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n flplgS Mm I||| |ifi §j|§j i wSSmaSSI wfs| UgH Bcafei BIBRIMJi XEIEBk '' ■MBggP’f* ’OaUMj HMifeZfl STILLJVIN THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Tues day; not much change in temperature. 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."