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HUGE FUNERAL PYRES AT
NIGHT LIGHT UP VALLEY
OP THE MARNE
Tueton Being Steadily Driven Back, British Following With
Butt Dog Tenacity—Sangui nary Incidents Startling and
Plentiful—Havoc by English Artillery
London, 1 a. m.—Hsutsr'* Lagny,
France, correapondent tn a. dispatch,
dated TlmredHy, says:
"A trip alone the Valley of Hie
Marne today brought gratifying evl
dajico of the reality of the Oilman re
treat. On Sunday the Ilrltie.li and
Herman* were at Kilim cast of ihi*
Jlace Hhutterrd ehop front* and
empty house* Mill te«tlfy to the Ger
man menace
“Since then the Teuton haa been
driven *te*4lly back beyond the Trll
port and t.’racy-an-Brl* line, where
the hardeNt fighting occurred beyond
Aleaux, where the Teuton now I*. In
thl* strategic movement of Gen. von
Kluck's army rearward along the
Marno Valley the Urltiah army ha*
played a leading role.
Slept in the Oust.
Oenernl French's army advanced to
meet the German . emperor's host*
with what muM have been forced
marches from their temporary bane
to the southeast of I’arlH. The whole
British uimy except cavalry, passed
through Funny and the Incoming
troops were ao wearied that many of
them st lbs first opportunity lay
down In the dust end slept where they
v ere But a few hours rest worked
* great change and a fey days later
the British troops were following the
alow German retreat up the valley
with bulldog tenacity.
. ‘’The British artillary did notable
work In those days, according to the
French military surgeone stationed at
Fangv. At points near lu re the bodies
of elsln Germans who fell before the
British gunners still litter the Get
AMERICAN MILLIONAIRES SERVING
THE WOUNDED IN FINE HOSPITAL
KEPT UP BY THEMSELVES AT NEUILLY
London, 2:05 a. m. "The America n hospital at Neullly is a magnificent
example of what tan he done In a few weeks with the help of ample funds,”
**>■ the I’ftrla correspondent of the D ally Ttlegrnph. Hit despatch continues:
"Here under Ideal conditions, men and women, aome of whom bear names
powerful In American j utocraey, nre working hi menial inskN with admirable
nell * abnegation. One can see A met ! can mllUrmlrcs assigned to sening that
wounded men who have been without a change of clothing for n fortnight or
longer are thoroughly scrubbed In a djacent rooms princesses ure busy roll
ing bandages or preparing dressings.
"When the war broke out the American colony in Paris tool- over the un
finished building of the Lycse Pasteur and transformed It Into this hospital,
which wed deserves the name of model hospital. The wards are clean and
airy and the operating room is filled with the most modttn appliances. There
**• X-rsy romi, hnndnglni: rooms and model kitchens. And there is a devoted
staff of nurses and orderlies
There were seventy wounded In the hospital this morning, most Turcots
and Englishmen.”
CROWN PRINCE
ARMY VICTOR
NEAR VERDUN
Promises Complete Encircle
ment of Town, According to
Berlin Report. Congratulatory
Messages to Generals
Btrlfn, (via Copenhagen and Lon
don, /:40 a, m,)— No details of the
battl* aa eastward of Paris and
•round Verdun hovo been received,
•Vther from (ho Herman ataff or the
correspondents attached to headquar
ters.
Bmperor William has telegraphed
the king of Kaxony, congratulating
him on the achlovomenta of hla array
an September Bth. but th# message
throws little light on the fighting near
Parla. The army referred to la that
und<<r the Saxon general, von liaueen.
w'hl' h la In an Intermediate position
between tho armlaa of General von
Buelow on the right and Puke Al
brecht of Wuerttemberg on the left
Right Wing Retiree.
Ita line of march led southward
over Relhel ao It preaumably occu
pied a position on the left wing of the
left center of the Unnnan forces en
gaged near Parla. the right wtng of
whloh effected a retirement before su
perior flanking forces.
The captured guns and prlaonere
mentioned In yesterday's headquar
ters report are preaumably the fruit
of the aucceaa mentioned | n , tl(1 ern .
peror'a congratulatory messagr
By Frederick William.
The Herman counter stroke in the
Anglo-French offensive near I'ans
was delivered by the army of Crown
Prince Frederick William, which cap
tured a fortified French position
aouthweat of Verdun. Thla position
lmei posed a barrier between the tier
man Marne army, the left wing of
which extended to Mlry-Is-Francois
land the crown princes forces It en
abled closer co-operatlull of the two
sections of the invading army and
promises a completion of the encircle
ment u{ Verdun
Order of the Day.
The commander of the second Ita -
varlan army corps in Lorraine has
trailed an order of the day to the
troops conveying thanks to the sixth
army for holding out so stiffly, he
holcally and eucceasfully, thereby pre
venting the enemy from sending re
inforcements northward and intimat
ing that the time la not ripe for an
offensive movement by this army.
The victory of General ton jlln-
Venhurg will probably clear German
territory for time being of Russians,
e hose • flood of Invasion has swept
almost to the gates of Knntgeherg
The 1/okal Anaeiger assume* that
the right wing of the defeated armv
la not far from the Knntgeherg left
Ut the viiuuty of tiutnhiiin.n.
man and the grim crop must he still
heavier farther up the valley where
the fighting was more desperate.
Buried at Night.
•'As far as possible the bodies ars
burled st bight each side attending to
It* own fallen.
Sanguinary Incidents nre plentiful
in the week of fighting to the south
of the Marne. In an engagement not
far from here our mien captured thirty
Germans who had given up their arms
and were standing under guard when,
anoouraged by a sudden forward ef
fort of the German front they made
a dash for their rifles. They were
cut down by a volley from the British
guards before they could reach their
weapons.
■ low Up Bridge.
At Langy one of the sights of the
town is a shattered bridge which wos
blown up by General French a week
ago as soon as he got his army across
it. At that lime British infantry and
artillery had pouted through the town
and over the bridge for several days.
"The people take the destruction of
their beautiful bridge in good part.
They are too grateful for their deliv
erance from the Germans to grumble.
"t'lose 1o Meaux the Germans seem
to have stayed their retreat last night
and even to have made a slight ad
vunce. It was apparently merely a
rear guard covering movement.
"All along the valley the people are
returning to their abandoned homes.
“The British army no longer forms
the lefl wing of the allies. On its left
Is a French army—one of seven
which are now In the field."
MASTERS BOTH
ARE JDFFRE,
VON KID
Audacious Commander of Ger
man Right Wing Meets Match
in French General. Clever
Maneuvering
Paris, 6:20 a. m. — The effoctlveneaa
of tho censorship has been still more
clearly revealed by communications of
the Inst 24 hours which show- that the
only ones outside of the military au
thorities who know of the where
abouts of the French forces at the be
ginning of the great battle were tho
Germane. The latter learned of It
none too soon and their diversion
front the route to Paris, heretofore
attributed to fear of the Parla defense
works, was simply a clever maneuver
to escape a desperate situation.
800,000 Men.
The Germans penetrated France In
three columns but the force consisted
of five armies and at least HOO.OUO
men. The plan evidently was for a
quick direct attack on Parts by Gen
ii ul van Kluck while the armies of
General vou Huelow, the Princes of
Wurttemberg and Saxony and tho
crown prince dealt with the other
armies of the allies.
The audacious commander of the
C-rrniau right wing, surprised by the
resistance of the allies at Gutae and
Comptegne was rendered cautioue and
must have discovered the presence of
the army of l’ails on his flank.
Match Between Them.
He showed his resourcefulness by a
sharp counter movement against this
protecting force The critics gave von
Kluck full credit for skill a* well a*
hardihood pud referring to General
Joffre'a plan* say It Is match be
tween masters In the art of war. Gen
eral Joffre failed, they believe, by the
narrowest margin lu gaming one of
the most brilliant victories m history.
Adds to Dangers.
It Is general! thought that this
looping adds Immensely to the dan
gers of von Kluck's army. The worn
■ut forces, doubling on tlieir own
ttacks, necessarily must lose courage,
it Is argued as well as strength and
have to count not only on the extra
ordinary endurance of the allies but
on the constant danger front the fly
ing column of the comparatively fresh
at my of Parts
MILES CRIBS HANGED.
Ashburn, Ga —Mies C’rtbh paid the
death pcnalt. on the gallows here yes
terda' Mr the murder of his molher-ln
law Mrs Mar. 1' Hancock last No
vember The trap was sprung at l
o'clock and DIM) was declare.) In be
dr d In twelve mien tee Alt hour t»e
fort the hanging t'rlhb said he wanted
to make .. statement Mr was 1*..)
wolf to '*dk however, at tha time tor
(the execution.
WSR BULLETINS
GERMANS FORCED.
London, 9:15 a. m,—The Antwerp correspondent of The Daily Tele
graph sends the following:
A courier brings new* of fighting at ilofstade, near Maline*. King
Albert motored out and participated in the general engagement, which is
apparently going well.
"The German artillery figured considerably but the Belgian Infantrr,
well supported b> guns, gradually forced the Germans back,
BY SERVIANS.
London, 4:37 a. m.—A dispatch to Reuters from Cettinje, dated Sept.
7, says the Mercians the day before occupied Motto vitz, in Crotia-Slavo
nia, on the Have.
GHENT RE-OCCUPIED.
London, 10:08 a. m.—A dispatch to The Central News from Amster
dam says:
"According to a Ghent dispatch the Belgian government having op
posed the delivery of the army necessaries requisitioned by the Ger
mans, a Belgian force *ias again occupied Ghent. The necessaries which
had already been prepared were not delivered.”
HEAR BIG CANNONADING.
London, 4:45 a. m.—A Copenhagen dispatch to Tiie Times says it is
reported from Haridhamrn, Sweden, 29 miles northeast of Stockholm, that
a German fleet consisting of 29 vessels has been sighted between Gots-
Ua Handout Island in the Baltic and Kopparstenarne, nine miles north.
The Hwedlsh newspaper* report that a. tremendous cannonading has
been heard on the line la-tween Gotska Sandoen island and N'ymo.
SERVIAN OFFENSIVE.
London, 12:16 p. m.—ln a dispatch from Petrograd the correspondent
of Haulers announces that the troops of Hervla are continuing their of
fensive operations against the Austrians with great success.
German soldiers are at present in the Grodek district, 16 miles west
of Bamberg.
The operations of the Russian troops on their two wings in the rear
of the western Austrian army, the correspondent continues, are favorable
to the Russian arms. Near Rawa Ruska (32 miles to the west of Lem
berg) the turning movement against the Austrian slang is proceeding suc
cessfully.
AS TROOP SHIP.
Philadelphia. The Red Htar Liner Manitou, flying the British flag
lias been taken off the Philadelphia, Antwerp route and today the
steamer sailed for Quebec in ballast. The fact that the Manitou left
without cargo gives rise to a report that the steamer will be used as a
troop ship. This could not be confirmed here.
i TAKEN BY GERMANS.
Washington. The German embassy today received the following
wireless from Berlin:
"Official headquarters reports that the German crown prince’s
army yesterday took fortifications southwest of Verdun. The German
Paris army is attacking the fortress south of Verdun. The other forts
since Wednesday have been cannonaded by heavy artillery.
TAKEN OFF CHARLESTON.
Kingston, Jamaica. —The Ha mburg-Amerlcan Line steamer Be
iliania was catpured by a British cr ulser Monday morning when she was
two days out from Charleston. The prise, which was brought here last
night, hud aboard 600 tons of coal und a six months’ supply of provis
ions for the German cruisers Dresden and Karlsruhe.
The Hethanla has been equipped as an auxiliary cruiser but threw
her armament overboard on sighting her pursuer. The crew was com
posed of 600 reservists. They have been placed In various detention
camps here.
DELCASBE, JR. HURT.
London, 2:51 p. m—A dispatch from Amsterdam says the Cologne
Gazette declares that the son of tile French foreign minister. M. Delcas
*e, has been wounded and Is In a hospital at Dledenhofen, near Metz.
ITALIAN LEAVES.
Paris, 2:10 p, m.—The Rome correspondent of the Havas Agency
telegraphs that Count Calderari, dii Palazzolo, Italian military attache at
Berlin, lias left his post and is returning to Italy. The cause of Ilia de
parture is not known,
GERMANS BOMBARD.
Antwerp, via London—lt is officially announced here today that the
town of \\ aergehem, in the Belgian province of West Flanders, was
bombarded by the Germans yesterdday for thirty minutes. There were
no casualties and only a few- houses were destroyed by the German fire.
SHELLE D STATION.
A dispatch from Blantyre, British Central Africa, says
that the steamer Gwendolen from Lake Nyassa, on Sept 8, shelled the
German station at Langenburg, at the head of the lake in German East
Africa. No opposition was offered and a small force landed from the
.steamer and took the station. _, ,*
GREEK MIN ISTER RESIGNS.
London, 9:36 a. m—A dispatch from Athens to the Exchange Tel
egraph Company sush foreign -minister, Panas, has resigned but It has
not been decided whether bis resignation will be accepted.
CUT TO PIECES.
Petrograd, Ruesia, via. London, 12:28 p. m.—A detailed plan of the
proposed march of Austro-German armies through Russia to Perm, on
the extreme eastern border of European Russia, and about 700 miles east
of Petrograd. has been found on the body of a commander of Austrian
cavalry killed at Grodek, in Gallcia
ln this fight three cossack regiments were complete victors over nine
Hungarian regiments of cavalry. Two of the latter were virtually wiped
out, only thirty men surviving.
TAKEN BY WARSHIP.
Shanghai, China.—Reports from Hong Kong say the British steamer
Hingan has been taken by a British warship on the high seas, twenty
miles outside of Manila Bay, at which point she had taken on a load of
tea from a German freighter.
AUSTRIAN DEFEAT AT TOMASZOW
DISASTROUS;DESPERATE PLIGHT
Fleeing Army Pursued By Russian Cavalry Must Cross
Marshes and Rivers—Bulk of Supply Trains Lost; Troops
Starving
London, 4 a. m.—'Telegraphing from
l’etrograd the correspondent of the
Morning Tost says:
"The Austrian retirement on the
Vistula la being conducted with a
semblance of order but the case is
very different with the right wing
operating near Tomasiow. Driving
In between the two wings, the Rua
alans have cut off this Austro Ger
man army and completely surround
ed It on the front and flank The
Russians have summoned this right
wing to surrender.
"Tlie Russian cavalry has got be
hind the retreating army with guns
and the situation of the Austro-Uer
mans now is desperate. To cross the
marshes and rivers and with cavalry
and artillery forcing it from the op
posite bank Is more than any beaten
army ever accomplished since Napo
leon's time. Moreover, the Austro-
Germans have lose the bulk of their
supply trains and the men must ba
starving.
"The Opele Touroblne Line of forty
miles which the Auatro-Germans had
strongly fortified in order to secure
Villa Wants l. S.
Troops to Leave
Maxice C<ty.— Gen, Alvaro Obregon
haa telegraphed to General Carranza a
request by General Villa that the con
stitutionalists aak Washington to with
draw the United States troops frooi
Vera Cms. The telegram quoted Villa
as follows.
"With dissolution of the Huerta gov.
ernmenl now complete we should hnve
but one flag waving over Mexican soil
It Is humiliating that the Stars and
[blripcs yet wave."
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
to them a chance of retreat has been
taken by storm, thus removing the
last obstacle to Russia’s pursuit
southward.
Climax Soon.
"The climax to this operation has
nearly been reached, for the Russian
cavalry on Thursday covered twenty
miles, fighting all the way the enemy’s
rear guard.
"The Austrian army, resting on the
fortified center at Grodek, still main
tains the stubborn fight but the end
must be neur for this front also, for
the arrival of fugitives from the rout
of the Tomasxow army and the
knowledge that the Russians have
now got between them and the re
treating left wing of the original line
of battle cannot fall to complete the
demoralization of tlie forces which
have now been for ten days fighting
a defensive action against an ever
increasing number of Russians. The
number of prisoners now in Russia is
so enormous that it is becoming nec
essary to send them further afield. A
large number are sent towards Sibe
ria."
BASEBALL WEATHER
American League.
Boston at Waahlngton; rain.
Detroit at Chicago; clear.
I’hlladelphla at New York: clear.
Cleveland at St Louis; clear.
National Leagus.
Now York at Philadelphia * 2 »;
cloudy. 1
Chicago at rittsburg (I); clear.
St laiuls at Cincinnati; clear.
Boston at Brooklyn; clear.
Federal League.
Indiana polls at Baltimore (Sr;
cloud*.
St. lamia at Brooklyn; clear.
Kansas City at Pittsburg fj»; cleat
Chicago at liuffalo tJ); dear.
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