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VOLUME XIX, No. 248.
LEMBERG
TAKEN BY
RUSS
Commander-in-Chief Notifies
the Czar—Army Victorious
Under General Ruzsky
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Sbondon, 7a. m.—A Petrograd (St.
Petersburg) special totheßeuter Tel
egram Company says the commander
in chief has notified the emperor that
the Russians have occupied Lem
berg.
The commander in chief’s message
was as follows:
“With extreme joy and thanking
God. I announce to your majesty that
the victorious army under General
Ruzsky captured Lemberg at 11
11 o’clock this morning. The army of
Gen. Brussiloff has taken Halicz.
“I beg your majesty to confer on
Gen. Ruszsky in recognition of ser
vices preceding the battles the fourth
class of the Order of St. Geoige and
for the capture of Lemberg the third
class of the same order; and on Gen.
Brussiloff the fourth class of the
same order.”
Left 4,500
Austrian
Dead
Complete Defeat By Russians
Near Halicz in Galacia. Ser
vians Victorious in the South
Petrograd (St. Petersburg), via.
..Paris, 4:24 a. m.—An official state
ment says:
"Concerning the operations of the
Russian army in Galicia, official re
ports say that the enemy is retreating
after desperate fighting near Halicz,
leaving 4,f>00 dead on the field. The
Russians took 32 cannon and rallyvay
material.
"On the south tn front of Warsaw
the Austrian atack was repulsed and
the offensive taken by the Russians.”
Round Austrian Army.
London, 5:25 a. m.—The Times Pet
rograri correspondent, describing the
Austro-Russian military operations,
says the Russian forces drew around
the Austrian army like an iron semi
circle. The Austrians thus were
obliged to fight for their salvation
with extreme obstinacy owing to the
fart that they could not hope for any
considerable reinforcements.
The southern army under General
Prank had been almost completely de
stroyed by the Servians.
The Germans had apparently retired
from Polish terlrtory west of the Vis
tula and were unable to send the Aus
trians as much a sa single battalion.
Defeat Complete.
Perie, 10:45 a. m.—A Havas agency
despatch from Petrograd gives this
of/eclal announcement:
4 "The fifteenth Austrian division was
1 completely defeated August 2* near
i Laschoff (a few miles east of Tomas -
* xow, in Russian Poland).
"A division commander, a brigade
commander and a chief of one of the
divisions of the staff were killed. One
hundred officers and 4,000 soldiers
were wounded. We took 20 guns and
the flag of the sixty-fifth Austrian
regiment. t Jhe battlefield was covered
with the corpses of the onemy.”
' THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES ========
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Talk Surrender
French Capital
London Correspondent Declares Authorities
Considering Subject in Case Outer Detenses
Are Passed By Invaders
London. — 3:15 A. M.— ln a despatch from Rouen,
P'rance, a correspondent of the Chronicle says he has
learned that the French authorities in Paris are con
sidering the surrender of the city to the Germans in
order to avoid the destruction of property from artil
lery fire.
IF OUTER LINE PASSED.
Pa pis.—This will be done, the the correspondent declares In case
the outer line of the defenses of Paris are passed by the invaders.
British, French and Belgian wounded are being transferred from
Paris to other cities and the great exodus of the populace of the French
capital to the south continues.
ENTRENCHMENTS.
Paris.—An immense and complicated system of entrenchments is
being constructed outside the city. It is reported the engineers in charge
of the work are keeping several hundred thousand men busy.
Berlin Decked With
Flags ol Confidence
Think That Nothing Can Now Stay Advance of Victorious
Armies—Troops of Crown Prince and Duke Albrecht Soon
at Chalons and Verdun
Berlin, by wireless via Sayvillo, L. I.
—Berlin Is permanently decked with
flags. Confidence prevails that noth
ing can stay the victorious advance
of the western armies.
Major Moraht, the military expert
of the Tageblutt, expects that the
armies of Duke Albrecht and the
Crown Prince will soon reach Chal
ons and Verdun which can be easily
Is Unimportant.
These towns have lost their strate
gic Importance. Toul and Spinel,
(capital of the department of Vosges.)
may delay the armies of Prince Rup
precht and Gen. Von Heeringen but
this is unimportant. Raids In upper
Alsaacc are to be expected while Bel
fort is In the hands of the French
but this Is without significance so
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1914.
Remarkable Battle Photograph From European Contlict
far as the general result is concerned.
The Lokal Anzelger points oit that
the taking by the Germans of Lafero
and Laon almost without a blow
means the capture of a position on
the line where the population has
been reassured and which line the
latest English papers received here,
asserted would hold out long against
the Germans.
Motor Batteries.
It is now revealed that Austrian
motor batteries, each consisting of
two 12-Inch guns mounted In automo
biles, have been co-operating with the
German heavy artillery in the reduc
tion of northern forti eses. The mo
bility and accuracy on, he fire of these
batteries Is highly fit Ised by head
quarters and the special correspond
ents.
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FRENCH TROOPS
This battle scene Is from an actual photograph of the French troops
snapped outside of Louvain. The men are meeting with a fierce lire a
German infantry charge At the right is a priest hurrying with an army
surgeon to the battlefield after the fighting has ended. The priest s mis
sion was to administer the late rites o fthe church to the dying; that of
the surgeon to serve the living.
Exodus is
on From
Paris
All Trains to Switzerland
Crowded. Many Americans
Trying Leave via Italy
Geneva, (via Parle, 1:40 p. m.) —Thn
exodus from Carls to Switzerland haa
begun. A train nervine throe times an
frequent an under normal conditions
in bringing quantities of refugees,
moatly women and children, from the
French capital. All the tralna are
crowded. There are Home Americana
among the refugees who are seeking
to return home by way of Italy. A
number of Belgians alao are coming
in from France. Switzerland in per
fectly quiet.. The crops are good and
there in plenty of food and the good
hotels in the cities are maintaining
normal prices. Hundreds of Ameri
cans, now that the money question
has been settled, have decided to re
main In Switzerland until the war is
over
GERMANY TO PAY.
Copenhagen, via London, 12:26 a. m.
—The emperor of Russia In a letter to
a relative In this city, says that all
the money that Belgium has been
made to pay to flerrriany the latU r
country would be forced to pay with
Interest In Fast Prussia.
KIEL CANAL RE OPENED.
Copenhagen, via London, 5:13 p. m.
•—Ship owners have been Informed
that the Kiel Canal has been re-open
ed to traffic but that only a limited
number of ships would be allowed to
traverse 1L
Budapest
in Despair
Position of the Dual Monarchy
Thought in Danger By Servian
Victories
London, 3:30 a. me—A dispatch to
the Chronicle from Ostend says:
“A tourist who has Just arrived hero
from Budapest said:
“ ‘There is a feeling of complete des
pair In Budapest. This Is caused
mainly by the practical abandonment
ut the campaign against Kervla, which
had the whole-souled support of the
populace, who believe that only one
sharp stroke was needed to demolish
Kervla. Yet at the end of n month
not a single Austrian soldlnr is on
Hervlan soil.
“ ’The position of the dual monarchy
is very serious If It is compelled to
make peace with Kervla on account
of the chronic difficulties with the
Hlav population. The people In Bud
apest believe that the breaking up of
the whole Austro-Hungarian struc
ture is Impending.
700 Volunteers of
Ulster in Hour
Belfast, Ireland, (via London)^—
Within an hour after the opening to
day of the recruiting office for Ul
ster volunteers 700 men of the North
Belfast Regiment had enrolled for for
eign service.
Sir Kdward Carson, leader of the
ITlater Unionists, later addressed a
battalion of volunteers assuring the
men that "sufficient volunteers will
remain In Ulster to protect it from In
yasion. It will keep as a province
’ou until you return."
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Battering Near
Gates ot Paris
Germans Less Than 25 Miles Away-Germont
Also Invested-French Retreating Through
Creil and Senlis
London 4:55 a. m. The correspondent of the Times at Dieppe,
under Thursday’s date Indicate that the Germans are less thun 25 miles
from Paris. He says:
“All (lay yesterday the head of the wedge which now forms the
German right was furiously forcing Its way to Paris, battering the rear of
the retreating French through (’mil, Senlis and (’reypy-en-Valois.
CHANTILLY WINDOWS BROKEN.
The cannonading broke windows in CbentUly, which is only 17
miles north of Paris. The Germans are also near Solssons.”
Another'dispatch to the Times from Beauvtls, 40 miles northwest
of Parts says that the Germans entered <’lermont, 25 miles from Paris at
7 o’clock Wenesday morning. At the same time their cavalry was operat
ing around Beauvais.
Germans in
Swiss Land
Unconfirmed Report of Enter
ing Basle to Prevent Being
Captured By French
London, 10:25 a. m.—Telegraphing
from Rome, the correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company says a
message received there from Basle,
Switzerland, declares that an uncon
firmed report has come Into Basic
from Berne setting forth that Gen.
i.lcut. son Delndlng and the German
forces under his command have cross
ed Into Rwltzerland to prevent their
capture by the French.
German Wounded
Arriving Brussels
Ostend, Belgium, via. London, 12:52
p. m—According to advices from Brus
sels, many convoys of German wound
ed from the south reached Brussels
throughout Wednesday night. The
German authorities have forbidden all
traffic on the Boulevard Botanlque,
In order to prevent the public’s wit
nessing the arrival of wounded men.
Great activity on the railroads wax
to be seen on Thursday. Trains bear
ing troops were constantly passing.
All exit from tile north side of Brus
sels has been Interdicted.
DENIED BY CONSUL.
Rotterdam, via London, 3:10 a. m.
The British consul here denies that
his government liaa sent an ultima
turn demanding permission to trans
port British troops up the River
.Scheldt to Antwerp. He says thw
British government is anxious to pre
serve Holland’s neutrality,
Not in Contact Around
Paris; Antwerp Airship
Paris, 3:40 p. m.—lt is officially announced that
tin- opposing armies “around Paris have not come in
contact. They continue their movements taking posi
tions.’
“The Germans have been cheeked at Yerdun.”
Antwerp, via Paris, 3 p. m.—A Zeppelin airship
appeared over the city at 3:55 o’clock this morning.
It was greeted with a fussilade from the forts but it i*
not known what damage was inflicted.
HOME
EDITION
Defend The
Landing of
Japs
Occupation of Chinese Terri
tory Won’t Lead to Any
Serious Protest—ls of “Vital
Self Interest” to Japan
Washington.—-Landing of Japanese
troops on Chinese territory to take
part in the attack on the German de
fenses at Kaichow Is not viewed at
the Japanese Embassy here as a vio
lation of China’s neutrality which tun
lead to any serious protest. When a
nation’s ’’vital self-interest" ts at
state, it was said at the embassy iliat
nation Is not obliged to hold Itself to
the strict letter of neutrality.
In this case, It was said at the em
bassy, Germany had been using ter
ritory In China outside of Its actual
possessions at Klaoehow for unneutral
purposes such as taking provisions
and employing Chinese coolies.
China Impotent,
As China is impotent of Itself fot
< ibly to prevent Germany from com
mitting miicli acts in violation of Chi
na’s neutrality, it was considered by
embassy officials, there Was nothing
in international law which would pre
vent Japan from taking steps, oven
including the landing of armed forces
in China, to help tn driving trap that
neutral country another belligerent.
In this case, Germany, which it was
contended had violated China’s neu
trality.
FROM AUSTRALIA.
London, 11:45 p. m. ■ln addon to
the first expedition, Australia has ar
ranged to send to England more In
fantry and light horse