Newspapers / The Norlina Headlight (Norlina, … / Sept. 4, 1914, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Norlina Headlight (Norlina, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
- .s r-'CTvc ?t' --"r -t , - r ? THE HEADLIGHT, ITORLINA, 1TOKTH CAROLINA . - V ;bur!Al ;of? SOME OF. WAR'S FIRST victims ISER FORCES OF PRINCIPLE EVENTS OF : r uEJPWWI N Grip fBPCH'ApMYf nfelJ-urdpean ar !i?S?MAN FORCESK?TO? 5 'rZ7c'&$&t-'Tz iHlHil 5 vv .; : I -' . . . 1 '- 'i-r- 1 .--''it - ; - - . ."-.:V5.,'5 : August 25.-Earl Kitchner, secretary, of state for war, announced "that . the 100,000 "men asked t for in ' the f first Instance haTe'-jolned- the colors,: and declare that rettiforcements Jto the British army wiir steadily and surely increase, until there 'will be a British army in the field, Which ln numbers will -not be less '; than intXlualityi and numbers unworthy . of .the r power and 7 responsibility, of the; British empire.; An - Antwerp .dispatch to the Reuter Telegraph Comuany 'sald lhat : early i today , 2,000 Germans bombarded j Ma- lines, 14 ; miles "southeast . of : Ant werp. - Two hundred houses ;;were partly J de- stroyed. ;:-The Belgians made an ener- -getic counter attack and drove the Germans back - as far as " Vilvorde. Losses on both sides were. large; P President Wilson issued a proclama tion declaring. the United States, neu tral in the war between Germany and August 26. Central News dispatches from Paris positively confirms ; that Austria hasJ declared war on Japan. ? A dispatch from Bucharest said the r'RussianS: columns invading Galacia i have occupied Tarnopol, an important city eighty miles southeast of ; Lem berg, capital of Galacia. C Three "Aus trian army corps are, said to .be. oppos-. -ing them. :: v 2ir i:7:f - The ministers of the foreigfi pow: : ers at Antwerp have protested against , the bombartdment; of Antwerp-, by a : Zeppelin. A building " owned by ah American citizen-was destroyed. All i lights at Antwerp are oat at 8 o'clock , at night! The only communication with' the outside world is through i Ostend. ' ; . : . -f :-;:r The military correspondent of the Neuwe Courant declared he can state on trustworthy authority that the..Ger--j mans plan to abandon : temporarily Hast and West Prussia and Pomerania to the Russians and withdraw slowly : to the rver Oder, where the "main de- ;- tenses . of Berlin lie. . ; . r August 27. The .following 'ofiicial - bulletin was issued hy , the i;war -office Inlihe rrVosges district rthe. French . troops . todays resumed , the offensive and drove. back the Germans who' yes-., ; terday had . forced .them to retire on the" Saint Die side. The Germans yes-. ' ; terday bombarded aint DieI anun-? ; fortified townV;:;;Vv " In the region" between the Vosges and Nancy French offensive movement lias continued uninterruptedly for five days. The German losses have been considerable, 2,500 bodies, were found on a front of three kilometres south east of Nancy, and 4,500 bodies- on a front of four kilometres in the region of Vitrimont. v ..--'" Ilongwy," an old fortress, the garri son of which consisted of only, one battalion, which had been bombarded August 3d, capitulated today after holding out for more than twenty-four days. More than half the i garrison was killed or wounded. Lieutenant Colonel Darche, governor of Longwy, was nominated an officer of the Legion of Honor for 'Heroic conduct in the defense of Longwy. ; .1. sf v It is officially announced that the : Russians have captured Tilsit,' a town sixty miles northeast of Koenigsberg, : East Prussia. ' . ' '. .. August 28. The British torpedo boat destroyer Welland ha3 engaged and sunk the-German torpedo boat destroyer S-90. -- 1; iV;t It is announced that the : British fleet has sunk two German cruisers ; and two German torpedo destroyers off Heligoland. A third German cruis er was set afire andwas "left .sinking. No British ships were lost in the bat tle, it was added and the British loss of life was not heavy. In addition io the two torpedo " boat destroyers and three cruisers many others from the German torpedo boat destroyers were damaged.' - ; - " i . Antoine De Zwan, the Poiishauthor, ' has - sent ; this telegram? to the Spec tator: - The" mobilization ;was carried out in 'Warsawwith-indescribable en thusiasm.. For the first time since the partatioh of Poland our peasants took -'--5 an active part in a national movement. v There are more than 400,000 ; Poles in y the Russfan army.:;:- - " i 'MSw: ' An official communication issued by , the . War ; Department ; tonight : said : ;;C; The situation : oh ;our front from the Department "of Zomme, .(Northwest " France) to the -osges .remains the: : ; same today as L.yesterday The' Ger-i man Iorces..appear,;to' ha y4 slackened . their march . ." i;. f g rMjlitarymen atPek?j; warships of 'the .allies, mcluding : the . AustrailiaU - dreadnaaght; expected J in China waters soonwilIberabie io 7 i bombard Tsing Tau with safety owing to the" range of their large Jguhs which: '. is greater thanCthatiof" Ke:gunswlth- -: ; in -the Ger'ma fortifications 'f .: - I.The - Belgian Foreign- Minister re- ports that the Belgian ty -of Louvaln, ln the proviiice- of . Brabant, 1 has been ' ": ..burned by the ? Germans. Louvain, : '.. which lies' in - the famous .province of '.; Brabant, of which- it I was the capital ? tai.ther ourieeh seat; of the Duke -of Brabant : in (he -relevejQth century. , The -University was ; founded by' Duke- John IV: of: Branbant i " . ; in 1423ixpers?called: the cburphl of fe Strf Paierre?'the most, "or ; ( ' Nriate example ;of -pointed gothic? archi-" : tecture in . the. country. August . SS-1 This has been -a long and: anxious ; day , in Paris. .As far. as can " be learned I' the; French massed troops appear to: be intact, except for those losseswhich were inevitable in a week's heavy I fighting over a vast front. ; : - " One" hundred and. sixty ' trains load-: ed with German troops passed through Belgium from the-; Southwest toward the Northwest, according to an Ant werp" dispatch to " the T Reuter - Tele graph Company. This; it-ig Ridded, iii dieates. that the Germans ; are Sending troops back on account of the Russian advance. ' The Gerrman force at Brus sels has been' reduced to a minimum, A ;fcdispatch4he-E graph,. Company from Antwerp said fthat. the Belgian government declares officially that vera! of ' the forts . at Liege are siill resisting.: r $ "News of - the defeat of - five Russian army corps? to; the South of Allen" stein: is made; public here today. It is regarded as encouraging ; and as greatly relieving the situation in East Prussia .;If is said to insure the flank of the German position. . ?" r-. -ii fe? ? August 30. A . German aviator has appeared over aris and was engaged today In dropping bombs in a populous part of the city. Several bombs failed to explode? according to the accounts, and. the only two 'persons injured . were women; - : - ? ; ::?- - The aviator, who : signed . himself Lieutenant Von ; Heissen; dropped manifestos on which was ? written:. "The German army is at the gates of Paris;' you catf do nothing but surren der.". : J;-;V? '?-f- ' "In East Prussia," said . the Russian waroffice, "the, garrisons ! and fort- resses" of Thorn and Graudenz, . f ast. of the Vistula) , are' taking part with a large - number of seige guns.? We have taken 3,000 . prisoners Jn ; the operations east of Lemberg (capital of Galicia.) Near Podgerz (just : south of" the Vistula) the enemy, lost 3000 men and we captured four guns." A Times dispatch - from - Amiens, France, said that for sir r days', the German adance .has been-' one of ?al- . most incredible rapidity;; the Germans never giving tne retreating untisn as f momejit'sres;e;?-; ?-ff:'C:J' i TDispatches f rpm?AUstrian headquar-" tersto the Corriere Delia Sera state that 1,000,000 men are engaged in the battle on the Austro-Russian frontier. The battle' line extends from thejis tula river to the Dniester: river, more than 100 miles. The: Russians have penetrated more ? than twenty miles into Ausrian territory: (. :. ? ' . , A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Tien Tsin today said. Japanase troops hae been landed at several . points pnt the coast near Kiao Chow, The ministry of war announces that it has been decided to call out : the class of 1914, which ?will give at least 200,000 additional troops, and also Jtq call out the active reserve and ; the eldest classes of the. territorial re serve. - t. ' 'X'.' f ' '? ?;-'-f Panic reigns in Danzig The popula tion is fleeing to Berlin.- The result of the general battle now being fought is expected . to influence j largely ; the whole campaign against Austria The, scant reports thus far received indi cate that Russia , is on the road to a decisive victory. - T-i: -?.r. - August 31. It is : officially . an nounced that the minister of war, M. Millerand, . accompanied f by General Gallieni, military governor of Paris,, today, inspected the northeast front of the? entrenchment camp at Paris and congratulated General Gallieni oh" the rapid progress of the work on the, ' supplementary defences?7 ? ?;;:?;ft: An ; Antwerp dispatch r to the Reu-; ters Telegram Company, said : T- "It is reported here that General r Pau has won a i': brilliant victory, over 50,000 Germans near.Peronnes, in the departs -ment?bf "omme." i '- f?f?;v: ?-$?;?:?i ?QueeiilElIzabeth;Sof-Belgm;lwI her children, arrived: today ini.Eng- - A' German biplane passed over Paris at . 4 :30 p. . m. : today and dropped a projectile; which, however did not 5ex- The Messagero publishes i ?a,:: tele-; gram from Sofia, Belgaria,. whichsaid' th"e Austrians have suffered an : irre-. parable : defeat at Zamose; in Russian Poland, 50 miles southwest of Lubih.1 .Cannbhadiiig was heard here at; in tervals throughout the day; y?;il --It Is believed; the TsL Tau; forts; are-engaged with the vessels-of . the Japaneser-biockading fleet, ; -. - ??s ? The? German armed trawler Gef daT, of Hamburg,: was blown up" Saturday by striking a .German mine off, Lange--land;a??Dutch?iand?ih?:th ; BeltJ??Theerda guard ?shIp?-t6?Wrr neutral ships; of , the-?umesy lr David "Lloyd -s George, chancellor, of the exchlbauerf annouheed iurhousot; comhidns.ton'ight. that the moratorium would be extended a month. It would be 'too?risky, he. said,'ad ? end ? it ' at once? official , announcement issued late to day, which mentlons'that the progress of the German; right?wing has' forced -the alliesto "yield further - ground,; would seem to Indicate that "the Ger mans?; notwithstanding repulses, are 3aily?dvaiicet6wirds Pariah AUSTRIA ? CLAIMSiiVICTORt Gernari.:Erabassy :s Reports Capture ' of fi7P,00p?Russiaakjng FtelcT; I While the r whole world "is . awaiting defihite news, from'the battle line? the French ? war ? office T contents1 Itself with, the simple ;statem6nt that,:as a result of the : turning movement of the German .army and?ih jTbrIer fnot Jtoaccptbattlp under: unfavorable conditions, ' the? French: tpjf fagain liaveretjred,;!. ?Wb.ile? Berlin claims a German vic- tory oye rthe Russians 4u East-Prus sia mthe i. capture oi 7iM)uo.,v men, the? Russians clairaLan important vic toryover; the , Austrians ' on the. : Gali clan.-side with 30,000 prisoners. v ? , ?"Ahother ? German aeroplane has been? dropping bombs intaiParis and according to the French official state ment the -American. : ambassador has organized a committee and 'has sent aiprotest against this -method of war fare to the Washington government. " '4 TheBelgtfin special commission o Its way to the 'United States to ; pro test, against alleged-German atrocities has ? been - received by " King George and has" presented ; him with 'an i ad dress; settingforth jsome ;of the. hap-; peningsin Belgium, during t the - pres-. snt campaign'and has warmly -thanked 'Great Britain foc its intervention. II An?Smerican ommitteev?organiz-' ed by the American ambassador and Including : the most -conspicuous mem bers of the - American colony, askeI the minister of war for. proof that bombs ; were , dropped on; Parls'frohia Serman machine. The minister of war presented proof, "?Which decided the ambassador, to cable to his gov jrnment a report on ? war methods, which not only are contrary to 'human-' Ity but in-yiolationof the. convention of The Hague, signed by Germany it. self. ,? r? ?: : l?; r :S??!;? rK The, committee has' decided, to. ask the .United States ; governments while remaining neutral to protest :nerget-" ically to the Germau. government? ? !Arf squadron 4 of? aJmofX has been orgapized ?to? give iChase j to Germanr "aeroplanes which .have been flying-bver; Paris. v v??- belgi umcwtlm n ot?s u b m it b ut ? Fight to end. -, - ? -t ":? " -- .- Z '-; ' -v' -' '.- 'W?;? 4,: . 1.' - London.--The Belgian commission on its way to the. United States to pro test against alleged " Germa'n ) atrbci ties in the war zone read an address to King-Ceorge at Buckingham ; Pal ace setting forth some of the: happen- ingfe in the present campaign. The . ad dress : also thanked the Kingof "Eng land's aid against. the' Germans. . " -' The address in part reads : " j ? "Sire Belgium having had to choose . between the. sacrifice V of her honor and the peril of wax-, did not hesitate. - She opposed the brutal ag gression committed by a power which was one of the guarantors of her neu trail ty. In this critical situation. iV is for bur country" an" estimable tower of strength-tb see coming resolute land immediate? intervention : by? great land powerful: England; . .? ;: ?: ? "Commissioned by , His Majesty: the King of Beligians with a mission .to the president of the United States w.e considered it our duty to make a Stay in the capital " of the; British Empire to convey to Your Majesty a respect fuland - ardehllpression of " the gratitude of theBelgian natim5 : . "Our adversary, after invading our territory, - hasl decimated - the civil population, massacred? women .and Children , carried into captivity inof fensive . peasants,-put to . death c the wounded, destroyed undefended towns and burned I churches, historical .mon uments "and I the famous library ' of the University of Louyain; All these facts have been established by authenticat. d- documents, each of which we shall submit to? the . government ' of Your !3hipOuKCoff ee5aVGerrman? ;5 Honolulu, ANuraperg , leu ; inis pon. .a lew. aay s ago? clearedl for j action, -; to meet 'the Australian warship s ; "Australia v and rne Britisn; men-of-war also aCcom-. anied .the ; British cooiier Strathdale to - the three-mile limit ; here and? are reported ? waiting 6u t side? ? Captain Schoenburg pf :theNurnberglald,that the Nurfibergvyrpuld n6tsurrehder and that I he ?expected the I ship J, tot be the cbflln' fbfhiinself ;ndhfiIWt iGenalfSamsonQffe Londbn.-A -teiegr'am;": to the JRea- t'seejgfm tm persburgsaysA:p? SSi' '-Lieutenant JGteneratSamsonoffhQ commanded a oorps Jn .the Russo-Jap: anese War .and . who until recently,. was chief ; of the i ftussiahtTurkestanrmtt tarydistrict, : is deeply Vregrettedl'? ?. Parisl Well founded ; though -unofH-ciai . repqrts are currefit in? Paris- that "tencll-hayelch 'advaGprte ' English Isailors firing a salute over the graveff of four . English and'four German sailors who perished when the British cruiser Amphioh and the German steamer Koenigen Luise; were destroyed in the North sea...- - - " &(.SSt-Bi:-is:1 ' ; This photograph shows some of the barricades which have - been erected Switzerland into Germany along the ? international frontier. f The Swiss and apart all along the J)Order'??;vAv 5 GERMANiPRISONERSI IN -ENGLAND - : p l$ Meer : of lithe 41l J rr'Wf : reservevolunteers fondly "carrying his 11 fl il f infant, child as he makes, his way to M uSPSV 1 AapLI -- -1 1 f the mobilization point " : . Two hundred German- reservists plkstonelby? English troops leave : for; JhXTcoutment:??? fflENCHiSKI RM ISH ERSI N I FLAN I(1ATTAGK French skirmishers advancing to - as in LorraiEe ? Inst; is Gen,Paul . Pau,"rcommander of the Frencb tSI? troops - ( ! V3 'being marched through : the streets of " -K-',v31-..' take the enemyinflank 4uring1 th ill WW across aU the roads . leading from German "troops , are only a.f ew, paces WAR'S PATHETIC SIDE ?: .Chief oftb.e -Austro-Hungarian min- Bullet in -5,000 Fatal. LL?r regular army oScer. i3 authority f; for? saying -that i during a 'battle cni bne3unet;outtievery SOO fired kills ?an? enemy:?- -Two armies each of 50,- j-poomeir might go Into action with 10 j rounds of -ammunition? These armies could discharge at each other 10,000, C00 bullets. If only - one shot in 1,000. 3xkeffect? 5,000 men on each si8 wouldi.beUedorwbunded.r That would be a ' heavy '-' casualty, - but, as the army ofScer says, the artillery fir8 is "; more . destrucUve : thaji ; rifle; fire. f:X, iSSc-- rr ;; jr.. ag, ... - , immffii ai 1 I i Pilfer -rf: iC??.:?One 1 ft
The Norlina Headlight (Norlina, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 4, 1914, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75