Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-08-26
Netherlands bord Ter. Isl 4 & it s5 i5
Y !. TUESDAYS and Wednesdays engage

Netherlands border. Is S # VI \, t55.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays engage
ments were on lire touching Wavre,
Gembloux, and Dinant. Yet the line
from L.ouvain to Huy. along which the
heavy force OF French are said to have
been seen, is ten or twelve miles back
from the first named line. q II M
Gives List Of German Dead. t$g
The casualty list of the German:
army, published in the Cologne GA
:zette, gives in detail the losses OF the
Germans up to August IS. They total
about 1900 dead and u, 900 wounded
The list as printed gives the name Of
each individual killed or injured. bout
1900. 900 Germans are now In the field,
but the mobilization continues.
Montenegro Threatens Austria.
4. IA dispatch to the London Exchange
Telegraph company from Rome Says q
message from Cettinje reports tt ,
Montenegro army within two hours
march at Ragusa. a fortified seaport Of
'Austria-Hungary in Dalmatia.
King Nicholas has been notified by
the Austrian authorities that If his
army attacks the large number Of
prominent Servians and Montenegrins
held at Ragusa as hostages will be
shot. Among the hostages is Count
Ivo Vopiovic, brother Of King Mich
olas. .:.5 - a: II III n &
An of1cial communication from
Paris declares confirmation is at hand
of previous reports OF a Servian VIC
tory at Shabats over 80, 900 Austrians.
The :Austrians lost 5000 killed and s.
900 wounded, the report says. Il
b German War Plans Known. ''$5
4 In spite sof censorship, two impor-.
tant facts stand out in the news from
Belgium. The first is that the tacti-
cal scheme OF the German war Office
Is plain. The tactical scheme is the
juncture Of the armies of the ,Moselle
and the Mouse to pierce the center
and separate the French from the En-
glish and Belgians. $.,5
,s5 The second point is that Germany,
In spite Of vagrant reports here and
there Of reverses has gained ground
until now the main body of its COM
bined army is across the river Mouse.
" The two battle lines which now
face each other stretch from Lou
vain, the Belgian army headquarters
fifteen miles east OF Brussels. to Ottig-
MES, OH the Dyle, twenty miles to the.
south OF Louvain, and ON to Namur,
twenty miles further on to the south;
east. 352S, 2. ,5' " }
~ Only the most fragmentary dis
patches OF what is going on along
that forty mile battle line have been
allowed to come through the hands Of
the censor. fS l!ss53 a \. 8sS
d Great Britain needs 100, 900 more
Signs to this effect al.
ready have been posted. Earl kitch-.
ener, secretary for war, will enlist
the men for three years or until the
close OF the war.
Lieqe Forts Holding Out.
An official statement issued by the
French embassy in London says:
THE Liege forts are still holding out.
Not one Of them has been taken"
TSVCn FS7dlO fAtSNSSs
v More encouraging news comes from
the scene OF the Franco-G German fight
ing In Alsace-L orraine Even Berlin
admits the German army in the lost
has met with reverses. n t5.S
An official announcement from Paris
says: "All day Monday we continued
to progress in upper Alsace. The en-
emy's retreat from this side was In
disorder. They abandoned everywhere
their wounded and their stores s
!. This telegram was received at the
Paris war office from Gen. Joseph
Joffre, French commander.in-chief in
Alsace. }. 4 fssl, n
: German Officers Commit Suicide.
A batch of 300 German prisoners
passed Moulins for Montlucon, and 225
more are expected. They are all that
remain of the Ninety-ninth regiment,
which was moved down by 1.-The French
artillery at Saales The men belonged
to the landwehr. When the chasseurs
charged, they raised handkerchiefs on
their rifles. All the German officers
except FIVE killed themselves. q II 55I
r Most of the prisoners are Alsations,
and say they are glad they were cap
tured. .$yI 7 81. Il "a. z gS7t :
Kaiser Thanks President Wilson.
4 President Wilson has received from
Emperor William a long message.
transmitted through Ambassador Ger
ard. the contents of which were guard
ed closely, but which, it was learned,