tynyywtitgy ,ww' ' j -,?rimPM4ii -v TWQiSWW ' EVENING LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY SEPTEM&tiR 22, 1914. RUSSIAN MILLIONS MASS FORCES TO CRUSH LAST LINE OF THE AUSTRIAN RESISTANCE-: proper, where every day and every night sees some fresh destruction done. While the city Itself Is immaterial from a standpoint of strategic Import ance, It Is the centre of a district that Is important. German batteries are stationed north and northeast of the city: French can non are stationed on hills south of the cltv There are believed to tie about 100 noo Germans massed upon the pla teau of Craonne. This Is a position of exceptional strength. General Bluecher. who was defeated by Napo leon on the same ground, declared that 2Sono troops could hold It against any odds. East of Verdun the French tines seem to have been reinforced as there are eight French army corps near the Lor raine border, where the German left is being attacked with vigor and vio lence The battle line, roughly speaking, ex tends on the east from a point near St Die, through Liineville. Pont-a-Mous-son. Ktaln. Consenvoye, Montfnueon. P -msaln, to the north of Rheims. Craonne. thence along the Alshe val lev t- a point between Lcsstcny and Pt Quentin. The line crosses three big rivers, the Olso. the Aisne and the Meuse. while it also lies across several smaller ones , , French forces have worked to a point near Peronne, 17 miles north west of St. Quentin. where they are attacking the advanced position of the Germans. The main English army Is near Solssons. On the British left, In the vicinity of Noyon and.Lesslgny, Is a strong French force, which Is evi dently trying to close In on La Fere. (La Fero Is 14 miles northwest of Laon.) This French force Is evidently the Sixth French Army, which was sent to help the British in Its turning move ment against General von Kluk s forces. Tho French and their English allies have had to fight hard to gain and to hold every foot of conquered terrltor As a fresh position Is gained, It is Im mediately fortified. This Is trvlng work and deadly work, for the Ger man artillery keeps up its steady rain of shells and the sappers are com pelled to face this fire while stretch ing their earthworks. Tho weather was reported to be slightly improved today But thero Can be little permanent Improvement expected at this season of the year The entire battle ground Is a quagmire and this naturally has hampered move ments of artillery. But according to General Gallienl's headquarters there is not a single Important point along the entlro battle front where the heavv French artillery is not now in action VON KLUK STANDS FIRM, GERMAN WAR OFFICE SAYS BERLIN, Sept. 22 iby way of Am sterdam). Official denial that the Allies have forced General von Kluk to retreat se en miles Is made by the War Olllce. The statement adds that the right wing is standing Arm at all points, al though the Allies have been heavily reinforced. Further announcement is made that attacks by the French and British forces on tho Gorman lines are dimin ishing in strength, and the German of fensive is growing stronger at all points. An official statement Issued at mid night announced the capture of the heights of Craonne and tho town of Bethany (near Rheims). Today's statement praised the great bravery shown' by ths troops of the Allies. It follows: The enemy shows signs of weak ening as a result of his continued attempts to capture our positions. On the contrary, our troops, fight ing from well fortified points, have had a rest and are taking a strong offensive. Their attacks are grow ing stronger at all points. Great valor has been shown by the enemy's troops. They have charged repeatedly in an attempt to silenco our artillery, but have been as repeatedly repulsed. The statement Issued at midnight said: The strong, hilly positions at Craonne have been captured. Ad vancing on Rheims, our troops oc cupied the village of Bethany. We are attacking the strong forts on tho line south of Verdun and have crossed the east border In the direction of Lorraine, which is defended by eight French army corps 1 320 000 ment, A sortie from the northeast of Verdun has been repulsed. The French troops camping to the north of Toul 13 miles east of Nancy) have been surprised by our artillery. In the rest of the French war theatre there have been no en gagements. In the Belgian and Eastern East Prussia) battlefields tho situation is unchanged. Tho statement that tho French have etght army corps in the Lorraine region Indicates that the Allies' right wing is trying to turn the German left With the heights of Craonne held by tho German centre, it will be possible to withdraw troops from there to strengthen both the right and left wings 1 they are threatened No details of the situation at Rheims. beyond the fact that the town has been bombarded, have reached Berlin. The belief is growing here that tho war is going to extend into the winter In fact, preparations for a winter cam paign are being made. The news of the rapid advance of the Germans After they entered Belgium had caused the people of Germany to expect a quick triumph, but he failure of this expectation to be fulfilled has caused no alarm. It is stated that the movement to take Rheims, and with it the eight im portant railroads, especially sought from a strategic point of view, pro ceeds uninterruptedly and with every prospect of success. In this connec tion ir is added that Verdun has been isolated This strongly fortified position Is now being bombarded from two sides by the German heavy siege artil lery and every effort is being made to take it. It is understood that the present movement has for its object the sepa ration of the allied armies, and espe cially the piercing of their centre Thi movement is slowly but surely succe-dtni;, it is declared. li . i ffMf PINCH HITTERS! lieves that the result will not be defi nitely known for several days, but has no doubt that the decision in this great death grapple will go to the Allies. "It is probable that the great battle of two rivers, which is being' fought with unparalleled fury, will continue for several days," he said, "although the Allies are making constnnt prog ress. A new stop in our advance on the extreme left wing is marked by its arrival at Lassigny, ten miles west of Noyon. This movement is of ex treme importance That is why the Craonne region has been the centre of violent conflicts and bayonet charges "The Germans are mnklng desperate efforts to diminish the pressure on their extreme right wing, but have, nevertheless, been forced to give way "By completing our lines from Al sace to the Arsonne forest, we have deprived the German centre between Rhims and Pouain of its scope of movement It is against a steel wall." AUSTRIANS MASSED ALONG CRACOW LINE FOR FINAL STAND Main Russian Army, En veloping Przemysl and Jaroslaw and Cutting Com munications, Presses West ward. . GERMAN LINES STAGGERING, IS LONDON STATEMENT! SERBS OVERWHELM ,,,i AUSTRIAN INVADERS; SARAJEVO OCCUPIED EMDEN'S RAID DOES $3,750,000 DAMAGE TO BENGAL SHIPPING British Warship in Pursuit of German Cruiser, Which Captured Six Merchantmen. LONDON. ,-ept. 22. i That the German lines are .-.lassr-Ins under the continued hammering of i the Allies ancj that they are slowly ( crumbling at important integral points 1 is the ronsensus of opinion of the Eirit- Uh military experts who fire familiar i with the exact situation at 'he front, j It has been admitted from thf out- j set that the present battle of the Ai-rte. now well in Its seioid wf-k, 'a a contest of fendurar- Di-s-pie the i splendid intrenchmei t. 'he J-r- i mars, it has been insi.-,c il that they j have suffered greater 1 - than the' Allie. mainly til-cause "f thvir massed i formation tactics,, whfh I rnt such magnificent targets for i f opposition. The failure t the Jcrnvin rm. A number of the papers runnrirud rumor that General v n Kluk has ben vompelled to withdraw his army headquarters to Mons in BM glum The War Bureau, however, has no kn.ulerier of any such movement and is inched in consider it premature. Much a'trntir.jj is being paid to a re port that the Germans have prohibited Jjutrh shipping traversing the Ithine Hjt"fjre. Dutch steamship have bfi-n permitted to come up the Khine into im--,n territory. The British military experts declare this action is naturally due to the fact that the fer mans are strongly fortifying their Rhine defenses preparatory for a final stand tnre, and that, of necessity. they are keeping ail curious eyea from forcements sent to aid tieneral on j beholding their work. Kluk to break down the Brmsh- d by 4 of ,ha ro),ary French opposition emphasised, the x. experts -re that the most credit tQ pens say, the fact that the C,ermn me Allies can b attributed to the were at the 'end of their string." To- ', weight of their bayonet charges The da thi belief is confirmed by the an. ' British and the French Alnrmn t. ---"" '-" T"ff- - -W j. nnunrement that the Herman right wine is being pushed back at a rate of have te rrorned the enemy by the force of these attacks They carry a bayo- nearlv four miles a d,iy. mis spaeo is net blade longer than that of ih r.Br. expected to be accelerated now that mans, and thej have shown an eager ness to resort to loll steel that simply gervla from the north, the ciervi n ro- PETROGRAD. Sept. 22 That tho muln Russian army has pressed on after enveloping the Przemysl Jaroslaw line along the San, and Is mov ing against the chief .uMrian positions was the substance of today's War Office statement. It announced that the opera- tionf were of necessity slow, but that there has not been eneounered any op position that has required any change i In the original plan of campaign. It Is considered ceitain that the real i lesistance "n a large cal- will he en- ' countered along the lines of the Cracow fortifications. There the Austrian re serves have been massed and heavily mnf rced by the German landuehr eorpn. w hirh have been especially detailed for service in Austria. j The Russ'.ui forces are moving sluulv westward thiough Gallcla, awaiting the ' arrival of at lean a portion of the army of y).(j0 that is proceeding through Poland to the front FIVE FuRTS DBSTROVBO Five of tho J3 forts at Jaroslaw have been shatteied by the Russian suns, but eighteen still hold out. it was Hated at the War oilirf). The bombardment of 1'rzemysl continues, but no breaches have . sunk at 9 a yet been made in the walls of the forts. At the request of the Austria! rotn mander at l'rzemsl, General Von Col rsd. on armistice of five hours wis de. daied lata vesterday to ptrmtt of tha departure of tho non-combatants who wished to leave- Many decided tu re main. The forts at Paemyst are among the strongest in the world- It is understood the Uermans have been driven from ! their strongest trenches. i has terrified the 'ierman outposts. LEFT ADVANCES, STEEL WALL AT CENTRE, SAYS MILLERAND One Army Wins Four Days' Battle on Drina; Another, With Montenegrins, Cap tures Bosnian Capital. N1S11, Sept. K iViini'leie defeat of the Austrian army that Invaded Scrvia was officially en noqnced here todav. The otilclal statement describing tho rout -of the Austrian forces sid: "In a four-day battle near Urupanl ntar the Prlna Riven the Austrians were en erwlwlimngly defeated and Bed in dis order. In our Pursuit we took IO0 pi te eners and U guns- Trie Austrian are onny'i", v , iag. ,,yo years. thtir forces across the Drina, but our i.-hn m ni the. ,. ,-n.n nvA mnmhinf? nn fivflfnili ,..Aetii, r,rnvsl and .Tarnslau. th ' rlete the destruction ..orud Austrian town n th Orina. r.VJSSStfiS W "& TW W'S&ZTX: ao, and continue their success Rlvef Ssn 8mJ solltn of tne Vistula. The of trouble The Kabinga was spared "At Sbabats another force of Austrians Austrisns defeated at UobiecHa have slmplv to convey the crews to Calcutta. a. defeated with heavy loss These two fallen back in disorder to Jaslo. on the The F.mden s action has resulted in a victories will prevent anv interruption In WistoH river, and the Russians nave i direct loss to British owners and under- ocr-nyled Hseszou. writers oi imih'u 01 a million The seizure of Rzeszow severs railroad sterling i3,TW. lommunieatlon between the Austrians in Jaroslaw and Przemysl and those In UIHRAUTAR, Sept. ;j Tarnovv and fracovv. It Is understood ' It is officially announced from Zanzibar crossed the Save and one bodv is histon- that German rilnforrement are Joinin? that the Rrltlsh cruiser Pegasus, which ing westward to Jom ne aionienegnn the Austrians " joi-io. aim tne net was attacRen (") "'i oitariieij by force operating In Bosnia. great battle may be fought between the the German cruiser Koenigsberg. has been Servia now has in the field nrarly Stn and Wistok Rivers in the foothills ' beached sw.fOO men Most of them were In tie of the Carpathians i ' force which attempted an invasion to the The combined German and Austrnti I northwest from Belgrade and Semlln and , forces will c in a dangerous position COLD STEEL CHARGE BROKE UP GERMANS' DETERMINED DASH Wounded Briton Tells How Invaders Were Stabbed in Back City Troops En dure Noise Better. i that the garrison has supplies sufficient , inB CALCUTTA. Sept. 22. Official announcement Is made that the German light cruiser Emden made a flying raid Into the Ray of Bengal, In the course of which it did considerable dam age to shipping. Between September 10 and 14 she captured and sank the follow ing vessel: The Killln and Trabboeh, carrying coal; the Indus and Lovat, empty; the Diplomat, carrying general cargo. A Lloyds telegram from Rangoon, British India, states that the Emden sank the British steamer Clan Mathesou on September 15. in the Bay of Bengal. The crew vva3 saved. Coal was taken from all the steam ers; also all tho crews. The Kabiuga, full) loaded with a general cargo for America, vvas also captured on September 12 Two rtavs later all the captured crews were transferred to the Kahlnga. A wirshlp is pursuing tho Umden, which Is attempting to escape In a southerly direction, according to the crewB of the sunken meichantmen, who a i rived hete toda. The Indus was the first vessel taken. The crw was removed and ten shots fired Into her befmo she keeled over. This vvas on September 11. About mid night the Killln vvas captured and was in the next nay. The uipio- mat vvas taken Sunday. GERMAN SHOUTING KRRATIC. The Germans placed a mine forward, but the explosion still left the vessel afloat. The enemy then tired shells at , cluse quarters. An eve witness says trt ' shooting was astonishingly erratic and caused laughter. The first shot at the ' Diplomat waterllne went across the vessel amidships six sneiis were nrea iiefore the merchantman showed signs of sink- LONDON, Sept 22. This grim story of r British bayonet charge In which the Germans were routed was related by a wounded soldier just back from northern Franca: "They can stand fire, can those Ger mans, We were picking them off like winking, and still they came on. "Then, when they got within shouting distance, we received the word to charge. Our officer was a sprinter, but we were out of the trench and heeling after him, all of us shouting. "The Germans seemed struck. They Just stood and gaped as we cama chas ing down, their mouths, wldo open, as If they were wondering what tho blazn? wo wero up to. "When we were within 20 or 30 yards of them there was an alteration. They knew then what we wanted, and they Just threw down their rifles, turned about and set the pace. Some of them, as thoy went, chucked off their packs, and a few even tried to pull off their tunics. "But we had 'em! I never knew I could run before, nor the other chaps, and we pinked -the 'blighters' In the back bv the score. "When we got winded we came back the same way, and It was so; they were lying on their faces, bayoneted In the back." A lance corporal of tho Connaught Rangers said: "The disconcerting thing In battles now adays Is that you may be fighting for hours on end and never as much as see an enemy to grapple with. "The way the Germans sacrifice their men for the sake of making an Impression Is appalling. One position on our left from which we would have fallen back In any case, because It was dominated by a battery which we couldn't locate, was advanced against by the German Infantry under a heavy fire. They came on In one long never-ending stream, while our rifle and gun flro tore hideous gaps through their ranks. "The Red Cross men say that in front of that position alone WO dead and wounded were picked up after the fight was over. Our loss was not more .than 29 of all ranks. "What we are all wondering 1b how long the Germans can keep up this sort of thing. I have seen our cavalry thrown Into confusion merely because the horses shied at the heaps of dead bodies they had to tread over when attempts were made to clear our front of the advancing Germans." Sergeant Major MacDermott writes In a letter: "Wo'ro vonderfut'y cheerful, and happy as bare-legged urchins scamper ing over the fields. Not that there's much play for us. It's all work, fight ing and fighting and working again, though you mustn't think I'm grum bling, for I'm not. "I am writing to you with the enemy's shells bursting and screaming overhead. Though their artillery has been making s fiendish row all along our front. "It's the quantity not the quality of the German shells that are having ef fect on us. and It's not so much tho actual damage to life as the nerve racking noise that counts for so much. Townsmen who are used to the noise of the streets can stand It a lot bettot than the countrymen, and I think you will find that by far the fittest men are those of regiments recruited In the big cities. "A London lad near me says it's no worse than the roar of motor omnibuses In the city on a busy day." RUSSIAN HORDES BAFFLE GERMANS IN FIERCE ONRUSH Avalanches of Troops, With Terrific Cossack Raids, Overwhelm East Prussia. ', Celerity Marks Moves. t DUTCH TANKER HARDENED TO HOLD-UPS ON HIGH SEAS The American Stopped Six Times In Two Voyages. NEW YORK. Sept. 22. The Dutch tank steamship American arrived In port today from Rotterdam, putting an end to a round trip vovace during which it got the habit of being stopped by Rrltlsh cruisers. On the outwaid voyage It was held up four times by Kngllsh men-of-war: on the return voyage it was stopped twice. The first British cruiser to Intercept the tanker was the Suffolk, which was lying off Sand) Hook watching for German merchantmen. Off Nantucket the cruiser 1'lana. which was maintaining a blockade there, stopped the American the second time. The third Interruption was off Sa ble Island, where the cruiser Gloria was cruising. In English channel a cruiser took off three members of the American's crew hecause thev were Germans The captain of the tank ship said he would have been sorely disappointed If he had not been stopped by warships on the voyage back to New York. I A mine was also placed in the Killln, pecesary t Twelve shells were ths campaign against Sarajevo." After routing at Kupmava. Just across the border into Slavonic, the Austrian : armv or Sv. vvnicn win inreienin;f met the corps. Austrian force of four army BORDEAUX. Sept. 22. Minister of War Millerand an- r"un-ed today that the extreme nght wins: of the Germans had given way. il i-c French had completed their V, i r-nsins a steel wall up against j the Oise as well as the Aisne. He be- I the German centre and that the Allies were making constant progress. He renamed the battle of ths Aisne. the "battle of two rivers." herauss of i. ii inai lt is now raging along ACID THROWER HELD IN BAIL Norman Pratt. 5105 Lena street, Ger rnantown. who threw carbolic aci' ves terday Into the face of his sweetheart. Therest Fitsmartin. at ner horn, at 61$ Biynton street was leld today under 1000 ball t- XUg.strate Pennv-k. In Germs ntown, for a further hearing In court. there, as it would ce possible for the Second Russian Arms to flank them by a sudden movement along tne line ex tending from Ranuow to ilaranow Fnless the Austro-German troops give battle to the Rujs.ans about Jislo. It would be Impossible to prevent their escape to Cracow, as they have a num ber of railroads at their service On account-of the many swamps in Gallcla west of the San it is expected that the progress of the Russian troops will necessarll be much slower nuw. PULMOTOR SAVES LIFE Prompt Uss Prevents Success of Suicidal Attempt. The prompt use of the pulmotor prob ably saved ths life of John Dailev of 3; South Fifteenth street who is In St. Agnes' Hospital today recovering from the effects or innsnng illuminating gas i Dalley was brougnt to tne Hospital last night He had been dlcovered by his mother in his room The motive for the attempted suicide Is not known. TERMONDE BOMBARDED BY GERMAN SOLDIERS Sorties of Belgians Continue to Hnr rnss Invaders, ANTWERP, Sept. St. The Germans nie keeping up a severe bomhardment against Termmde. pre. Mimabl.v for the nhject of preventing a sortie from the Belgian forts around Ant werp. (Termonde lies about 17 miles north west of Brussels and about the same dls tance southwest of Antwerp.! Although the Belgian forces under King Albeit drew off to a point north of Ter monde, the German fire has not slackened From their intrenchments between Hof stade and Smpst the invaders are keep. Ing up a hot fire against Fort Welhclm. The Oernnns also have taken up fortl fled posttlon at Gemblou and between Wavre and Louvaln An Ostend dispatch of Monday's date said that the Germans were sending heavy guns north It Is tupposed that these are for use against the Antwerp forts. Refugees fnm the district about Hot seiner, about 52 miles south of Antwerp, say that the scene at Rotselaer presented an appalling spectacle after the lighting between Germans and Belgians. Tho lodles of 210 dead Belgian soldiers and l'ifl wounded i.iy In the streets and In the fields around the town. It is charged that th Germans left a r umber of wounded Belgians to die. but they were pUUed up bs priests and taken Into the homes of farmers, where medi cal tieatr.ient was admlnlstetcd. AIR BOMBS DESTROY FORTS Japanese Report Destruction of Two Tsing-Tao Redoubts. PEKIN. Sept 21. A fleet of JaDantse aeroplanes bom barded the German forts at Tslng-Tao Two of the forts are reported to have been destroyed. PETROGRAd, Sept. 82. , ' Such success as has come to the Rtfj. slan nrmles against the Germans In East Prussia has proved a welcome surp'rlis to many of tho veteran troops of ths Czar who, at the beginning of the great European war, still smarted from ths effects of their defeats by tha Japaneie. ' There has been a change In the con'dt! tlon of things on the Russo'Germ&n frontier that might surprise even per sons familiar with tho Russian plan of campaign. One Russian officer at leajt, who may be regarded as a reliable au Ihorlty, has been much surprised by thi rapid progress of the Russian advance. Originally five Itusslan army corps were ordered to the Austrian frontier for the purpose of delaying the Austrian advance If It should be directed Jigalnit that line. However, the Russian Gem ral Staff was quite convinced that ths main attack would aim at Warsaw through Poland, and to meet that at tack two new army corps were sent for ward, and at the same time the cavalry on the left flank (Chotln and Kielce), was strengthened. The Austrian invading army met only weak opposition In Poland, and tho two Russian corps appeared to retire. Suddenly the Russian cavalry In tha South, that Is to say, on the left wine, based on Kielce, took the offensive. At the same time the Russian army wai ready to pour her enormous masses Into Prussia from the northeast frontier. The great Russian mobilization was ready several days before Germany had expected, and Just at the moment when Germany should have made her decisive blow at France and been able to spare ' her first line troops for meeting the Prus. slan attack. This plan became a failure. Now, Russia has more than two and one-half million troopB In the north-east corner of Prussia alone, and the Cossack cavalnry number 130,000, In seven battle divisions. The German defence against this avalanche consists of second line reservists, not more than S0O.00O strong, already retiring to tho row of forts along the Vistula between Konlgsberg, Marlen burg, and Torn. However, this line will bo difficult to force by an Invading army; It will be more difficult for the reservist army, which has only 510 guns and about 600 Maxim guns, to defend. The effect of this heavy Russian at tack Is noticeable -everywhere In the east of Prussia, and over Berlin Is a cloud of stern pressure. People are leaving their homes in fright of the Cossack hordes, who are spreading with an enormous f celerity. There are still about 20,000 Russians In Germany In a distressful plight More than 10,000 of the German-Russians have left during the last two weeks to return home by way of Sweden. All of them were lacking the ordinary necessaries of life, but the Swedish people everywhere have tried to lessen their sufferings, and at the main railway Junctions, where., the special trains stopped, Swedish laflUsl have distributed food and rugs, etc;,;; among the miserable people. They all; tell the most appalling stories of th" rough treatment they have met w-ltlrat;! several places In Germany, but at-thV same time they tell many stories of Ger man courtesy and chivalrous behavior toward the, female fugitives. BRESLAU BESIEGED BY CZAR'S FORCES FEARED IN BERLIN Communications With Capi tol Suddenly Cease, Indi cating That Russions Have Penetrated Silesia on Way to Berlin. BKRLIN, by way of Rome, Sept. 23. AH telegraphic and telephonic commu nication with Breslau suddenly ceased to day. It Is feared that the Russian centre may have pushed forward and be attack ing the city. It seems almost Incredible that ths Russians could have penetrated In force to Breslau so that they could have cut off communication with Berlin. Breslau Is one of the links of the chain in the Oder line of fortifications, After Berlin It Is the second largest city in Prussia, and is the capital of Silesia, It occupies an Important strategical posi tion on the Oder, and is a city of great historical Interest. It has been prepared for a possible raid by the Russians, and the last reports available from there stated that ihere wis a very strong Ger man force between It and the eastern frontier. GERMAN ENVOY INDIGNANT AT VANDALISM CHARGES "Preposterous," to Call Destruction of Cathedral Intentional, NKW YORK. Sept. 22 -Count von Beinstortf, German Ambassador to the I'nlted States, does not believe that the German army intentionally deetrojed the cathedral at Rheims. "It is preposterous to state thit the d'-slructlon of that magnificent building was Intentional." he suld today. TeisoniUI.v." ho added, "my svmpa thles are more aroused by the killing ""' wounding of the men who fought than by the damage lo the bulldlns " James Spejer. the banker, agreed wlta Count von Bernstorft that whatever harm was done to the Rheims cathedral bv German shells vvas unintentional "It la n pity the magnificent '1U,''' was damaged." he said ' It can nver replaced. ' MEAT $1.00 A POUND PARIS, Sept 22 -The Figaro sa day "Meat is nearlj Jl a pou'ia " . Iln Two hundred bakenes n bread with potatoes and barle r-14k
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