Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
WAR BULLETINS

London, Aug. 1S, 11.45 n. MA dis
patch from Brussels TO Reuters agency
to-day says all the German troops re-
Gently fronting the Belgians have
taken up strictly defensive entrenched
positions, according to an official an
nouncement by the Belgan war Office.
New York. Aug. ia thousand
and twenty-one passengers from Eu-
Danish American liner United States
from Copenhagen, Christlana and
Christiansand.
London, Aug. is, $50 p. MA dis
patch to the Central News from Rome
says the Austrian torpedoboat No. 10
struck "a mine at the entrance of the
harbor at Pola, the Austrian naval
base i'm the Adriatic. and went down.
Only one member of the crew was
saN ed.
London. Aug. is. 1855 p. M.--The
Russian embassy here Is I'm receipt OF
n communication from the general
staff at st. Petersburg saying the Rus
sian mobilization is completed and
that eleven members of the Russian
imperial family already are at the
front.
London, Aug. 1S, 1.4O p. M.--Prince
Alexander of Tccll, brother of Queen
Mary and the future encouragement
of Canada, is going on foreign service.
New York, Aug. tB.-The American
and Red Star Lines announced to-day
that by special arrangement with the
Post Office Department there will be
an Atlantic mail service each Wednes-
day and saturday, both from New
York and Liverpool, by steamers flying
the American flag.
London, Aug. rs, A. NJ. - The
Daily Mails Basle (Switzerland) cor
respondent says IL Is reported there
that notices have been posted In the
German frontier towns calling to the
NIL frnt ts1s,a
between the ages of 30 and 10. Such
men, the correspondent adds, number
about 100000.
London, Aug. rs, 4 A. NJ. - The
Daily Mail says Japan has given Great
Britain formal assurance that she will
restore to China the German colony
of Kiao-Chow and that this formal
undertaking will dissipate anxiety I'm
the United States and Australia over
the possibility of Japan installing her
self on the Chinese mainland.
Paris, Aug. 1S, AS A. M.-Consid-
ering that one of the best means of
helping France is to assure her eco
nomic life, the American Chamber of
Commerce has obtained orders from
America amounting to 10000, 900,
which will enable the silk, textile,
dressmaking and kindred industries
employing women to operate as usual.
Paris, Aug. IS, 4.15 A. MA dis
patch to- the Figaro from Brussels says
the battle In the north Is turning to
the advantage OF the Belgians. Ac-
coFding to the Belgian minister of
war, their forces have blocked the
pivoting move southwark undertaken
by three corps of the German army at
Liege.
Toxic, Aug. 18, 8.45 p. M.--The
foreign minister, Baron Takaaki Kato
in IA speech to-day said that IL diplo-
matte relations between Japan and
Germany were broken off German
subjects chosing to reside in Japan
would continue to receive protection
to their lives and property so long as
they Obeyed the laws.
Paris, Aug. ia dispatch to the
Hayas agency from Rome says that
the news from Antivara that a French
British fleet had defeated the Austrian
fleet aroused the keenest enthusiasm
i'm Rome.
London, Aug. 1S, $40 p. M.-News
from the British Gold Coast of Africa
says the British forces of that colony
whose capital is Accra, have had some
brushes with the German troops In
Togoland. They have taken some Ger
man prisoners and captured two
trains.
Brussels, via London, Aug. 1s, 3.12
p. M.-The German incursion in the
direction of Brussels seems definitely
stopped, according to an official an
nOuncement issued by the war Office
at noon to-day. It adds: "The situa-
ton remains excellent for our army"
Paris, Aug. IS, 1925 A. MA Ger
man aeroplane has been destroyed In
Russia near Samno and four German
aviation officers have been killed, Ac-
cording to an official announcements
here to-day. IL Is thought Saima,
Finland, is proba bIy meant