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Show I fierce Fighting Between I Germans and Belgians ' Rotterdam, via London, Aug. 19, 5:25 p. m. The Cologne Gazette asserts that the advance of the German troops, while slow, has not been seriously checked anywhere. I I I Rotterdam, via London, Aug. 19, 5:25 p. m. Large contingents of Austrian troops, including mountain artillery, which the German army is without, have passed 9 points along the Rhine on their way to the front. j H RUSSIAN WARSHIP IS SUNK IN BLACK SEA EMPEROR WILLIAM DIRECTING GENERALS IN THE FIELD i WAR OPERATIONS ON IMMENSE SCALE BEGIN I N BELGIUM Germany Making Fresh and Mightier Effort to Break Into France Through Open Belgium Country Allies Expect to Meet Shock Successfully and Administer Crushing Crush-ing Defeat Belgian Troops Retire Toward Antwerp. I HEAVY CANNONADING BEGINS IN BRUSSELS si Kaiser's Forces Advancing on Capital by Way of Huy and Jodoigne Antwerp Well Fortified Vast Entrenched Camp on Flank of Enemy German Gunboat Vater-land Vater-land Forced to Disarm at Nanking, China French Holding Back Heavy German Forces. I Complete silence is maintained as to the fortunes of wnr in the big light understood to be in progress somewhere alone: a line extending through Belgium and Luxemburg. Despatches Despatch-es give evidence of the presence of masses of German troops pushing their way to the front behind an impenetrable screen of cavalry, whose dashes in search of information as to the whereabouts of the allied troops have resulted in sharp clashes bi! and heavy casualties. The commanders of the allied forces of French, British and Belgians will not permit anything about their positions to l u become public, and since the official note made known the presence of a large British expeditionary force in the continent, 1,T its movements have been hidden from the outside world. At Brussels it is said there has been no change since yesterday yes-terday in the position then reported to be excellent for the w allies. The fate of the Liege forts is not definitely known. German Ger-man despatches describe them as in the hands of the German army since the arrival of heavy artillery, which Belgian mili- itjos. tary authorities assert they are still intact and holding out bravely. In Alsace-Lorraine the French turning movement through southern Alsace appears from French reports to be progress ing favorably for the French and this seems to receive confirmation con-firmation in a despatch sent out by the Wolff Bureau, the iiiff: German official news agency, saying two batteries of guns were taken by the French, who continued their march forward, mtrf I All these reports, however, refer to the preliminary meetings of opposing bodies of troops leading up to the great ,f battle, which may already have begun. Even leading French men take occasion to point out to their countrymen that the A - - decisive conflict is yet to come and that too much reliance must not be placed on reports of demoralization among the German troops. It is reported that a naval encounter has occurred in the North sea, but this is without official confirmation. On the Russo-German-Austrian frontier, fights of small importance are recorded. German troops today occupied Mlawa, in Russian-Poland, close to the German frontier, and Russian reports relate a repulse with heavy casualties of Austrian troops, who attacked Vladimir, in the Russian province pro-vince of Volhynia. A strong force of German troops is said to have attacked I Eydtkuhnen, a German town on the Russian frontier, which was occupied by the Russians soon after the outbreak of ho-tilities. ho-tilities. A French official note confirms reports of a Servian vie-j j tory at Shabats over an Austrian force of 80,000 men. The Austrians are said to have lost 3,000 killed and 5,000 wounded A Montenegrin army is reported within two hours march , j of the fortified Austrian seaports of Ragusa, in Dalmatia. The Montenegrins had already captured a number of towns1 in the vicinity. Two large Austrian steamers were captured today by the French. An exhortation to the world bv the pope calls for prayers 1 for peace, "so that the merciful God may, as it were, be I wearied with the prayers of his children and speedily remove the evil causes of war, giving to them who rule to think the! i thoughts of peace." King Alfonso of Spain, with Premier Dato. are to con-I con-I fer with the French and British ambassadors at Madrid, con-j con-j cerning Spain's attitude. . Paris. Aug. 19, 1 09 p m Careful Care-ful study of the military situation on the northern frontier leads French military observers to the onclusfon that the events transpiring m Belgium today are the beginning of operations on an immense scale. Germany, It Is declared, Is making a fresh and mightier effort to break into Franco through the comparative ly open Belgium country Government opinion in Paris however, how-ever, is confident that the allies win be able to meet this shock successful success-ful and r ply to it crushlngly. London, Aug 19, 10 I'M a. m. A dispatch to neuter's Telegram compar DJ from Brussels sent at 7 o'clOt n last night, says: "A fierce battle is In progress between be-tween the Helgians and Germans along an extended front. Largo num bers of refugees are arriving from Tlrelemont " Paris. 12 26 p m Aug 19. A dls-patcb dls-patcb to the Paris Midi from Brussels dated today, shvs cannonading was distinctly heard in Brussels at 6 o' lock this morning. The correspondent adds i is uu derstood ihat a German arms Is marching on Brussels by way of Huy and Jodoigne Bc'gians Retire Toward Antwerp Paris, 1":"'" B m. Aug. 19 An official of-ficial announcement this morning says the retirement of Belgian troops toward Antwerp is rumored, but not ' el confirmed it Is officially explained thru een were this report true, it would be net ther a grave symptom, nor unexpected. unexpect-ed. The defensive organization of Belgium, as conceived by General Brl almont and presented in technical works, provides that Antwerp be considered con-sidered as a last defense It has been fortified with care and is today B vast entrenched camp on l ho flank of the enemy. German Gunboat Disarmed. London, 1:20 p. m., Aug. 19. The Central News publishes a dispatch from Rome saying that the German gunboat Yaterland hns been forced to disarm at Nanking China i be Vaterland Is 164 feet long and has i displacement of ln tons. London, 2. 20 p. m , Aug 19, The curt announcement in a telegram! from Brussels, dated last nighl Ol fierce fighting between Belgian and German troops along an extended front is generally accepted in London today as Indicating the real beginning begin-ning of the first great battle ol the war. The Gorman attack is todaj again reported made on the direct orders of Emperor William himself to his j generals in the field The exact extent of the line ot : fighting has not yet been revealed but presumably it stretches In a north I and south line. Beyond this its def- inite location Is virtually guess work Refugees from Dieat, Tlrelemont and other towns In that sec tion of Belgium, who fled as the Germans approached, are coming Into Rrussels in great numbers They declare that since the inhabitants vacated Tirele-I mont Gorman shells have been dropping drop-ping In the town and that subsequently subsequent-ly the Belgians broke the German advance ad-vance there at the point of the bayo net London. 3:35 p m. Aug 19. An unsubstantiated report ha:-, been received re-ceived here from st Petersburg that a Russian warship foundered In the Black sea after striking a mine, and that the Odessa docks are on fin The official Information bureau has no confirmation of this report Berlin, via Amsterdam and Loudon, 11 48 a. m , Aug 19. German troops today occupied the town of Aflaws Russian Poland, close to the German frontier on the Warsaw railroad. London, 2.20 p. m.. Aug 19 A dispatch dis-patch to the Renter Telegram I om-pany om-pany from Brussels says the German advance posts covering the. region be tween Gembloux and Jodoigne axe be ir.g gradually pushed back before the advance of Belgian and French forces. The Belgians and French are now in close junction and in contact with the advance lines of the German army Poles Jo'n French. Paris. Aug. 19, 10:09 a. m n of fil ial statement Issued by the war office of-fice says that many Poles engaged In the mines and in factories are ol-unteering ol-unteering to serve m the French army, ar-my, The statement added that the Poles asked particularly to be permitted per-mitted to fight against Germany. Grand Duke Joins Forces. London. 1 12 n. m Auz. 19 Ac cording to advices receded here today to-day from St Petersburg Grand Luke Michael Alexandrovitch, a brother of Emperor Nicholas, has left St Petersburg Pe-tersburg to join the Russian fighting line. Bank Resumes Discount. London. 1:12 p. m.. Aug 19 The Bank ot England today resumed discounting dis-counting bills on a large scale The rush was so great in the early forenoon, fore-noon, however that It was found nee essary to suspend further dealings un til tomorrow Seal of Belgium Removed. Paris. Aug 19. 12:28 p. m An official of-ficial communication from Brussels, made public today, gives certain de tails of the transfer of the seal of the Belgian government from Brussels to Antwerp. This transfer is not an Immediate necessity, it Is explained, but it is preferred to effect it now in a nor-mal nor-mal manner, rather than risk Inter ruption to governmental business While Belgian officials nave gone to Antwerp, their families remain in Brus elfi The queen and the princes are at the Antwerp palace, while th-king th-king Is with the arm. Ottawa, Ont . Aug. 19 On Thursday Thurs-day the Canadian government will begin be-gin moving its 25,000 volunteers of the overseas division to the assem-blj assem-blj camp at Valcartier. The onb i for the moement was made last aight bj the minister of militia Mosl of the force will reach the camp bj Saturday The last of It will be in by Sunday and preparations prepara-tions will then be made i'oi tholr immediate im-mediate despatch, across the Atlantic. London, Aug. 19, ? : 1 5 p. m. The German steamer Wildenfels .n arriving ar-riving todaj at Melbourne from New York, via Capo Town, was seized by the authorities The captain or the vessel was not aware that war had 1 n declared until he, arrhed in the harbor. Loudon Aug, 19. 3:15 p m The Twenty-five thousand Germans have register--,! with the polrce ..f the London Lon-don district to date Large numbers of Germans still remain In the provinces, pro-vinces, The German relief committee is giving soup tickets to thousands most of whom are forced to sleep In the irk or at lodging houses Thousands Thous-ands of others are living In the workhouses. work-houses. Washington, Aug. 19 -Senator Hitchcock todaj introduced a bill to prohibit the --ale in ibis country of bonds of foreign countries engaged in war |
