Kzj r wr JWW!"tt7 1 KVlSNIffG L13DOBE PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, lHU- i REVIVED BELGIANS REPULSE ATTACKS OF GERMANS IN REGIONS ABOUT TERMONDE GERMANS GiVE WAY AS ALLIES CONTINUE ATTACK Corllnnril from Vngc 1 fcf tho newspapers, the War OfTlca 13 sued thin statement Heferrlnir to the opinions ex pressed hero thot In lier own Inter est, Oermatiy should publish u larger number and tnoro detnll-d reports from the bnttlrfleld ns tho forolRn press Is dally getting such reports from our enemies Mllltar? considerations will not permit uch publications, us o pro matu cly published dispatch might moan grave danger to tro nerman armies Thot Is tho onlj reason why the General Staff it keeping operations on the battlefield secret. Unofficially, It li stated that the French h ve been directing their atten tion o tho r.rmy of tho Crown Prince wklol', It la BMld, has suffered very bcavlly. However, It holds a position o' cHoimoits strength and h-i i ('pulsed every attack. Tho Clofmitti nitlllory, It Is explained, Is cntislMg enormous losses to thu French who Imvo been unable to nniko uny linpresslon on tho Oernian positions tit nny point. Tho several attempts of t! j allies to envelop the German rlflit wins havo been repulsed with grettt 'oss. Mcnsutcs have been Utltcn In lSerlln to protect works of nrt In Uolglutn. Superintendent-Director rnllp, of tho Berlin Art Museum, has been charged to take all proper measures BRITISH ADMIT GERMANS HAVE REPULSED ATTACKS T.OXDON-, Sept. IS. Advices from the fighting front In France Indicate that tho German lines aro holding under severe pressure from tho allies. The German centre, especially tho army of tho Crown Prince, has been heavily reinforced by troops from Lux emburg and all efforts of the French to break its resistance havo so far failed. It la stated that an artillery duol Is In progress 'at many points along tho line. Against superior numbers and fresh er troops, tho Germans today repulsed attacks at several points. Tho attack of the allies is being pushed vigorously on both right and left wing and at tho centre. Reports of slight gains have been received more than onco from different points, but nowhero ha") the German resistance weakened enough to permit the allies to cut off any part of tho long Ger man front from touch with tho rest of the line. The six German armies have main tained close contact over the whole battle front. On tho German light, General von Kluk, who has affected it Juncture of his army with that of General von Hue low, has been compelled to dispatch his right wing In a distended line to prevent the success of the circling movement by the Anglo-French troops, which threatens to envelop the German right and attack It from the rear. Dispatches from Berlin through neu tral countries, which take Into account the lighting up to and Including yester day, make the claim that the French resistance Is weakening and that ef forts of tho Anglo-French troops to break through the German right have failed. Admission by the Germans of the general retirement from the stand of 12 days ago Is made, however, as the official statements from Berlin no long er refer to the "action In the region of tho Marne," but to the "battle be tween the Oise and the Meuse." The evacuation of Altklrch and Thann Indicates that the German left Is beginning to yield before the crush ing pressure. - "- -.' iii ill i i i - - r ii Tim til i '" --- MMM TTwt 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. Tile infantrymen an advancing from cover to cover under protection of a trcmen dous artillery fire. RUSSIAN ATTEMPT TO STORM GALICIAN LINE IS REPULSED Austrians, Aided by Ger man Strategists, Rally After Loss of Przemysl's Southern Defenses. i Olllce specifically denies that ut any point Imvo the Austrian forces hem ' rnuttd. The united nrmios of Dankl Mid 1 Auffenberg command the railway lines j leading to Cracow, so that If the exigen cies of tho situation should demand, tlioy can withdraw In good order on tho fortress at Cracow. LONDON, Sept. 1. A Itcutcr dlppatch from Pstrognul Miys u ropoit rrom the front declares that Ger man troopH destroyed a hospital at Jnnovv, C.tllrln, Hllcd with Austiiati wounded in the belief the patients were Jiustlnnr. FRANCE RALLIES NEW ARMY TO AID BRITISH FORCES 1 V BORDEAUX, Sept. IS. Franco has b gun tho tons rttlon of a now army to b put Int el e field against tho Germans at thi eirliesi possible moment. It was learncu tho Wai Offla Ua,t It will b composed of territorial ai.O recruits. This army will oe eea to the fron: to co operate wl.h another British nrmy which wil a on be sent from En;lund, as soon us the necessary equipment und drill worl: aro con cluded. That tin great bnttii still In po& jress in Northtrn rmnu contli ties a draw was admitted at milltun oai quarters toay. It was said thai It might bo twe tr th:e days yet before there would be any appreciable change. Hoth armies have been rein forced and at no point ha there been any snow of weakness. The deatn of General Batalle was an nounced today. He was killed in bat tle. Seventeen hundred German pris oners, soma of them wounded, hwe just passed thioith Troyes on the way w a attention camj in Southern Franco. The woj. ded ars belwr at tended by oern ut nurses. Germap prisoners -.on. plain of tho long, forced matches they were com- of tho Germans in their attack on Nancy is jjlven in a dispatch received at the War Office toeny from General Durand, the military governor there. "Thanks to the success of our armies end the brave resistance of the troops 1 1 danger to tho former capital of Lorraine is averted," the dispatch added. By order of President Poincaro a mei.sage of congratulation was imme diately sent to General Durand and to VIENNA, by way of Rome, Sept. 1?. It was ofllclally nnnounced hero today that German high olllclals have Joined Giaml Duke Francis Frcdeiicl; In com mnnd of tho combined Austrian nimies, and nre directing a great battle, now in progrers west of Inibers all alvig the line of the San Itlver. The Ilusslau attempt to carry the forti fied linos extending from Przcmysl to Jaroslitv by storm failed. The Austrian lines held fast and the Russians were thrown back w'th enormous losses. The fighting Is now general all along the line. The Austrian armies have combined and aro now heavily reinforced. Tlioy are following out lines of defense deter mined upon by tho German General Staff, which has now accepted the re sponsibility of directing the campaign In Gallcia. The Russians nre In great strength, but they aro now facing tho first real de fensive stand by the Austrians. Hereto fore tho Austrians have been lighting In tho open country, where tho superolrlty of tho Russian artillery has placed them at a materlul disadvantage. The defcnf.c was also weakened by the Invasion of LANDING OF RUSSIANS IN BELGIAN CALLED RUSE Reports Described ns Clever Strategi cal Trick of British War Office. NEW YORK, Fept. 13. Branding the repoits ns "very clever fakes of the Eng lish Government," Charles I'erclval, nn Englishman arriving hero today on the steamship Lusltanlu, said the stories ac cepted as truth In this country concern ing the supposed landing of a largo body tf Russian troops In Belgium ucro un true. He declared the Brltlsn government played a strategical trick on the Ger mans by setting up a bogey of Russian attack from the west. Tho British censor permitted tho lip to go out that the Russians were coming, Mr. Percival added. Then It suspended trattlc on two of the loads between Eilln- buigh and Ixmdon and i.iu a great num ber of darkened trains between the north ern qn(Kjtfitherii cities to Plymouth and Pouthimifton. Immediately pi-oplu every where he said, uegan to "see" Russian regiments, and tho woid was cairled to Genm Wv that the Russians weio being GERMANS SCATTER ! ALLIES PLAGE HOPE I RUSSIA GATHERS SHADOWS AND WAGE WARFARE AT NIGHT Powerful Illumination Lo cates the Enemy in Dark ness, Writes Private in British Army. landed K 'Belgium. General Castelnnu, commander of tho troops who havo been tlghtinff on the Russian Poland, which diow from Gallcia height about Nancy. troops that were badly needed there. "Vour noble efforts ngalnst the en- 1 Al'STRIAN ARMIES UNITED. emy are an inspiration to the repub lic." fald tho message of congratula tion. "The victory is most important, because the failure of tho enemy to capture the heights has prevented him from penetrating our lines." Tho Government's pleasure over the situation at Nancy Is Increased by tho fact that Emperor William la under stood to havo been with the German troops there during part of the attack. Dispatches from the regions north of Chalon Sur Marne state that tho German trenches are very strongly This has been remedied. Not only are tho Austrian armies united, but they have bem iclnforced by llrst-Hno Goimun artillery, and It is believed they will now be able to check the Russian Invasion. The German reinforcements aie con stantly arriving. Meanwhile, it will be the object of the Austrians to harrass the Russians and prevent them concen trating their enormous armies until the combined Austro-Oermanlc line Is strong enough to withstand the shock of a gen eral assault. PETUUORAD. Sept. 18. Russian troop3 have captured Krasiezyn, the chief defense of Przemyftl on thu Mi-iUthuent. ami the fall nf thi Austrhin constructed one metre deep and eov- j st.onBho,a , jmmJnem, according to ercd and flanked on their perpendlcu- lauat reports from tho front, lar with hidden mitrailleuses. Both aides of tho River San at Throughout the wholo region the ! Kr',l"!" ttfe strongly fortified, but the pe).ra u. n.al,c Sons, of General von , municipal authorities aro absent. The rcf , 7T I ' .-...,.. ., r...... ,. . ' . . . u battle of ton hours. 'v;"3 '" .ue4 iiuui .u w u- uermans oraereu numerous huuses tnlies a da. Some of tho wounded ijambor, 30 inllts southeast of Przomysl, burned and plllugetl those whose doors ! ha also b en ouiuipled. It is luported Germans said that o,,s day they murched for :J houiA, with only two hours for slewp. otfleiai itniiciuni.ennt of the defeat ti-r "iofc-d. Thoy spread fulse reports among their troops, alleging tho Ger mans were shortly m enter Paris anil that the piesent retreat is a feint. FR.ENDS OFFER PEACE PLAN TO U.S. PRESIDENT DUTCH LINER HELD UP BY BRITISH CRUISER thdt tho SreaU-r part of the troops at lrenij' lime r-lreatod toward Cracow, oi b u. "mall banlson bring Ittt to cover the retreat artd prtrteut tho Russians fiom picsalna too cluicly upon tho rear. Before icduhiug Kruslezyn, General HINDENBERG IN SUPREME EFFORT TO WIN IN PRUSSIA Germans to Follow Advantage By Advance Against Warsaw , VIENNA, Sept. IS. AdUces received from East Prussia show that General von Illiidenbeig Is making a supreme eifoit to annihilate the Rusblmi armies of fienoral Rennenkampf. His troops havo suixeeded In driving a good pait of tho Ru-slan for, o Into marshy hinds from which tliov have been unable to extricate themselves. It Is plain that It Is the Intention of the Oeim.ins- to luvadft Russian Poland, and the nctivltv In Eat Pmssla now I.s for the p'lrpose of so ciushlng Rennenkampf "s irmlc-s that there will be no danger of a Russian attack on the German ll.mk when the Germans move against Warsaw. BOMB FROM AIR BURNS GERMAN SHIP AT KIAO CHAU Japanese Aviators Attempt to Wieck Wireless Station Also. TOKIO. Sept. 18. Ofllclal announcement was made today that a bomb dropped by a Japanese avia tor had set fire to a German ship In Klao-L'hau Bay. Attempts to wicclc tho wireless station thero in the same man ner have failed thus far. The censorship was tightened today and correspondents were notllled that heicafter they would not be lutormed whether or not their dispatches had been sent. GENERAL'S SON KILLED rhiladelptiiun Heads Delegation. Suffragists Also Urge Action, WASHINGTON. Sept IS. J. Russell Hnith, of thv U'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, headed Filencn Wilson toaay it. urgo h'.m to work foi gena. I'olombia, was stepped by the Urlt peace. They pioi-cbea vhe estdbllshment ' 1S, -iuwr lancater ott Sunuy JlooK. ,.f n aofid narliament. w.th a w,.rM 'fen-five Germans on board were cjurt ai liniltutioi Lieutenant von Hoetzendorff Among Victims, in Gnliclan Battle, UCRI,1N (by way of Amsterdam), Stnt. IS Uutsky'a troops defsaUd a largo furco of a dispatch from the zone of tho fight Austrlans at Juwrow. Tho Sl.sth and 1 l"f Gallcia ays that the sou of the . . , ,.. . . , Austrian General von Hoctzemlarff was Fourteen Austrian army corps, com- M. e, during tho battle of Ilava Russka. iiidnd'd respectively by General Zlegler l lie wus a lieutenant in the Fifteenth LONDON. Sept. 11 (By Mall to New York Sept. IS). That the German are employing searchlights at night to learn tho posi tion of the British troops opposing them and use their artillery even after dark-liii-s has fallen, is shown In a letter re ceived here t.odny by tho parents Of Pilwitc Edward Strong, with the British army In France. "Tho Gcimans don't secins to care how much ammunition they waste," sas tho letter. "Yesterday they kopt blazing awuy for nine bolld hours nt a position which we hail left the day before. The bullets did absolutely no damage. "If It wasn't for their aitlllery I really don't know where they would be, for they uro little use ot any other form of lighting. Wo Und, too, that tho Germans are less inclined to light, and when we approach them, they surrender often, rather than light us. I think thoy have been badly shaken by their hard march Ins. "On Sunday, AuBUtt 21, we came In con tact with the enemy unexpectedly nt Mons, not knowing that they had been victorious at Namur. They outnumbered us 10 to 1 For thrco hours their shells wcro terrific, but toward evening our ar tillery checked their murderous fire. Darkness fell at last much to our relief and tho tiro slackened considetably, but not altogether, for the Germans brought a powerful searchlight Into operation and harassed us through the night. "About 2 o'clock we got orders to retire. It was then thnt I felt some pain, and I had to hop on one foot until I reached an ammunition wagon. Daybreak found us out of danger. Later they came over tho eountry In massed bodies. They must havo lost terribly. Our losses were in considerable. "We were tiring" at 200 yards' range, with fixed bayonets ready to charge, but tho German infantry didn't want any of this. They seemed to depend on their artllleiy and machine guns. On Monday we had a little respite. On Tuesday we were into It again. Wednes day at daybreak it was started over ogain, and here the Gcrinuus gave us what ho! Our casualties at this point were awful, about 3000 or more. J. Hnrrls, of the Worcestershire regi ment, writes: "I was In the battle of Mons and St. Quentln, and I can tell jou South Africa wns a picnic to that it was like hell upon earth for a few days, but we gae them a lesson they won't forget. That was the llrst action for 11s, and tho Germans got nulto a sluck when they bumped against Tommy Atkins. "Their losses were enormous, compared with ours. They lost at least 20,000 in one day. We simply mowed them down in heaps. They had about 100 big guns along the front turned on us from morn ing to night and thoso did the most dam age to us. Their Infantry Is a 'washout.' "The Kalsor had his finest troops nt Moiih, and told his staff to pay particular attention to us, but I expect they thought wo wcro hot stuff after they made our aicjualntaiiLC. What we did in that three weeks EriglUh people at homo will never know. Wo weio marching and lighting &iy and night. I have seen sights never to be forgotten among the lefugees of Fiance and Belgium." English Vessel Stops Boat at Mouth ttwi ueneral Uoroevtc. suffered heavy j Uragoon. Blnce the Kurupeau war begun, a. ship a aeieguio:. from th Pociety or enerln -N" "'' harbor wus held up ,xm..h . ,. t .11 '"'' marched today when the Royal which l,to upon Presldtnx 1 pm.h liner Commewjme. from Carta toaay tc urge h'.m to work foi geiia. f'olombia, was stepped by the Urlt They pioiibca vhe establishment ' ls'' miser Lancaster tiff J44Wiy Hook. iona parliament, w.th a worla . ,L . .i ;"""" " " "" Uetn-rul Zlegltr, win na . wor,c pollca .0 romp u. xftatei 'SSSJlSS S&ffX !'? fA on of armament, und to work far unmolested. nu, is rpontq to pcuce. President Wilson told U.em the time was not r.pt to prest tlelr proposal, bu that he would take , under considera tion Madame Rotlka B. Schwimmer, o! Budapest, representing the International Woman's Suttrage Alhuncc, this arwr- noon proposed to r.esident Wilson that, th. lilted Slaws head u committee oftBELFORT NOT ENDANGERED Clsinterestei? neuttsl nations to work fori ueaee in Europe. Her proposal contem-! plated the dispatch vl dally offers of me ol.ulon jo the warring nations. Madame Scbwlmaier quoted President V,' lion a replying Uujt uo wu occupied with fcothln ." nat pece. ti&a tbM ter req''t wouia cv treat v.flg't aa4 cltueace wttb Uxa. Hr old J. oay an3k nUht his sole Ouurpt wu Uoh t-j e- ik;-i te-rtbl-s jrt-,-Je. be fs'j 'f -garl-'t'o-ii (.frwt tf J fcWW,000 worn throuibout jkt r?fin. of New York Harbor. losses befoio they retrtated. Tho Rus NUW yoK, fiept li For the first time ! tlans took 5000 prisoners. 3? guns mid 1 targe examines of arms and ammunition. The appearance of General Hicgler s forces in tho battlo line shows that the Austrians have rushed to the front trojps designated fur the defence of Vienna. Gtiu-rul .legltr, who Is one or the chief Austro-IIungarlan huo been wounded. ASSAULT ON AUSTRIANS. The Rutslan armies led by Generals Ruwky and flieisil&ff are today making a determined assault on the Austrian centre which holds the line from JaroMav to Prgumysl. Tho chief points ot attack aro tho other forts at Przeinysl, which com mand the San River. The Russians are admitted by Vienna to have occupied part of ine PnttuiMil rii-nes ' the south of the ton, but u far the have been unable to make any Impression on the IM.i!li d fihfcr' The ilkhnng ontinui-s eeiwhere with ut il,.ttd f-roiltv, but the Vienna Wur 400 Americans Coming- Home. ROME, Sept. lS.-Tho steamship To ntaso .11 Savera sailed from Genoa es terday with t") passengers, mostly Americans. 7000 GERMANS CAPTIVE Piisoners of War, Majority Wounded, Keach Bordeaux. BORDEAUX, Sept. 13.- Seven thousand prisoners belonging to Bavarian, Saxon and Ilunoverlan legimenta aritved toda Most of them are wounded. IN GREAT ARTILLERY ! HEW MILLIONS FOR j TO WIN AISNE BATTLE ! 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, Sent. IS. Tho Trlbun.t prints a dispatch from Its correspondent In I'etrograd to the effect War Chiefs Declare Ger mans Cannot Long With stand Terrific Fire Satis fied With Position and Confident of Success. PARIS, Sept. IS (1:23 p. m.) After raging for nearly slv full days the battle of Alsnc has cached Its cul minating point. It Is to be decided by tho artillery duel that continues with a hail of shrapnel from tho guns of the Germans and the allies, devastating both banks of tho icaceftil river. The allies have no intention of sacrific ing vast numbers of toldlcis by sending thoin against the strong German posi tions. It was decided nt a ronfeornce be tween General French, General Joffre and Minister of War Mllleraud that the Issue Is tu be decided by the artillery. Thcj have no doubt as to tho outcome. "Our artillery already has determined Its superiority," said a high Govern ment ofllclal this ufternoon after lcturn Inff from Gencial JolTie's hiadquaiteis. "The Germans cannot withstand It much longer. Their Infeilority In marksman ship bos been demonstrated. "At the first sign of a. shaip break on their right wing our cavalry will be upon them. Tho Infantry will follow. They are In such a position that they mus't win to escape a debacle. Our position is such thut they cannot win. "As tho German right now lies Its po sition ls extremely strong, but It cannot resist the continuous artillery flio for ever. It Is a position bounded by the towns of Noys, Solssons, Lvm and La Fere. This wo have learned through tho daring of our aviators. "On the natural redoubt formed hv et, heights the Germans have lirniiciii their contingents of devastating heavy artillery. Their lines of communication aro Intact. "The French position is equally strong and 0111 fine gunn are now pouring a hall of shrapnel on tho enemy from the southern heights of tho Alsne. if the allies win the Germans will certainly be driven from French territory altogether."' PLAQUE NEAR SANTIAGO HAVANA, Sept. 18.-A case of bubonla plague was discovered nt El Caney, near faantlago, today. It was believed Cuba had been cleared of tho disease. 5. that n new Russian urmy of 900,000 is ad- vanclng in Central Poland. 1 This Is said to be the vanguaid of an- 'i other aimy of 2,OW,000, which la maich- j Ing toward Poland now. A third army ot U.OOO.OOO h.iu been assembled and is be- ginning to move forward. i It is not clear whether these new forcei will piocced into Gallcia tor a llnal crush- lug of the Austrians or ndvanco through Silcsl.i to occupy Berlin. CROWN PRICE'S AIDE KILLED ' BERLIN, By Way of Rome. Sept. 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