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Hies 'Inflict LEnorthous Losses on'the Forces of the Kaiser A. des etch from .Paris says: The heels the French armywhich they Trent ninth tro..fight, and which, when the Gentians ..started to fall back, 'quickly advanced and • took the .offensive, While this fighting, Inuit have been severe, the real hard blows of the battle. appear to have been staeuck between Vitry-le. Francois and S.enanne. Here the French were drawn up on a road over which they could move rapidly. 'llhey were repeated- ly attacked. by von Buelow's right Saxon army and the Prince of Wuertemberg's right. These at- tacks -were of ,a most violent charac- te.r, according to the French re- port, were istopped only when Gen- eral Pau got in possession of the hills north of Sezanne, from whieh his artilaery'oould eommend the val- ley down which the Germans would necessarily advance on ;their way from - Chalons_ It was for the possession of tihe& hills' that' the French fought hard early in the battle, and it was here that daily a fight occurred which first went in favor of one side and then th•e other. It is believed here that this retirement into the hills west of Vitry-le-Francois was made to enable General von Moltke and the Gemran general staff to plan some other means 'or way of breaking through the French line. A correspondent •has sent the fol- • lowing despatch from the front: "The last remnants of the Ger- mans' cavalry have been destroyed, and a large part of their mobile ar- i11er and ammunition trains h tattle of the Marne, as the French ave christened the great struggle n the' territory between Paris .and erdun, with the allied armies of ranee and England • on one side and e Germans on. the ;other, The erinan right, in the face sof su-. erior forces .and threatened with n outflanking movement, retired the north along the route over hich General von. Kluk made Ms ightning advance on Paris from' the 'an border after having forced:is retirement of the allies at Mon nd again .at Gam;brai ;and St. .Quen.. in. . With General von Kluk elate •ac -r ording to French official reports, he right wing of General. von Bue- w;s army which supported his left fell back toward the Rivers Aisne nd Oise. On von Buelow's left the raym of the Prince ,of Wuerte-. berg, Which had been trying for weeks to'break through the Fre-rich line, ' e6oasped fighting and retired north. Got a 'Long Way East. . General von Kluk, it would appear,, got farther east and south of Paris than had heretofore been disclosed, so that his advance was even faster than he was. given cre- dit for. However, faced by a Strong British -French force, and with another French force advanc- ing from Paris threatening his flank and his communications, General von Kluk was compelled to withdraw northward and then fight the French on the River Ourcq. In this fighting a ;lumber of German guns, hundreds of prisoners aid part of the German triansports were taken, Real !Lard Blows of French. In their retirements Gene.rals von Kluk and von Buelow had at their t y ave been taken. Huge numbers of'their rank and file have been either cap- tured or out off. "A wireless message to Berlin which was intercepted here said : `We are badly in need of horses and supplies.' arm. arse wor • labor nnual c i less th he num ter 1 B cost ,r offers nity. cropp: ork ho t the w distribu i ole to ,ch yeas Ld thus Ping y use i work St of k g less 111 giv rith f of $10 ueede nt by EVERE DEFEAT POB AUSTRIANS 30,000 Men Taken in 'Latest Battle and Total May Reach 120,000. A despatch from Landon says r The two great Austrian armies commanded by Generals Auffenberg and Dankel, have been battered by the Russians in Galicia. They made desperate endeavors to concentrate in the vicinity of Rawls Ruske, but lia.ve been completely surrounded. nt source Caught between rivers, unable to an insu protect wagon trains or transport ihorses. artillery in e. marshy ,country, they =self1 have been cat from food supplies o keep tl mercy'and ammunition and are at the r mercy of the Russian horsemen and :free 'hob hakes nattily t ink loal m tit it' guns. It is estimated that the Aus- trian .generals were .able to with- drew 180,000 men after disastrous defeats at Krasnik and Toniaszow,e which succeeded overwhelnning re- verses at Lublin and Lemberg, and that this vast forge, the flower of Francis Joseph's army, will be pri- soners of the Czar. The report from Rome,. St. Petersburg and Paris agree substantially that the Russian victories cf the past few days have utterly 'overwhelmed Austrian mili- tary power in Galicia,, and that the capitulation of the armies Of von Auffenberg and Denkea cannot longer be . averted. , The reports agree that the Russian's have taken sixty thousand prisoners, inel.uding 1,1tl0 officers, in the ,past two days, ;and that immense quantities of artillery, ammunition :and military toren have fallen into the hands of he victors. ' CARNAGE IN PURSUIT. Germans Fought Stern. Rear -guard A.etion. • A despatch from Paris says: A foreign officer, who visited the scene of .Saturday's fighting,, when the allied army was pursuing the fleeing left wing of the Germans at Berzy, just south of Soissons, des- eribes a. terrible scene of •carnage. The fields and woods were thickly strewn' with dead; several thou- sands had fallen in that district. The Germans fought a stern rear- guard action, keeping the allies at a respectful distance. They left all the wounded where they fell to be- come prisoners of the allies. Much war material lay in confu- sion and a hundred houses inthe neighborhood were wreaked,- the furniture lying in broken heaps.. In the shelter of the walls numbers of wounded ware propped up awaiting the arrival of ambulances. Military 'authorities consider it probable that the German forces which evacuated Amiens returned too late to join the main body and are likely cut off. 4.14 EA.GER' TO ENLIST. • 300,000 Britons Rave Joined the British Army.. A despatch from Washington says : The British Embrissy received from the London Foreign Office the following despatch ;' "There is in- creasing enthusiasm for recruiting in Great Britain: Three hundred thousand men have joined the,regu- lar army since the war began. The eagerness , to enlist has grown markedly since British troops have actually been engaged with the enemy. s, Germans Defeated in Africa s®• A despatch from London s'a'ys e official press bureau announces hat British troops have met and efe:ated a Ger ran force of 400 hick entered Nyaesaliaticl, British ntral Africa. The Germans. lest even officers killed and two wound- , twri field. and 'two machine guns. e• loss among the rank and file as, heavy. .' The British •loss among, e whites was four •killed and sev- al wounded; loss',amiing the ;talk d file not ascertained; . A British, gree advanced against' the Ger- arts( who; however, evaded them,, Karonga (n. the nortla-w st :shore of Lake Nyiassa, at the, termines of the Seteveeson Road), whdoh was defended by one officer, fifty African Ri$es, the police and eight civilians, After three hours' 'rest.istance, a column arrived from the British force and drove the enemy .off. La- ter, faits stain British force canine up, .and aftera day',s fighting, in mulch the Germain ' ought with great determination, and 'had to be dislodgedr . by rents/bed boyonet charges, e' trove the enemy toward the Songwe River. The�,British were too exhausted to''contiinue thdpur HOTEL, DE VILLE, LOUVAIN. One of the most beautiful buildings in Europe andcenturies old. It was thought to have been destroyed in the destruction of Louvain but later` 'despatches say the Germans preserved it. THE RETREAT BECAME A ROUT Amiens, Lille and Other Cities Were Evacuated by the . Germans. A despatch from Paris say's: The official" communiques justify France's victory in the five days' battle being treated as a, German rout. Reports from all sections continue to indicate a general with- drawal of the enemy. Lille and Amiens have been .evactuated.. The disorder which accompanied , .t1•• rout is shown by to capture of many groups of stragglers. Several standards were also taken. Between Blatzheim and Sierenz, Alsace, ..French cavalry, supported by artillery, annihilated two squa- drons of . German cavalry. All the horses of the invaders were killed: The number of German troopers killed was very lerge•. The French military writers, while they, don't go so far as to say that the Germans are incapable of pulling themselves together and snaking another stand, think it is unlikely that General von Kluk will be able to form his forces and give 'battle in France unless the ,allies, breathless from ' their.• prolonged struggle ,are themselves compelled to halt. It is held more probable that the gigantic armies will meet again in Belgium; ZINE SONS WOUNDED. Terrible Work of ,the 75-MilIintetre French Gun. A despatch. from Paris says: One woman en Paris, Mme. Bonnard, has received news that .all of her nine sons have been wounded. She is a widow. A French sous -officer just back from the front, after praising the terrible work of the "brave little cigars," meaning, the 76 -millimetre French gun, 'said: "The Germans fight`without enthu- siasm, butthey fight well. One would say they were automatons. They never stop to 'rescue a come rade, nor do they pay any attention to their dead or wounded, but march on over .heaps of slain eom- rades, 'victims of our quick firers. They are like ants, ;. innunnerable ants." This man praised the wont- ing work of -the German aeroplanes, saying that `the moment a regiment changes its position it is certain to receive a visit from a German aero- plane and shortly" after" this the (german fire changes its direction and ,shells begin to fall thick on the new position, MUS'T' NOT SHOOT AT THEM. British ,kirsllips • Will ;Cruise Over London, A despatch from London says: The Admiralty..: an on Tuesday night that one of the Bri- tish naval airships would make short cruise's over London in the next few days and at night. `IIhe public : are warned not to shoot at HORSES ACCEPTED. Saskatchewan Notified by the Im- perial Authorities. A despatch from Regina says: It has been .announced by the Provin- cial Government that Saskatche- wen's offer of fifteen hundred horses has been accepted by the Govern- ment of Great Britain. This pro- posal was made some time ago by the Saskatchewan Government, but the acceptance by the Imperial au- thorities was received only on Tuesday morning by Premier Scott. THE PURSUED 1\ -OW PUSUERS Most Marvelous Reversal of : Roles of Two Armies Ever, 11L0'wn. A deapatch,'from' London says: The'sixth week of the war between Germany and France, Great. Bri- tain •and Belgium has brought a vast transfornnation.. The pursued are now the pursuers. The irresis- tible sweep .of rresis-tiblesweep'of seveh. German armies through Belgium into F -ranee met an unmovable force at the Marne River. The .army of General von Kluk, which so ,long battled to turn the allies' western flank, was itself slowly and steadily outflanked. Its retirement before.,the small, but hardy, British .armturned the tide 'of battle. To -day •,all the German armies, except that facing Verdun and a few miles south-west, are retreat- ing. General von Kluk's army, which a week ago was •a few miles to the south-east of Paris, has retired more than :sixty miles to the north- east, while on the extreme right the army of the Bavarian Crown Prince, wJiich was attacking the French eastern line from Nancy to Epinal, has fallen back to the frontiers of Lorraine, permitting the French to re -occupy Luneville and several other towns. .14 RED CROSS SAILS. Delayed Steamer Leaves New York on Errand of Mercy. A despatch from New York says: The steamer Red Cross, formerly the Hamburg -American liner Haan- burg, sailed for Britain. The Red Cross :carries one hundred and twenty-five trained nurses and thirty surgeons, and an equipment of thousands of pounds of absorbent cotton, bandages, drugs and surgi- cal instruments. MANY ELGIAN VICTO Dozens of Villages Abandoned by the Germans in Forced Retreat A. 'despatch from London says : King Albert of Belgium is in pees sonal command of an army which is driving the'Germans steadily to- ward Brussels. Despatches 'from correspondents in Belgium received at Amsterdam, Bordeaux and other places agree that the Belgian offensive movement has cleared the countrp of German troops for at least fifteen'miles south and south- east ` ofAntwerp; Apparently the Germans, hastening southward to reinforce their staggering troops in France,, have been defeated by the Belgians •near Termonde, Ghent and Leirre. The Belgians won an im- portant engagement on the right bank of the Scheldt .and the Ger- mans- are rapidly retreating. These points: are named as the newest evi- dences of the vigorous offensive. German communications to the north and not theerast have been cut, railway Sines have been seized by the Belgian army and the Ger- mans , have been driven. beyond Louvain .and to the south-east, A German .counter-attack from Lou- vain compelled the Belgian left to give ground, but the right and cen- tre continued to advance, and it is conjectured that the Germans will be forced to evacuate Louvain. Large numbers of German wounded were taken to Antwerp. From these and from. wounded' Belgian soldiers information is obtained that the Kaiser's grip on Belgium is rapidly relaxing. ' Dozens of vil- lages have been' given up by the German troops in their forced re- treat southward. The ehanacter of the news .re- ceived here indicates clearly that the object of the Belgian offensive is two-fold,—to shatter the retreat- ing German columns if possible and to recapture Brussels and th.e noun - try to the east ,and south. It is as- sumed here that the King ng of Bel- gium will endeavor to form a junc- tion with an Anglo-French column which ins supposed to be moving frons Ostend. Unquestionably, if the great armies are hurledback from France ; they wilt find e .powerful new army of the ,allies ready to s rike . t them on the flank: Res ane March Toward Berlin A despatch from London says: The evacuation. of Cracow, on the westerri'border of Galicia, has com- menced, eacorddng to a despatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from. St. Petersburg, and consternation prevails in that Mown. Despatches from Vienna, by way of Rome, as- sert that the advane4, guard of the Russian centre has started a mareb in the direction of Berlin, invading Silesia and immediately threatening �tz!res en, the most important city in ,bolt -eastern Germany, and 180 miles iii from tb fr'on�t` re The Vienna .e itches also de- olare that it is oblety all admitted in the 'Austrian. capital that 125,000 men, one-fourth of the entire army operatiing in the Galician eainpaign, have been killed, wounded or taken prisoner by the victorious Reeswans. is learned, has been personally in command of the ill-fated Austrian forces. An . interesting rumor, credited in St. Petersburg, is that tho Gernvan Crown Prince Frederick William has been appointed commander-in- chief of the Kaiser's forces against Russia in the East Prussian field, The Crown Prince was supposed to have been in command of the Ger- man centre in the campaign in France, . Pete a, g,,despratelk. Atte that Hungarian Cronps ae lef sing to fight the Russians, deserting ib whole battalions and . fleeing into Russian territory, Sixnilar reports aria afloat concerning the civilian rifle cluibs at Cracow, some of which are -se d to have refused to take tip exits when ordered to, the defence DISCORD' AMONG GrERMAIN'S. The 6ocialirlt "Democrats Begin to, Deplore Terrible Toss in War, A despatch from Copenhagen'; says: The first sign' of discord! among the German people is reveal- ed .evealed in Berlin newspapers which reached here on Tuesday. The So- cial Democrats are beginning to de-{ piore the terrible German losses. All of the citizen parties except the, Socialists have - formally notified' Admiral von Tirpitz; Minister of Marine, that they will continue to support. the Government financially with the programme of 1915-16, but the Socialist newspapers, which: have Ioyally supported the Govern- ment heretofore, complain bitterly, that they were not 'consulted with; the other parties and while they are not actually refusing to sup -1 port the naval programme for ships, to replace those which have been lost, there is an apparent feeling that a hitch has occurred, and that continued military losses may widen the breach. Berlin newspapers received here say that the Zeppelin airships are working under great difficulties. The aeronautic engineers say it is necessary for the airships to fly at •a great altitude in order to escape the enemy's guns. For this reason ac- eurate. bomb -throwing is very diffi- cult. The bomb-throevers are en- cased in armored steel baskets, which are suspended hundreds of feat below the cars of the Zeppelins. This entails great risk for the engi- neers, one of whom has already been shot, although the ship was not damaged. "REMEMBER LOU* a AIN." lIow Recruiting Is Being .Done In Great Britain. A despatch from London says: An effective recruiting bill is being shown in tblack and red, with the following lines under crossed. Union, flags: "We've got to beat Germany, "Because her arrogant brutality is ' a menace to civilization, "Because she breaks treaties, "Because she murders non-com- batants, "Because she destroys beautiful cities, "Because she sows .sines in the open sea, "Because •she fires on the more Red Cross, "Because her avowed object is crush Great Britain. "Men of England, remember Lot vain, "The fight is Democracy vers Tyranny. "Do you wish to share the fate o Belgium? "If not, enlist now." PARALYZED AT NEWS. "If the French Have Beaten Us What Will the Russians Dor' A despatch from Geneva says Despite every German' precaution the news of German defeat ha. passed through Switzerland north. ward and has caused profound des pair in Germany. The people seem ed paralyzed at the tidings comin: after so many announcements o victories. No offioial bulletin .ha- been. published within th.e last 4: hours. Mobs have gathered in dif ferent towns, t ,shouting in th streets: "Tell us the. truth; give u the news." The newspaper offio• at Munich are closed, as riots ar feared, while Berlin, where th, news of disaster Jia;s trickle through, is ben•u:mbed. Along th. Swiss -German frontier the fu catastrophe is known, and it is said "If the French have beaten u what will the Rassiun:s do? We ar 1�o•st." ALL FRENCITMEN CALLED. Must Undergo a Further Medica Examination. A despatch from Bordeaux says president Poinoare has signed a de cree calling all Frenchmen previ ousJ,y ,exempted for miiIitary service on the ground of defective health - undergo a further medical exam]. nation. Those found fit will a once be drafted into the army. Lose- Ibis Crown in November. A despatch from Bordeaux says 'he follolving prediction by an In diem' magi, which was published t), • G.,s,eclh�'s+,i�, ei .o last January, aci'ii tete the cycle precasting the do vnfuatl of Gezmahy `i "In the month of Maly, 701,4, al Europe will be 'overwhelmed by a war between the great powers, and terrible disasters will remit, Bu in November a' great Emperor will lose his ,Grown and hoe'.ilities will