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RESULTS 011' NAVAL r4L'TI01
Victories and Losses Recorded From Maty
Points
A despatch from London says.
The British light eruiser Pegasus,
stationed off !the British protector-
ate o£ Zanzibar, en island off ;the
east 'coast of Africa, was attacked
and completely disabled by the Ger-
xnan cruiser Koenigsberg. Twenty-
five men were killed and 80 wound-
-re
ound-- e ed. The O'flicial Press Bureau has
issued this account of the ,affair
- "Since the outbreak of the war
ELMS. Pegasus, working from
Zanzibar, has rendered very useful
service, including the destruction
of Dar-es-Saliaam;andthie sinkingof
the Gerrnan gunboat Move at the
floating dodos.
"She was attacked by the Ger-
man protected cruiser Koenigsberg
while ,coming to anchor in the har-
bor of Zanzibar. She had ,come into
the harbor for the purposeof eleane
ing ;and making repairs to her una.-
ohinery. The Pegasus was taken at
. disadvantage and was somewhat
outianged by the newer kite -ix -wit
guns of the Koenigsberg. She was
completely ,disabled.Our losses
are unofficially reported as 25 kille'
and 80 wounded out of a Drew of
234. The dainage to the Koenigs-
berg is unknown. She -was last seen
&teaming to the southward..
"On Sept. 10 the German cruiser
]i1mden, from the Ohina, stations af-
ter having beep lost ,sight of.for six
weeks, sud'nly appeared in the
Bay of Bengal and captured the six
following British - ships: Indus,
Lovas, Killin, Diplomat, Trabbook,
and Kaba. Five of these were
sunk, and the sixth sent, to Calteuttta
with their' crews."
A : telegram from Melbourne,
which has been confirmed by the
Press Bureau :here, estates that
Rear -Admiral Sir George Pattey,
eomurmander of the A isttralian navy,
in a wireless despatch to, the Gov-
ernment, states that submarine AE1
has .distaxpeared with all hands on
board+; Other vessels of the fleet
Made a. •sea•roh, but failed to da-
cover arry•wreokaee. The loss is at-
tributed to aooi de:nt, as there vias
no enemy within 100 miles and the
weather was fine at the time.
This is the first disaster in the
history of the Australian navy, The
AE1 was under .eoniniwnd of Lieut.-
Commander Thomas F. Resent,
Thirty-one dives were lost,
The Admiralty also reports that
the Cunard liner Germania last
week sank a German merchant
cruiser in an engagement off the
River Platte, on the .east coast .of
South America. The steeemen:t
says:
"The British auxiliary eruuser
Carmanie, Capt. Noel Grant, Royal
Navy, went into action Sept. 14 off
the *east of South America with a
Gerniaii :armed, merchant cruiser
euppos:ed to• be the Cap 'l3retailgar
or Berlin, mounting. eight four -inch
guns and romeponist. The. action
lasted one hour'tend 45 minutes,
when the German 'ship capsized and
sank, her survivors being rescued
by an empty eollier.
"Of the' Carrnamia'•s crew, nine
men were killed and five ,seriously
wounded. None of the officers -vas
injured. The First Lord of the Aa-
miralty hats sent the following tele-
gram to Capt.: Grant: 'Well done l
You have fought a fine aetaou to a
successful issue.' " -
Tihe Germania, aCunard liner,
was in the service between New
York and Liverpool until taken over
by the Britisb Government and con-
verted into a warship. She was last
reported as 'reedy to sail from
Liverpool on Sept. 5. The Clap
Trafalgar was a ship of 9,854 tons.
She railed from Montevideo, on
Aug. 22 for Las Palmas.
CITY OF RHEIMS
MASS OF REINS
Following a Furious Bombardment
of Three Days by the
Germans.
A despatch • from Paris says:
Rheims, one. of the most beautiful
cities : in Frane,e, with 105,000 popu-
` 'dation, an important :link in the
Frenoh ,defences, is in flames, fal-
lowing a rfurieoue bombardntient of
three days by the Germane, in
which 400 oiri1,ians were killed, and
in which the cathedral and the
greater portion of the city were de-
molished by shells.
Many wounded German soldiers,
who were sheltered in the cathe-
dral, were killed by the fixe from
the German cannon. An official de-
sprabeh from Bordeaux declares
there is little Mope of saving the
eity from complete destruction.
The Minister ; of the Interior an-
nouneed (that the [famous ecarbhedieul
of Notre Dame ab Rheims had been
destroyed by German artillery fire,
And that all the other his:boric and
Public buildings of that city had
been destroyed or seriously dam -
:aged.
READY FOR PARIS FEASTS.
Germans Had 'Brushed tip Thcir
French in ordering Viands.
A despatch from Bordeaux says:
A pocket conversation guide which
had been contained in the pocket-
book of a wounded German in a
French hospital seems to indicate
that ib was intended for use when
the Germans entered Paris. Some
of the expressions translated from.
French into English were: "Give
me three ,chickens ; I desire two
bottles of champagne ; three bottles
of very\ld burgundy, :and giveme
e some of Martel's hest eo•gnae,"
GENERAL .DELA:REY KILLED.
Tragic End of One of the -Famous
Boer Leaders.
A despatch from Capetown says :
Gen. Jacobus Hendrik; Delarey, the
well-known Boer General,bas been
accidentally shot dead near Johan
n•esburg. General Delarey, .accom-
panied by General Beyers, who has
just resigned his 'position as Com-
mander-in-chief of • the ,defence
forces of the Union of South Africa,
was returning on Tuesday evening
by iauto,mobile to his farm, when the
-polices who were. watching for a
gang of desperadoes known to be
using a car similar to that of Gen-
eral Delarey, challenged the Gen-.
eral. It is evident that neither
General Delarey nor those in the
star with him heard tthe challenge,
for they proceeded without stop --
ping. Tihe police fired at the car,
and abullet entered General De-
larey's heart. The .shooting of the
General has caused a great sensa-
tion throughout South Africa.
GERMAN UNE1IPLO.YED.
The Industrial Situation in Berlin
Is Critical.
A despatch from Rome says : Re-
ports received here from Germany
describe the situation as becoming
somewhat critical owing to the
great number of unemployed, the
high cost of living and the scarcity
of the necessaries of life, especially
wheat.
WARNING AT RHEIMS..
Cierinan 14ietiroile Adopted to Ter-
. rorize People.
"Rheims was occupied. by the
enemy, a.nd it was occupied by the
French after considerable fighting.
"A proolaanation, a copy of which
is in the possession of the British
army, was. posted 1a11 over the town.
A literal translation of this poster
tallows
L sses;Ovor 8Q,000 at
A despatch f rain Bordeaux. - says :
?tt its unofficially announced that the
German forges loaf (two ;army ,corps
(80,000 men) in the battle around
the Marne. „ Prisoners from the Bat
tee of the Marne continue to pour
into Bordeaux, but so discreetly
as their transport been arranged
that the people telache city ere hard-
iy s; ware of their presence. Eight
bunt d: 'of them arrived in one day,
knost of them Saxons, belonging to
the' Agricultural classes. Some of
them were Berlin postman. All
talked freely, pointing smilingly at
their tattered greenish -grey uni-
forms.
"Red trousers are more elefewnrt,
but also more visible," said one.
Their uniforms have no metal butt-
ton,t:, but all carry in their pockets
Sc4D .of copper buttonssurmounted
_Lane
by animperial • crown; wrapped up
in tissue paper. These, they ex -
pleat, they isaw on their tunics.when
they occupy a 'town for ,any length
of time: The majority of the -,pri-
soners had been wounded in their
first .action, but if they fought little
they marched peach, . "We never'
did 1eseethan 45 or 50 kilometres e
day,". said one of +the rnen. "The
field kitchens had difficulty in keep-
ing xi, but nevertheless we usually
had one meal._ But the marching
exhausted us. One day we inaroh-
ecl for 22 hours, interrupted by only
one hour's sleep
"This' war is a terrible thing,"
said ,s Saxon infantryman with
tsars in his eyes, "I left there,"
pointing to the east, "my wife and
children, Do you think I am here
willingly '+ What do we want here?
FRENCH CAVALRY RIDING INTO GEMBLDUX4
BELGIUM
BELGIUM'S REPLY.
Offered Extension of . Territory in
Exchange for an Arauietice, ..
A de.spateh from London. says:
Telegraphing from Antwerp the Ex-
change Telegraph Company's cor-
respondentsays:
The report that Field Marshal
Baron von der Gottz, Governor-
General of the territory in Belgium
occupied by the Germans., had visi-
ted Antwerp arose from - the fact
that M. Woeste, leader of the Oath -
olio Anti -militarist party, who re -
maned in Brussels after the Bel-
gians left, was sent to Antwerp by
the Germans to ascertain whether
it was possible to arrange an armis-
tice by promising Belgium an exten-
sion of her country. Belgium's re-
ply was a four days' battle near
Louvain and Aerschot."
ATTEMPTED INVASION. -
German Troops Drew Back Into
Their Own Territory.
A despatch from Nairobi,
aBri-
tish East Africa.,, says : German
soldiers who attempted to invade
the Belgian Congo have been de-
feated and driven back into their
own territory.
The East African Mounted Rifles
were sent to :the Belgian territory
when the Germans crossed the bor-
der, add defeated the invaders at
Kishi.
MISTOOK IT FOR FRENCH.
TheGermans Annihilated Thcir
Own Regiment.
A despatch from Troyes, France,
says : A Saxon officer, a prisoner
of the French, deelares that near
Malines the German artillery anni-
hilated a Prussian regiment, which
it had mistaken for French. He says
also that in a frontier village two
b.attalians of German infantry fired
upon each. other until there was
scarcely a. man of ;either deft.
MAY SEIZE FOOD STUFFS.
Move to Cheek Any Effort to Boost
Prices.
A despatch from. London .says : A-
proclamation has been issued 'auth-
orizing the Board of Trade ba take
possession • of any ,articles of com-
merce which are being unreasonably
held from the, market, peering. the
owners fair .prices for them.
BRITISH KEEP
4'.
PEGGING GING AWAY
Foot by Foot They Are Slowly
Beating Back the Enemy :
Opposed to Thein.
A deexattoh froth. London says: A
correspendent of the Times sends
the if,ollowing despatch from "be-
hind the British lines" :---
"The
"The great battle draws toa
close, Exhaustion rather than shot
and shell has • wrought a terrible:
peace along the river hanks—,a
peace • which my experiences of the
last few days leads me to believe
may be the herald of victory. That,
at least, is how I read *thesetuathicn.
"1 have seen our troops, and the
French go into battle, not as worn
and weary mien, but as conquerors..
I thaw seen +them. return. 'wounded
from.. this+ valley of aeeth with the
'conquering spirit' fanned to fierce
fury. Hero is a +typical desoriptiian
from the trenches of the greet
struggle :—
". `We are tslowly beating them
back. We have to do it foot by foot,
for they have huge guns., and their
shell fire is terrible. But we keep
pegging away. ° How l Well we dig
ourselves in—we British lads have
rlearned., that lesson—,arid then .we
go on fighting and fighting until the
moment cornus when we ,can make a
small .advance. We crawl up again
and dig 'ourselves in, and iso on. -
Colt. Steel at the End.
" `It; of course, comes to cold
steel. We are all right (there.'
"The scene on the river at might
was -magnafioent and appalling be-
yond words. Tthe whole valley was
swept with a blaze of se,arehlights
from darkness until dawn. Great
beams moved up and down, ,search-
ing the :skies and trenches, and - re-
vealing masked batteries on• the
heights ian•d, dark furans lying
along the ridges.
"Here and there a lurid, flash re-
vealed rbhe bursting of a shell, or a
wisp of fire- a, volley from some
concealed vantage, and over all
rolled the perpetual (thunder of the
guns—a fierce andthrilling acconl
paniment.
"And do you always behave like
a gentleman?" .asked'. the visitor of
small Harold. 'We, .ma'am," he
replied. "I'sn not big enough, but
I behave like a gentle boy."
Belgian Gilt Gives Drink to a Freed' Cavalryntattd
BRITAII
WILL
FIIISH JOB
Steady Flow of Reinforcements Necessary,
British Troops Strike Terror to C+ermans
A despatch from London says :
Speaking in the 1•Iouso of Lords,
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener re-
vealed the' strength of the British
expeditionary force in France,and,
described what he believed must be
done to assure a sueeessfutl issue of
the conflict. While the tide had
apparently turned in favor of the
allies, a steady flow of reinforce-
ments was required, he said.
There were already in France,
the Secretary of War said, rather
aaore than six divisions of 'British
troops and two divisions of cavalry,
which were . being maintained at
their full strength . Further regu-
lar'division•s and ,additional cavalry
were being organizeel from units
drawn from overseas : garrisons,
which were now being occupied by
territorials and volunteers. A divi-
sion of territorials, already had left
for Egypt, a brigade had gone to
Malta, and a garrison force to Gi-
braltar. - e
Referring to the two new armies,
the Secretary said that new divi-
sions were now being cellected at
the training quarters. The third
army was being formed on the new
camping ground, and the fourth
army waa being' created. Mean-
time, Indian divisions were on their
way. -
Praises General French.
In his despatches from the. franc;
Sir John.Freiioh, commander of the
British expeditionary foroehad
omitted, the Secretary continued,
one aspect of the situation, --"the
consunrmate skill and calm courage
of the commander himself. -
Earl Kitchenez,spoke in the high-
est eulogistic :terms regarding Sir
John French, the. British Cotmman-
der-•itn-chief, who, he said, has met
every diffieultty . presented by the
situation in a manner that proved
his worth as 4 ,soldier.
"Thanks to his 'superb leader-
ship," continued. the War Secre-
tary, ."the British army has been
able at all times to fighta frgbt
that has thrown terror into the
enemy. Notlrang bats been wanting.
His every move haaehown that he
has foreseen what wass to corns, and
lee, has so distributed his forces that'
the strongest German blows have
spent their weight without bringing
the disaster their authors had plan-
•Heli"
Earl Kitchener also paid a tribute
to the other generals and the brav-
ery and endurance of the, officers
tad men of the expeditionary;, force.
The latest adviees " from General
French did net materially change
the situation, as it was .already
known from published ,.statements.
The troops were reported to move
forward "when the moment ar
rived."
Long and 'Mighty Conflict.
On the subject of recruiting,
Earl Kitchener said : "A country
which prides itself on outdoor sport.
as does Britain should have no diff
eulty in finding men capable of mak-
ing officers' ::The teeri eriala are
making great stride% in efficiency,
and before long will be able to take
their part in the campaign. .Mean-
while, reserve units are being sent
to augment the expeditionary force, -
and
orce,and' their places are being filled by
territorials.
"While Britain has good ground
for quiet confidence, -it should be -
borne in mind that the struggle is
bound to be a long one, and, it be-
hooves uis to developarmed forces
to earry on and bring the mighty
conflict to a successful conclusion.
It will be necessary, in order to
keep the army at its full strength,
to maintain a steady' flow of re%n-,
forcements.'' .
MUST SEED PEACE DIRECT. -
Russia Will Not Give HeedtoAny
Other Proposals. -
A despatch from London says::
"There can be no peace until She
Kaiser's Ministers appear at the
tents.of the •alliedecornmenders and.
ask for terms." This is Russia'. s
attitude, as expressed by Russian
newspapers which have the ear of
the Government. ' To all peace pro-
posals from any other ,source than
Berlin direct a deaf ear has been
turned. The Sb. Petersburg corres-
pondent of the London Times as-
sumes from the attitude of leading
Russian newspapers that there is
resentment in that country over
persistent efforts to obtain media-
tion in behalf of Germany. -
Russia/s attitude, he says, is irre-
vocable. Russia will not make
peace except in oo-operation with
her allies.
WRECIKER OF LOUVAIN
A. Prisoner in Belgium and Will Be
Court-li:lartialed.
London, Sept. 17.—T. M. Kettle,
the correspondent • of The London
Daily News at Ghent, telegraphs:
It is s•atisfectory to observe that the
B''elgiens leave refused to treat as a
prisoner oe war Commandant
Meune, who. commanded the Ger-
man. Landsturm at (the, wrecking
and burning of the eity of Louvain.
He is now in the criminal" prison at
Antwerp and will be tried by court
martial for gross infractions of the
rules of war.
.5,
TO CLEAR TILE BATTLEFIELDS.
Hundreds of Firemen Leave Paris
On a Sanitary Mission.
A despatch from London ' says:
Reuter's Paris correspondent says
that 800 firemen. left Paris on
Wednesday to carry out, under
direction of She army medical eer-
vice, suob 'sanitary measures on the
recent battlefields as will free the
capital and the region round about
from ell danger of infectious •
dis-
eases. -
Always aim higher 'than the shark
—if the mark is a ,cliinple in her
chin.
ALLIES PLAN
COUP DE MAIN
Will Launch New Offensive Stroke
Designed to Crush
Germans. .
A despatcb from Paris says : •
The •Germans ;attempted to ,break
the lett wing and centre of the
allies and were .again thrown aback,.
Key positions. were ,taken . and re-
taken, but the result of the eight
days' fighting sees the English .and
French still on,: the offensive with
the ,Germans miassing:troops behind
enbren•chments for new Counter -
.attacks.
Repulsing most violent ,blows
against their "left living :between the
Oise and the Aisne, -the, allies re-
covered lost ground and advanced -
their line north .and east of Rheims,.
where lies the centre of the ,battle.
The Germans failed in a terrific + as-
sault upon the French centre. They
,look the heights of Brimont, but
lost the hill of Pornpelle. `
On. the east centre the' allies won
a definite victory, capturing (Souain. -
and taking 1,000 ;prisoners. On the
east the ,Crown Prince ,continues to -
give way before determined, as-
saults, awhile in the Vosges and Lor-
raine a French advance is eon-
firmed.
The line of battle remains macer::
the same as on preceding- da' -s—
from the Oise and the Aisne; ,
north of Craonne, Rheims; and
Neufchatel, through the plains of
Chalons to the forest of the Axe
gonne. Nothing displays more
clearly the strength of the German .
resistance and the indecisiveness
of 'the whole combat than these vir-
tually unchanged lines.
WAR INDEMNITIES.
Germans Asked for Mnel'r, But gave
Received Little.
A despatch from London says
The war indemnities claimed by the
German troops in towns traversed
in Belgium and France reaches a
total of $144,300,000, Only a very
small percentage of this sum; how.
ever, has been paid.
FrisOners May Be Exrhmged
A despatch from. London -says:
The Offaeaal. Press Bureau says.' that
the Government has received lnfor4.
sntitio•n that . the. German Govern-
meat is prepared to eoxnnhunicate
lists of British prisoners in their
hands in return Lor similar info -rine -
tion es to Getman prisoners here.
According to advices from Paris,
the French and Gorman Govern -
merits are arranging through Wash:,
xngbon.'for the exchange of prisoners
of tt„ar, It is understood that James
W. Gerard, the American Ambessa•-
dor to Germany, has cabled Ger-
mvany'•s adhesion to the plan. At
despatch f.notm..Bordeaux ,says that
1,00e German prisoners, nearly all'
of them wounded, have tin red at
the Fren.cb temporary .ctttpitas",^