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Show (Special Cable by Arrangement with the London Dally Telegraph and International News Service ) AMSTERDAM, Aug 8, via London (11 25 p m) In Berlin there has been great rejoicing over the report that Liege has fallen A dispatch received from the Ger man capital says "The news of the fall of Liege spread with lightning rapidity throughout Berlin and created boundless enthu siasm The emperor sent an aide de camp to announce the capture of the city to crowds that assembled outside the palace " LONDON, Aug 9 (2 35 a m) Dispatches from Brussels say that at noon (Saturday) communication with Liege was cut off It was possible to communicate as far as Tongres, eleven miles to the northwest (Special Cable by Arrangement -with the London Dally Telegraph and International News Service ) BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Aug 8 Policemen, mounted on bicycles, sped through the principal streets calling out that Liege had been captured and working the populace into a frenzy of excitement Count von Bethmann Hollweg, the imperial chan cellor, drove to the impenal palace tonight and congrat ulated the emperor on the great victory He was cheered vociferously all along the route The emperor sent an aide to announce the triumph from the balcony of the palace Crowds had waited there from the time of the earliest reports of the victory The newspapers say that henceforth false reports of Germany defeats printed m foreign publications will not affect the people nor conceal German triumphs The Lokal Anzeiger says "It confirms our confidence that we can calmly await coming events It was the prelude to deeds which will ' be spoken of as long as men live on earth " Another newspaper says "When our soldiers m the field learn of the surren der of Liege they will rejoice, not only for the victory of our arms, but because of the assurance it gives that our march through northern France cannot be stayed " His Kaiser's Commanders Said to Have Abandoned Aban-doned Hope of Taking Forts by Storm; French Are Near at Hand to Meet New Plan of Campaign. Cam-paign. Spec al Cab o br Arrangement wl h London Dal y Te egraph and In ernatlonal News Service ) BRUSSELS Aug 8 The Germans have abandoned the attempt to capture Liege With the ent re army of inva s on hurled back once more today in a ternf c assault on the Liege forts a nwement of German troops across the Meuse was begun ton ght The plan now apparently s to pass around the forts toward Vise and between Liege and Huy The German a m is to attack the Bel g an army before the arr val of French re nforcements, wh ch are hurrying for ward nder forced mirches A general engagement between the Ge man and the French aud Belg ans s n m uent The Fren h have already effected a (Continued on Page Eight.) . ( 11 1111 11 if """ lH Ij lllf ' (Continued from Page One.) ' partial -juncture w th. the Belgians and , a French army o 200,000 is reported to ; be approach ng from Lolle At the eame ! t me it is reported that the German ! crown pr nee Frederick William is lead ng 800 000 Germans in the forward t moven ent against France. German Loss 30 000 The Seventh Ismth and Tenth Ger man army corps sa d to number 125 000 men engaged in the assault on the Liege forts today with General Von Lmmich 'in personal command. The German loss thus far for the three days of fight ng is reported at 30,000 and the Belgians 8000 Sold ers return ng from the front report re-port that the trencheB around Liege are literally f Ued with the bodies of Germans "in some places the bodies are piled four and five deep The Belgian infantry cavalry and 1 gbt art Uery surpr sea and practically annihilated a divis on of German cav airy that forded the Meuse Seven en t re regiments of Germans were e ther killed of captured The Belg an loss was also heavy King Albert Commands The renewed assault was made th s n orn ng following the refusal of the ' Belgians to grant the requested arm s t ce of twenty four hours The Bel i gian commander declared he feared the Germans would use the t me to br ng up reinforcements King Albert in person commanded a brigade of Belgian cav airy which attacked the German flank hemming in the nvaders between the advancing Belgian troopers and the forts A fly ng French cavalry column opportunely reinforced the Belgian de fense Eepeated and brilliant charges were made by the Germans on the iortif ca tions The slaughter was fr ghtful as the Belg an f re was deadly The Ger mans were forced to advance over open spaces wh ch had been accurately mapped by the Belg ans Every shot from beh nd the Belgian batteT es took deadly effect The Belgians were ad mirably ass sted by their av at on corps, which located the posit on of con cealea German columns and s gnaled back to the forts Mines were repeatedly exploded be neath the feet of advancing column of Germans They fought on doggedly Xhev fought under the most distressing concl t ons Their supply trains have been delayed by swollen etreams the result of heavy rains Belgian cavalry ; are circl ng around them and cutting ; their communication The railroad has : been destroyed Shot for shot the Germans returned the artillery f re Thousands of ex plodmg shells landed m the fortif ca t ons and m Liege from the artillery mortars and s ege guns of the Ger mans The c ty of Liege has been f red m a dozen places The roof of the famous Liege cathedral was de stroyed by the cannonade Ac one stage of the battle the Ger n ana penetrated into the c ty but were later w thdrawn when t was seen that all the fort ficat ons were intact W th ' the rece pt of the news that the Trench were coming the fury of the Belgians appeared to do redoubled French Near at Hand A statement was issued by the war of f ce wh ch declares that despite the fact that 125 000 Germans have been engaged they have been unable to make any Im pre slon on the Liege defenses It adds For many days our tie army with tenacity and courage rendered h ghy val uable service to the French army which for some days has been com nt to ou assistance at top speed French troops occupy mu h Be gian te r or now and are support ng the Be g an defenders Another statement from he war off ce reads Al goes we everywhe e The Franco Belgian plan of campa gn is maturing as we 1 as could be des ed With the French re nfo cements Baid to be at hand the Be g ans dec are they are ab e to ho d the L ege for s indef ni e y Rea Izat on of th s has p obab y brought about the change n the German plan of campaign Teuton Soldiers Dispirited It la charged by the Be g ans that the German so d ers don t appear to have their hearts in the f ght ng A statement says The German pr soners of war are most y cavalrymen They d sp ay no enthu elasm Desp te the fact that when the attack was renewed today three ent re German army corps were engaged they were unab e to make any imp essjon on the Liege forts wh ch st 1 ho d out and which are still well supp ed with am munition The union of the French with the Bel g ans is sa. d to have been accomp ished at Warem west of L ege. It is es mated ; here tl at 100 000 French a e a ready on , Be g an so L The tota of 250 000 ordered ; by the French war off ce to the a d of Be grlum are expected to be in posit on at the various s rategic po nts not later than Monday They compr se a 1 branches i of the service, includ ng a squadron of aeroplanes Prince George Among tl e prisoners taken by the Bel gians during the f ghting is Pr nee George who is re ated to Emperor William and j was in command of a German cava ry ; regiment. The cutt tng of the rai road between Arlon and Verdun is reported thus stopp ng all German transportat on in the d rectTon of Verdun At one po nt in the f ght ng a squadron of Uhlans was engaged by a f y ng squad ron of Be gian cyclist infantry The Uh ans are repor ed to have been rou ed ! An off c al de al ed account of the f ght Ing at Liege which has just been issued ; says The German columns crossed the Be gian front er during the n ght be tween August 3 and 4 German cav a ry came nto contact with the Bel g an advanced pos s to the east of the forts at 2 o clock in the after noon of August 4 The p an of at tack deve oped during- the day of Au gust 5 Each German co umn had a d fferent objective. Forts Barchon F eron and Evegnee constituting the northeas ern section be ng the f rst po nt whl e the second co umn at tacked the southeastern sect on com pr s ng Forts Boncel es and Embourg The first attack of the northeaste n German column was made on the left. It attacked Fo t F eron itse f and the interven ng space between Forts Fie ron and Evegnee and also the interval between Forts F eron and Chaudfon ta ne The attack from the beginn ng was without das The g ac es had been sown with obstac es by the Be g an infantry and art ery f e from the forts was heavy and we placed The Be gian attack from the Inter va s between the forts was energetic The German offens ve movement soon was checked and the engagement then became an artil ery duel the Be gian guns hav ng a dead y effect on the German forces A German column attacking Fort Borchon spread out Into a fan ike formation to the extreme r ght and flowed around the fort. It made for the city but a Be gian reserve bri gade delivered a prompt counter at tack and threw the Germans back In great disorder The r losses were enormous The German heavy arti lery f e was concentrated against Fort Barchon, but seemed badly d rected T e heavy Belgian artil ery dominated the German f re and destroyed two of their heavy guns tlon of two German heavy pieces Ger man air craft, to deceive the Belgians carried Belgian flags Three German army corps are engaged In the attack on Liege the S srth under Genera Von Pritzelwitz the Se en h under General Van E nem and the Tenth under General Von Emmich. Genera Von Emm ch has in add t on supreme command of the three corps, known as the Army of the Meuse German columns crossed the Belgian front er and came in contact with the Be gian advanced posts on the af ernoon of August 4 The follow ng day the at tack was general a ong the whole line The German centra co umn attacked Fort Evegnee The Be gian reply was two act ons art 1 ery cross fire from Forts h eron and Barchon supported by a counte attack by he Be gian nfantry T e Ge man ad ance was b opped Demands Surrender At th s moment General "V on En mlch sen a flag of truce demand ng surrender He informed the commandant L eutenant Uene al Leman that if he d d no sur render immed ate y a Zeppel n dirigible wou d drop an exp osi e upon the head quarters of the general staff T e refusal was as summary as the request The f re f om the fo ts re opened heavi y and the offensive a so as taken by the Be g ans The Germans abandoned he r pos ons and retl ed fo a d stance of six m es The Be gian t oops fo owed up the r advantage w th out de ay and the German retreat was aece erated Co nc dent with these events on the no theastern forts the second part of the German attack was be ng carried out upon the southeastern defenses The German troops sought to make the r way be ween the Belg an pos t ons on the Huy s de They a so at acked Forts Boncal les and Embou e but they encountered entang emen s wh ch had been numerous y placed and wee apprec ab y retarded They continued the r advance and made a d rect at ack wh ch fa ed T elr losses were heavy Fierce Fight at Night The Belg ans defend ng the Interval numbe ed on y 1500 and tl ey fe 1 back a m e and a quarter T is was a cr t cal moment Gene a Leman threw all h s troops whic were not engaged upon that pa t of the defense and 15 000 n en massed aga nst the attack. It was n ght and f erce bayonet f g ng ensued The en emy was he d back In the obscur ty there was some con fus on and one Ema German co umn of infantry succeeded n enter ng the city The German off cer wore an undress cap to dece ve he Be g ans He spoke Eng 1 sh To comple e the deception his men carr ed the r r fles at the shou der They got to with n f fty ya ds of genera head quarters when the gendarmes recogn zed them and opened f re V o ent street f ght ing fo owed and the Germans were dr v en out of the c y General Leman then transferred h s headquarters to one of the forts FRENCH PRESIDENT HONORS BRAVE CITY (Spa a Cab e by Arrangement wi h London Dally Te eg aph and In e nationa Newa Serv e") P VRIS Aug 8 Pres dent Po ncare gave what la looked upon as confirma t on of the Luxemburg battle in the word g of h s messa e to K ng A bert of Be gium conveying to the c ty of L ege the cross of the Legion of Honor President Po ncare said I am happy to announce to your maies y that the government of the re public has decided to decorate with the Leg on of Honor the valiant city of L ege It w shes thus to honor the brave defenders of the town and the who e Be gian army wi h wh ch the French army has been shedd na Its b ood on the ba efleld since th s morn ng The last word3 of the message are taken as confirmat on of the report of an important battle between French and Germans AMERICANS ARE PROVIDED WITH PASSAGE HOME LONDON Aug 8 7 20 p m The situ ation bo far as Amer cans n London s concerned has about r ghted itse f S x thousand left here today to board the steamers V rgin an Laconia New Am sterdam sai ng today and Sunday the Virgin an and Laconia from Liverpoo the Amsterdam f om Rotterdam and the Fin and from Antwerp Amp e financ al ass stance has been ar ranged for the Americans remain ng" Amer can Embassador Page has received authority to p edge the credit of the United States government for $300 000 out of the re ef fund now speed ng toward En and on the cru ser Tennes see wh ch left New To k Thursday n ght Th s n oney wl be aval ab e Monday The financ al committee Is composed of the naval and m tary attaches to the United States embassy Tl omas P Skin ner American consul general and Chan dler Anderson of the Internationa c aims coran isslon who has been appo nted counse or of the embassy temporari y Another comm ttee appointed to make arrangements to get stranded Ameri cans home from the continent is com posed of Embassador Page F I Kent Theodore Hetz er W C B eed Chand er Anderson and Robert Deforest Bankers who are to receive go d from the Ten nessee sh pment a so have appo nted a committee to dea w th its dlst ibut on A large party of American and Eng ish I tour sts ar ved f om Sv, itzer and today I They trave ed part way on catt e trains ! and were exact y a week en route They i were ob ged to spend three days on the Franco Swiss front er and rain which fe continua Iy caused much suffering among the women and chi dren. All were kind y treated by the French and Swiss APPRECIATE HELP RENDERED BY U. S. LONDON' Aug 8 4 p m Francis Dyke Ac and foreign undersecretary on behalf of the Br t sh government, today gave express on to British appreciat on of the d p omat c ass stance rendered by the United States Speaking in the house of commons he said the various Amer lean embass es had been most k nd and courteous in all matters connected w th the pos tlon of Brit sh subjects abroad He hoped that before ve y long it wou d be poss ble through the United States to arrange for the exchange of Brit sh sub Jects In Germany for German subjects in Great Britain. ACCUSE THE FRENCH OF ILL TREATMENT BERLIN, Aug 9 (via London 1 05 a m ) The Norddeutche Allgeme ne Ze tung gives a long rec tal of the 11 treatment of Germans 1 ving in Paris Since the end of July 6ays the paper they have been nsulted in the streets and have been obi ged to ask for pol ce protection wh ch has been afforded only reluctantly Even the railways refused to accept their luggage As a result hundreds of Germans sought asy lum in the embassy and consulate After mobil zat on the paper charges, German hotels restaurants shops and res dences were p llao-ed and wrecked while the police stood idly by Many Germans were d smissed from their em ployment without the r wages be ng pa d and persecut ons of every kind were nd lged m Germans 1 ving n the suburbs were subjected to the same kind of treatment As a result of the energet c inter vent on of the embassador 6000 Ger mans we e asB sted to leave T ance wh e othe s w hout horn we (Co inued on Pge Eleven ) WILL PASS CITY 111 GO Pi INTO FRANCE (Con tinned from Page Eight) con m da ed n the school The em tassaor h m elf was pr sent vhen the to; u e oi the rol&t ons betw en the two to e rum ent s was anno n ed and wa ob gei to ask for pol protee t cm un 1 ha left Pan ac o dine to the report CZAR ADDRESSES COUNCIL AND DUMA ST PETERSBURG Au S (vU Lon don 11 oO p. m The Russian emperor w h G-and Duke N hoaa, today received he rrembea of the council of the em p e ard the duma In aud ence at the w a a e Addressing them the era pero S3, d In hese days of alarm and anxiety through which Russ a Is pass ns I ffreet you Oermany fol owing Austria has declared de-clared war on Russia The enormoui en huslasm the pa trlotic ien ments and the love and loy a ty to the hhrone an enthusiasm which has swept ke a hurricane through the country gua-antee for me as for you, I hope ifaa Russia wi 1 bring to a happy cone uslon t e war which the Almighty ha sent t. It has has also been because of this unanimous enthusiasm to e and eager n as to make every sacrifice, even of life tse f that I am able to regard the fu ture w th calm firmness. It is not only he d gnlty and honor of our country that we are defending but we are fight lrg for brother Slavs, co-rellglonists, blood brothers. I see also with Joy the union of the Slavs with Russia progresa lng strongly and lnd ssolubly 1 am persuaded that all and each of you will be In your place to ass Bt me to support the test and that all begin nlng with myself wl 1 do their duty Great is tbe God of the Russian father land SAY GERMANS CLING TO THE OLD METHODS BPEfSSELS, Aug 8. The newspapers are assured from official sources that no decision baa been reached with regard to the recraest of the Germans for an armls tlce and moreover that the battle at Liege Is continuing Another report states that an armls ,tl e of two hours only was granted the Germans in order that they mlwht col lect their wounded An official communication issued at Paris says that the troops In the fortress at LJege being sufficient for the defense of the town, an active division mobilized at Liege has jo ned the army in the Seld English military critics in London pa pers comment on the fa lure of the tac tics of the German infantry exhibited In their frontaj attacks on the Liege forts In which they were repulsed It is contended that the Germans learned nothing from recent wars and still ad here to methods adopted In the Franco German war BELGIANS RETARD ' ADVANCE 79 HOURS PARIS Aug t It Is officially an nounced that the forts at Liege continue holding out The Germans who entered the city evacuated Friday before the arrival of the Be glan division which bad come to the res ue. The operations of the Germans were based on the hypothesis of rapid success Consequently they we organized w th little regard for provisioning the army The Be glans retarded the advance for seventy nine hours, with the result that their army was Increased with troops destined to reinforce Liege. The confidence of the Belgians has been increased by the suspens on of hps 1 1 1 es requested by the Germans King Albert, in an order to the Third divls on and the Fifteenth mixed brigade who ass sted in the hero c defense of Liege took occasion to sa ute them and the army in the name of the nation adding that France and her soldiers were coming to their he p Russians Are Patriotic ST PETERSBURG Aug 8 via London, 8pm A wave of patr otlsm has swept Russ a and every effort is being made to meet the demands of the cris s . Fam lies of reserv sts are being allowed to remain in their homes without the payment of rent Pr a e houses have been p aced at the dlsposa of the gove n ment for hosp ta s and soc e as na been formed to d st b e food to the Seedy The daughters of the emperor are supervising the re lef work from the Her . j "Religious and social enmities have been ironti General Rennenkampff today at tended services In the ssnapogue in VUna In the province of Vllna of which he s governor Some passenger trains are still running Gift Worth Millions PARIS Aug 8 25 p m The Creusot steel works has presented to the French government twenty six complete batteries of 106 millimeter guns of a new type which is said to have been ordered by a foreign government Just before the war broke out. The company Informed the government that it stood ready to pay Indemn ty for the nonexecutlon of the contract As the manipulation of the guns requires special knowledge a number of Creusot workmen have enlisted to handle them The gift represents a value of over 13 008 000 Asks Fair Treatment NEW YORK Aug 8 The United German alliance In resolutions made pnbllo today cal s upon the press of the country to accord ' lmpartla and Just treatment to all sides in the European conflict, and condemns what is styled as the attitude of certa n portions of an Engish speaking American press to spread impressions which lead to hatred of Germany and Germans The resolution absoves Emperor wn liam from responsibility for the war and attributes It to France s desire for re venge for the loss of Alsace Lorraine Russia s unappeasable appetite for world power and Eng and s Jealousy of Ger many What Fans Knows ot uege PARIS Aug 8 6 45 p m Official dls patches from L ee rece ved at noon to day announce that the German forces have rested in the r pos tions s nee yes terday and that the Belgians continue to hod all their forts and pos tlons |
