSSIAN HANDS.
Washington. The British embassy
today received from the London for
eign office the following dispatch On
Russian operations In Prussia:
“East Prussia is being rapidly over
run by the Russian army and a greul
part of this region is already in Rus
sian hands, the German forces, con
sisting of three army corps urui sev
eral divisions, having been repeatedly
defeated and losing heavily in men
and guns.”
Made Bold Bid.
London, 4:05 a. m.—A Ht. Peters
burg dispatch to The Times sent Hat
urday morning says the Austrians
made a hold bid for the offensive yes
terday by trying to seize the left
flsnk of the Russian position in Po
land with the obvious intention of re
lieving the pressure on ttm German
forees In northeastern Prussia.
Two or three army corps advanced
as fur as Klelee, where they encoun
tered a strong Russian force. A
pitched battle was fought and result
ed in the overthrow of the Invaders,
who sustained heavy losses. It was
here that the 11th Hungarian reserves
met their fate.
Operations in eastern Galacla, ac
M’REYNOLDS
IS NOMINATED
Washington The senate today con
firmed the nomination of Attorney
General James C. Mcltcynolds as as
sociate Justice of tier supreme court.
Senators said the vote wuh “very de
cidedly” in favor of the confirmation.
The senate also confirmed, without
a roll call, the nomination of Thomas
W. Gregory to be attorney general.
The vote on the MeKeynolds nomi
nation was 44 to 6. Only one demo
crat voted against him. The princi
pal spech In opposition was made by
Senator Norris of Nebraska.
Kaiser and Staff at
Cologne and Mainz
Geneva, Switzerland (via Paria, 1:30
p- m., delayed in transmission) —Km-
peror William anil the Merman general
atnff are milking Cologne and Mainz
their headquarter*, Recording to ail
vlcea here.
The emperor l« passing dontlnuoiia
ly between the two cities, personally
directing the armlna in the fighting in
lielglum.
Life and Death Struggle, Says Field
Marshal Roberts, to Englishmen
. London, 2:5 i p. m.—Field Marahal Lord Roberta declared today that
Mreiit Britain In the preaent war would require hundreda of thouaanda of
soldiers. At a review of a new regiment of I,3'J# London bualneeß man,
he .aid:
“You urn doing exactly what all able-bodied men In the kingdom
ehould do, no matter what their rank or etatlon In life.
We are engaged In a life ami death alruggle and you are showing
your determination to do your duty aa soldiers.”
.HOME.
EDITION
cording to the dispatch, are develop
ing and the Russian net is drawing
around Lemberg. The German Allen
stein army is in full retreat towards
Klblng and Marienburg.
"The reported capture of Konlgs
berg Is not confirmed,” nays the Times
correspondent, “hut 1 have the beet of
authority for stating that Konlgsberg
Is completely surrounded.
“The minister of finance has In
formed prominent temperance advo
cates that ttie sale of spirits will be
forbidden throughout the war.”
Three Daye Battle.
London, 3:50 a. m.—A dispatch to
The Times from Bt. Petersburg says
that reports are circulating there of
the fall of Konlgsberg, the strongly
fortified seaport of the Germans in
East Prussia. The Russian advance
In East Prussia gave rise to three
days of prolonged and stubborn en
gagements In the vicinity of Soldau,
Allensetln and Bischoffsburg, where
the enemy had concentrated the army
evorps which retreated from Gam
blnnon and some fresh troops. Allen
stein has been occupied by the Rus
sians.
In Retreat.
The German losses were particularly
heavy at Muelhen, between Osterode
and Nordenbiirg and the enemy Is In
full retreat.
On the Galician front the fighting
had on Wednesday assumed the char
acter of general engagements, devel
oping in the southern districts of
Lublin and Is eastern Galicia on the
road to Lemberg. The front of the
battlo exetnded from 200 miles. At
first the fighting was more of the
character of attack and counter at
tack but gradually the Austrians woto
compelled to assume the defensive.
A Russian foot regiment In a hand
to hand fight with the 11th Hungarian
reserves, captured their colors and
nearly annihilated the enemy.
Canadians
Sail irom
Montreal
First Troops From North Am
erica, One Thousand Strong,
Leave For War ’Mid Gala
Scenes
Montreal.— The Princess Patricia
Canadian Light Infantry, first native
troops from North America to leave
for the European war, sailed today
1,000 strong aboard the White Star
liner Megantlc, Htnld gala scenes, for
a secret destination.
Rosrs of Chesrs.
Montreal.—Gaily decked with flagi
and bunting the Megantlc pulled out
to the shrieks of whistles from the
harbor craft and roars of cheering. The
departing soldiers lined the rail and
sang patriotic airs whose refrain was
echoed back by the throng ashore.
Almost every vessel In the harbor was
■mothered with hunting and half tho
city was at the waterfront.