Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-09-11
THE WAR DAY BY DAY

anniRiiated sGRiii BY tf the Bri,ish. at Frscy.
the Disc river. 50 miles from Paris
according to Paris dispatches. where
battle-line 40 miles long. from
the Meuse to the Disc T. ivers. as the
central part of the action, i,ooo,ooy
men are engaged in the first general 1ns,i
nies of nations. Kaiser directs attacks
against Nancy In desperate advance %
mans to retire. Petrograd reports Sec
ond Austrian corps crushed by Rus
slams. who open up pathway 10 berlih.
Thousands die of disease on retreat to
Vienna.
Sept. "a London special via. Am
sterdam. states that the Germans have
opened "A terrific assault on the forts
at Nancy. This is another step In the
Germans southeastern movement, The
LuNemburg division of the Teutons'
which battered down the forts at Maui
beuge Friday and occupied Rheims ana
La Fere saturday. is believed to be the
division of the kaiSer's invaders bat
Ting at Nancy. German Emperor form
ing great semicircle around French
capital French official statement de-
clares advance is made by allies in
fighting around Paris. Dover reports
train service between Paris and Dleppe
finder blown up by mine in North Sea.
Wilson liner. Runo. with 600 passcn
gers on board, struck mine In North
from British foreign office report nine
neutral merchant ships sunk by Ger
man mines. petrosrad report ny,d,nm from ON
has sunk several German torpedo
boats. Bombardment OF Qualifications
in Bay of Cattaro. Austria Hungary. BY
large French fleet. reported Russians
advance southwark after capturing
Czernowitz.
Sept. 5.-The French war office an
ha ia nf at IL
beuge after tremendous bombardment
by the German right wing, which Is
Fere fell Friday. British Admiralty an
nounces that all aids to navigation on
the east coast of England and Scot
land may be removed without warming
England. France and Russia signed an
agreement that neither would agree to
peace unless all three approved such
course. Famine perils Vienna as
Russian forces cut way toward Berlin.
Retreat of Austrian army. beaten by
come a rout. London reports $1,000
wounded abandoned on fields between
Lemberg. Tarnow and Tarnopol.
Sept. 4.-Lemberg. Galicia's capital
has fallen into the hands Of the Rus
slams after seven days of fighting, in
Cars forces directing attack on Lub-
| lin in northern Galicia. London re-
ports complete destruction of right
wing of kaissrs army in France. and
an end of his dash on Paris seems
probable from ostend dispatches tell
north of Paris and a terrific assault
on their lins at Rheims by the French.
London reports sinking OF an Austrian
Bay OF Biscay. Premier Asquith stat
ed In Guildhall. London. that 900. 600 re-
eruits have volunteered for service
| against Germany. and plead for FUR
ther relnforcements.
Sept 3.-Rome dispatch to the Rus.
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asserts that Austrians have been un-
mercifully defeated near Lembers,
that fifty seven cannon were cap
tured by the Cars forces Petrograd
report states that the Austrians were
signally defeated near Halle at the
| junction of the Gnita Lipa river with
the Dniester. losing 5000 killed and
many prisoners. including one general.
thirty-two guns. a standard. and guam
titles OF supplies. Rome dispatch says
! that now the Pope has been elected. II :.
Join the allies in the war against the
| Kaiser. Turkish mobilization on the
Persian boundary reported slow. Tur-
key refuses U. 8. permission TO send
cruiser North Carolina through the
\ Dardanelles to deliver s15O.000 relief
fund. saying waters We're mined and Il
Kaiser's army, within 20 miles OF
! via Petrograd tSt PetersburGl says
Japs have captured seven Islands near
hiao-ChOw.
Sept 2.-French move capital to Bor-
deauN as troops of Kaiser near Paris
gates. Petrograd formerly st. Peters
burE) reports that fatal blow to Aus
trian hopes in East was delivered by
Car in Galicia and that Lsmberg is
in Russian hands. Loss of two army
corps. $4,000 men. including three gen.
erals. admitted. Germany reports vic
diplomatic circles told that Turkey has
declared war on Russia, France and
England and that Sultan has mobilized
100000 men. French again masters of
Alsace. Thousands watch air battle
over Paris In which three German aero
planes are routed by two French fiji
ers, who used rapid-fire guns. British
fighting on Disc river.
Sept. 1.-Bucharest. Roumania tele-
grams, received in Rome. declare Aus
Trains transporting tens of thousands
of wounded. and many regiments de-
Stroyed. Vienna report states that B.
rOO.uOu men are engaged along the
Austrian Prussisn Russian frontier in
greatest battle in the history of the
world. German victories at Allenstein
and other places reported to the Ger
man mbassy at Washington from
| Berlin: In one battle three Russian
army corps, approximately 100000
men, were reported annihilated and
10000 Russian soldiers taken prison
cfs. Paris correspondent to London
News declares British have gained q
decided success in France. north of
Sompeigne. anG asked armisilce to
bury their dead. Rome reports Turk
tsh army mObillzing.
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