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MAINZ, CENTER OF GERMAN OPERATIONS View of the city of Mainz, north of Metz, where tfie German emperor met with his general staff to direct the operations of his army against the French and Belgian frontiers THE WAR DAY BY DAY Kept. 2 -French move capital to Bor deaux ;i* troops of Kaiser neai Parts gates. Petit.grad t formerly St Peters burg. reports that fatal blow to Aus trian hopes ii, Hast whs delivered by <’zar iii Calicia and that Lemberg is tn Russian hands. Loss of two army • urns. jui.'M'O men. including three gen erals. admitted. Germany reports \i< - tories in Hast and West’ Washington diplomatic circles told that Turke> hus i declared war on Russia. France ami 1 Kngland and that Sultan has nuihllized 6<di,ooo men French again masters of ! Alsace. Thousands watch air battle > over Paris in which three German aero planes are routed b> two French fls ers who used rapid-fire guns. British^ fighting on ■ Use rh or. Sept. 1 Bucharest. Rouniania. tele-4 grams, received in Koine. de« lare Aus- I inan defeat m Galicia was colossal; l ains transporting tens of thousands of wounded, and many regiments do- i St 1-oyed. Vienna report states that 3, eno.ooo nn*n are engaged along t lie Austrian-Prussia n Russian frontier "in greatest battle in the history of the world.' German victories at Allenstein and other places reported to the Ger man embassy at Washington from Berlin; in one battle three Russian j army corps. approximately 1.000,000 men. were reported annihilated and 70.000 Russia n soldiers taken prison «-is Paris correspondent to London News declares British l.ave gained a .'••.■•dell success in France, north of Pornpeigne, and asked armistice to bin;, their .lead Home reports Turk ish arms mobilizing. Aug. 31— An Antwerp dispatch re ports that General Pan has won over f. 0.000 Germans near JVronnes in the department of Soninm. London advices say that the resistless advance of tin Russian armies has caused the Kaiser to take personal charge of his troops .-.gainst the Muscovites Thousands of Paris people saw German biplane fft'uop down toward the cit\ A bomb was dropped, but it fell outside the city walls. An aeroplane gun opened >'P. and the aviator disappeared From every part of France, troops are being rushed to Paris, to man defenses against threatened German attack. Af ter a week of terrific fighting, the Austrian army of 1.00U.Q00 men. suf- 1 f» red hopeless defeat at Zamoso. ,'.o miles southeast of Lublin in Russian Poland Japs occupy Taltekao ami Tekung-Tau islands. Berlin publishes twelfth list of German losses, giving 1.100 dead. 3.320 wounded and l.Ttil missing. I Aug. 30. Field Marshal Hlr John Fi ench. commander of the British forces. estimates British casualties from Aug 2:: to 26 between 3.mm and fc.ooo ami says German losses in battle tor same turn w .re out of all propor tion to British losses, owing to Ger man attack being mad. in dense form ation between MH« and fun dead or wounded Germans being counted in one street. Germans win battle at St. yuentin. sixty miles from Pails. An Amiens. France, report, says German advance for a week has been one of incredible rapidity, the Germans never giviiig the British a moments rest. 1 dsputcln s from Austrian headquar ters say million men are engaged in battle on Austro-Busy in n frontier ex tending 10b miles, from Vistula river to Imiester river. Russian war office says taken prisoners in operations • ist of L' Uibtirg and same number near I 'odor/. FA e bombs of aviator peril Panv Japs land near Kiao-Chow. Aug. 2!' Paris dispatch says inili tr.r> governni lias ordend all resi dents of zone within action of the city's uefendi ng forts 1.. evacuate and destroy their houses within four (lavs. London reports that French ami Bi it kmi are gathering every gun and man possible to check German advance* on Paris. Kb ven German chins in all were sunk in Friday's engagement off Heligoland, and many men drowned, Ac. or.nng t.. London advices, from all sides • onies the news that Konigsherg. the great German seaport on the Bal tic. is falling before the big g ins of tlm Russian army. Vienna dispatch states that Kmperor Francis Joseph has been . t uite well since war began Report trorn Amsterdam sacs Germans ha\. blown up railway bridges b. tw.cn Holland and Munehen-Gladbeck. Rhenish Prtissia i’ow. rs worry over attitude of Turkey. Aug A Germans plunge through center . t allies. Four German ships sunk and tilth is wrecked bv British ixiuadi,,, in North . Ten million Russians rally to flag as Slav force b.tits its way to Berlin. French and, Britons driven from border and forced to abandon position from Lille t<. Muu beuge. according to Berlin report. Jap ships fie. us shells rain, is statement from Tsing-Tau. t’anada brigad. sails tor war. Because of the non -pa v i.. n t > t s4«>.boo,t'oo war levy. Germans hav. threatened to seize all the famous paintings in Brussels. Advices from ' 'hina i eport the sinking of a German torpedo boat destroy, r and many Ger man hr reliant men. German reservists are pouring into Tsing-Tau to aid in defense of German station. War Declared by Turkey. Washington. Sept. 3. —Turkey has declared war on Russfci, France ami England, according to the highest au thorities in diplomatic circles here. The Sul ton has mobilized G‘lo,ooo men. Half of these are destined to mtsh against the Russians' flank in Gaiicia and the other half will join in a Mo hammedan uprising in Egypt in an at tempt to cast off the yoke of England. The force* of Turkey are prepared for a desperate attack from Greece and Roumania. THOUSANDS OF AUSTRIANS SLAIN ALLIES COMPELLED TO FALL BACK AGAIN BEFORE TERRIFIC SMASH OF KAISER S ARMY. HEWING ROAD TO PARIS SCORES OF TRAINS BEAR BACK THOUSANDS OF WOUNDED FROM BATTLEFIELD. Westeri N>wwp»p< r Uni N'ewi S« Igmdon* Sept. 2. —The hordes of Rus sia, sweeping to the invasion of Aus tria-Hunfcarv, have crushed the Aus trian array in Galicia. The ddfeat is colossal. Dispatches tell of 20,000 dead upon the field, of entire regi ments completely destroyed and ot trains which transported wounded by tens of thousands toward Vienna. Thirty thousand Austrian prisoners are in the Russians' hands. The army was under the personal command of the Grand Duke Frederick and con sists of the flower of the empire's forces. Through its disorganized rem nants. thousands of Cossacks ride, spreading death farther in the Aus trian ranks and turning the retreat into a rout. The fate of the empire hangs in the balance. In Vienna terror reigns as dispatches from the border brings news of the relentless Russian ad vance and town after town is invaded by Cossack squadrons. Seventy thousand prisoners are said to have been taken, including two commanding generals, "mi officers and the complete artillery of the Russian army. Three Russian army corps, it is claimed, were annihilated. The losses of the Germans, however, are admittedly terrific. The Twelfth German casualty list in east Prussia gives the losses of the Forty-third in fantry from Konigsherg alone as about 800 men—or about one-third of its to tal fighting strength. In east Prussia a sweeping victory is claimed by the Germans, yvhose forces have been concentrated against the Russians at Allensteiti. A Rome dispatch to the Temps says the Russian victory over the Austrians on the Galician side was brilliant, the right wing of the Austrian army hav ing been decisively turned and cut to pieces. leaving 30,000 prisoners in the hands of the victors. Paris. Sept. 2.—With crushing force the Germans again hurled themselves against the French and hacked their way onp step nearer Paris. The car nage on both sides is reported io have been frightful. The battle of 3.0(40,000 men now rages from Vosges to Abbe ville. The end cannot be long de ferred. In Pans the terror of the people in j creases. A German monoplane again swooped down on the city like- a bird of prey last evening, and. while thousands watched it with the fascination of : fear, dropped three more bombs into the city. One bomb fell in Rue de Hancvre, near Avenue de la L'Opera. 'without doing damage. The fate of Paris hangs in the bal ance though unofficial reports from the north are that the Germans have been checked there by their terrific i losses and have asked for an armistice j to bury their dead. Paris. —Thousands of pecuile saw a German biplane swoop down toward the city. A bomb was dropped, but it ! foil outside the city walls. Then from 1 somewhere in the fortifications an aeroplane gnn opened up. The aviator, j evidently frightened, veered eastward i and disappeared. THE IDAHO SPRINGS SIFTINGS-NEWS. KAISER'S TROOPS AT PARIS GATES FRENCH MOVE CAPITAL TO BOR DEAUX AS LAST STAND OF ARMY FAILS. CZAR ROOTS 1,000,000 LOSS OF THREE ARMY CORPS AD MITTED IN PETROGRAD BY WAR OFFICE. West#* v. • iw-p#r Union New* Service. Lemberg Topping Under Assaults. Petrograd 'St. Petersburg i. Sept the fatal blow to Austrian hopes u -the east las been delivered by the r /.ar in Galicia The joined forces o. Francis Joseph, numbering more than 1.000,000. are fleeing in hopeless rout toward tin* Austrian capital. the key to the Austi.au empiie, is virtually in Russian bami lii the north heavy reverses have been overcome and the czar's legions are advancing as a split unit toward Her lin, one division passing through Po land and joining the overflow from the Austrian campaign, and the other marching through east Prussia. The Russians frankly admit loss of two army corps 1 80.000 men) and three generals, but declare the defeat was local and will have no effect on the advance. Paris, Sept. 3.—The Germans are at the gates of Paris. The last stand made by the allies along the Oise has failed and the big siege guns that flat tered down the defenses of Liege and Namur are moving along the final steps to the French capital. The French seat of government has been moved to Bordeaux in the south west, fleeing as the kaiser advances. The proclamation announcing the change was issued by the minister of the interior last night, who said the decision had been taken solely upon the demand of the military authorities because the fortified places of Paris would become the pivot of the field operations of the two armies in case of attack. The city gates have been ordered closed and all traffic in and out pro hibited. The building of supplementary de fense works is proceeding vigorously. As forerunners of the German army, three of the kaiser's aeroplanes flew over Paris. As they appeared on the horrlzon, two French aviato up to engage them. During tin* prepara tions the aeroplane guns in the forth fications roared out a hail of lead. The rapid fire guns of the French aeroplanes began to spit fire before the machines were clear of the ground. The German rifles answered, the | sound of the fighting dying in the dis ■ tances above. I Tlie entire population watched as | the engagement turned against the ! Germans. Their machines mounted to a higher level and finally fled in a northwesterly direction, pursued by the French planes. The Times correspondent at Dieppe, France, has telegraphed his paper as follow s; "In the main northern theatre of the war the German advance appears to continue without slackening its pace. It must be indeed an over wearied army that the Germans are bringing toward the forts of Paris. They have made an effort which near ly deserves to be called superhuman. Nothing like it ever before was seen in war. Yet we may be sure they havp spent themselves in vain." A correspondent sends a report, of a third British battle in the upper Oise valley, where the Germans are flinging the whole of their weight to force a wedge. The battle raged t hroupghout Sundav and Monday, when the Germans, it is stated, sacri ficed lives recklessly. The British were compelled to give way slightly, In the north there are no signs of hostile troops at Arras, Lille, Bethune,' Douai and Lens,” according to an of ficial announcement. "Parts of sever al German army corps in Belgium," the statement continues, "are moving eastward into Germany. In Lorraine our advance continues on the right bank of the San on. Tn tie south the situation is unchanged. In upper Al sace the Germans appear to have left. Before Belfort there is only a thin cur tain of troops. Another German cav airy corps has pushed as far as the line from Soissons to Anizy le Chat eau. In the region of Rethel and of the Meuse the enemy is inactive. A German cavalry corps marching toward the Forest of Compeigne on the left wing of the allied forces, erv geged the English Tuesday. Septem ber 1. The English captured ten guns." Germans Secure Slight Advance. On the Oise the British are still fighting desperately to prevent the Germans from obtaining one of tlie most direct route# to Paris. Tlie bat tle raged Sunday and Monday and by sheer weight of numbers the Germans secured a slight advance. Military experts point out that from the present condition on the upper Oise river the German advance will become increasingly difficult, owing to the natural feature* of the country, as well as the artificial defenses that win have to lie encountered. STREETS FILLED WITH BODIES OF THE SLAIN Charleroi Is Taken and Retaken Five Times in Three Days. FEROCIOUS STREET FIGHTING Roads So Jammed With Dead That Thoae Killed Remained Standing Up Where Shot, Resting on Dead Brothers. I^ondon. —The Times correspondent, describing the fighting in and about Charleroi, says: ' Already Charleroi lias been cap tured and recaptured five times and its streets are filled with slain. "French infantrymen, in describing the ferocious street fighting, declared the roads so jammed with dead that those killed remained standing up where they were shot, resting on their dead brothers. "The first shell that crashed through the railway station roof on Saturday was the beginning of a well-nourished bombardment. "The French troops made what amounted to a medieval sortie, but finding the enemy in much greater force than was expected were com pelled to withdraw, and the bombard ment continued relentlessly. "When the Turcos ( Frendh-African troops), with legendary bravery, de bouched from the tow n with gallantry - , which must surely live in history, they actually charged a German battery, bayoneting the gunners. Their losses, it is feared, exceeded those of the light brigade at Balaklava, for out of a battalion of 500 Africans only 100 returned unscathed. Germans Keep on Advance. "Their bravery was, however, pow erless against the German advance, which crept foot by foot through the outskirts of the town to the heart of Charleroi. "Thera, in the narrow streets of the town, the carnage was almost in describable. Before the railway sta tion. in front of which passes the canal, for two hours the Germans fought for the bridge. "Once they had captured it. after a heavy loss, the Germans gained ground all along the line, mastering successively the villages of March iennes, and Montignies, and the country nearly as far as Waicourt. French Fire on City. "Later in the day the French artil lery in its turn opened fire, upon the stricken town of Charleroi. The Ger mans in the earlier stages of the en gagement had poured their shells upon the upper town. The French artillery now turned its hail of shells upon the lower portion of the city. * "Under the supporting fire of their artillery the French infantry advanced slowly in the face of stubborn resist ance upon the town they had just evacuated. They retook several vil lages and became once again masters. "The last stand of the French was along the line between Thuin and Mettet. Both sides were completely worn out. The next morning (Mon day) before dawn the French artillery again bombarded Charleroi. Once more the indefatigable troops of France swarmed down the slope to ward the lower town, recapturing the villages of Chatlet. Chatlet-Inou, Bouf froix, Marchlennes and Couillet." Praises English at Mons. One of the railway station staff at Feignies, on the frontier between France and Belgium, who saw some of the battle until he was ordered away, told of the scenes near Mons. "We at Feignies." he said, "began to hear the artillery fire Saturday eve ning. All night we Jistened to the guns, and Sunday morning the w ound ed began to pass toward Maubeuge. thirteen miles south of Mons. Shells commenced to fall near the railroad station near noon and we began to see the English artillery taking positions and serving their pieces with great precision. /l As our train was about to leave the station seven uhlans clattered into the town. The people, thinking them English, began to welcome them, when a patrol of French chasseurs galloped up and captured the Prussians.” BRITISH COOL IN BATTLE The correspondent of the Central News at Paris sends the following: “I have been talking with British officers from the front, who tell of the w’onderful coolness and daring of the British soldiers in the fighting around Mons. "The shooting of the British infan trymen on the firing line was wonder* ARMORED MOTOR CAR KILLS MANY GERMANS London. —Lieutenant Henkart, who Is attached to the general staff of the Belgian army, Is likely to prove a great popular hero in the present war. He is said to have perfected a monitor armored motor car Since the beginning of the war the officer has been engaged in recon aokering In one of his armored cars. He has bad several encounters with ful. Every time a German's head showed above a trench and every time the German infantry attempted to rush a position there came a steady, withering rifle fire from the khaki-clad men lying in extended formation alonf the wide battle front. Show Careful Marksmanship. "Their firing was not the usual fir ing of nervous men shooting without aiming; rather it was the calm and carefui marksmanship of men one sees on English rifle ranges firirifc with all the artificial aids 'permitted to the match expert. “When quick action was necessary the men showed no nervousness, no excitement: they showed cool, me thodical efficiency for which the Brit ish army is noted. "if tlie British lost heavily, the Ger mans must have lost terribly. One of the German prisoners said: ‘We had never expected anything like it: it was staggering.' Britons Joke in Trenches. "The British troops went to theix positions silently, but happily. There was no singing because it was forbid den, but as tlie men deployed to the trenches there were various sallies of humor in the dialects of the various English. Irish and Scotch counties. "The cockney was there with quips about Uncle Bill.’ and every Irishman who went into the firing line wished he had money to buy a little Irish horse so that he might take a slap at the uhlans.’ Wounded Get Beet Care. "With the close of the first eerie* of combats between the British and Germans the scene of interest shifted to the Paris railway station, where the injured British soldiers were be ing taken. The handling of the wound ed was all that could be desired: everything was perfectly organized and without theatrical display. "The station at the time was crowd ed with Americans who were on their way to England from Switzerland. The Americans joined with the French in cheering for the first arrivals of British wounded from the scene of the fighting. While the crowd waited train after train rolled by carrying fresh British troops to the front. English Cardinals Blest Troops. "I witnessed a notable scene on the road between Boulogne and Paris. Two English cardinals. Cardinal Bourne, archbishop of Westminster, and Cardinal Gasquet. abbot president of the English Benedictines, were on their way from London to the con clave at Rome. "Their train stopped on a siding, and. by a curious chance, a regiment ■of British troops, which included in its ranks a large body of Irish Catho hes, was drawn up alongside for a moment. The cardinals leaned out of the window and gave the soldiers their blessing, which the Catholic sol diers, by spontaneous impulse, knelt to receive." TELLS OF SLAUGHTER AT ALTKIRCH FIGHT Paris. —Private Jean Martin, who has been Invalided home, told Le Matin how the French took Altkirch. in lower Alsace. Here is his story: Approaching Altkirch I received my baptism of fire and lost the comrade who shared my bed. A bullet struck the poor little chap full in the face. He never spoke again. After a whole day's maneuvering we came near Altkirch. which is com manded by a ridge. We advanced, our regiment being the center of the line. Our artillery was blazing away. When we reacted the top of the ridge we saw at our feet a slope covered wi4h cultivated fields. At the foot of the, declivity were the station and town. What a descent that was in skir mishing order among the potatoes and mangel-wurzels. What music ac companied us of bullets whistling whistling from all sides. Grand Dieu, what a whistling there was! The Germans held excellent posi tions. In the outskirts beyond the town some of their mitrailleuses (quickfire guns) came into action, but things were going well for us. all the same. We continued to advance under a hail of bullets. Then the "charge" sounded and the whole brigade dashed forward with bayonets fixed. The enemy abandoned their posi tions and retired. That evening we slept in Altkirch, my company being in the cemetery. In the second battle next day the One Hundred and Ninth and One Hun dred and Tenth Grenadiers, who, it was said, were commanded by one of the imperial princes, tried to drive us out. For a long time the action w r as undecided. Suddenly the grenadiers gave way. We were in the edge of the wood, onlv 200 yards from the enemy. With a volley we dropped the complete line of them, but a new line appeared Im mediately. It was a slaughter. Suddenly the bugle call sounded their retreat. A battlefield is a terrible sight. T am almost ashamed that I looked up on this one with almost savage pride. uhlans, of whom he has killed a con siderable number, practically single handed. His only assistants in his reconnoissances are a chauffeur, an engineer officer, and a sharpshooter. 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