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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-10-8, Page 7THE BATTLE OF A1JSTO\YO Germans Forsaking Russian Poland in Disorderly Haste A despatch, Troia. Petrograd says : enemy against the .maniac fortified 'An official rco,m'munioatioie front the town. At that ,awns time the Gee - general staff headquarters in • •ea :mans made repeated efforts, Tao q er eruslx land dielooate the Ruesian forme near Druske?ailei, on the Niemen. On September 26: the Ger- mans also began an attack on the fortresses of O eowebz, but every- where Histwith fier'ce resiisttance, and were compelled to ret -emit Not eatusfied with counter-attaolcs, oar 'troops "nook the offensive vigornousliy and ,pursued the enemy. Notwit:ih-. oning en thenal_ 'desipemote maroli Ytanding tills energetic resistance trains, cannons. land munitions, not offered by the Ger'm'ans, `they could shaving even time to --gather up their not check the onward rush of our wounded. It is ;already known that tzoopa, .101110 captured :the aenaeany'a the Battle of Auguastaowo began eau positions, : curie .after 'another. Rout- September outSepte ober 29 with a bombardment ,ed by this irresistible engagetmtent, by the German heavy 'artillery in the Germano -weakened, and are the xegioan of Sopotzknn on ;the left leaving our ttemavitory.in haste. At bank of the River Niemen), follow- certain points this retreat ' is die - ed by .an offensive movement by • the generating into a, flight." says "The Babble sof Augustowa ended October ,.a, ill as viatoay* for the Rus- sian uric. The German defeat is complete: The en'eeny is in a dis- ordered retreat, and in flight to- ward the East Prussian frontier. The 'valiant R ieeian treopasa are in close' pursuit,. tlee Gesazanane .'band-' AIJSTRIA TO PAY RULERS GO TO BATTLE LINE. Czar Watches Operations at Warr ITALYS1.000100 � saw and kaiser:Goes to Passu. OOleially . Deplores; Losses Caused • , by Mining of the Adriatic. A despatch •from Rome, via Zayre, says : The Austrian Govern- anent has beenquick to realize the dangerous" situation 'created in Italy by th'e sinking by a floating mine of an Italian fishing boat in the Adriatic, about 20 miles from 'Ancona.' Seventeen lives were lost by this accident, and the Italian 'Government made a'strong-,protest „against the ,presence of these mince in the open sea and .a demand for indemnity, The Austrian. Government sent a communieation to Itialy deploring tehe "incident, and giving assurances that measures would be taken " to prevent a repetition of such a dis- aster. Austria also agreed to the immediate payment of an indemnity of $1,000,000 to •the families of the victims. The incident is now con- sidered closed: The quick conciliatory action of the Dual. Monarchy saved it 'frown a serious situation, The Italian fish- ing industry had been brought to a standstill, -and there was 'wide- spread indignation over the de- struction of • the fishing vessel by mines planted by the Austrians, CRACOW ]TATTLE COMMENCED Russian Atniy Lines Up to Force a Passage Into 'Germany. A despatch £roin London soyas : The advance guard of the great Maslen army, marching thorough Galicia on 'its way to Breslau and Berlin, has reached Cracow, and the battle .upon whose result de. vends the fate of German Silesia lots' Ybegun. The combined German: and Austrian force defending Cra- cow, the. latter consisting of the remnant of the:Austrian army that was able to retreat from Lemberg, has taken the offensive and is en- deavoring to block :the passage of the Russians. •The'Austro-German position is one of greatstrength, and it is 'expected that the battle willbe long and sanguinary, The Russians hope, however, to be able to .Screen Cracow with part of their army, so that wthile the engage- ment is prooeeding the rest of the Czar's myriads may advanceover the German border and astr»ke Bres- lau. A despatch frim London says: Nothing is more indioattive of the critical .'situation " .. in ;the eastern tiheatreof war than the presence there of the Emperors in personal command of their vast stymies. The Czar and the Keiser, 'a000r-ding to credible despaatcte's from Petro- grad, Roane and elsewhere; have hastened to the battle line along the Russian-G•earmnan. frontiers. The Emperor of Russia hos gone to- wards Silesia, and in tassumaed to be at Warsaw, the base of !the great central army now :advancing direct- ly towards Posen and almeaady in collision with German forces, 'along the line of -Posen; Kalisz and Cra- cow. Thaee las ,information from German and Russian 'sources that the Kaiser has left Breslau for Po- eeen ;and is dominating the strategy of German defence throughout the long front sof his armies. According to 'another report, ema- nating manating froni Rome, !the Kaiser, after contfeirring with the generals gaff at Breslau, has goneto Thorn to stif- fen the defence operations against the Russian cenbral aurnny. • The King of Bavaria is in charge of the Austro-Gennaam ;army operat- ing around; Cracow, whale the Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander-in-chief, is in conisulta- tion with the Emperor ab Warsaw. Everywhere on Offensive. It is 'officially 'announced that the Russian armies are everywhere on the offensive. Gen. Rennenkarnpf is advancing in East Prussia, send- ing strong forces of Cossacks. to- ward the Visltukt and the Danzig - Thorn line of fortresses: Practicality* all of they ground 'Lost by the defeat at. Allaeinstein has been recovered. In ;the Suwalki Province and to the south the Germans are hastily with- drawing toward, their frontier, their invasion having •been. broken. The Russian -central army is sweeping forces of Germans and Austrians from South Poland and driving them back toward 'the' Posen-Kailisaz line of 'defence. GERMANY'S OIL SUPPLIES. Have: Been Cut Off By Russia's ' Rapid. Raid. A despatch from Petrograd says : One result of the Russian raid across the Carpathians, in pursuit of the retreating Austrians has been fo .cutoff, Germany's oil supplies for her Zeppelins, armored motors and traotiou engines; which were ob- tained from the Hungarian oil .re- gimes. GETTING READY FOR WINTER German Factories iri the Empire Are Busy rlakin2 Fur Clothing. For the Soldier A despatch from Rotterdam -says: Germans are pushing forward with the utmost vigor their preparations for a winter campaign. Until re- cently, apparently, they had not: conceived asuelx an eventuality, but it the .last few weeks they have Learned much. All the high-class. shops that for - vitally did nothing but make the best • fur garnienrts for 1adiee are busily engaged im the manufacture lef sheep -skin clothing for soldiers, Mond no fewer than 150,000 fur coats have been delivered, presumably for the use cid officers; Two million sheep and lanib skins have been bought by ,the Government for win- ter garments for 'the" mean: Workmen who are ardinatily em- ployed, in the g1uve industry have been withdrawn from.the ranks and are now worldeg day and night to provide thosein the field with 'skill clothing. :. For cavalry special leather leg protectors are beiing, made out sof leather intended for gloves: Senvans Ca cure Austrians Positions p despa•tth from Nish met : An. official statement records a desaper- ate. fight fr Bosnia, which resulted in the oaptttre of three Austrian positions. `Ilhe,sataterm'ent quotes an order of the Austrian commander at Semlin sharply criticizing the Austrian troops, and says this in- die•ates that they are in a demora- lized coedition. BIKED FORCES AGAINST ::( Germane Continue 'Theta Efforts to llreek 'i`hi riu 'h Alli.'S' Liiiey A degatcb from the batblefteld, via .loris, isays : The scene of ;the most violent attacks a:btanges dray by day, The Germans, finding;'rrt iiupeassible to penetrate the allied. lines in tit•.c vicinity of Rheims and Soie:sons, quickly transporbed many of their divisions farther north-west and hurled atixe>;Y, against Roye. Again they failed; alathough they have not ceased their efforts to bat- ter down the barrier of allies. The .allies' turning movement con- tinues and their western wing ex- tends toward Arras. Reporbs from the other end of the line on the - healer show the progress . of the allies to be 's1ow, but sure. Hun- dreds of German prisoners feld'inbo the hands of the allies at every point, and it w'as. remarked that an -wog them the majority. were .$a- var ani, who seem to have been prominent: in 'tete front of the Ger- man attack. The lines of the' trenches make the battle front appear like deeply scarred fields. The allies, who quickly' learned the lesson in bur- rowing; at tone places face 'the Germans -within 0,qt-water of a'utilo. Their fiefldeentr'enehnxents offer nd- mirablie shelter from, the effects of the German ,a etill,ery, which conse- quently reduces their casualties and permits the allies to await' in com- parative safety the German M- attocks, which must be made across the open, and often a b %terrible oust. `t,i GAVE QLD FOR THIS." So Says Legend on Ring of l:ro. Given to German Women. A despatch from Ronne via Panes says: The women of Germany,* cording to reports received here, ar busily at work preparing woolle garments for the soldiers in tbhe ba tie line, The °Tol ping is made u according to meaisures; ,shapes an colorsestablished by the Gover meat. ° The reports also state that committee of women has been to•r. ed for the purpose of inducinga the women of- Germany to give u their gold ornaments wrbh the ide of transforming them into wane, with which to buy trim. Sever million marks have thus been gat ered up to this time. Each woma receives 'in-`aexchange for •'her gol ornaments an iron ring, inscrib: with the words, "I gave ;gold fo this." British Vessel Sunk. ,A despatch from Callao; 'Peru, says : The Kosmos steamer Marie •arrived here: with the crew of the British steamer Bankfields, which was sunk by the German: cruise Leipzig off Eten, Peru. The orew of the Bankfields have appealed to the British Consul here in the hope of obtaining -their liberty The men said that their ship carried :a cargo of sugar valued at $500,000. Corp. O'Brien,, Jth ,Lancers. Corporal O'Brien, one of tliae men who took part in the memorable charge of the 9th Lancers, uxicler Captain Grenfel, against a German battery at Mons, making his now famous appeal to the sone of Great Britain to join the figliting 'r•anlns in the following :appeal : "I book part in the charge at Mons, and my two brothers were killed within a hun- dred yards of ane. My hand will be better by I.lhursdiay, and I'm going back. If it's not better it will have to be. Connie forward and iced. u• 27 : Steamers ,,Sunk in September. A despatch' from London says Eighteen steamers, of an aggregate tonnage of 29,581, 'have been stunk by Getman warships,- during Sep- tember, •aece:acting to a Board of. Trade report, while nine steamers were destroyed by mines in the North Sea in the saane period, re lives being lost.' BOSSES MORS T1.A:1,OOO,OOO During First i e ks 310, 000 Wren el .a. and: 500, 000 f ermans • A despatch from .New York says: A letater,reeetived by a New York phyealiciun from .a reputable source in France contains the as+tartling in- formation that the J~reneh lo'sees killed, wounded ted prisoners for the six weeks' fighting) up to and including the battle of the Marne, were eligh tly over 300,000,- perhaps 310,000, exclusive of the English losses, which, the writer says, "'have been fairly large in .compari- son to 'the, email *number of their engaged aarnry."r If ere -cloaca may be placed in the French' .statements ant in .most cases the German lostses were larger thee. those lsv* tanned by the E rendh•--aod Jbhs German army was ton the offensive, in ,all the fighting up to the time for which the figures aatrae gren at would ee,eml to be .a fair estimate of the German bosses in killed, wound- ed ounded and pzieoneras for the same, six weeks at -close •to 500,000 'nen in tbsf. western theatre of war .alone, not taking into account ,their losises.in the fighting aig'aiest the Russaiane. Inoludin.,g the •loasasaes of the -Battle; of the Aisne'thetotal losses must be! well over 1;000,000, ENEMY LOSES DVANTAGE. For'ee t to Fall, Back Preen Ground Gained Near • Roye. A despatch from the batblief'ront says: Trench after trench of +the Germain line, felt into the possession of the allies after Mast vigorous assaults, carried home with deter- inivattion combined -witih the 'newly learned lesson of caution. The Germane, who •h;ad; borne hack the allies' western wing 'slight- ly, retained their advanced position neer Rioyer until they abeeaane un- tenable, They thein fell .back to new lines which, had been ratan vouasly prepared, The western wing of the allied armies was tstmll further extended and now reaches within 30 miles of the Belgian frontier, carrying the allies' overlapping movement in a north-easterly direction, The German reinforeemi,ents on this end of rbh [Hine are very strong. These troops probably were brought from bodices of German. forees=,eobetl- oned in the rear of their advanced entrenchments. Their courageous dashes ,to the allies' front, did not meet with isuccess, and the French and British were labile to make theta fall beak on ;their deep trenches. The 'sight sof the axldied infantry weeping ,across thte open sapaoes vn frolic of the trenches in a brilliant sunshiine which ,glittered on their weapons was impressive. Hundreds of shells, burst overhead or in tiler rear without doing great damage. PEDIGREED `CATTLE. Russians Take Over Emperor Wil Ham's Prize Stock. A despatch from London says: A despatch received here from Petro- grad says that among the remark- able war trrpthies arriving et SmoL- ensk is the entire stook of Emperor Wililiaan.''s famous pedigreed eattle and ztud horses captured by the Russians from the Emperor's esthte at Rominton, in 'East Prussia. ; They were taken to Mo,scow.aand present- ed to the Russian Agricultural In stitute for distribution to agricul- tural breeding associations. "Ali doubibsa of-Turkey'aa hostile en- .tentioan,s,against Russia has ,e.ndied, following the closing of the Dar- daenelles and the departure of the Join Germany BRITAIN LAYING .. FIELD of MINES Admiralty. Announces That It Is Necessary to Offset German Policy A despatch from London says : The Admiralty issued through the Official: News Bureau two states, meats, informing the .public that it' has been. decided 'to adopt amine- laying ,policy to offset German'acc- tivity in this respect, particularly in the southern area of the North +x Sea, where mariners, are warned against crossing ,the region lying approximately between Dover and Calais, and describing the useful operations of seaplanes and air- ships in the naval air service :dur- ing the transportation of the ex- peditionary force to France. Tile statements follow :- "The German policy of mina lay- ing, combined with their submarine activity, makes it necessary on mild -i. Lary grounds for the Admiralty fo adopt counter measures. "His Majesty's Government has therefore authorized a mine -laying; policy in pertain areas. "A system of mine fields has been established and is abeng developed upon a considerable •scale." PARCEL PO1ST IS -GROWING. Stows Greatest Increase in the Urban Districts. ' A despatch from Ottawa say's Despitethe unfav orahle.effect of rbhe war upon business generally, the new parcel pont system is finding wider use month by month, and the results to date' have been eminently sattisafactory. Details of the increas- ed use of the system are not yet available in tabulated form, but it is lea -re -led at the department that the revenues are growing steadily;' the patronage of the system show- ing the greatest increase in urban districts. The post -'office money order and postal note' business''be- tween Canada, and: Great,Britain is gradually coming back to the nor- mal 'condition existing prior to the outbreak of w.ar, the rates being governed by such changes as take place in sterling exchange. INVASION OF HUNGARY. cruisers Goeben and Breslau for the Black Sea. Turkey Closed, also the Bosphorus with minas, torpedoes and o tains. Turkey alieo began placing new heavy artillery in thaw. Black Sea forts of Killita, Riva and Karaburun." '1'h' 'I`iii'1os. f li' 'tl ,,`'PirP--l:a,tet's'' of the French AI'm y. laity ng Paris. These ardy-, rnus,eYtlar figbber'.i , i" a"t c, nail 'Corpse rpse Algeria, the French ,possessi .•1on in Africa, are the rno,st kende" cit the fi �htdn men arrays l h` the Pieriaa against the Gernilxne. Their daring assaults under g g German t. g dark -hu ri, Y General d'.A"riraa•cle on the: Cxer.iaitri ha.tcrlea fraiu�ed on thesis da 1..n ed tirn,ll:etirs• (sharpshooters) utter- ly tt .:tin c e fearless "fire-eaters" '' L1erYii.)1'altY,...g talYe• German llYilld'Y,., who are r1naCCtl4tUx97ed U meeting .0 1] 1'( .�S ill. eaters as aahte. nn pie herd. •'hen. in the th.lek of .batttl•e these trained -to -4a e -"minute fighters ';vho- are eic . ous- tix�e ;rii c 1 c , tared ,to the hard life en the d:'ssert sands, know naught of fear, The Russian Approach Alarms the People. A deaspattoh from Venice, via Pa- ris, says : The news of the begin- ning of the Russian invasion of'. Hungary is exciting the greatest ap- prehension throughout the sonar- chy despite 'all official assurance that the action is without impor- tance •and should give no occasion for anxiety. The work on the for- tifioations around Vienna is being hastened and an official weaning has been issued to the public against entering certain ares on penalty of arrest and danger of being shot by the sentries. The Asiatic •cholera is ,spreading rapidly, eases being re- ported daily iv Vienna, andin vari- ous distriets of Hungary. Scores of cases already have been found' iii. Galieiaa•, wh�sance the disease hats spread to other parts. EMPER011 BILL'S ORDER. .l{aiser Told His Mcn to "Walk OFreneli." A despatchver from London says: The Times on 'Thursday sways that It is able to give froma. thoroughly trustworthy source the text of an order issued by Emperor William to his .army on August 19. It follows ; "It is may royAal and inrperial Gam - mend that yen ooneentr. ate your energies for 'the immediate present upon one snuggle purpose, 'arid that is that you address all your skill and all the valor of my soldiers to exberrni•ntate firs.b the tz eaoherous English, and walk over Gen'er'al French's eio•ntexnptibl little army." Let no soul des. air. Ata great phslclsopher, Carlyle,Carlyle,has ' . aid, :r, r,, depth there is a "From 'the lztyiest d aj path to the "loftiest height.''