The evening world. Newspaper, August 7, 1914, Page 2

artillery. Finally, when the siege guns had demolished many of the buildings at Liege, | including the Cathedral of St. Paul and the Palace of Justice, another assault in force was )) attempted. . Like the others it failed, and the German soldiers were driven back com- » pletely crushed. . The German close order tactics made the slaughter possible. Massed closely 4 together the German columns were wiped out by entire squads. After the third assault || the German army withdrew and the artillery duel was renewed. a There were thousands of wounded lying in the open space between the forts and © the army. Bt The moans of the sufferers could be heard by the Belgians in the forts as well as by © their own comrades in the German positions. But nothing could be done for them while the artillery fire was kept up. ‘ At last the German commanding General, realizing that the sight of the dead and = wounded must have a depressing effect on his forces got into touch with the Belgian >» commander. He asked for a twenty-four-hour armistice. \ The request was sent to King Albert, who will decide whether it is to be granted. % In this connection the King will be compelled to decide whether Germany will take advan- © tage of this lull to get other reinforcements to the army before Liege. fe A German airship flew over Liege to-day and dropped bombs both in the city itself =) and on the forts. Three bombs landed in a crowd in the Square d’Avoroy, killing seven- * teen persons and wounding at least that number. Belgian airmen arose from Fort > Fleron and went in pursuit, but the aviator reached the German lines in safety. me The entire civil population of Maastricht has departed the city fearing German © attack. Hundreds of Belgian farmers, near the Holland-Belgian border, have been killed = _ by German troops, as the price of their attempt to repel the invaders. Many were shot ja) down in their homes. Official British Report of Sea Fighting LONDON, Aug. 7.—Winston Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty, announced to-day in the House of Commons that there had been no fighting and no losses > of any kind other than had already been officially made public. He said: y “Apart from the loss of the small British cruiser Amphion and the German mine- » layer Koenigin Luise there has been no other fighting and no other loss as far as we > are aware. i “On Wednesday a flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers, while patrolling the upper ' reaches of the channel, found the Koenigin Luise laying mines. The destroyers pursued - and sank her. ‘About 50 of her crew,-which probably numbered 120 or 130 men, were saved by the crews of the British destroyers. The Amphion continued to scout with the » flotilla and while on the return journey was blown up by a mine. oC _ “The indiscriminate use of mines not in connection with military harbors or strat- _egic positions and she ladisctl ate scattering of contact mines about the seas might of ; course destroy not only warships but peaceful merchant vessels under a neutral flag and = possibly carrying supplies to a neutral country. “ “This use of mines is new in warfare and deserves the attentive consideration not » only of those of us who are engaged in war, but of the nations of the civilized world. ©The admiralty is not at all alarmed or disconcerted by this incident.” bs Notwithstanding this statement of Mr. Churchill the Admiralty issued the follow- ai Fe: bulletin: “The Admiralty announces that British coastwise shipping on the east coast is = mow safe because the British fleet has engaged the Germans on the high seas and the > German fleet is now being chased toward the coast of Holland,” The British Legation at Dresden Mobbed | >. The British legation at Dresden was mobbed to-day and all the. windows broken. ‘-F. E. Smith, noted lawyer and Sir Edward Carson's chief aide in the Ulster volun- movement, has been named as chief of the British press censors. _~* Mr. Churchill announced that from this bureau is to be issued a supply of trust- » worthy information from both the Admiralty and War Office. In this way, he said, country would be kept properly and truthfully informed of the state of affairs. Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George informed the House of Commons that he government was considering the question of taking over the harvest throughout e British Isles. . _ ..'The response to Field Marshal Earl Kitchener’s appeal for recruits for the | army surpasses anything in the memory of British military men. ee. Huge crowds of all ages and all stations of life, silk hatted men and poorly clothed § laborers stood in long lines all day in front of the recruiting stations awaiting their turn + to go before the medical officer. The rush to join the colors is developing many instances of touching patriotism. . an instance it is stated that more than one hundred clergymen are enlisting daily. hey declare their willingness either to fight or act as chaplains. : _ Bullion, amounting to $17,830,000, was taken into the Bank of England to-day. It = ‘was received from South America and included $10,775,000 in American eagles, $4,370,000 ©) in bars and $2,685,000 in sovereigns. Be In addition India released $10,000,000, which had been set aside by the bank and » credited to the Secretary for India. The Continent engaged $1,175,000 gold for shipment | to-morrow, uisers Goeben and Breslau Forced in Battle MESSINA, Italy, Aug. 7:—The German cruisers Breslau and Goeben sailed to-day to meet the British fleet waiting outside the Straits. The commanders first handed their wills and personal property into the keeping of the German Consul. ‘ Forma! notification that this was a neutral port was served on the vessels, and they were forced to go out for battle. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 7 (via London).—A Finnish sea captain who has arrived here » reports that the Russian navy is bottled up at Helsingfors, while Reval and Libau have n taken by the Germans after a furious battle and are burning. The report is not dited by the best informed here. ciated of two Swedish steamers report that a Russian cruiser is ashore near oe ” : ‘ British ee WN PRINCE JOINS GERMAN ARMY T pb SS ee AT IN OR OEM eR IS " INVADES BELGIUM. FRONTIER TO-DAY HO CROS FRENCH TROOPS W AN S GERM ‘ > Re HH TROOPS MARCHING SES iocaweds ROTH Skawoo LOWESTOFT, England, Aug. 7.—Trawlers returning here to-day report that they: ’,.. witnessed fighting in the North Sea on Wednesday. A German destroyer was fleeing’™ ‘ from two British cruisers. A dense cloud of smoke from the destroyer gave the> impression that she was afire. : AMSTERDAM, Aug. 7—The nineteen year old son of the German General, Count‘ von Arnim, was wounded before Liege and died last night. Official confirmation was received here to-day that the German Crown Prince had arrived at Verviers, Belgium, en route to assume command of the army besieging Liege. *~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—Receipt of President Wilson’s offer of good offices has been acknowledged by some of the warring nations in Europe, but none of the responses — onstitute anything in the nature of a reply. Officials do not know whether it has been. received by Germany. Servians Drive Austrians Back to Danube. . BELGRADE, Servia, Aug. 7, 5.20 P. M.—The Sixth Regiment of Austrian artillery « opened fire on the Servians at noon to-day near Obrenovatz, on the River Save, to the ot west of Belgrade. The Servian guns quickly silenced the Austrians, who abandoned two’. damaged guns. a ROME, Aug. 7.—Austrians and Servians have fought south of Semendria, and “+ reports received here to-day say that the Austrians are in retreat toward the Danube. “ Advices received from Nish claim that one entire Austrian regiment was annihilated. ; ATHENS, Aug. 7.—A telegram from Nish, Servia, states that bands of Bulgarian |." volunteers are forming along the southwest frontier to replace the Austrian troops * which have been withdrawn to the Russian line. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 7.—Denmark has called six classes of soldiers to the colors.» = It is announced that the strictest neutrality will be enforced. Bin DUBLIN, Aug. 7.—Richard Croker, former boss of Tammany Hall, to-day wired to’ *” John Redmond a subscription of $2,500 for the use of the Irish Nationalist volunteers who “# enlist. He also tendered to the Government the use of his estate, Glen Cairn, near Dublin, peel for use as a hospital. y pie Mr. Croker announced this afternoon that he was going to the United States and would try to arouse the Irish-Americans to enlist in defense of England. q A ree * on ote * os ¥ -™ » ona cn 1 ot 4: A 4 German Kaiser Defies the World to Battle BERLIN, Aug. 7, via London—A proclamation by Emperor William addressed to the German nation was published in the Oficial Gazette to- day, The text was as follows: “Since the foundation of the German Empire it has been for forty- three years the object of the efforts of myself and my ancestors to pre- serve the peace of the world and to advance by peaceful means our vigor- ous development. “Our adversaries, however, are jealous of the successes of our work and there has been latent hostility to the east and to the west and beyond the eea. 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