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A LUES VICTORS EAST OF PARIS THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. VOLUME XIX, No. 256. German Captives Number 6,000 Allies Cut Off and Defeat Enemy Northeast of /Paris—Retreating Towards Rivers Marne and Ourcq London, 9:35 a. m. —A dispatch to the Daily News from Paris says: “A motor car brings news from the front that the first and second divisions of the British army with the French cavalry and artillery, cut off and defeated a large force of the enemy 60 miles northeast of Paris taking 6,000 prisoners and 15 guns. The Germans are reported as demoralized. HALF STARVED. “The half starved ravenously devoured beef and biscuits supplied bv the British troops. “During the fight 50 British cyclists from the cover of a small wood wiped out 150 of the enemy’s cavalry. “The allies’ losses were severe but they are as nothing in comparison to those of the enemy who is now retreating north of the Marne and west of the Ourcq. Id TT MES WERE BRIDGES DESTROYED IN EFFORTS OF GERMANS TO CROSS THE MARNE IN TERRIBLE STRUGGLE London, 6:15 a. m.—The correspondent, of the Reuter Telegram Company at Meaux sends this story of the fighting in that vicinity: “The Anglo-French forces which repulsed the Germans on the banks of the Marne inflicted enormous losses in men and material. The Germans made incredible efforts to cross the Marne. The French hav ing destroyed all the bridges the Germans tried to construct three bridges of boats. Sixteen times the bridges were on the point of com pletion but each time they were reduced to matchwood by the French artillery. "The battlefield has been quickly cleared of dead and wounded and now only little mounds, with tiny crosses, flowers and tri-colored flags recall the terrible struggle. “The inhabitants of neighboring villages have returned to their homes and resumed their ordinary occupations.” OURCQ VALLEY STILL COVERED WITH UNBURIED GERMAN DEAD; TER RIBLE LOSSES INFLICTED. Paris, 4:10 a. m.—Forty Germanprisoners all wounded by bayonet thrusts have arrived here and give a hint of how the Germans suffered in their retreat across the River Ourcq and Marne. It appears that the German force sent to that region was an important one and had been strongly entrenched. LASTED TWO DAYS. When Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, ordered an attack, a fierce engagement of artillery opened and lasted two days without inter ruption. Aviator Captain Georges Bellenger finally gave the exact loca tion of the German batteries and soon thereafter they were annihilated by the French three-inch guns. THEN THE ROUT. Then came the rout. The Germans, at the pjolnt of the bayonet, crossed the Ourcq in disorder, leaving cases of ammunition, cloaks, knap sacks and cartridges. The losses of the Germans were terrible and this point of the valley of the Ourcq Is still covered with their unburled dead. The French also suffered serious c asualtieg but mostly in wounded. S3ays Germans Dead Beat After Their Battering-Ram Methods; Will Be Content to Hold Allies at Bay London, 3:34 a. m.—The Morning Post’s correspondent at Mantes, De partment of Seins-et-Oise, writing under date of Thursday, says: "Never since General Joffre began his magnificent retreat from Bel gium has the allies’ position looked so promising. The Germans want repose. The German prisoners I have seen are dead beat. It therefore Is possible the German commanders Will, If they can, remain content to hold the allies at bay for a time. IN BETTER TERRITORY, "Having cleared themselves from the dangerous country north and northwest of Paris, they are In much better tertrtory for Just such a de fensive work. Further they have effected their Junction. There Is a ces sation of the heavy battering ram eforts which have characterized their efforts hitherto: they are also waiting for Maubeuge to fall. "Prisoners confirm reports that two Austrian army corps aer operat ing with the Germans in France.” IN FULL PURSUIT London, 2:25 p. m.—“ Our troops have crossed the River Ourcq and are moving this (Saturday) morning in rapid pursuit of the enemy,” is an annnouncement given by the of ficial press bureau. “Two hundred prisoners were captured. The cavalry of the allies were between Soissons and Fismes last night. “The enemy are retreating north of Vitry- Ae-Francois.” THE AUGUSTA HERALD =THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 12, 1914. Belgian Peasants Fleeing Before Advancing Germans. ft n *wL<m'-A^ht^ *SR. ■'•■ .. i ’ 1 1.,,“' —. a^< y ilwl^ißf^SiiSsSslS!!!!!SiS£^33SSwli?^^s22Si!SS^ff^*l * Ml^^ FAMILY DESERTING HOME. This picture tells its own story. It has just been received from Relgium, where it was taken some weeks ago but held up by the censor. Here a Belgian family that has deserted their home and most of their posses sions is seen fleeing in a dog cart. The Belgian troops, outnumbered and unable to give protection to their countrymen, were forced to stand by and watch the desertion of thousands of homes. Official Announcement Made of General Retreat of the Germans Before Victorious Allies Today CITY DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE Lima, Peru.—News has reached here that a tremendous earthquake has destroyed the city ofCaraveii in the Department of Arequipa. The report says the people are in a panic but no mention is made of loss of lives. Caraveli is a town of about 4,000 in habitants. A year ago the place w-as wrecked by an earthquake but has been rebuilt. NEW AMBASSADOR BEEN INDISCREET ? Washington.—State department of ficials were surprised to read news dispatches today from Paris saying the newly appointed American am bassador, William G. Hharp, bad given a published interview regarded there as Indiscreet. The department had no official word of the interview. Mr. Sharp has as yet no official status. Ambassador Herrick, under a previous arrangement, will continue in charge until Mr. Sharp becomes fa miliar with the work of the embassy. BRITISH WARSHIPS AT HERBERTSHOEHE London, 2:30 p. m.—The admiralty announced this afternoon that the British fleet has occupied Herbert shoehe, on Blanche Bay, the seat of government of the German Bismarck archipelago and the Boloman Islands. The Bismarck archipelago, with an area of 18,000 squure miles and a population of 200,000 Is off the north coast of Australia and southeast of the Plhllipplne Islands. The group was assigned to the German sphere of Influence by an agreement with Great Britain In 1885. German Guinea is Inclined in the Jurisdiction. GABOLINE GIVING OUT. London, 9:30 a. m.—A dispatch from Bordeaux to Ueuters says the Ternps repeats the report that Ger many's stock of gasoline, on which the army depends largely for its mo tor transpor of supplies, Is becoming exhausted. OPPOSE FREIGHT TAX. Washington.—Growing opposition to the proposed three percent tax on ! freight transportation In the war rev lenue hill resulted today In circulation of a petition among democratic mem bers of the house demanding a cau cus on the bill Monday night. Germans Retreating, With Little Resistance-Six Thousand Prisoners; Artillery and Ammunition Taken Paris.—3:3o P. M.—lt was officially announced here this afternoon that tin* German forties to the cast of Paris arc gradually retreating and that they are offering only a feeble resistance to the French and British troops. The official communication says: “On our left wing the Germans have begun a general retreating movement between the Oise and the Marne.” Cavalry Exhausted. Pari*, 3:04 p. m—“ Yesterday their front lay between Solssons, Braine and Fistnes and the Mountain of Reims. “Their cavalry seems to be exhaus ted. The Anglo-French forces which pursued them eneoutered on Septem ber 11 only feeble resistance. “At the renter of our right wing the Germans have evacuated Vitry-le- Francois w here they had fortified themselves, and also they have evac uated the valley of the Haulx River. Attacked at Sermaise and at Revigny, they abandoned a large quantity of waar arterial. The German forces which have been occupying the Argonne region Enormous Stores Train Captured By the French Tremendous Advantage Gained Over Germans. Ammunition Column Four Miles Long Taken By General Pau—Huge Funeral Pyres at Night Depressing on Kaiser’s Men London, 2:65 a. m.—The Dally Tele graph's correspondent at Nanteull, De partment of f/lse, lh a dispatch dated Thursday, learns from French wound ed that the German right has retired so far that the center must give way or risk the line communication. General Pau scored a tremendous advantage by capturing an enormous ammunition column seven kilometres (4 1-4 miles). This.he destroyed, leav ing the Germans very short of ammu nition. The correspondent adds: Paralyzing Spectacle. “The effect of the long, barren marches must have an enormous in fluence on the conscript army. The huge losses In killed und wounded, the paralyzing spectacle of pyramidal fun eral pyres on the battlefields each night and the procession of long trains of grievously wounded roust have giv en the educated Germans In the ranks food for thought. “It was all very well while the Ger mans were marching forward, hut the retrograde movement Is trying on thn nerves. On the other hand the French have begun to give way. They are retreating to the north through the forest of Beilenone.” In Lorraine. Paris, 3:04 p. m. -“In Lorraine we have made slight progress. Wo oc cupy the eastern boundary of the forest of Ctuwnpenoux, Rehalnvlllers and Gtrbenvlllers. “The Germans have evacuated Saint Die. “In Belgium the Belgian army Is acting vigorously against the German troops whirl) are before the fortified position of Antwerp. “In the Servian field of operations the Servians have occupied Semlln, Austria.” army, stiffened by great reinforce ments who are fighting for all th-y hold most dear, have offered u resolute Hnd magnificent front to the enemy. The French are twice as dangerous in attack aa in defense." The correspondent thus describes the capture of the German ammunition column while the Germans were feel ing their way toward I'arls. All Destroyed. "The seven kilometre column was winding Its way along through <’repy. en-Valois when General Ban sent cav alry and artillery to Intercept It. The column was too weakly guarded to cope with tli« attack and so it was captured and destroyed. This capture hail an Important hearing on the suo sequent fighting. “A noticeable feature of the opera tions has been the splendid marching qualities of the French troops. This was displayed especially when two di visions, which were sent last week to Intercept the expected attempt of the Germans to Invest Paris, covered 80 kilometres (4» 1-2 miles) in two stages.” $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. 5 Kaiser’s Corps Are Retiring Center Giving Ground at Last—Gain Made in Four Days By French British of From 60 to 75 Kilometres Washington. The following dispatch from Bor-, deaux, dated yesterday, was received today at the French embassy: “The French general staff made known today that the first German army continues its retirement. Three of its army corps were repulsed last night be tween Y’illors, Colie rets and Soissom. We have in four days gained from sixty to seventy-five kilome tres. Washington.—“ln the second army the tenth corps and the guards, driven back to the Saintgond swamps also are withdrawing. “In the Champagne the third Gorman army is also retiring. The German center is at last giving ground. FOURTH ARMY. Washington.—“ After a tiard fight In the region between Ser.»nne and Vltry, In the Argonne, the fourth German army has been pushed back to the north of the Trolsfonlalne forests. THROWN BACK. • Washington.—"A fifth German army .after attempHng a very seri ous effort on our right wing, was thrown hack. Our troops occupy Vaa slncourt. DISASTROUS RETREAT. Washington.—" The general situation has thus been modified to our advantage during these last days. “On the other side the Austrian nrmy atacked near Tomaszow was forced to a disastrous retreat. The whole army has been pushed hack to the west of Rawa Uusska and the Dnelster river. The Russians be sieged Grodek. Austrian Losses 130,000, of Whom 90,000 Are Prisoners London, 3:58 p. m.—A Central News dispatch from Rome says: "A telegram received here by tho Messaggero from Petrograd states that the second battle In Cal Ida resulted even more satisfactorily to the Russians than the first. The losses of the Austrians are estimated at IXO,OOO, of whom 90,000 are prisoners. Warn British Public That Today's Situation is But First Phase Great Battle London, 2:03 p ,m. Belgian official reports speak of a rout of the Ger mans by troops movlnrf southward from Antwerp, but while there Is no ■ eason to doubt that the Invaders are evacuating parts of Belgian territory, it seems probable that they purposely are avoiding battle, as l lie rnuln object of their southward move is to get In thn fighting zone of the Murne and to relieve pressure there, Grows Keener. Anxiety over the fighting east of I’arls grows keener hourly as it Is recognized that the result In tills quarter is likely to have a decisive effect upon the whole line. Kliould the Germans smash through the center of the French line in Ibis district they would turn the line of French frontier forts and seriously endanger the rear of General Castle inan’H Hlxtti Army Corps, already en gaged up to the hilt with a corre sponding host of Germans before Nancy. Fully Realized, e It Is fully realized here that the driving hack of the German right wing and right center In no way Is conclusive and that as the Franco- British forces rallied after their long retreat, so may the Germans turn and retrieve their present reverses. "The public Is warned that the ALL ARTILLERY TAKEN London, 2:28 p. m.—According to official an nouncement made here the third French army has captured all the artillery of one German army corps. “Our aeroplanes report that the enemy’s retreat is very rapid. The artillery of a German army corps consists of two regiments of field pieces, 18 hatterh-s of field guns and six batteries of field how itzers, a total of 72 pieces), one or two batteries of heavy field artil lery and u machine gun group. HOME EDITION present situation merely Is the first phiiss of a great battle and that the battle Itself is only the first stage of a titanic struggle between the nations, which will continue so long as the main armies remain Intact, as they are at present. ATTACK BY GERMAN RIGHT POSSIBLE London, 10:48 a .m.—The Paris cor respondent of The Fix press thinks there Is a distinct possibility of a Ger man attack by the extreme right of tljelr army coming towards Paris from south of Amiens. "Ths masses of the German armies seem not to have been seriously en gaged thus far,” h* says. "They came very close to Paris und are now be ing pushed back with great ease by the British army and It may be that their object Is to draw the allied forces toward the eust, thus removing them from Purls and exposing them to the danger of running their heads into a prepared position."