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A A A THE QAZETTE-NETW8 HAS THIS HOST EXPENSIVE ABSOCIAT ED PRESS 8ERV1CB IN THE U : CAROUKAS' t: IWEATHEB'FOBECASTi '.'-. f SHOWERS. VOLUME XIX. NO. 171. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS COMPLETE. DEFEAT OF ALLIES IN WES J AF1ER NINE DA tS'BA J 7LE ' : : is Claimed in bermn dispa t cb SAYS ENEMY NOW IN FULL RETREAT Attack Renewed on British At MaubeugeFrench Belgians Pursued. Berlin, August 28. (By wireless to The Associated Press via. Sayville, R. I.) Headquarters has issued an official report declaring that the western enemy has everywhere been defeated and is in full retreat after nine days' fighting. ; General Von Kluk defeated the English army at Man-, beuge, renewed the attack toSay and theratened to surround it. Generals Von Buelow and Von Hausen completely defeat ed the French-Belgian forces, about eight corps, between the Sambre and Namur and the Meuse in several days battle and are now pursuing them to the eastward of Maubeuge. The attack on Maubeuge was opened by the., Grand Duke Albrecht, of Wuerttemburg who defeated and pursued the en emy across the Semois and the Meuse. '"'.-.'" The Uerman crown prince is advancing toward the Meuse adn the crown prince of Bavaria repulsed an attack from Nancy and the south. ' ' . , . , General Von Heeringen continues the pursuit southward through tho Vosges..'. - -' . '..ij Four Belgian divisions attacking Tuesday and Wednes day from Antwerp have been repulsed losing guns and many prisoners. The Belgian population generally participated in the firing, necessitating severe repressive measures. . , ' The corps of the last reserves have been called out to 1 guard communications. ; . ' ., ' , f ' ALLIES SURROUNDED. Washington, August 28. The French and English north : armies on the Sambre and Meuse rivers have been surround ed by troops on all sides, as a result of recent fighting, says a wireless from Berlin today to the German embassy. The dispatch adds that the French east army has been partially driven to the south. This has prevented communication be tween the French east and north armies while all the German armies' are in contact from Cambrai through upper , Alsace. The German cavalry has advanced to Ostend. "The appearance of a Zeppelin at Antwerp has caused a panic in Lor don. . "Reports t Berlin from Copenhagen and Stockholm an- nounce that Uiere is a grave crisis in the French government. The Spanish ambassador at Vienna has called the situation in France very serious. : At a meeting today of all foreign colonies in Berlin a resolution was passed thanking the Ger man, government for the kind treatment of foreigners and to express admiration for'the wonderful spirit and enthusiasm shown by the German people.' , Civilians of the Belgian town of Louvain made a perfidious attack on German trpops while fighting. Louvain was pr.r.ihed by the destruction of the city. STILL UK T 1 BERLIN Berlin, An. 18. It 1 difficult "to describe the fierce exultftlnn of all clamp in Berlin over tlio new of the ISrltlsh ,rccrvc t Maubeuge an nounced from army headquarter here today. The ticrman mwitmnit against England for having Injwied herself Into till cnnfllrt and for calling In Japan, a yellow race, la o dorp, that new of the surrender of the Hrltl"h army on the continent would be re oclvel with motn Joy and satisfaction In licrlln tlian tidings of the fall of Pari . It 1 reported here today that a portion of Ue Uritlxh force U at prca- ATTRIBUTES DEFEAT TO COWARDICE OF CORPS London. 'Aug. 21 JvTltlng to th Tarn Matin. Sonator Ourvals, repr entlng th Rein district, attributes In French defeat In lorreln to th cowardice of a corpa of the 16th In fantry. Thty (led befor tha enemy, ba aald, and compelled a retreat all along tha Una, thue losing tha frulta of carefully prepared strategy and nulltr-u.ai I-j Kronch advahc bayond the Brill river on Dalme and Chateau Ballnee. MR. AND MRS. INNIS START TO SAN ANTONIO Ban Francisco, Aur. II, Victor B. Xnnea ana wife arrested la Orgi for rat ahut np In Mnbciure, The popu lace Inspired by tlie announcement from military headquarter that an "Iron ring" la mailing Ita way around the French, Itritlnh and IVIgtan force from Cambrai to the Vosges exhibit llltln coiwwn regarding tha cawtern frontier of Germany. It haa full confidence that the task on the west line will lie eponllly finished and tliat the victorious German armlea will then make aharp work of clear ing German anil of the Kumlana, A correspondent of ' Oie nerlln Tagrblatt report that Louvain In Bel gium waa bitterly punished for the uprising of Ita civilian population haa almost ceased to exist. tha murder of Mr. Elola Dennl and Beatrice Nrlma, arrived her In chant of a deputy aherlft and will begin to day tha journey to Pan Antonio, Texaa, tha acen of their alleged crime. Marvhall Nelma, brother of the mil ling woman, anivad on th aara train with Innea. KttitatititaBttitkiiaititiit t n TWELVE INJtHED. at n Fort Smith. Ark., Aug. II. t Twelv pereona Injured when a ! at atleeourl Pa'lflo paaaenger train at l waa derailed near Marble City, H t Oklahoma. Nona waa fatally a at hurt. A tmk rail waa th rau. , Th rare left tha rail tc- H l gel her, three turning over. at a?!:!! Paris, August 28. (10:25 a. m.) Colonel Osriobshin, Rus sian military attache Here is quoted by the Journal as say ing he could announce without indiscretion that the Russian armies were about to- invade western Prussia. After cross ing the Vistula the ; Russians would march direct on Berlin. London, August 28. (12 :15 a. m.) The American embas sy has received confirmation of the Russian occupation of Til sit, east Prussia, sixty miles east of Koenigsburg. It is an nounced that the . Russians made great captures and that the Russian troops are advan- The. Russian, cruisers Bogy- tar and Pallada destroyed the1 cruiser Magdeburg. The com mander of the Magdeburg, is said to have escaped. A dispatch to Reuters from Paris, gives this war office communication: ' "After victory of Russians the German troops in East Prussia the German troops evacuated to southern east Prussia; . The , Russians sustained no check and yesterday they occu pied the western outlets. It is confirmed that they captured a hundred guns from the enemy, In Galicia the Russian offen sive is being continued normal ly south and southwest - of Franpol." OBSTACLES TO RC8SIAX8. London. Aug. IS. The . 8t. Peters burg co-respondent of th Post ' de scribe the aerlousnesa of tha ob stacles to RUHxlan advance in east Pruaala and laid Germans have enor mously multiplied those difficulties by a modern adaptation of. age old methoda, Lakeleta and marshes were sown with rifle pits and wherever practical redoubts of felled timbers were placed, everywhere there are formidable wlr entanglementa. "We have no exact Information, the correspondent continues, "of how many army corps Germany left to op pose the Russian advance. Perhaps ihore were seven and perhaps, only five. "Whatever their number, three are retc eattyig under cover of tha for. trees of Koenigsburg and one la In full flight on Oiterode. All four flung away In their flight, arms, ammuni tion and even food. "Th Russian army by forced marchea hav driven a weds between th German troopa Bo complete waa the aurprlt that tha Germane aban doned their entrenched position on th Angerapp without a fight "The authorities of at Prussia have caught th panicky feeling from Germany' armlea It la reported that th commandant of Marlenburg haa ordered the Inhabitants to evacuate th country whHe at Elblng th sluices were opened with th object of flooding th country to prevent th ftUMlan advance. These are methods of dlipalr and Indicate pretty thor oughly that Germany haa no more trained troopa to oppose th Russian "With th tru y for strateay which mark tha born commander of men, Crand Itik N'lcholna haa aban doned to Ita fata arerythlng every where which did not lend Itself to th attainment of a atrial aim of locatlni attacking and crushing th enemy' main forr. In itcroMnor with tila pollry quit half of Toland waa loft bar of Russian troops and all public Continued on pag nine. tttl(l(tltKltslBtltltill(ltlltstal t t J WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED. t H ? ' A serious reverse to British t st arms on the French frontier is t si officially announced In Berlin. t It After nine ' day's fighting the at t Germans claim to have put the t at western line of the fellies to st i flight. The English, It is asserted at st were- defeated at Maubeuge, t st France, and the Franco-Belgian t It forces driven back toward Mau- t at beauge. The Belgian attacks at It from Nancy were repulsed, It is It H declared. H It Field Marshal Sir John French It 6 commander in chief of the Brit- H It isli- expeditionary force, reports It It that his troops were attacked by It It five German army corps and t t cavalry Wednesday in the neigh- H It borhood of Cambrai and Le Ca- It It teau; and that their casualties H It were heavy. He does not state K It the outcome of the battle. Cam- It It brai and Cateau are French It It towns about ten miles southwest It H of Maubeuge . and the descrip- It t tion of the scene of the fighting It It by Field Marshal French and t t announced in the house of com- It t mons by Premier Asquith today H It fits In with the battle line' indi- H It cated at Berlin. . It I? - An English correspondent at It t Lille, France, says that the ad- it It vance guard of the Germans Is It It now at Pont-A-Marcq and Mar- t It chlnennes, i French towns Juat a? It south of Lille, in the department t t of Dunord. at It ' A press dispatch from Bou- H It logne reports that the Germans t It broke through the French lines H It near Arras in the province of at ; It Pas-de-Calals, but that the t t French have , the situation well It t In hand. H It The British . marines are In It It fore at Ostend. A press dispatch It It f roni that town says the Ger- ! VlfiBtis-are within. twenty, r JftUesJ". ALLIES ACQUITTED THEMSELVES WELL SIEGE OF PARIS ISLI IN Succeeded in Repulsing Ad vance of Germans iriVa rioiis Engagements. H of the place. H King Charles of-Roumanla is H reported seriously ill. H A British destroyer sunk an t Austrian destroyer off Cafu ac t coVdlng to a cable dispatch from t Brlndzi, Germany. It German troops are reported It as1 taking the offensive In Bel li gian Congo. It Russian dispatches tell of ad it dltlonal troops about to Invade at western Prussia with the Idea of It marching on Berlin. It Henry S. Breckenrld,ge, asslst I? ant secretary of wsir Is In Vienna t looking after some' 400 Amerl lt cans there. He expects the day It to see the completion of his It work there. It The Rome correspondent of It the London Mall says a dispatch It from Berlin states that Emperor It William has telegraphed his It counsel of It the council with the Immediate K organization of all possible relief It for the population of his "be lt loved province of Prussia.' London, August 28. (3:18 a. m.) Since the great disaster to the allies in Belgium, a si lence deeper than ever has shrouded the censors, says the Chronicle today. From a message sent out 24 hours ago by the French em bassy showing fighting on the line between Cambria and Le cateau, it is apparent that the French have been driven back past their line of frontier for tresses to a point 20 miles be hind that line. There is no longer any ser ious fortified obstacle between the German main advance and Paris. Under the circumstan- ces3 it is not surprising that the French ministery has resigned and reconstituted itself as, committee for public safety. Meanwhile, as if a siege of Paris was now looming fore most in their minds, their first step has been to appoint a gen eral in supreme command of Paris and its troops. London, August 28. (6:06 a. m.) British marines . in force now control Ostend, says a dispatch to the Times. They continued landing all day and several quick firers were brought ashore early today. . London, Au& 28. Retirement of the allies to the line from Lecateau to Cambrai shows that actllve defense of the line from Lille to Maubeug nas been abandoned, according to the mil itary correspondent of the Times. "The necessity for holding the In terval between the Scheldt and the Cambrai and Sambre near Le Cateau ministers charging H B due probably to the need for hold- It t It t it ItltltltltltltltltllltltKltltltltltlt RELIEF BUREAU AT IS IE CROWDED Demands Chiefly for Transpor- . tation Home Few Asked for Money. Rome. Aug. 21. Vla Paris :85 a. m.) Advices from Vienna lay that Henry . Breckenrldge arrived from Paris yesterday and took up the work of helping needy Americans Immedi ately, He opened a relief bureau In th hotcj Imperial. The noxt day the bureau was crowded with Americans from early morning wotll midday. Monetary relief was asked for by compnratlvely few, . demands chiefly being for transportation to America. It la estimated that there ar between 100 and loo Americans In Vienna a majority of whom ar prosperous but anxious to return horn Quickly. There is a much larger number Ir Budapest, were Captain Cross haa al ready gone with II. M0 In gold. Ac cording to th latest Information th total number of American now Ip Austria-Hungary la about 1.100. Accelerated train service Is now run ning between Vienna and Berlin and Amerlrans returning horn will be ablo to travel this rout to get to Holland. Mr. Rreckenrldg hope to finish hi work In Vtenn Friday when h Will go to Rwltserland. ing . Mezelres," says the correspond ent. "Once th's section goes to the Invaders the whole system of frontier defense of eastern France breaks down, and if the field armies are In fcrlor to the enemy nothing remains but retreat to the Falalses of Champagne. "If this line Is skillfully defended It should be most difficult to pene trate Lafere, Lann ' and Rhcims, which are provided with permanent fortifications. But we are not at that point yet. "The line from Le Cateau to Cam brai will be attacked on the north soon, but this will probably fall. We have every right to expect success to day but If we do not win a decisive victory, we must abandon our bases on the coast north of the mouth of the Homme and ahlit further south either to Havre or Cherborg. ir we are to shift the offensive and beat buck the German attack from the north, one consequence will he that the Germana will establish air craft stations along the straits of Dover and thereby be able to keep us under constant observation. "W must meet thl by a counter attack with search lights and anti aircraft guna. Sportsmen should make up prsctlc parties for airship shoot ing. . "Th Germans will also mount their heaviest guns at any port they selxe and once more there will be an army encamped on the heights of Rou lorn. Let ui. however, be grateful for on mercy. Th International fi nanciers, doctrlnalrle and lunatics who wished to fit us nut with a chin-, nel' tunnel ar lilenced for good and alt." Ixinilon, Aug. Five members of the crew of a ftiHrh flailing i-raft wlilt h haa been sunk by a floating mine thirty mile off III) the. North umberland, were landed at Hall to London, August 28. (4:30 a. m. A dispatch to the Ex. press from Lille announces that the advance guard of Ger mans is now at Pont-A-Marcq and Marchiennes. ' ' "This represents," says the Lille correspondent, "a slight further advance movement from Cysoing, where they were reported on Monday. - There was heavy fighting at Marchiennes Thursday morning when the Germans broke through the French line. The allies acquitted themselves well, however, succeeding in pushing the German advance forces back on their main body. ' The German advance forces were also repulsed at Pont-A- Marcq. :: . t . ' - There was also fighting at Tournai, where Germans were repulsed. It is believed here that the Germans have oc cupied Valenciennes but the British - are reported to -have driven back the enemy near Mons. There is nothing to indi- cate that the allies line from Mons to Monde has been turned. The industrial centers such as Roubaix and Turcoing are vis 'ted by German cavalry and are occupied and evacuated al most every day." London, August 28. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Rotterdam sends a dispatch from Antwerp dated Thursday night which says: "After a magn'cent defense by the Belgian army Mal ines was re-taken by the Germans. On the first day 30,000 op posed the Belgians, and on the second 40,000 Germans flung themselves on a greatly inferior force. The Belgians then retired to Antwerp leaving the enemy in possession of the town. The Germans immediately entrenched after ordering1 the inhabitants to leave. Waechton and Haendoneck were destroyed by the retreating Belgians to prevent their being used as a cover by the enemy in their operations against Ant werp. . i, Refugees at Roozendaal say the Germans possessed amaz ing knowledge of the roads. The German attack on Mailes was furious and inspired by a desire to end the sorties which the Belgians were making from the town against their trench es and around Brussels. The French had made successful ' attacks on the German lines of communication and had ser iously hampered their movements. This necessitated the re turn of the fourth German army corps which had already started for the south. IT) I'll XfLLKD. It It K It It It K K H K HHHHHI at It t at H st at It t at London, August 28. (4.50 a. m.) A dispatch to the , Times from Bologne says that the German troops, presuma bly cavalry, broke through the French lines near Arras in the province of Pas De Calais. The French moved up with rapidity, it is declared, and have the situation well in hand. The dispatch says the allied troops are being swiftly arranged to deal with any further attempt to break through the lino between Dunkirk and LUle. LOSSES GREAT. were heavy but the exact number ar London, Aug. 28. Premier Asquith l"01 known. The behavior of our announced In the house of commons f"P" was In all re.pe.ls admirable, tmlay that the ItrttMl troop In i ''r1 U, eiKh command- m ui..-. ni..i. . rr in CMIrf, In a mramm nuhlUhed the attack of five e.crmsn army corr.i'!''" morn,"K. conveys his ronirratiila. It It R Runic, La-, Aug. H. Four H persona were killed and three K others probably fatally Injured at nenr Ravole, 1a., when gaanlln at In a tank of th New Orleans, It Texas and Mexico railroad ex- It ploded. The explosion occurred It t several hours after th tank car at t had derailed In a wreck, It 1 tie Kweea on both shlra. lie ealtl, were great. Premier Aqnllh aald: "Wei have heard from Field Mar shal Kir John French, commander In chief of the llrlllkh rxpedltkinary forces that In the flghtng which took placet between III army and the ene my nn Wednesday, August it and which appears from French ofnirnl reporta to have been In the neighbor hood of Cambrai and I Cateau, our nrf,Mi were exponed to the attack of five German army rorpsj two divi sions of cavalry and a reserve corp of rata'-) and a second cavalry divi sion. The second corps In (lie fourth division bore the brunt of Ihe cavalry attack,' while owr first army corn U attacked on th right and InfllctWI a tery heavy km on th enemy. "I regret to say that ear casualties lion and sincere) thanks for the pro tittJon so effectively given by our army to Ihe French flank. . NOT fH'CTPIED. Iiondnn, Aug. 2.. The corrcxpond. ent of the Dally News, telegraphing from Turcorlng, asysi "I Vlnltod 1MU today, Wedneadny, I expected to find It 'berupled by (crmans, as It wa made an open town and ahamloncd by the mar and the local guartl two days e Xot an, however, I found the mayoe and tlie local guard had reformat; that tlie train and bimlnee had mumed and tht the aiitlmrif, were awalllng the arrival dof troop, whom tliey enectd t-ir .. "Ihe meaning of thl I ft;!.. , c vi (Conllnuea on pt I)
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