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VOLUME XIX, No. 258.
IS DISASTER BECOMING
MOST COMPLETE ROUT?
Difficulties of Retreat Germans Heavy. Forces
in Argonne and South of Verdun Likely to
be Cut Oft. Chance of Annihilation by Allies.
London, 5:01 a. m.—The correspondent
of The Times at Bordeaux suggests that the
German rout is deepening into complete disas
ter and that the German forces in the Argonne
and South of Verdun are likely to be cut off in
which event they can escape only at a heavy
price.
IN DIFFICULT COUNTRY.
London, &a. m.—A dispatch to The Times from Paris, discussing the
German retreat says:
"The difficulties of the retreating army are many and there are
good chances that the allies may annihilate them before they reach the
frontier. The Germans appear to be abandoning their natural route,
of the Oise, endeavoring to withdraw further eastward ,U»- the
n and country of the Champaigne, where the roads are
’ and provisions scant.
FORMIDABLE BARRIER.
Beyond is the forest of Ardennes and to the east the wooded and
clayey ridges of the forest of Agonne, as formidable a barrier to prog
ress as any army could have. Beyond is the Meuse, most of the bridges
of which will be destroyed.
"The general in.command in Paris has a half million fresh troops
under his control which will be used presumably in pursuing the enemy.”
BELGIANS
JOINED BY
RUSSIANS
Possibility Also That Other
Troops Besides Czar’s Among
the Re-lnforcements.
v
London, 7:40 a. m.— In a
dispatch from Ghent the
correspondent of the Daily
News says that after two
days of investigation he has
confirmed the statement
that Russian troops are in
Belgium.
V
Others Also.
London —Afternoon papers of Ghent
the correspondent says, published last
Saturday this statement:
‘‘The German army has been cut at
Countenberg, between Brussels and
Louvain by a Belgian army rein
forced by Kussian troops."
HU Investigations confirmed this,
"but where there Russians are and
what their numbers are may be it
would he Indiscreet to tell,” he says.
Continuing, the correspondent men
tions the possibility that the Russian
Is not the only army reinforcing the
Belgians. #
RUSSIANS STILL
WIN IN GALICIA
Paris. 1:40 p. "*• —l n a dispatch from
Petrograd the correspondent of the
Havas Agency says an official com
munication declares that the Russian
successes in Galicia are continuing.
American Relief
Fund: $2,330,000
{
t Washington. O. C.— John Burke, treas
tifer of lha United Htatea. announced
funds sent to the treasury hy Ameri
can* for relief of friend* stranded In
K * ■ had reached a tot-i 1 since the
im*we;tk of the wnr of 82,88(>,h»0 Re
mlt’nce* mailed today will be received
hut In s-cordance with Secretary Mo-
Adoe * recent announcement no others
Will be taken.
THF ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
DENIES U. S.
TO JOIN
ALLIES
Persistent Reports in Berlin
Mentioned in Official State
ment. American Flag Not
Raised at Ghent.
Berlin, (by wtreleas to The Associated
Press by way of Sayville, L. I.) —Ger-
man army headquarters in Berlin today
gave out this official report:
"The German crown 'prince has cap
tured the enemy’s fortified position
southwest of Verdun and Is now bom
barding with heavy artillery the outer
fortß lying to the south.
Crown Prince's Army.
“A battle Is In re-ogress between Paris
and the River Marne over a front of 120
kilometres, stretching from Nanteutl in
the west, where the English forces are,
to Vltry. The crown prince's army Is
separated from the main battle by the
fcSest of Argonne.
"The armies of the crown prince of
Bavaria and Gen. von Heerlngen are In
formal battle near the upper Moselle.
By U. S. Ambassador.
“James W. Gerard, the American am
bassador to Germany, has given out an
Interview to the press denying persistent
reports that the United States was pre
paring to join the allies; that Mr. Whit
lock (the American minister at Brus
sels) had attached the mayor of Brus
sels to his staff; that the American flag
had been raised at Ghent; that the
Turkerton Incident was unfriendly dis
crimination against Germany and that
he Is advising American* to hurry away
becauss the United States was going to
war.
“Gen. Hlndenburg ha* defeated the
Russians, has crossed the Russian front
ier and up to the present time has taken
10,000 prisoners and captured 80 gune
and many machine guns and aero
planes."
Germans Hid in
Forage Sheafs
Parle, 4:15 a. m.—Among the wounded
arriving today at the eastern station was
s sergeant of reservists who was In the
fighting at Montmlrail. He saw a num
ber of German soldiers made prisoner* In
a field of yellow clover. The fortige had
been cut and bound In sheave* and when
one of the sheaves was seen to move, a
shot fired Into It brought down a Ger
man Infantrymen. A second shot fired
Into another sheaf brought out another
German and It was found that all other*
In the field concealed soldiers. All were
i easily captured.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1914
With the Allies on the Firing Line
FRENCH, ENGLISH AND BELGIAN TROOPS.
These photographs, brought to this country from Belgium by the same steamer that carried the Belgian
commission Vhich has come to file its protest against German atrocities with the president., show French,
English and Belgian troops on the firing line. Above is a line of French infantrymen firing from behind
earthworks at an advancing German column. Below at the left Is a group of English troopers fighting In the
underbrush In northern France. Below at the right is a group of Belgian Infantrymen firing from trenches.
Enemy Retiring Everywhere Is
French Official Statement This
P. M; Abandoning All Positions
VIENNA IN
PANIC AT
NEWS
Thousands Parade Streets at
News Semline’s Fall. Pris
oners Liberated, Military
Stores Giving Out, Reservists
Wear Civilian Attire.
London, 9:05 a. m.—A despatch to
The Central News from Petrograd dated
Sunday says It Is reported from Bucha
rest that a panic occurred In Vienna
on receipt of the news of the capture of
Semlln by the Servians and that thou
sands of unemployed are parading the
street* of the capital. The military
stores and even the stock of uniforms
proved to be Insufficient and a* a result
the third levy of res.e-vlst* are going to
the frontier in civilian attire.
Two thousand flv# hundred Russians,
liberated from captivity In Germany
have arrived In Petrograd via inland.
It Is stated the reason for this liberation
la that the Gri-man exchequer Is too de
pleted to admit of their being kept.
Russians Again
At Koenigsberg
Paris, 1:10 p. m. -The correspondent of
The Havas Agency says It ha* been an
nounced In Petrograd that a Russian
army Is again before Koenigsberg, east
Prussia.
German Defeats Jill Along Line.
British*French at Aisne In Pursuit
Crown Princes Army Driven Back
Russian Troops Are in Belgium
Paris, 3:16 p. m.—lt was officially announced
this afternoon that the Germans still are retiring ev
erywhere. They .are .abandoning all the positions
which they erected to cover a possible retreat.
ON LEFT WING.
Paris, 3:19 p. m.—The official statement follows:
"First, on our left wing the enemy had prepared, to the north of
Alsne, between Complegne and Solssons, a line of defense which 11 was
forced to abandon. Some detachments which It had held at Amiens now
have retired upon Perrone and Ht. Quentin.
ON THE CENTRE.
“Second, on the center also the Germans had taken up a defensive
position behind Reims but were unable to hold It. In the Argonne region
they turned back toward the north beyond the forest of Bellnoue and be
yond Trlaucourt.
“On the right wing the retreating movement, of the Germans Is gen
eral from Nancy to the Vosges. Y esterday evening French territory In
thiH vicinity had been completely evacuated.
NO INFORMATION
ON ABUSE OF
RED CROSS
London, 2:23 p. sir-Premier As
quith told the house of commons to
day that no official Information had
reached the ministry of war concern
ing the repeated stories that German
soldiers had abused the Red Cross
flag, killed and maimed the wounded
and killed women and children, as had
been alleged so often in stories of the
battlefields.
He added that this subject was un
der consideration and that, an Inquiry
was being made, He assented to the
suggestion made that, with the view
of securing greater credence of any
report, reports on the subject which
the British government might Issue,
the American embassy and consulate
he communicated with, with the ob
ject of getting them to publish the
full facts.
THE SUPREME
CLASH STILL
TO COME
London, 1:20 p. m.—While the first
stage of thii Kraut hut tin of the Marne,
perhaps rorwtly described as "the but
tle of the ages,” appears to have been
won by the French and British military
export * pointed out today that tha main
Germany army la Mill Intact and tha
supreme clash at 111 to coma.
The present wank may see even morn
desperate encounter* than any which
have taken Diace. Mft*, the capital of
IXMTtlne end the chain of forte thence to
Idedenhofrn on the Moselle, 17 mile*
north of Met*, form a ■iron* pivot for
the German left, while the rivet courses
and the dense forests on the frontier,
together with the strategic roads, give
the German army of Invasion, now In
retreat, a splendid oportunity for de
fensive action should the French pur
suit etxend this fur
All kinds of perplexing possibilities are
foreseen hy the military observers in
the event of the Germans regaining the
positions they held before they started
th rush of 1,500,000 men on I'urts, par
ticularly should they succeed In tsklng
buck any large proportion of their
forest. „
$6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY.
Victorious Allies
In Full Pursuit
General Jaffre Reports Enemy Abandoning Prisoners,
Wounded, Guns and Ammunition. In the East Austrians
Withdrawing on Whole Front.
Washington—Official dispatches to
day to the French embassy from Bor
deaux elaborate upon previous re
ports of the victorious advance of the
allies.
“General Joffre tells the govern
ment that our victory Is becoming
more and more complete and bril
liant,” says the report. “The enemy
is in full retreat and Is abandoning
prisoners, wounded and guns and am
munition.
Unparallelled.
"After an heroic effort during the
formidable battle that lasted from the
nth to Kith, the army Is pusulng the
Army of Crown Prince
Reported Driven Back
London, 4:18 p. m.— The official press bureau this afternoon lasued
the following statement:
"All day yesterday the enemy stubbornly disputed the passage of
the Alsne by our troops, but In spite of the difficulty of fording the river
in the face of a strong opposition nearly all the grossings were secured
by sunset."
DRIVEN BACK.
“On our right and left the Fren ch troops were confronted with a
liar task In which like ourselves th ey were successful. Many more pris
oners were taken.
“It Is reported from the French headquarters that the German
crown prince’s army has been driven hack nnd that he has moved hid
headquarters from Bt. Meneliould to Montfaucon."
GERMANS IGNORED BRITISH;
AND EXPECTED TO ENTER J
PARIS IN FEW DAYS
l V*
London, 2:45 p. m. —lmportant details of the operations of the BWt* *
tsh army in France were made public today In a report by the war of
fice.
When the German army begun Its eastward movement to cut th*
French, according to the report, It was Ignoring the -British as a factor
In the fight. Thu allies began a general advance on September 7 against
the German rear guard of their tight wing, along the River Ourcq; and
on the 7th forced the German right, which begun Its first retirement,
since the battle of Moris.
According to letters found on German prisoners, they had expected
to enter Haris In a few days, and the order to retreat was a bitter dis
appointment,
OF 2,000 GERMANS IN FACTORY MARNE
BATTLE, MANY MET AWFUL
FATE WHEN BUILDING FIRED
BY FRENCH BATTERY.
Peris, 6:16 a. mr~A chauffeur who conducted two officers to the front
wltnesan the siege of a beet sugar refinery where 2,000 Germane had
taken refuge during the battle of the Marne
It was Impossible, he says, for the Infantry to dislodge them and
their fire was very damaging. Finally a battery of the famoua “75" took
position and at the third salvo from these guns the building and its de
pendencies was seen to tie on fire. The cries coming from the refinery
was audible even In the din of the cannonading. The Germans Jumped
from the windows and were shot as they fell hy the Infantry. Many
surrendered, two or three hundred escaped and the rest perished In the
refinery and Jts out-buildings.
~AUSTRIANS CAPITULATE?
London, 10:05 a. m.—A despatch from Paris to
Reuters Telegram Company says:
“A telegram from Petrograd to The Matin states
that persistent rumors are current there that the
larger part of the Austrian armies capitulated yester
day.
“The Figaro says Gen. von Goltz, governor of the
occupied Belgian districts, visited Antwerp, provided
with a safe conduct, and made proposals to the Bel
gian government with a view to reaching an agree
ment. The Belgian government refused to conridei
these proposals”
HOME
EDITION
enemy In a way unparnllelled by lta
extension and its Intensity.
"On our left we have crossed the
Blver Aisne below Solssons. Valen
ciennes and Amiens have been evac
uated. At the center our army la
north of the Klvor Marne In the Ar
gonne. The enemy left Keitlgy, but
still hold Balmont.
Great Victory.
"In the east we have occupied Saint
Pie, Kaon, Betape, Baccarat, Bune
villo and Kemezenvllle.
“In Galicia the battle begun seven
teen days ago hus ended with a great
Russian victory. Austrians are with
drawing on the whole front."