The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-07
Battles Raging ON Land and Sea-
Heavy Losses of Life and
Thousands Wounded
GERMANY OVER ESTIMATES
HER FIGHTING POWERS
Tiny Nation Checks Advance of
Mighty German Forces After
Heavy and Continuous Fighting.
Monday, August 3

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or. in the name of his government,
sent to the Russian minister Of
foreign affairs at 1880 o'clock tonight
a declaration of war.
Paris-The German ambassador
to France had packed and was ready
to leave at l o'clock this afternoon,
when dispatch reached him from
Berlin making some sort of a sug-
gestion which the French government
took into consideration, and about
which it exchanged views with Lon
don and st. Petersburg.
Dispatches from Rome say Italy
formerly notified the German ambas-
sador there, this evening, that she
will remain neutral.
At the French foreign office Off
cials declared they considered it
would be folly to rely on any hope of
a peace out ONE of the international
'caisis.
London-A German ultimatum,
sent to Russia, said that If Russia
did not stop mobilization by noon to-
day, Germany would begin the mo-
bilization of her army.
The Westminster Gazette says the
Austria-Hungarian government sent
. a communication to st. Petersburg
declaring that Austria Hungary had
no intention of annexing Servia, ex-
tinguishing the Servian sovereignty,
or reannexing the Sanjek province of
Novipasar.
Athens-Austrian monitors on the
Danube this morning renewed the
bombardment of Belgrade and its
surroundings, according to a tele-
gram from Nish, Servia. .....
Berlin-It was officially announce i
that the time limit of the German
ultimatum, ordering Russia to stop
mobilization, expired at noon today,
Germany gave Franch eighteen hours
to declare its attitude in certain con-
tingencies. The bank rate of the
Imperial Bank of Germany was raised
to six per cent.
Paris--French overwhelmed the
German Uhlans in a battle between
the French advance guard and the
French frontier guard, near Petit
Croix.
Machince guns poured raking fire
on the Uhlans, who charged time
after time, only to be repulsed. The
Uhlans suffered loss of about one
fourth their number, who we're liter
ally moved down and finally retired
from the field.
A French aviator, on reconnoiter-
ing duty, discovered the Germans
during the day, and dropped bomb
which is reported to have destroyed
an armoured train of the Germans.
People crowed thezBtksets of Paris
with great enthusiasm, singing the
Marseillsise.
Stockholm-The battle fought yes
terday between the German and Rus
sian fleets off Aland Island resulted
in Russia being driven back. The
Russians took refuge in the Gulf OF
Finland.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS from chief OF
the German general staff, received
at the German embassy, assert that
French doctor, with two assistants,
tried to poison the wells near Metz
with cholera microbs. The doctor
was tried by court martial and shot.
Another French party who tried to
blow up a strategic tunnel near Coo.
hem, on the Mossille, we're shot.
Liege, Belgium-Accordin to an
evening newspaper published here,
twenty thousand German troops
crossed the French frontier this
morning near Nancy. They encount-
cred French forces and were repulsed
with heavy losses.
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