The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-08-21
Summary Report of European
War up to Aug, IS, 1914.


Wednesday only skirniSbes. Geinian amy advance
ing to the heart Of Belgium. No important engage
'hvnts reported from either Of the nations.
ug. 13.-An official communication Issued tonight
says, "German prisoners who have been questioned;
give The impression that they are broken in spirit and
physically weak from hunger. They seem to have
been informed concerning the reason for the nobili
zation and one man asked why war had been declar-
ed Accol ding to Gelman opinion, les iSt NIGHT elm
voksl,ieg, dies list elm ofsierskrieg this is not a
peoples war, bat all officers war y Great battle
impending along Fronch frontier. Mighty being
in progess behind impenetIablc censorship. Long
lnes of Forces drawn in M rhern Belgium and the
Flerc frontier 1aly has 25O,Q0o troops on the bord.
erof Switzerland Il matter of piotedtioa
If it should prove correct that Turkey has purchased
the German cruisers Goehen and Btsan wa be-
tween Greece and Turkey s said to be likely. Push
ing forward by mere weight Of members, the German
army isslow bur steadily procee ling across Belgium
and mus come in contact with The allied armies
No definite results from battlefield for eight days
says Associated Press, but World may rest assured
thai it will he alid, immediate and decisive when it
is pulled off-pfeparation for new formation with
out precedent IN history. The re-taLing by the
French Of Thann, i'll Alsace is officially announced
and the wounding of General Won Deimling com
mander of the fifteenth German army corps, The
French war ministry prepares the public for a great
battle, which will extend over line more than go
miles in length, and In which several millions of men
either side will be engaged. This batte line will
extend from Basle to Maestricht and The peopleae
warned that at points the Germans may be suc-
eessfu While it is added at other points the French
will have an Advantage 1t is also announced that no
definite details of the battle need be expected for at
least eight days. Nothing is known of recent opera
tions around the Liege forts. 1t is reported that
Germany has sent note to France and Belgium
through aneura power, accusing these two countries
of having organized populaCe against Germany
ap11 plarp that a Ealo
citizen not in uniform who interferes with the Ger
siniah troops, will be shot. The United States has al
Sc notified the powers of Europe that it will regard
as neutral ships chartered for the sole purpose of
bringing back Americans and has asked these pow
ers for a declaration on the subject
THAT the Germans are forcing their way through
Belgium in indicated by the Brussels report that Ger
cavalry s approaching the Belgian capitali that
measures for the defense of Brussels being hasten
ed and that the seat of government has,been removed
to Antwerp. The British official press bureau an
nounces that any action which Japan may take N
gainst Germany will not extend beyond the China
except for the protection of japanese shipping
The Brazin government has instructed it's minister
at Berlin to ask for explanations and the punishment
of those guilty OF the alleged attack by German Id
ers ON bernardino Campos ex-presbcnt of the state
of Say Paulo, and his wife, who reported to have
been beaten and forced across the Swiss frontier.
Several Austrian army corps, according to advices
from Vienna, have invaded Russia and the Jtussian
advance in Gaacia has been checked Brussels ad
ms thatth French casualties in the ghtng between
Namur and Dnant were heavy, as the Germans were
strongly entrenched and their artillery played great
havoc.
-From the war zone only brief reports of the
tlvites OF the vast German and allied armies opposing
each other. A British expeditionary force number
ing more than 100000 has made safe landing at
French and Belgian ports and is doubtless well on its
way to form Junction with its allies. There are
ahn p1lac off
Harwich, in the North sea. The French commander
inchief, General Jofre, personally reports French
progress III upper Alsace and declares that French
troops have occupied all the region in Lorraine 80
miles inside the German frontier Count Okuma