Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-17
Official Communication FROM
Brussels Declares There
Are No Large Bodies Of In
vaderS Near BeIgianS
KAlSER'S FORCES NOW
PRESSING ON RUSSIA
Socialist Revolt in Prussia Re-
ported to Have Resulted
From Execution of Or, lieb-
knecht, a Leader.
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London. Aug. l6.-A dispatch from
Paris to Reuters agency confirms
the official account Of the fighting
on Friday and Saturday between the
French and German troops at Bla-
mont and Grey. and adds:
"The affair was a particularly
brilliant one. The German force
consisted Of Bavarian army corps
When the Germans occupied the
northern heights the French troops
executed grand thanking movement
which decided the commander Of
the Bayarian army corps to retire In
the direction Of Saarburg The en-
gagement was very hot one. The
morale OF the French troops was ex-
eellcnt. In the course of Friday the
French occupied an angle of the Do
non river and took more than 500
prisoners"
situation Little Changed.
A dispatch to Reuters agency from
that the general situation has not
changed since yesterday evening. The
official communication adds:
There are no signs of any Sarge
body OF Germans in front of our
army. We are not In direct con-
tact with the enemy at any point Of
his front. The impression is that
the operations have been momcn-
tarily arrested" .tf
a dispatch from st. Petersburg to
Reuters agency says 1t is officially
declared there that there is no truth
in the suggestion that Germans in
Russia are being transported to ST.
herla. II Is said that all are to be
domiciled in the eastern provinces Of
European Russia.
German War ON Russia.
The official Russian communities
ton adds that two German destroy
ers have bombarded Polangen, a Rus
sian town on the Baltic. but without
doing any harm.
German cavalry is officially re-
ported 10 be concentrating in eastern
Prussia on the Russian border and
German reserve troops are said to be
advancing to the southwark along
the frontier.
The official press bureau of the
British war office and admiralty to-
day says:
The Germans are suffering from
a shortage of horses, thousands of
which have been killed or taken by
the Begians and the German army
is unable to obtain more from Ger
many" A
General Nav Not BE Prisoner.
Reuter- dispatch from Paris
does not contain confirmation of the
report that General Won Deimlng.
commander of the Fifteenth German
army corps, had been taken prisoner
by the French. 1t mentioned, how
ever, that he had been wounded.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
the Austrian troops evacuated kielce
and Chencin In Russian Poland on
august 10, after an attack by Rus
sian cavalry which dispersed BODY
Of 500 czech inhabitants of Sokal In
Austrian Galcia who were supported
by the Tenth regiment of Austrian
Dragons.
Socialist Revolt in Germany.
A dispatch reviewed by the Centra'
News from Rome says
'Fugitives arriving here from Der
lin declare that the socialists arc RS
ing In revolt throughout Germany
following the execution of their lead
en- DR.. Liebknecht.
A dispatch to the Exchange Ieie-
graph company from Ancona, itaiy,
reports the arrival there of the Eng
fish consul from Trieste, Austria. me
consul states that he had practlcaliy
to fly for his life when England de-
clared war against Austria. lie ad-
ded that all British subjects were
badly treated By the Austrlans ana
many Of them were arrested.
A Lisbon dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company announces ina.
the Portuguese cabinet has deciueu
TO strengthen the earrisons 10 Portu-
guese Africa and TO increase the num-
Der Of its war vessels by arming
merchantmen.