New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 11, 1914, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL l LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN. CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1914 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHET 1875. Bulgaria Mobilizing Her Forces to Protect Her Neutrality; State of War Proclaimed in Southern Provinces of Holland Austrlan Troops Defeat Body of Cossacks and Occupy Miechow, in Russia Poland---Many German Spies Arrested in Belgium and Wireless Apparatus Discovered in German Store in Brussels. German Loss in Recent Fighting In Belgium Was 2,000 Dead. 20,000 Wounded and 9,700 Prisoners. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. against violations, London, Aug. 11., 10.30 a. m.—A news despatch from Brussels says that it is officially announced there that the German loss in Belgium in the recent fighting was 2,000 dead; 20,000 wounded and 9,700 prisoners. London, Aug. 11., 11:15 a. m.—A Centrél News de- spatch from Beflin dated Monday says the Russian " funds seized by the German government in Berlin banks are said to total $25,000,000. A special commission appointed by the government' in Germany reports that the country has a "Lifiment stock _« of faod to last for a year. Emperor William has given $100,000 to the German Red Cross society and a similar sum for the relief of the families of soldiers killed or wounded in the fighting. London, Aug. 11.,4:05p. m.—A Central trian troops have occupied Miec¢how, in Russian Poland, ten miles within the border, after defeating a body of cos- sacks, whose losses are given as 400 killed and wounded | - While those of the Austrians are said to be 140 wounded. Rome, Aug. 11,10:30 a. m. (by way of London)— There s ar unconfirmed rumor that British and French On /- the other hand correspondents at Athens report that the sister cruiser, the Breslau were sighted this morning rounding Cape Matahan, the southern ex- warships have captured the German cruiser Goeben.. Goeben and her tremity of the Morea, Greece, at full speed. St. Petersburg, via London, Aug. 11., 3:05 p. m.—The Russian general staff annources that the Russian troops today dislodged a large body of Austrian troops from the entrenched village of Zalotche, in Austrian Galicia, to the southwest of Radziviloff, in the Russian province of Vol- The Russians sabred a section of the 15th Aus- trian infantry, while the 13th Austrian lanciers and the - hynia. 33rd Austrian landwehr fled in disorder. New York, Aug. 11.—A British cruiser, abruptly changed her course and steamed eastward. Montreal, Aug. 11 —A despatch from Quebec says: The authorities at Ottawa last night notified all captains of shlps on the St. Lawrence of the presence of a strange vessel in the waters of the gulf of St. Lawrence arations have been made at the citadel here. 11.,—Via London—A state of war has been proclaimed throughout Bulgaria in order to enable the government to prepare to guard the frontiers News de- spatch from Vienna by way of Amsterdam says the Aus- believed to be the Essex, suddenly appeared at the entrance of New;| York harbor this morning. She was sighted off the High- lands of Sandy Hook at about 10:30 o'clock apparently bound in, but when within a mile and a half of the bar she whose purposes as yet have not been ascertained. Special prep- Submarines of the Nations at War Submarines have their first real war test in the present European con- flict. This picture shows the leading types and comparative strength of submarines of each of the countries involved. Great Britain leads, with l sixty-nine built and thirty-five build- ing. France comes next with fifty built and thirty-one building. Russia has twenty-five in service and thirty building. Germany has twenty-four built and thirty-one under course of BRITAIN €9 BUILT 35 Butot construction. Austria has six built and eleven building. These torpedo fighters will not be called upon to fight each other under sea, but to at- tempt the destrucuon of the surface warfihlps » Informaton Bureau Issues Statement London, Aug. 11, 12:35 p. m.—The new admiralty and war offices infor- mation bureau established by the British government started work this morning. Its first announcement was as follows: “About two German cavalry di- visions are in the neighborhood of Tcngres to the north of Liege. Three German army corps are still opposite Liege and other German troops are reported to be entrenching along the line of the river Aisne. “The large German force is moving through the Duchy of Luxemberg and its advance troops are now at the Bel- gian frontier. “German cavalry patrols have been rcported near, Marchienne and Arlon. Several individual soldiers belonging to German patrols have been captured both in France and Belgium. In all cuses they were reported to be short of food for both men and horses and to have made no resistance. “The British consul general at | Shanghai, China, reports that no | British vessels have been pursued or | molested. “A report from The Hague, Holland, 's(ales that public nervousness in that country has been allayed since the publication of Great Britain's attitude respecting the neutrality of the Netherlands. “It is stated that the Germans lost 8,000 killed before Liege, but this is unconfirmed. ‘A report states that the principal Liege forts are still holding out, al- though some of the smaller forts have been captured by the Germans. The tombardment of the fortifications by the Germans is proceeding without in- | termission. On one occasion a fort | apparently had been silenced but when German infantry advanced to attack it, a hail of bullets was poured into ! them so suddenly and effectively that o the) retired with heavy loss, “The German attackers, who are constantly being reinforced, displaved ! great courage. “It is stated that 120,000 men of the German army are engaged In the attack of Liege. Refuges from that city describe the conditions as terrible. Many houses have been damaged or burned.” The Austro-Hungarian advance from Cracow in Austrian Galicia, toward Kielce in Russian Poland is reported to be in progress. At the seme time the Russian troops are sald to be advancing from Rovo up the valley of the River Styr toward Lemburg, the Galician capital. “The Bulgarian government de- manded a credit of $10,000,000 for mobllization expenses in addition to a previous credit of $30,000,000 for ar- maments.” Small German Airship Riddled With Shot London, Aug. 11, 2:20 A, M.—A despatch to the Standard from St. Petersburg says that a small German airship of the Parseval type was rid- dled with shot and brought to the ground near Czenstochowa, Russian Poland, on Friday. Its occupants, four German officers, were killed. The Paris correspondent of the Bx- change Telegraph Co., says that a despatch from Maastricht, the Neth- erlands, announces that the Germans occupled Tongres, a town ten miles north of Liege.. The place had been abandoned by the Belglans. German engineers are engaged in constructing a second bridge across the river. The Daily Mall's advices from Basel, Switzerland, state that Swiss and German troops are close to the frontier and within a few yards of each other near Basel. The Germans have built barricades across all the roads leading across the frontier. The Swiss army is massed mainly on the French frontier, but considerable bodies of troops are being sent to Ticino to guard the Italian frontier. Struggle for Possession of Liege Forts Continues London, Aug. 11, 4:55 A. M.—Des- patches to the Times from The Hague Aug. 11.—Un- settled with thunder showers this afternoon or tonight. Wednesday generally fair. Cooler. e e Hartford, and to the Telegraph from Maastricht sent under yesterday's date, agres that the struggle for possession of the forts at Liege was golng on continu- ously and giving rise to terrible scenes of bloodshed and of heroism. At noon the despatches say the Ger- mans were making flerce efforts to silence the forts nearest the city proper and the defenders were gal- lantly holding out against almost con- stant bombardment. A despatch to the Times from Charleroi, Belgium, describes the fighting of the Germans as altogether lacking in spirit. Even the officers are suffering from hunger, according to the correspondent, who adds that two German officers of high rank, captured on the French frontier, said they had had nothing to eat for three days, According to today’s Times, Eng- land is now well on with her mobiliza- tion and has between 500,000 and 600,000 men under arms, not counting the national reserve. “We should, therefore, view the sit- uation with comparative equanimity,™ says the Times, ‘“‘And not be turned from any masculine resolve by the threat of an asault by the German navy.” Easy for Germans to Enter Liege London, Aug. 11, 2:30 A, M.—The Standard’s military correspondent, ex- plaining the situation. at Liege, says-' “The withdrawal of the Belgian mobile defense left open all the spaces between the forts, whereupon it be- came easy for the invaders to ge! into town by taking advantage of the woods and hilly ground. “It is unlikely that any consider able portion of the German army has entered the city. . A few hundred men would be sufficient to keep the civil population under control, would be an act of madnes German commander to jwss his en- tire force into what might prove 1t trap without an exit. “The fact that the forts have not molested the invaders may be ex< plained in two ways, namely: it may be that their guns cannot be traine inwards on the town; or, which more likely, that Belgians are unwill- ing to risk the destruction of their : the enemy, i little from the point of view | Belgian defence. { pened Holland would maintain “Russian Funds Which Were Seized By German Government in Berlin Said To Total $25,000,000. fine city for the sake of turning out whose occupation matters of the Liege is quite use- less to the Germans so long as the forts hold out.” Germans Massing Forces on Dutch Frontier London, Aug, 11, 8:40 A. M.—A despatch from Brussels to the Times €ays it i§ rumored there that Germans are massing large forces on the Dutch frontier. Replying to questions, the Dutch minister to Belgium declared that whatever hap- her neutrality unswervingly. With the British capture of Togo- land, the German colonial possession in western Africa, one of the largest wireless stations in the world was acquired. The plant has a radius’of communication of three thousand miles. A despatch from Lisbon, published in the Times, says that the Ham- the ; | William of | were killed, burg-American “Tthe steamer Cap Or- | tegal, reported captured by a British warship, was taken off Porto, Portu- gal, Sunday night. The liner carried $5,000,000 in specie and sailed from Buenos Ayres for Southampton on July 186. 800 German Scldiers Prisoners in England London, Aug. 11., 2:50 p. m.—Eng- land now holds as prisoners of war 800 German soldiers taken off ships captured by British warships or seized in British ports. Not a living Austrian soldier is now on Servian soil, according to the Servian legation in London. An official of the legation adds that seven attempts by” the Austrians at different peints to invade Servian territory has failed, and the Austrians had aban- dened the offensive and were hurried- 1y entrenching themselves on their own frontier in the expectation of a Scrvian counter attack. A telegram from Nish today says that a decree in the Servian Official Gazette announced the denunclation of all treaties between Servia an Austrja-Hungary. It was also officially announced th the Montenegrin forces had joined tl Servians and that the latter had cap: tured a number of small places o Austrian territory. Germans Made Desperate Attack on Fort Serai Brussels, Aug. 11, via London, 8:5 A. M.—The Germans made a desper: ate attack on Fort Seraing, south ol Liege, Sunday night and were re pulsed with heavy loss, It is esth mated that 800 Germans were killed within an area of half a square mil A bridge which the Germans Wi crossing wag shattered by the fire the fort, which had an exact ran The Germans attempted the assaul with great courage. Some of thel dead were found directly in fromt © the barb wire fencing that surrou the fort. It is reported that Prin Lippe and his son, wh. were charging at ¢ head of 100 German soldiers. bodies were buried near the fo) Le Soir says that German took $3,620 from the town treasul . and post office at Tongres and forth. l with expended £240 for food, as th were hungry. Military authorities here assert th the German cavalry divigions wi told to make a raid on Brussels wi the object, it is believed, either ¢ levying war contributions or seizl the treasury, It is argued that the evidently reckoned on not meel with any Belgian resistance, Ag evidence that the German plai to traverse Belgian territory we: known to well informed Germ: here, it is pointed out that a celes brated chateau in Belgium belongil to a German prince was emptied si weeks ago, all the silver, works art and other valuables being sent # Germany, French Patrol Attacks German Cavnlry Squadron! Brussels, Via Paris and - London, Aug. 11.,11:35 a. m.—An official state- ment issued today says that at Houf (Continued on Tenth Page.) as known. still fighting strongly. French and British. their occupation of that city. Brussels. army corps there. Bulgaria apparently further duty since yesterday of of Holland. $25,000,000. killed, England is said by 500,000 and 600,000 men Germany armies. is mobilizing all nounces to prevent violations of her neutrality, The United States diplomatic officials looking after Austria and Austrian interests in France. A state of war has been proclaimed Day’s Developments of European War Leaves Situation Unchanged In and around Liege the situation was unchanged today, so far The Germans held the town The German main reported entrenching itself on the Ourthe, while two large divisions of cavalry had got to Tongres, north of Liege. a general advance was in preparation and a battle which the Germans would be confronted by itself but the forts were army in the north was It was expected that imminent in the allied Belgians, The French at Muelhausen, Alsace, met with opposition after A superior force of Germans cau them to leave the place and take position outside where an action . was fought, details of which have not been made public. ports are indefinite but give the impression of a French success Many German sples were arrested today secret wireless apparatue was discovered French re- in Belgium, and a in a German store in Fightirg has evidently occurred on the Russo-German frontier, as six carloads of German prisoners were reported to have passed through Vilna today on their way to the Russian interior. Russians have concentrated a considerable army in Findlana thus disposing of German reports of the landing of a Germen her forces as she an- in Turope French have the interests in in the southern provinces Russian funds seized in Berlin banks by Germany amounted to The German cruisers Goeben and Breslau are still at large in the Mediterranean according to reports. Germans are said in Belgian official reports to have lost 2,000 20,000 wounded and 9,700 prisoners in the recent fighting. the Times of London under arms without the reserves. Aviators are at work constantly on the frontiers of France and endeavoring to observe the concentration of the respective to have between T e —————————