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Show f FIFTEEN THOUSAND AUSTRIANS KILLED I Paris, kng. 18, ir:d . si -A German aeroplane has been destroy! il in Ru& ia t - ar Saima and four German aviation officers have ken killed, according to an offi- I I rial announcement here today. It is thought Saima, Finland, is probably meant. H 1 GREAT BATTLE IS PROGRESSING j SOUTH OF BELGIAN CAPITAL a report of Troops of France and Belgium Opposing German Advance Believed True No Details of Conflict Allowed to Pars Censor Kaiser's Patrols Seen North of ; Antwerp Entire Civil Guard Called Out to Defend City. i RUSSIAN ARMIES BEGIN GENERAL ADVANCE German Crown Prince Seriously Wounded Emperor Hastens Has-tens to Front British Army Already in France About 120,000 Servian Premier Claims Austrian Forces Have Suffered Severe Defeats Fifteen Thousand Thous-and Annihilated Near Sabac Various Disasters Reported. London. Aug. 18, 1 : 50 p. m. A despatch to the Central 1 News from Rome say3 the Austrian torpedo boat No. 19 struck a mine at the entrance of the harbor at Pola, the Austrian Aus-trian naval base in the Adriatic, and went down. Only one J member or the dew was saved London, Aug 18. 2 p. m. An official communication made public in Paris, according to a Havas despatch from the French capital, attaches oedence to the report that the crown k prince of Germany has been seriously wounded and that he I is now at Aix-La-Chappelle. German troops appear today to be continuing their activities ac-tivities in Belgium. German cavalry patrols have been seen north of Antwerp and the entire civil guard of Antwerp has been called out to defend the city. There is good reason to believe that a serious attack, in which the German advance is opposed by troops of Belgium and France, has been going on since Monday, south of Brussels. Brus-sels. No definite news of the progress of this encounter, how-leverhas how-leverhas been, received. An.official.tatement made in Brussels is to the effect that Iffier'German, incursion toward Brussels has been stopped. The Belgian position is described as excellent. Other reports from Brussels say that trenches are being ffKrowrfc up in the environs of the city. I An official communication from the Russian general staff at St. Petersburg says the Russian mobilization is now completed and that eleven members of the Russian imperial family are at the front. Other reports from St. Petersburg by way of London set forth that the Russian armies began their general advance last Sunday. it is rumored persistently at the Hague that the German crown prince, Frederick William, has been seriously wounded at the front and that Emperor William has hastened to the side of his son, who is said to be at Aix-La-Chappelle. Despatches from London, delayed by the British censors, announce officially the landing of the British expeditionary forces on the French coast. The British army in France is believed to number between 1 00,000 and I 20,00 men. The Servian premier is authority for the statement that Austrian forces have suffered a serious defeat o nthe Servian line, hie telegraphs London that 1 5,000 Austrians have been "annihilated" near Sabac, whence they fled in disorder. The Servians captured 1 4 Austrian guns two German cruisers, evidently seriously se-riously damaged In an encounter with I the enemy, have been brought into I Hong Kong The censorship main talned at this British port in China j prcvpnts the sending of the vessel's names or any details of the engage men! Which preceded their capture The German cruiser Leipzig, which tame into San Francisco yesterday for coal, left the Golden Gate early today with a supply that will carry her to the nearest German port. Apia The Japanese cruised ldzumo is believed be-lieved to be coming up the Pacific coasl to observe the movements of the Leipzig. The announcement from London and Paris that no war correspondents will be allowed In the f.eld, coupled with Great Britain's request to Bel-i Bel-i giuin to expel the correspondents now . in the zone or operations, makes it probable that the story of the first great battle will be told only through official reports. li is known that the German gen eral staff regulations absolutely prohibit pro-hibit correspondents with the army. Onlv official artists and historians may go with German troops, and they win not -f' permitted to write ur make public their sketches until the conclusion of a campaign, or at the discretion of the HUlhoritieB. It is known also that the Russian military regulations governing war correspondents have been made very drastic. Russia is profiting by her experiences in this connection In the Russo-Japanese war. The pope Is reported through London Lon-don to be suffering from ft severe bronchial affection; Ms condition is Kaid to bf such as to occasion sc-riois alarm. Relief committees in london. as well as the American embassy, are convinced thai the numbers of Americans Ameri-cans stranded in Europe have been I ; greatly underestimated I The original tou-.l of 30,1 is b I J lleved to represent on'v h-i' the real I number. Henry B. Breckinridge as- I I KiB.ai.t secretary o- war o. ui ; cnittd I stnies. who is now in London, has 0 completed plans for the succoring oZ GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND JUST AFTER DECLARATION 0 ' ' ' i V V HI : Americans Still In England and on the con tine in President Wilson has addressed a statement to the American people urging urg-ing them to a strict observance of that -speech and conduct which will best safeguard the nation against distress dis-tress and disaster. He warns against the breach of neutrality which may spring out ot partisanship. British and German troops in Africa Af-rica have come Into contact in the r.erman possession of Togoland on the gold coast, where some Germans are said to have been captured. A Rome dispatch reports the loss of an Austrian torpedo boat off Po-lasi. Po-lasi. only one member of the crew being saved. Two warships badly damaged and I carrying many wounded were report ed to havp entered I long Kong harbor on August 13. Their Identity was not made public, but at the time it was believed they were either the British cruisers Minatur and Hampshire, Hamp-shire, or the French cruisers Duplex I and Montcalm, which were reported to have had an engagement with the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. London. 1:30 p m, Aug. 18. German Ger-man cavalry patrols have been sig naled to the northward of Antwerp, according t the Antwerp correspondent correspond-ent of Reuters. The military governor the correspondent corre-spondent continues has ordered th'' : entire civil guard to Antwerp to' bo j mobilized on a war footing and to lake their positions in I he forts around Antwerp. The official announcement giving this position of German cavalrymen I assures the citizens of Antwerp thati they have no need to be frightened Similar bands of German Uhlans aud rlUBBars have traversed other parts of the countrv without doing much damage German Incursion Stepped. Brussels, via London, Aug. 18, 3:12 P in. The German Incursion in the direction of Brussels seems definitely stopped, according to an official communication com-munication issued by the war office at noon today. It adds: "The situation remains excellent for our army." Prince Alexander Takcc Field. London. 1:40 p m Aug 18. Prince Alexander of Teek. brother of Queen Mary, and the future governor-general governor-general of Canada, is going on foreign service Russian Mobilization Complete. London, 1 !"5 p. m, Aug IS. The Russian embassy here is iti receipt of a communication from the general staff at St. Petersburg saying that the Russian mobilization is completed and that eleven members of the Rus sian Imoenal family are already at the front. Continuing, the communication says that the only point where German forces for-ces have crossed the frontier in between be-tween VJoclavck and Andrejew In Russian Poland, west of Warsaw. The Russian vanguard has occupied five points In the enemy's territory and several bundled prisoners have been taken. Washington. Aug 18. A cablegram received ut the state department to day from the embassy In st Peters burg said the k issiau emperor left the capital August VI for Moscow to make his he adquarters with the army. The message was sent August 12, but delayed in transmission. Skirmishes 1 1 Togoland, London. Ang. is 10 i m. News from the British gold coast ol Africa says vkv British forces ol that colon-, whose capita is Accra, have had some brus ei with Ibo German troop-in troop-in Togoland. They have taken 8u.ii. German prisoners and captured two trains. |