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Show Germans Driven Back I I at all Points by Allies! A despatch to the Reuter Telegram company from Petrograd says: "Consternation prevails at Cracow. I are trying to induce the members of the local rifle club to remain and assist in the defense of the place. Many, sympathy with Russia." T , FIERCEST KIND OE FIGHTING IN PROGRESS I BRITISH BURY 200 GERMAN DEAD, I TAKE BATTERY AND 1 2 MAXIM GUNS AUSTRIA, FACING UNPARALLELED f r SITUATION, MAY SUE FOR PEACE J Exultant Messages From Russia With Admissions of Disasters From Vienna Point to Breaking Up of Dual Monarchy West Watching Fateful Drama in Galicia Outcome Mcy Have Tremendous Effect on German Plan of War in France. CZAR'S 'STEAM ROLLER' SURPRISES EXPERTS Impetus of Advance in East May Bring Annihilation of Aus-tro-German Armies Before Reinforcements Arrive Tremendous Battle Line May Sweep Into Germany General French's Report of British Army's Narrow Escape From Annihilation Falls 1 Like Bomb on English Public. " i I London, Sept 10. 1 2 38 p. m. Premier Asquith today asked parliment to add another half million men of all ranks to the regular aimy. "The supplementary estimates, issued in the form of a. white paper, asking parliment to vote this increase, say it represents rep-resents the probable excess beyond the similar increase voted August 5, which will be required for the army service. This will bring the total of all ranks in the army to I , I 86,400 men, a figure unprecedented for Great Britain. After a short debate, Premier Asquith's motion to increase in-crease the army by half a million men was unanimously adopted. London, Sept. 10, 9:31 a m. A despatch to the Ex-change Ex-change Telegraph company from Rome says: "Despatches from Vienna state that the advance guards of the Russian center are marching toward Berlin. "The Russian troops have invaded Silesia and the capture cap-ture of Breslau is imminent." 1 London, Sept. 10, 9:30 a. m. A despatch from Rome to Reuter 'a Telegram company says: "According to Galician advices the Austrians have made several attempts to resume the offensive against the Russians with disastrous results. There were further great Austrian losses." Washington, Sept. 10. In the micht of the European war Great Britain, France. Spain and China have agreed to sign peace commission treaties with the United States. One effect of the new conventions would be to prevent the United States from being drawn suddenly into the conflict. Germany, Russia and Japan have signified their acceptance of the prin-, ciple of these treaties, though negotiations have not advanced :o the point of drafting conventions. Similar agreements with Turkey and Greece are almost ready for signature. London, Sept. 10. 3 : I 0 p. m Rumors are current here that the sinking of the British cruiser Pathfinder in the North sea September 6, was due to an attack by a torpedo boat London. Sept. 10. 3 40 p. m. A despatch to The Reu-er Reu-er Telegram company from Petrograd says that the Austrians have been evacuating Cracow. Cracow has been described as the main rallying point for the Austrian and German forces in Galicia. It is the old capital capi-tal of the kingdom of Poland. It is a city of about 100,000 population and is about I 00 miles west of Lemberg. Between Cracow and Lemberg is the very strong Austrian position of Przemysl still in possession of the Austrians. Washington, Sept. 10. Great Britain is determined not to make peace until she has decisively defeated Germany. This sentiment has been conveyed to President in despatches j from Ambassador Page at London. Washington, Sept. 10. The German embassy today received re-ceived the following wireless from Berlin. "Herr Helf ferich, i director of the Deutsche bank, after returning in from Belgium, Bel-gium, states: "News of destruction of Belgian towns is ex-' aggerated; Verviers and Tirlemont. industrial centers, and Charleroi, quite intact; Louvain and Dinant only partly de-1 stroyed. "After the surrender of Ghent, a German officer was insidiously in-sidiously killed and another wounded. The Russian cavalry burned, from sheer lust of destruction, although there was no fighting in that district, the splendid castle of Count Mirbach, the Prussian parliamentarian." Paris, Sept 10, 3:15 p. m. The French war department did not issue the customary communication this afternoon regarding re-garding the military operations of the allied armies. London, Sept. 10, 3:20 p m. It is stated that the British Brit-ish cruiser Pathfinder, which was destroyed in the North sea, September 6, supposedly by contact with a mine, was in J reality sunk by a torpedo. This information is realized by the official information bureau. London. Sept. 10 A despatch to the Exchange Tele-' graph company from Ghent says: "It is estimated that from! 30.000 to 40.000 German sailors have arrived during the past two days at Brussels. This indicates that the German reserve I is completely mobilized." London, Sept. 10, 10:25 a. m Exultant Ex-ultant messages from Petrograd ana admbslons of disasters from Vienna indicate that the lonp series of military mili-tary misfortunes marking the history Of the dual monarchy are about to be carped with an unparalleled debacle which may not only open the road to Berlin, but bring Austria to sue fori peace. The armies In the wem seem as it pausing to watch the fateful drama in Galicia, the outcome of which may j have a tremendous -ll t on the plan, of the Invaders in the western theater of war. as well as on the allies themselves them-selves in that region. Germans Rush Reinforcements. The news from Belgium Indicates that the Germans are preparing Tor! eventualities by rushing reinforce-j menta southward. The first definite' indication of this movement is given) in a dispatch from Belgium, which j relates that the German force that! has been waiting outride Ghent for; the levy of provisions demanded from that city has left hurriedly In a southeasterly direction. England had looked hopefully for the Russian "iteam roller" to set un-1 der way, but the impetus which the1 Russian army In the eastern theater! or the war already has acquired, has j surprised even thu military experts. I The movement of the Russian advance ad-vance has been so speedy that the German divisions advancing on the Vistula are hardly likely to arrive in tlmi to assist their sorely pressed ally in Galicia. A Russians Driving Germans Reports from Petrograd mdrfl thut the Russian armlet already jfl driving the Germans before tin iH the western bank of the i h t vi 1 this region the only base l imH rallying point for the AustrH German forces is Cracow, theB ital of the kingdom of Poland JH in Gnlieia in a broad plain S left bank of the Vistula and H than thirty miles troni the B of Silesia. If this place f.r4B the onslaught of the KussluiiH felt In iyondon that the H of the Auatro-German arwiesj southeast mav result. The Russians ad occupies a straight liffl Koenigsberg on the Baltic H Prussia to Cracow If Anstfl posed of, u tremendous. B from L'OO to 300 miles louV B into the German empln B , B People Read French R B B'm Many English breakfasts BRIj tasted this morning while tlyjT., ,s, , i. ad the gmphie account ' oau-tb Ma.. La! S!i Joh.i TCn The evacuation of the town has begun. The authorities H however, have resigned their memberships because of H der in hiel of the fl the continent ol the h bj the I '.ntisli xpedjB eep I rom being B 9 lid i at pui Bued byH h fore e ba Iced -ffl eon'-H teeth, hut n aii.ingjfl tain the rivei j French's frank c like a bomb sheiH lie, W ho up to jH not hern perill.jH pressed tin i .jk On August fl cording to fl bulk and fl corps Lng aurrouH rlen on fl jfl lru of M fl the r. M B by fl H H H w -JH BT has He last M Ml heck. M V or Hr in Hman battle cln le irom j Fncols. about 100 Parts, was hit vtiip-hammer and) HTack for a distant miles Tins out-1 Hritln- has aroused B in Paris, it is ar-it ar-it jirohably has re-Vqtiai re-Vqtiai degree of anxiety H(i uenerul staff concern Hoi communications, f the continued soberness Pench official communications progress ol thesi engagements, evident that the actions of yes-Bay yes-Bay and the da before constltut-Wovv constltut-Wovv of the hottest battles of the pr. Yesterday's Action Costly. rdn i m:ii ;, h,r ., number , Biles. loaded u ltd stretch- H OUt Of Paris toward the : J. 1 lif i i might suggest also that yesterday's action was one of the most costly advantages so far gained by the allies The Germans seem to have realized that they have been led into a dan-g dan-g reus position, for they have brought up reinforcements for their left. In spite, however, of their desperate attacks, at-tacks, the English troops not onl. held the cround already Lained. but forged ahead. While the official reports re-ports fail to indicate the direction in which the Germans have retired, it is believed here that they have withdrawn with-drawn to the northeast in the direction direc-tion of Eptrnay. a town about 70 miles fror. Paris The British troops, having crossed I the i4v -r Marne. are now In a posi-i posi-i tion to follow up their success They J are menacing the Germans constantly i witi a turning movement, ''"hip is particularly true, insomuev, havq the support ol the F ieft on the hanks of the r Krq v. ho are ready t - niajjffWii'.fori . n,. :. t -. .. ...i brought Into action. Ml Jfcn long a line of curios in a UH.M'. comine from the fighting fight-ing H V east r'f the rity, lias b( ' n TjBi; the he.Mlijuartei-s of (Jen B H the military B Am an well known as an au-fl au-fl k's ,low attached to the of Sir John French, M L-chief of the British I ontiuent. fl lo: the situation to the ifl HT spirit of the Bl Hcheerful and that they j jflj of HB' ! : Forces. troop- are in much than commonly is sup-1 Hor military reasons must H One hundred thousand 1 Hissed through Cr cj en L "f Seine-et-j B night and Mond B were retreating Part i Bn was marching eight B Bt.T- 1'.' of German eav-K? eav-K? , jfi from the army' B m lasl nisht Bn'oiin. o by Kr. V-.roops Btldable Task for AllteV sk of the ah:' d ai B the front froi. His a formidable 'i S at an immense German fo ce own strength before tn big guns from the north, ppai'-ntly have forced the Ger-B Ger-B fall back for a considerable Bfee, according to the story of .merican. and the French and H rorces now occupy a favorahle B for future operations. Erobablj will r rpilre l", days or B for the hea y artillery of the Bians to arrive on the scone, as Br have to make us. of the best n roads onh. These heavy Ger-Miw Ger-Miw mins weigh approximately 4 tons Bfach. without their carriages or plat-forms. plat-forms. The latter are transported separately by powerful motor trucks. London. Sept. 10, 2:50 p m Thl official press bureau has given out the folloowing statement "The battle continued yesterday The enemy has been driven back all along the line, sir John French reports re-ports that our first corps has burled -00 German dead and taken 12 Maxim guns. "Our second army corps has captured cap-tured 330 prisoners and a battery. The Germans suffered heavily. Their men are stated to be very exhausted. "British troops have crossed Marne in a northerly direction " That the enemy was driven back all along the line yesterday is the news cheering to British readers that Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-in-chief of the British expeditionary expedi-tionary force, sent to England this aii' moon from the battle line of the allies to the east of Paris. This statement of the British com Blander is driven home to Englishmen by the further announcement of the annexation by British troops of a dozen German Maxim guns and a bnt tery of German field guns, and it further emphasized by official con firmation ot the capture of numbers of German prisoners Fierce Fighting in Progress Field Marshal French's telegram shows that fighting of the fiercest character Is in progress, and his statement state-ment that the German forces are very exhausted confirms unofficial Infor (Continued on Page 7i AUSTRIANS FACING UNPARALLELED SITUATION (Continued from Page One ) mation from other quarters that the counter attack of the allies has been delivered with such speed and lin petuoslty that the invaders have been given no chance to recover from the effects of their rush from the north That the allies are doing a little more than holding their own Is ths deduction of English observers made today from the meagre available news of the momentous struggle which al ready has progressed for four days In the region of the river Marne. This conclusion is based solely on reports exclusively from British and French sources, the German general staff not having revealed an Inkling of their views of the battle since the advance of their forces met its llrst check. British military writers Yind consid erable significance in the statement of' the French and British official reports that "in the center our advance is slow but general.' It is pointed out by these writers that the allies had prepared their center for the most formidable and dangerous an ark which, if successful, would have di Tided their forces. This evidence that the German rushing tactics had been at least temporarily countered has given more courage to British optl mists, who believe that the Germans are feeling the pressure and have found It necessary to hurry reinforce ments from Belgium and practically denude upper Alsace of troops that are being rushed to the central fight ing zone. Reports that the Russian invasion of Silesia is threatening Breslau Indicates In-dicates an entirely new move on the part of the Muscovites which If carried car-ried out on a really serious scale may claim the early attention of the German Ger-man general staff and result possibly In further relieving . the German pressure pres-sure on France Diplomatists In Rome, taking time by the forelock, already are discus sing the point at which a treaty of peace will be concluded. The general view seems to be that peace is most likely to be brought about ultimately through the mediation of President Wilson, in which case the international internation-al conference naturally would be held at Washington. Rome, Sept. 9. via Paris, Sept. 1. G:67 a. m. The newspaper Glornala D Italla In remarking that the Anglo-French Anglo-French fleet In the Adriatic never displayed energetic action, advances the supposition that England and France, whose relations with Austria are traditionally friendly, are purposely pur-posely sparing the Hapaburg monarchy mon-archy with the idea of inducing her to come to terms from Germany, despite the triple alliance, thus isolating isolat-ing Berlin The Giornale D'ltalia describes the situation in Austria as critical as the Russians have annihilated the army corps composed of soldiers of German and Hungarian nationalities Those remaining are mostly composed of Slav, Bohemian and Italian nationalities, nationali-ties, which it says, cannot bo trusted KgalnSt Russia, Servia and Montenegro. Montene-gro. Nish, Servia, via London, Sept. 10. 12:30 p. m. An official communication communica-tion issued here today declares that large numbers of Servian troops crossed the river Save, which marks the boundary between Servia and Hungary from Belgrade to the Bos nlan frontier, between September 6 mmmamammmm KIP and September 6. and are advancing satisfactorily into the enemy's terrl- f5$P tory One detachment while attempt- fcrW ing to cross the Save, encountered strong resistance from a much su- fcjgjv: perior force and was compelled to E$ retire. Part of this detachment was Jlp'diS captured, together with a small amount of war material. t$&l Skirmishing Near Antwerp. London, SepL 10, 10.35 a. m. A WiM- dispatch to the Central News from m Amsterdam says. m' I "Reports from Putten, in the Neth- erlands, near the Belgian border, in- P"- t dicate that skirmishing in which the artillery Is engaged, has occurred f"0- I northeast of Antwerp. Many houses W'1'--, near Button were demolished by the F Belgians to provide an unobstructed field for the artillery. f "The Inefficiency of the forts at M Antwerp, through the failure of the f Knipps to carry out their contract, has been made good and Antwerp I is now considered nearly iropregna- y ble. "It is understood that only 20.00U f German troops are between Antwerp t and Brussels, mainly from the Land- sturm. "Prince Baudouin de Ligne died in L Antwerp yesterday as a result ot I wounds received in fighting He was f only 18 years old " ! Germans Withdraw Right Wing. . Washington, Sept 10. The French embassy today received the follow if:' ing dispatch from Bordeaux bearing . yesterday's date: f; "The right wing of the Germans ! has been withdrawn north of the I I Petit Morin, through fighting on IhS eiehth. and has been sharply attacks on the right bank of the Onrcq, Our I troops are making progress at Sez- "A sharp fight is taking place in our center with alternations of progree j and recession The situation conlin ues to be favorable at Nancy anj in the Vosges on the right wing." Incidents of Campaign Petrograd, Sept. 10. The following references to the progress of the Russian campaign in Gallcla made public today through oft "The continued offensive mote ments of the Russian troops make i' H impossible to establish definitely the quantity of trophies taken from the enemy. "The Russian army, having occu-pied occu-pied the fortified position of the Aus-tnans Aus-tnans at Nlcolaleff, south of Lem-i Lem-i berg in Galicia. after incessant fight ing which lasted two days, undertook immediately, after allowing the men only two hurs of rest, a night march for the purpose of attacking new po-sitions po-sitions occupied by the enemy. Many Prisoners Taken. "Hundreds of prisoners, as fast as they fall into Russian hands, are sent to railroad stations bordering on the I battle front. These prisoners are not ! even enumerated. Russian battery placed on the ' Vistula river engaged with success an Austrian steamboat armed with rapid fire guns. "A Cossack regiment brousht In from Frampol 17 officers and 145 Austrian soldiers, who had been tak-I tak-I en prisoners, also numerous convoys of horses and cattle, Regimental Strong Box Captu. :d. "The regimental strong box. con-tainlng con-tainlng $29 600 belonging to the sev- H I enteenth Iandwehr was captured. "Twelve miles southeast of Zamosc J (a town In Russian Poland 45 miles I southeast of Lublin) a Russian In- fantn regiment took prisoner 700 Aus trian soldiers and their officers. "Important Austrian reserves have been sent Into the region between Kawa Ruska (32 miles northwest ot I emberg), and the Dniester river "It has been established that Ger-man Ger-man soldiers have dispatched wound-ed wound-ed Russian dragoons in the region of ' Velugue." |