.--" T--i -y "9 '-"rtr,a ftfl EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914. REVIVED BELGIANS REPULSE ATTACKS OF GERMANS IN REGIONS ABOUT TERMONDE of tho newspnpers, tho War Olllco ls- BUed this statement: rtefeniiiR to the opinions ex pressed here that In hrr own Inter est, Germnny should publish n larger number nnd mole tletitllcit reports from the battlefield ns the foreign press is dally Reltlng such :eport3 from mir cneinles. Military considerations Will hot permit sueh publications ns a pre maturely published dispatch might mean jrrnvp danger to the fl'rinnn nrmic That Is tho only reason why the rietierat gtnrt Is keeping operations on the battlefield ecfrt. .Unofficially, It Is stated that the Trench have been directing their atten tion to the rrmy of the Crown Prince which, It l said, has suffered very heavily. However, It holds n position of enormous strength and h" repulsed every attack. The Ucrman artillery, it is explained, Is causing enormous losses to the t-'reneh who havo been unable to make any imptcssion on tho Oerman positions at any point. 'flm several attempts of tho allies to envelop the ttetman light wing havo been icputsptt with gr'at loss. Mcasuies have been tttUeit in Uerlin to protect works of trt In Uolglum Supcrliifetulent-ftlrootor l-'alkc, of tho ftcrlln Art Museum, has been charged to take all proper mcauies BRITISH ADMIT GERMANS HAVE REPULSED ATTACKS t,nXPi)X. Pcpt IS Advices from the flsrhtlng front In France indicate that the Herman line are holding tinder severe prissiue frotn tho allies. The German centre, especially the army of the Crown Prince, ha been heavily reinforced by troops from Lux cmburg and all efforts of the French to break its resistance have mi far failed It in stated that an artillery duel is in progress at many points along the Hue. Against iiperlor numbers and fresh er troops, the Oerman toilav repulsed attacks nt veral points. The attack of the allied m being pushed vigorously on both right and left wing and at the centre Reports of Blight gain? hne been received move than once from different points, but i nowht re htn the German resistance! weakened mwgh to permit the allies. i in the German right, General von Kluk. who has affected a juncture of bin army with that nf General von Hue ! lew, has been compelled to dispatch , his ritfht wing In n distended lino to ' prevent tho success of the circling t movement by the Anglo-French troops. Which threatens to envelop the Get man right nnd attnek it from the rear. iJIspatrhes from tlerlln through neu tral countries, which take Into account lh fighting up to and Including yester day, make the claim that the French resistance Is weakening and that ef forts of the Anglo-French troops to break through the German right have failed. Admission by the Get mans of the general retirement from the stand of 12 days ago Is made, however, ns the offlclnl statements from Uerlin no long er refer to the "action In the region lf., .sW' $&BMSB$rWmr&WH -iuSm mHHmmU THE CAMERA ON THE ACTUAL BATTLE LINE WITH THE FRENCH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SOISSONS One of the last photographs to reach America from the scene of the terrific struggle that has gone on for the past month in Northern France with varying fortunes. The infantrymen ar advancing from cover to cover under protection of a trcmen dous artillery fire. RUSSIAN ATTEMPT TO STORM GALIGIAN LINE IS REPULSED i oiliee specifically detilci Hint at on ! point Ime the Austrian fiucos been 1. mud. The united niinles of Dmikl unit I AiifTfiibcrg command the railway linos I Ii.iiIIiik tu Cincow, ho th.it If the elKcn- .ls of the situation Miotild demand, they I mi withdraw in good oulcr on the j fortress at Cracow. j LONDON'. Sept. IS. A neuter dispatch from Vetrograd snys n rrjiort from tho fiont declares that Gu'i man troopi dcstiojeil a lionpltnl at Janow. Gillcla. Illled with Austrian wminded In the belief the patients were lhis&lans. to cut off any part of the long Ger- j of the Mnrne," but to the "hnttle be man front from touch with the rest of the line. The six German armies h.ie main tained close contact mer ni. whole battle front. tween the Olse and the Meuie " The evacuation of Altkirch and Thnnn Indicates that the German left is beginning to Ield hefore the crush ing preo'iire Austrians, Aided by Ger man Strategists, Rally Aft- t r d i' LANDING OF RUSSIANS Southern Defenses. FRANCE RALLIES NEW ARMY TO AID BRITISH FORCES BORDKAUX, fept 1. Franco has begun the formation of a new army to be put into the field against the Germans at the earliest possible moment. It was learned at the War Office that it will be composed of territorials and recruits. . tm,, -.Vryiy will bo sent to the front to co-operate with another British army which will soon be sent from Kngland, as soon as the necessary equipment und drill work are con cluded. That the great battle still in prog ress In Northern franco continues a draw was admitted at military head quarters today. It was said that it might be two or three days yet before there would be any appreciable change. Both armies havo been rein forced and at no point has there been any show of weakness. The death of General Batallt was an nounced today. He was killed in bat tle. Seventeen hundred German pris oners, some of them wounded, have Just passed through Troyes on tho way to a detention camp In Southern France. Tho wounded are being at tended by German nurses, .Gorman prisoners complum of tho long, forced marches they wore com pclled to make. Some of General 'Non Kluk's men covered from i'6 to 32 miles a. day. Some of the wounded of the Germans in their attack on Nancy Is given in a dispatch received at the War Oirico today from General Duraud, tho military governor there. "Thanks to the success of our nrmies and the brave resistance of the troops all danger to the former capital of Lorrolno Is averted," tho dispatch added. By ordof- of President Pofiifcaro a meBsago of congratulation was imme diately sent to Ooncral Durand nnd to General Castelnau, commander of tho troops who havo been fighting on the heights about Nancy. "Your noble efforts against the en emy are an inspiration to the repub lic," said the message of congratula tion. "The victory is most important, because the failure of the enemy to capture the heights has prevented him from penetrating our lines." The Government's pleasure over the situation at Nancy is increased by tha fact that Kmperor William is under stood to have been with tho German V1KNNA, by way of Rome, Sept. IS. It was officially announced hero today that German high officials liao joined Grand Duke Francis Frederick In com mand of the combined Austrian armies, nnd are directing a great battle, now in progress west of J.mberg all nlaig tho line of the San Rler. The Russian attempt to carry the forti fied lines extending from I'rzcmsl to JaroMav by stoim failed. The Austrian lines held fast and the Russians wero thrown back with enormous losses. The fighting Is now general all along the line. The Austrian armies have combined and are now heavily reinforced They nro following out lines of defense deter mined upon by tho German General Staff, which lias nou- accepted tho re sponsibility of dlicctlng the campaign In Gallcia. The Russians arc In great strength, but they are now facing the first real de fensive stand by tho Austrians. Hereto- i fore the Austrians huvo been fighting in ' tho optn country, whore the superolrity i of the Russlnn artillery has placed thorn at a material disadvantage. Tho defense was also weakened by the Invasion of Russian Polund, which drew from Gallcia troops that were badly needed there. AUSTRIAN AR.MIKS UNITED. This has been remedied. Not only are the Austrian armies united, but they have been reinforced by first-line German artillery, and It is believed they will now be able to check the Russian Invasion Tho German reinforcements are con stantly nrrivln?. Meanwhile, It will be I IN BELGIAN CALLED RUSE Eeports Described as Clover Strategi cal Trick of British War Office. NEW YORK, Sept. 1! -Branding the lepoit" as "very elocr fakes of the Hng- ll?Ji Go eminent," ''"liarles Fcrclval, an I nnglishman arriving Iieie today on tho i steamship fyiisltanla. said the stories ac ' ccpted ns truth in this country concern ing the supposed landing of a large body of Russian tioops In Hclglum weie tin tiue He declared tbe itritlsn iovernniont played a strategical trick on the Oer ; mans by setting up a bogey of Russian attack fiom tho west. Tho British censor permitted the tip to go out that tile Russians wero coining, .Mr. Perclval ndded GERMANS SCATTER ALLIES PLACE HOPE I RUSSIA GATHERS SHADOWS AND WAGE i IN GREAT ARTILLERY NEW MILLIONS FOR WARFARE AT NIGHT Powerful Illumination Lo cates the Enemy in Dark ness, Writes Private in British Army. TO WIN AISNE BATTLE LONDON, Sept. 11 (By Mail to New Yoik Sept. IS). That the Gorman are employing Mnrchllghts at night to learn the posi tion of the Biltlsh tioops opposing thorn and use their aitlllcry even after dark iKts has fallen. Is shown in a letter re ceived here today by the parents of I'livato Bdwaid Strong, with the British army In France. "Tbe Germans don't seems to caic how much ammunition they waste," says the letter. "Yesteiday tliey kept blazing tiatlle on two of the roads between lMln burgh and London and lan a great num ber of darkened trains between the north ern and southern cities to Plymouth and Southampton. Immediately people every where, lie said, egiin to "see" Russian regiments, and the word was carried to , (Jeimanv that the Russians wero being lauded in Belgium. away for nine solid hours at a position Then it .suspended which we bud left tho day before. The HINDENBERG IN SUPREME EFFORT TO WIN IN PRUSSIA Germans to Follow Advantage By Advance Against Warsaw. . VinXNA. Sept. IS. Advices received from Hast Prussia , a powei fill searchlight Into opeiatlon and bullets did absolutely no damage. "If It wasn't for their artilleiy I really don't know whole they would be, for they are little uo at any other form of lighting. We find, too. that tho Germans are less inclined to fight, and when wo approach them, they surrender, often, lather than fight us. I think thoy have been badly shaken by their hard march ing. "On Stindav, August 21. we came In con tact with the enemy unexpectedly at Mons, not knowing that they had been vlctoi lous at Namur. They outnumbered us 10 to 1 I'oi tluee houis their shells were tcirlfic, but toward evening our ar tillery checked their murderous fire. OaiMiess fell at I.i'-t much to cmr lellef and the (lie slackened considerably, but not altogether, for the Germans brought show that Gener.il von Hlnilcnbeig Is making a supreme Wfmt to annihilate tbe Russian armies of (ien.r.il Renneiikampf. Ills troops have md-ii cdt-d In driving n good part of the Rifhlnn force into marshy lands from which they have been unablo to oxtilcaf themselves It is plain that It is the intuntlon of the Germans to Invade Russian Poland, and the activity In Bast Prussia now Is for the purposo of so crushing Renncnkainpf's armies that thero will be no danger of a Russian attnek on tho German flank when the Germans move against Waisaw. troops there during part of tho attack. Dispatches from the regions north i the ooject of the Austrians to harras of Chalon Sur Marne stato that tho German trenches aro very strongly constructed ono metro deep and cov ered and flanked on their perpendicu lar with hidden mltraillouses. Throughout the whole region tho municipal authorities are absent. Tho Hermans ordered numerous houses burned and pillaged those whoso doors the Russians and prevent them concon trating their enormous armies until tho combined Auitro-Germanle line is strong enough to withstand the shock of a gen eral assault. PBTItOGRAU. Sept, 13. Russian tioops have captured Kraslczyn, tne chief defense of I'rzomysl on tho southwest, and tho fall of tho Austrian stronghold In Imminent, according to Germans said that one dav th . .... .,i..i tv,.,. -.,. ,i " "pons rom ins ironi. - ' - .--,. i,c, ei' .-uu .mac injuria ...l i- UOin BlUB marched for 22 houis. with only two hours for sleep. Orileial jinrouncimeiit of tie def. at among thir troops, alleging the Ger man" were shortly to enter Paris and ihat the iue-.rnt tttrrat in a Mm of the River San at Krasieiyn are strongly fortified, but the redoubu were taken by assault after a battle of ten hours Rnmbor, SO miles southeast of Przemysl, lum also been occupied. It is teported that tbe greater Part of tho troops at Przemysl have retreated tow aid Cracow, onl a small garrison bclny left to cover the retreat and prevent the RuMsians from pressing too closely upon the rear. Before teaching Krnslczvn. Uoneral HflRfiEAIIV S.'n, 11 ....... ... -.... . Smith, of the rmveriMv f PrnnsvlvanU, 4 , I uy woops asr.swu a uirsa wrce q headed a de'egation fmm th. Society of A 'Uw,,,h 'ro'n as that that I Austrians at Jawrow. Tho faisth and Krlends which called ui,n Pnaidont ' ' has not had to resist u terlous Ger. ' Fourteen Austrian army corps, com- FRIENDS OFFER PEACE BELFORT NOT ENDANGERED PLAN TO U. S. PRESIDENT BY GERMAN MOVEMENT Phlladelphlan Heads Delegation, j Kaier Troops Approach Within 16 Suffragists Ali.0 rrg Action, . Miles, but Fail to Attack. WASHINGTON, jfcpt l,wj HusmII BOMB FROM AIR BURNS GERMAN SHIP AT KIAO CHAU Japanese Aviators Attempt to Wieck Wireless Station Also. TOKIO. Sept. IS. Official announcement was made today that a bomb dropped by a Japanese avia tor had set flro to a German ship in Klan-Chau Bay. Attempts to wieck tho wireless station there in tho same man ner have failed thus far. The censorship was tightened today and correspondents wero notified that hereafter they would not be Informed whether or not their dispatches had been sent. SP Wilson today to urie hlni ti work t'r paace. Thej proposed the stabhlni. nt of a world oarliameul wiih .i nm 1 court and a world doIUb. tu .on.iwi th i a ,s conrmtd that tlw French hav man attaik, as the enemy ntver piacheJ nearer than It miles. .numied respectively by General Ztegtcr and General Boroevlc, suffered heavy lussts before tho retreated. The Bus ian look MQ prisoners, 33 guns and limitation of armament, und to work for rcuii Thai.n and Altkirch, a district ' larpe i.uantities of arms and ammunition. i rue uppearmce oi uentrai KKgiers forrx in the buttlo line shows that the Ailbtrmiis have rushed to the front troips designated for the defense of Vltnna. General Zlegler, who is ono of the chlif thai enirmy hmrij to have abandoned with i tbe int.ntiuri of attacking Bflfort. peace. President Wilson tola them tr iim was not ripo to pret their proposal, but that he would take it under tonaidera- tion MOBILIZATION ALMOST JJadame KooiKa p. tschwimmer. of Budapest, it-picMmthtv the laternattunal i Woman's Suffrage Alliance, thu after- ! RUINED SWITZERLAND GENERAL'S SON KILLED Lieutenant von Hoetzendorff Among Victims in Galiclan Battle. BKRMN (by way of Amsterdam), Sipt. 18 A dispatch from the zone of tho fight ing in Gallcia says that tho son of the Aiistiian General von Hoetzendorff was M led during tho battle of Rava Russka. He was a lieutenant In tho Fifteenth Dragoons. hnra'-sed us through the night. "About 2 o'clock wo got orders to retire. It was then that I felt some pain, and I had to hop on one foot until I reached nn ammunition wagon. Daybreak found us out uf dunscr. Later they camo over tho country in massed bodies. They must havo lost terribly. Our losses wero In considerable. "Wo wero firing at '.00 yards' range, with fixed bayonets ready to charge, but tho German Infnntry didn't want any of this. They seemed to depend on their nrtlllery and machine guns. On Monday we had a llttlo respite. On Tuesday wo were Into It again. Wednes day at daybreak it was started over ngaln, and hero tho Germans gavo us whnt ho! Our casualties at this point were awful, about 30O0 or more. J. Harris, of tho Worcestershire regi ment, writes: "I was in the battle of Mons and St. Qucntln, and I can toll you Soutli Africa was a plcnio to that. It was llko hell upon caith for a few days, but wo gavo them a lesson they won't foiget. That was tho first action for us, and tho Germans got quite a hfiock when they bumped against Tommy Atkins "Their losses were enormous, compared with ouis. They lost at least 20.000 In one day. We simply mowtd them down In heaps. They had about 100 big guns along the fiont turned on us from morn ing to night and those did tho most dam ngo to us. Their Infantry is a 'washout ' "Tho KaiFor had his finest troops at Mons, and told his stuff to pay particular attuition to us, but I expect they thought we weiti hot stuff after they made our acquaintance. What we did In that threo weeks Knglish people at homo will never know Wo were marching nnd fighting a and night. I have seen eights never to be foi gotten among the refugees of Trance and Belgium." War Chiefs Declare Ger mans Cannot Long With stand Terrific Fire Satis fied With Position and Confident of Success. PARIS, Sept. IS (4:J-. p. in.) After i aging for neailv six full das tho battle of Alsne has leached Its cul minating point. It 'a to be decided b the artillery duel that continues with a hall of shrapnel from, tho guns of thu Germans and the allies, devastating both banks of the peaceful river. The allies have no intention of sacrific ing vast numbers of soldiers by sending them against the strong Gciniau posi tions, ft was decided at a confeernce be tween General French, General Joffre and Minister of War Millerand that the Issue is to be decided by tho artillery. They have no doubt ns to tho outcome. "Our nitlllery already has determined Us superioiity," said a high Govern ment official this afternoon after return ing from Geneial J off re's headquarters. "The Germans cannot withstand It much longer. Their lnfeiloilty In' marksman ship has been demonstrated. "At the first sign of :i sharp break on their right wing our cavnhy will bo upon them. The infantry will follow. They aro In such a position that they must win to escape a debacle. Our position is such that they cannot win. "As tho German light now lies Its po sition Is extremely stiong, hut it cannot resist the continuous nitlllery lire for ever. It is a position bounded by the towns of Noys, Solssons, rwion and I.a Fere. This we have learned through tho daring of our aviators. "On the natural redoubt formed by tho heights the Germans have brought theii contingents of devastating heavy artillery. Their lines of communication are Intact. "The French position Is equally strong and our fine guns aro now pouring a hall of shrapnel on tho enemy from the southern heights of the Alsne If tho allies win tho Germans will ceitalnly he driven from Fiench tenltoiy altogether." PIGTJE NEAR SANTIAGO HAVANA, Sept. 18. A case of bubonic plague was dlscoveied at 131 C'.iney. near Santiago, today. It was believed Cuba had been cleared of the disease. EASTERN CAMPAIGN Three New Armies Re ported Advancing in Po land O b j e c t i v e Un known ; May Be Berlin. ROME, Sept. 11. Tho Tilbuna prints a dispatch from lt correspondent In Pctrograd to the effect that a new Russian army of 000,000 Is ad vancing in Central Poland. This is said to be tho vanguard of an other army of 2,000,000, which Is march ing toward Poland now. A third army of 2,000,000 has been assembled and is be ginning to move forward. It is not clear whether these now forces will proceed into Gallcia for a final crush ing of the Austrians or advanco through Silesia to occupy Berlin. CROWN PRICE'S AIDE KILLED BBRI.IN,- By Way of Borne, Sept. 1J. -Captain Wedlgo Von Mcdel, personal aide and probably tho most lntimatj friend of Crown Prince Frederick Will inm, has Jisen killed In. action at the tbuttlo of tho Alsne. Perr,y s i ! A 400 Americans Caminjj Home. ROME. Sept. IS Tho steamship To maso di Savera sailed from Genoa yes terday with 400 passengers, moitly Americans 7000 GERMANS CAPTIVE Piisoneis of War, Majority Wounded, Reach Bordeaux. nORPBAl'X, Sept. IS Seven thousand prisoners belonging to Bavarian. Saxon j and Hanoverian regiments arrived today Most of them aie wounded. I ktrteetsts of the Autro-Hungarian urm, is reported to havo been wounded. ASSAULT ON AUSTRIANS. The Russian armies ed by Generals ;c . . - ....... I Order RuHrin Armv Tcutierl TnAmr Ttuhzlcv nnd HrilHilnfi! nrA tfulnv mnklnt. n I noon prupokeu to -reicient vvunon tht I v ' "' i ' ' ' " ' the rit4 otatea head a ioimitie of' Sally Expense Was $300,000. determined assault on the Austrian centre aisintereiru iwuinu uauu w uoik fur , Hb'IfVC U,. . JAll ...1 C?.- n. IO M WlX d.TXUT.E ' '' " ' -,n.d - r dlation to tbe pairing nation. This a admitted toda uhtn orJrs Mudaniu S.hwimuir o,uoU4 President ' , Wilwm as ieplln that he was CKcypld "r '"" retina the urpiy which ha with nothing else thai, peace, ana that beta kcot mobilised since to outbreak of her reque.t would have srt it ad t . " uiwrea or lnfiuente with him BWIUUies in orie tu weveat violation of "ils said that day and Bight hi ot , (jWiurtwl- aeutr4Uty thought wa huw to end the.- Wrribla ,"'", ..1 massacres," she W Her orgsnUatloiu ! The tosl lU "PW to the nation represent fully 3,0Ou,WO wonieu throughout for the (.iio4 o monMUattcm U estimated tne world. which holds the line from Jarosl.iv to I'rzeml. The chief points of attack are tho other forts at Przemysl, which com mtnd the San River. 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