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TWO 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. FARMERS ATTENTION! COTTON IS AN INVESTMENT I IT’S CHEAPER TO BUY COTTON * AT PRESENT PRICES THAN RAISE IT The Augusta Herald is printing daily a re markable series of special articles by its travel ing Staff Correspondent, Walter E. Duncan, who is covering for . The Herald the Cotton Holding Movement throughout South Carolina and Georgia. 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