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Show Late War News Aug. 7. Canada has decided to send troops In aid of Belgium. City of Liege has been capturod b Gorman army. City has been fired The fortabove city still In possession posses-sion of Belgians. '' German losses in this battle estimated esti-mated at 25,000. French are sending troops la support of Belgians. The greatest naval battle In the history of England was fought this morning.- Seventeen German warship war-ship said to have boon sunk. 1 London, Aug. 7. Tho .admiralty announces that the British coastwise shipping on the, east coast Is now safo, because the British fleet has engaged tho Germans on the high Jeds.and the' German: fleet Is now being be-ing chased toward tho coast of Holland. Hol-land. , Lowcslott, England, Aug. G Travelers Trav-elers returning hero today report Unit thoy witnessed fighting is the North sea Wednesday. A German i5 slroycr was fleeing lrcm two Uiitliih cruibers. A dense cloud of s.iioke tint.: the destroer pave tun lmpres-Blr. lmpres-Blr. thut she was aflro. Gt-.RMAN MINE HIT BY DRITISH CKUISLR London, Aug. 7. Tnj ndmlral'y ha-- Issued tho following: In tho course of recowolt.ti'lng. ?'f-t")r ?'f-t")r tho mine layer Koenlgon Lu'sp va sunk this motion..', tlio cruiser .Million struck n m'.no and foundered. founder-ed. The foro part of tho rBUIsU sip wns shnttced Uy tho nNplntlcn an.' practically all of the loss to liir crew ensued from t'aM couo. All net killed by the explosion Wore taken on by tho bndta if tlio di'Stniyrrs u-fo.a u-fo.a tho Amplilon went down. Twenty Gorman prlwiun -if wr wiic wero confined li thf- fore v of tho ship weto Ulllj'l Tho linn, el mlnss was probably laid ' -he Koo nigen Lulso bofora she wm tank. They extotuled from Aldyburs R1'!" to iatltudo sa.10 north, louB'tu.13 !'25 east. CALL FOR 100,000 VOLUNTEERS London, Aug. 7-. Europe awalti with tense interest tho outcomo of two battles which are now being waged In the struggle of the nations. If roport Is to be credited, the British Brit-ish and German fleets aro engaged in a combat on tlio high seas which Is likely to have an important bearing on the conflict. The German army of tbo Meuso, In Its advance through Belgium Is meeting meet-ing with determined resistance from the Belgian fqjees. On Wednesday Brussels reports declared tho Germans Ger-mans had been repulsed all along the line, but yesterday tho attack was rcnowed with greater energy and probably with considerable reinforcements reinforce-ments to tho German side. Only Half of Story Yet Told It Is not to be forgotten, bowover, that all tho news nnd reports that have been received respecting both land and sea operations have como through French nnd British sources, or sources In, control of or In sympathy sym-pathy with them. Germany's version ver-sion of what has transpired has not yet been rccolvcd nnd therefmo the story has only half been told. Under exlstins conditions of communication It will bo long before t,ho progress of the German arms can bo recounted to the outsldo world. Tho same applies to tho movement of tho Austro Hungarian army, small detnrhments of which are operating agalr,st Servla and the remainder doubtless are bolng sent forward to cheek the Russian advance Beyond the declaration of war by Austria on Russia yesterday llttlo is known of what action Austria Is tnklng, and only meager details have Altered thru of the 'operations of the Austrian a.-my. Brussels, Aug. 7. Late tonight tho Llggo fortresses wero still holding hold-ing out, though subject to sovero bombardment by tho Germans. Tho Belgian guns aro still repl'ng and working hSvoo among the Germans. French reinforcements aro coming up and Increasing In numbers t |