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TWO
TELLS OF THE INFERNO WHEN
ORDER CAME IN THUNDER STORM
FOR THE ASSAULT ON LIEGE
German Choicer Gives Vivid Account of Battle—Was Shot
Three Tirues With His Captain and Lieutenants Dead Be
side him—-'Mid Exploding Shells He Lay For 12 Hours
New Y<h4(/—A vlWd, deacriptlon of
the fighting before LAp*ce, attributed
to a German officer who wan s«rlou*ty
wounded In the bn I tin. In published by
the Weaer Zeftung, of Bremen, copies
of which reached here .Saturday.
-Our trip to the Belgian bordert"
navn the officer, “was a triumphal
procession. Tt was ponrln* rain an
we marched through the Ardtsinen.
The town seemed deserted We had
no rent and during the night were
fired upon.
"At 6 n. m (Ang. 6) we marched
through the Ourthe valley, meeting
ohataoJen everyWbore. It wae an aw
ful march; tile rood* were blocked
by felled tree* and boulders; of bridges
there wore only remnant* In the nf
trt'ttootl we took up quarters in aivll
lage enuth of large.
‘•Btorm Liege!”
"Seven o’clook. An alarm la sound
ed; the captain shouts ‘Storm IJegeT
It Is intpoaWble; we cannot go farther;
the sorta are thirty-ffve kilometres
away, but we pres* on. Thirty min
utes |nice and we aer fired upon from
the heights. Now allot* are fired di*
recfly at us from n«arnr points. We
draw otrr revolver* and ruah forward.
’The field t* alive with troopers of
all arma. It ia raining In torrenta; a
thunderstorm Is roorlng and the night
Is pitch dark. We press on. We see
soldiers fall. Now they fall In mnasne
and do not rise The aky clears, the
moon shines, we hear cannonading
Suddenly we hear that our baggage
lias been attacked. fine company
turns back The village has hem
burned down; all the people shot. Such
ar- the atrocities of the Franc-Klreur*.
Meanwhile we keep on. cloan to Liege,
and urn off behind the wood. Four
regiment* lay down their knapaacks
and Iron ratlopa’ are taken out. The
Is at exhortation la given; we form 111
ranka for the charge
Hail of flutists.
'’Sheila whi* past, but without aim.
We gallop by our artillery, stuck help
SAVANNAH CITIZENS STRONG FOR
“BOY A BALE:! COTTON PLAN
Committee From Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade,
Cotton Exchange, Banks and Merchants Conducting Ac
tive Campaign.
Savannah.—Tim commit tea of oltl
*cna who will he naked to work with
Mr Stewart In the plan to "buy a halo
of lotion" are major It. J. Uavunt, Mr.
J S Banka, president of the Hotary
I'luh; Mr. Arthur latvy, president of
the Itetall M err ha nt a" Anaoclatlon. Mr
I'lnepan of the t'hamber of Comnierce,
Mr Thomas I’urae, secretary of the
Hoard of Trade; Mr. J. J. Oaudry of
the Cotton t-lxchauge, Mr, Oscar Kul
tnan. Mr. Carl Mendel. Mr. Jacob S.
Collins, president of the National Hnnk
of Savannah; Mr Ueurge I’eters, Ilr
George W llerlot. Mr. John Finney.
Mr. A. J. tlarfnnkel. and Cupt. H N.
Hart la.
Each of these gentlemen will n«
naked to tieraonally solicit some one
or more persona to become active In
the "buy-a*hale-of-cotton" plan anil
to pledge some friend to Interest him
self. thus making It a gradually In
creasing committee on sales. Most of
the gentlemen nbove have slreadv
promised to serve Htid have interested
themselves. The committee will of
court be enlargi-d.
Mayor Havant has a neat poster
oi er the desk In hla office It rends
"Boy a hale of," and below Is a minia
ture Irate of cotton He ts talking It
to every visitor to his office and has
Interested many people already.
Our Fall Line
Of Men and
Boys Clothing
Is Now Complete
We invite your
inspection.
Newest in Fall
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“Home of Good
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leaaly In the mud up to the stomach.
A wild hall of bullets burst* on us
from a point directly opposite. Our
own men are firing upon us, but Just
In time we are recognised. Now wo
are directly In front of the firing Hue
of the forts. There Is wild clamoring.
Friend and enemy look alike.
"I nm lying before a barricade of
trees and barbed wire, with my com
rade, Lieutenant Q„ on my left and
the captain on my right. Hhells ex
plode all around; everywhere Is the
Infernal noise of musketry fire. The
air ia hot. A few yards ahead we
may got better cover 1 nudge Lieu
tenant G. and ask •shall we go for
ward'’' No answer—he la dead. The
captain Jumps to bis feet and falls
hack. He la shot In the breast. 1
raise my arm, the company responds
to my word of command
Bh*l| in Thigh.
"I rush forward. A terrible blow
throws me back three feet. I have
received a shell In the left thigh. Tn«
pain is terrible. Before me an offi
ce.- calls out, holds out hi* hand to
me and then falls back—dead. In
front of me there is a flag and I try
to crawl up to It. The benrer is dead.
A Second shot strikes me 1n the left
arm; a third In the right arm; I bite
the earth with pain.
“A few steps In front are the Bel
gian rifle lilts Our men advance. 1
lie In one place nearly twelve hours,
yet despite tho hail of bullets nothing
happens to me. A doctor comes with
bandages. At noon lam carried awnv,
shivering with fever. I meet our regi
ment. Its losses tire terrible—three
•captains, six lieutenants dead, new'”
all from my battalion.
"I nn takon to a field hospital.
Paring the first few ila-s I suffer ter
ribly, but now I atn much better. I
have lost everything. The clothes I
wore were so aoaked with blood that
fhoy were burned. A Kuaslnn brought
me some underwear and a sympathetic
little woman la washing and mending
a uniform for me."
Cupt. \V W. Starr bought throe
bales
Prominent among the buyers of to
day wa xu large lumber manufuotin-
Ink plant In Savannah, which placed
an order for fifty bales on the "Buy
-11-Bale" plan.
SUPREI TEST
OF TIE BRITISH
LUG POLICY
Pinal Trial of Attempt to Hitch
Together Her Vast Territory
in South Africa.
Washington, D. C.—Reports of fight
ing between the IbJllgh and Uernian
forces in Central Africa Is regarded In
diplomat le quarters hrte as baring i
stgntflenme far beyond that of n local
struggle In that sivnge tunl remote
quarter. It Is looked upon ns a fiitui
teal of the Brttlah policy of linking to
gether her vast territory in South Ar
rtoa. extending from Cape Colony
through Hhodesls up t.> l ake Tangun
> tka and luv equally large t osaeaalona
!n northern Afipn, mending Iroui
Kgypt. througti Soudan, down to Itrttlali
Ka»t Africa.
These ftrttisk possessions, In the north
sml the Sotith stretch almost continu
ously for t.voo mtles, giving the hope of
■ icubalng Cedi Rhodes dream of a con
tinuous "Cairo lo the l’ap< route en
! llrely under British authority This
I stretch la now Interrupted nt only one
point, where, for two hundred miles.
! Herman Hast Arrlca project * an arm
j straight across the chain of British pos
: sessions extending from the north to
1 the south.
One of the reports from lUanqulre, In
British Centra Africa tell of the taking
of l.angenhurg «l the head or l.ake
iNyassa in Oermun Kast Africa Tide
|la the section Immediately nt Issue
j which forma the link lietween the British
possessions of the north and eolith
BISTilf
FARM PRODUCTS
Washington, 0, C.— A nation#; market
conimlastun us a aemt-offletal hods to
organise states.- counties and localities
for economic dlatribulion of farm pro
duets to meet the high cost of living,
j wse advocated before the house agrtrnh
Mure committee today by David I.ubln,
I dlrsctor of the liuerntlonal Institute of
| Agrtculturr at Home. Mr, l.uhtn want
ed t lie Culled States to adopt the s> s
j tetn of handling fsem ptodu is need In
I Germany Austria and other countries,
i IBs proposition, embodied m a Joint
resolution be Hepreentntlve ifoodw In of
I Ark.iiiaea. ts for presidential appoint
j ment of fifteen fanners and fourteen
I men eminent In commerce law. finance
* and transportation, "with power- to «*-t
jin so far only as affecting individuals
, nod nrgftnlKattnr* that shill elei-t to he-
I • part ot a national uork.-itr.g
! 14 slant."
1 GERMAN REEFS, 110
MEN EACH, WIPED OUT
ALMOSLILLAST MAN
Refused to Surrender as Retreat Became Rout. Corres
pondent Writes That Wednesday’s Battle Will Astound
World. Tremendous Encounter on the Ourcq. “It is Our
Revenge for 1814,” Say French.
London, 4:51 a. m.—A Tlmea corre
spondent. who wire* from five miles
south of Brovina In the Department
of Betne-et-Marne, gays:
“I have traveled to this point prac
tically along the whole line of the al
lied army, though of course, always
In tho rear. Oen von K luck's host, In
coming down over tho Marne and the
Grand Morin Rivers to Kezannc, 35
miles southwest of Rponarney, met
little opposition and I believe little op
position was Intended. The allies In
faot led their opponents straight into
a trap. The English cavalry led the
tired Germans mile after mile and the
Germans believed the Englishmen
were running away. When the tre
mendous advance reached Previns the
allies’ plan was accomplished, and It
got no further.
Of Terrible Character.
"The fighting on Sunday. Septem
ber 6tb, was of terrible character. It
began at dawn in the region of La-
Ferte Gaucher. The allies troops, up
to,receive the Germans, understood It
would be their duty to hold on their
best, In order that the attacking force
at Meaux might achieve Its task in
security. The battle lasted all night
and until late Monday. The German
artillery fire was very severe but not
accurate. The French and English
fought sternly on and slowly beat the
enemy back.
"The attempts of the Germans to
cross the Marne at Meaux entailed
terrible losses. On one trench 600
dead Germans were counted.
With Dead and Dying.
"The whole country was strewn
with dead and dying. When at last
the Germans retired they greatly
slackened their rifle fire and In one
place retired twelve miles without
firing a single shot. One prisoner de
clared they were short of ammunition.
“Monday saw a tremendous encoun
ter on the Ourcq. There was a great
deal of hand to hand fighting and
bayonet work which resulted In tho
terrible Mngdeburg regiment beating
a retreat.
“On Monday night General Von
Kluek’s army had been thrown back
from the Marne and from the Marin
and to the region of Hezunne, and his
position was serious. Immediate steps
were necessary to save his line of
communications and retreat. To this
end reinforcements were hurried
north to the Meaux district and to the
Ourcq and tremendous efforts made
lo break up the French resistance in
this quarter for Meaux is to Paris as
Beading is to lamdon.
"Hold” Was Command.
"The second attempt on the Ourcq
CLEARED OF INVADERS.
London, 2:50 p. m.—As showing how
northwestern France Las been cleared
of the Invaders, the president of the
chamber of commerce of Rouen today
telegraphed to Lloyd’s as follows:
"The port of Rouen is now able to
take coal-laden steamers for Rouen
or Paris, river navigation now being
iw d/agtsiertaes •gaagfg*
Along the River of Doubt
there are multitudes in perplexity as to the cause of their headaches, biliousness,
sleeplessness, heart flutter, nervousness, etc.—ills that constantly interfere with
personal comfort and success.
There are others who have le-arned that coffee—with' its drug, caffeine, —is
very often the cause of these troubles, and that a sure, easy way to escape such
discomforts is to quit coffee and use
POSTUM
—a pure delightful food-drink made entirely of wheat and a bit of molasses. It
is absolutely free from the coffee drug, caffeine, or any other harmful or com
fort-destroying ingredient.
Postum now comes in two forms.
Regular Postum— must be well boiled. 15c and 25c package.
Instant Postum —a soluble powder. Made in the cup with hot water. No
boiling required. 50c and 50c tins.
Hoth kinds are delicious, and the cost per cup is about the same.
Grocers everywhere sell POSTUM
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
shared the fate of "the first. Though
all Monday night and well on Into
Tuesday the great German guns
boomed along this river the resistance
of the allies could not be broken.
‘Hold’ was the command and every
man braced himself to obey.
“While the Ourcq waa being held
the struggle of Sezanne was bearing
splendid fruit. The German resist
ance on Tuesday morning was broken.
On every French lip was the excla
mation, ‘They are In full retreat’ and
‘they are rushing back home.'
Truly Terrific.
“I am convinced that the full ex
tent of this rout la not yet appreciat
ed In England. It was of a truly ter
rific character and such a blow will
not fall to have a lasting effect.
“The enemy crossed the Marne on
the return Journey north under great
difficulties and beneath a withering
fire from the British troops, who pur
sued them hotly. The German artil
lery operated from a height, there was
again much hand to hand fighting
and the river was swollen with the
dead.
“On Tuesday night the British were
In possession of LaFerte-Sous-Jouar
re and Chateau Thierry. On the name
day in the neighborhood of Vltry-le-
Francols the French troops achieved
a splendid victory. Incidentally they
drove back the famous Imperial guard
of Germany from Sezanne toward th«
swamps of Saint Gond, where a cen
tury ago Napoleon achieved one of his
last successes.
"Revenge for 1814.”
”It is our revenge for 1814,' a
FTench officer said, ‘lf only the em
peror wore here to see.'
“On Wednesday the English army
continued the pursuit towards the
north, taking guns and prisoners. On
that day I found myself In a new
France. The good news had spread.
Girls threw flowers at the passing
soldiers and Joy was manifest every
where.
Astounded the World.
“The incidents of Wednesday will
astound the world when made known
In full. 1 know that two German reg
iments of 1,000 men each which were
surrounded but refused to surrender
were wiped out almost to the last
man. Then came the crowning
stroke.
“The army of the OuTcq and of
Meaux and the army of Sezanne drew
together like the blades of a pair of
shears, the pivot of which was In the
region of the Grand Morin. The Ger
man retreat was thus forced toWard
the east and it speedily becam# a
rout.”
ANTI-ITALIAN DEMONSTRATION
Ancona, Sept. 14, via. Paris, 7:25 a.
m.—Passengers aboard the steamer
Gallipoli, which arrived today from
Dalmatia, say anti-Italian demonstra
,llons are of almost daily occurrence
at Senbenco and Spalato because Italy
did not Join the Triple Alliance In the
war against the Triple Entente.
384,205 BALES
CONSUMED IN
AUGUST
Compares With 432,350 Last
Year. Exports 21,210 Bales
As Compared With 257,172
In August 1913,
Washington, D. C,—The extent to
Which the European war affected the
American cotton Industry was disclosed
today in the census bureau's August cot
ton' consumption report showing that
during August only 21,210 bales of cot
ton was exported, while during August
last year 257,172 bales went abroad.
Great Britain took only 6,370 bales this
August while last year she took 77,488
bales; Germany took only 52 bales
against 72,928 a year ago, France only
five bales against 52,932 a year ago.
Italy 1,546 against 13,568 a year ago, and
all other countries 13,237 against 40,255
In August. 1913. The supply of cotton
during the cotton year of 1914, which
ended August 31, was more than 16,-
000,000 bales. The exports for the year
amounted lo 8,914,548 hales, domestic
consumption 5,577.864 bales; and the
quantity on August 31st was about 1,-
524,265 hales.
An extraordinary feature of the report,
was the fact that more cotton was Im
ported during August than was exported
by the United States, which last year
supplied almost 61 per cent of the
world’s cotton.
Washington, D. C, —Cotton consumed
during August was 384,205 bales, ex
clusive of llnters. compared with 432,-
350 In August last year, the census bu
reau announced today. Consumption for
The 12 months ending August 3,st was
5.577,864 bales against 6,483,321 last
year.
Cotton on hand August 31st In manu
facturing establishments was 677,403
bales compared with 717,704 a year ago
and In Independent warehouses 646,357
compared with 467,902 a year ago.
Exports were 21,210 bales, against 257,-
172 last year and for the 12 months 8,-
91q548 against 8,800,966 a year ago.
Imports were 27,087 bales against 7 -
785 Last year and for the 12 months 280,-
290 against 227,645 a year ago.
Cotton spindles ctive numbered 30,-
349,902 against 80,602,282 a year ago.
Llnters consumed was 24,684 bales,
against 26,630 a year ago, and for the 12
months 306,291 bales against 303,009 last
year; on hand in manufacturing estab
lishments 73,349 bales against 60,451 a
year ago, and In independent warehouses
30 521 against 27,378 a year ago.
Llnters exported was 885 bales and for
the 12 months 259,881 bales.
NO DRAFT MEETING OF
NATIONAL COMMISION
Cincinnati, Ohio.—lt was officially
announced today by Chairman Herr
mann, of the National Baseball Com
mission, that the first time In the his
tory of organized baseball there will
be no meeting of the national com
mission this year to draft players from
the minor leagues. The drafting will
be done, according to Mr. Herrman,
but In a new way. He would neither
outline the new plan nor Indicate what
caused the change.
FAIR WEATHER FOR THE
PRIMARY IN MAINE
Portland, Maine.—Fair weather to
day favored the voters in the first
state electioneer the yenr. The pro
gressives cum their ballot for a com
plete party ticket for the first time
In this state. National politics have
b.en brought to the front by many
speakers of national prominence.
Gov. Wm. T. Haines, republican, was
opposed for re-election by Mayor Oak
ley C. Curtis, democrat, and Halbert
P. Gardner, progressive.
Distinctively Individiiaf
Sfatimal
1 THE TURKISH BLEND ■
' CIGARETTE R
Hus originalTurfasli-blend
is really distinctive H
•jKmuS&icoo fit _
APPALLING LOSSES
GERMAN CAVALRY
London, 4:15 a. m.—A dispatch to
The Express from Paris ays:
"The German losses in cavalry are
appalling. A captured German caval
ry officer estimates that the wastage
In cavalry horses, especially in Bel
gium, amounts to two-thirds of the
total strength allotted to the army
operating in the direction of Paris.
The Germans flooded Belgium with
reconnoitering parties but in the ad
vance through France they were ham
pered by an insufficiency of horses.
Many horses had been taken from Ger
man batteries for the use of the caval
ry but despite this large numbers of
cavalrymen marched as Infantrymen.”
Self-Reliant Home Doctors
Is what women are called who all over
this broad land make their annual col
lections of roots and herbs, and rely
upon recipes which our pioneer moth
ers found dependable for different
family ailments. In one of these re
cipes, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound had its origin and so suc
cessful has It proved that there is
hardly a city, town or hamlet in
America where some woman who has
been restored to health by its use does
not reside.
—Mrs. Chas. T. Fargo and son,
Walter G. Fargo, who have been
spending the summer in the Adiron
dacks and are now stopping at the
Wolcott Hotel, New York City, en
route to their home.
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Ym
ARKANSAS IS VOTING
FOR STATE OFFICERS
___________ *
Little Rock, Ark. —Arkansas voters
today will elect state officers and pasls
on three proposed constitutional
amendments and two initiative acts.
Governor Hays, seeking re-election,
is the only democratic nominee for
office who has opposition. He Is op
posed by Andrew Kinney, republican,
and Daniel Hogan, socialist.
The proposed amendments would
create the office of lieutenant-govern
or, put members of the legislature on
salary, and permit cities to issue
bonds. The initiative acts would pro
vide for child labor laws and for giving
wide publicity to all acts of public of
ficials.
earthquakes continue.
Lima, Peru.—The earthquakes in the
Department of Arequlpa continue. Yes
terday 35 shocks, some very violent,
were recorded -at Caraveli, which was
destroyed last week. The tremors con
tinue today.
Auguita, G«.