The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-08-15
KAISER ATTACKS FOES
HUNDREDS SLAIN IN CLASHES As
MONSTER SIEGE GUNS POUND
THE FORTS AT LiEoE.
Western Newspaper Union News sery. o..
Chronology Of Liese Campo n.

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Aug, battle continues; German
casualties. estimated by eneu..rs. tt
Aug. S.-French and English hoops
hasten to support Of Belsians Ia!l
of Liege announced in Berlin
Aug. s.-City of Liege In hands ut ri.r-
mans but Belsians remain i. las-
session Of the Iorts.
Aug. ln-German troops divided 7Ntt
continue to besiege Liege. mai body
moves toward Namur.
Aug. 1i,-Germau forces spread -u"rh
and south OF Liege. RenewrU At
tack on citadels Is planned
Aug. lz.-Germans erect fortificti.o1s
in the streets of Liege. prcpar .a- to
hold 1t against allied troops IH-ut-
lns is renewed with increased sor-
Germans begin flank moyerneut %
the north and south.
Rome, Aug. 13-Three thousand
Austrian cavalrymen were shot down
by the Russian Cossacks on the Aus
| tro-Russian frontier. according 10
telegram received by the Corosiere
Italia
The Austrians charged across the
border and attacked the Cossacks VINO
were accompanied by heavy artillery.
The Russians. expecting the onslaught
were primed for action, and from heir
places on the hillsides literally mos ed
down the enemy's forces as they ap-
preached.
The Austrian invaders then attempt
ed to retreat, but a heavy rain had
fallen since they crossed the frontier.
and their men and horses were caught
in the marshy ground until not man
remained live.
The Cossacks who lost scarcely any
men in the encounter, according TO
the message received here. ran over
their foes during the retreat down the
| hillside, killing many of them from
distances of only a few yards.
Paris, Aug. 13.-Fierce engagements
are reported from all parts of Alsace-
Lorraine. Germans and French are
| attacking each other with vindictive
| fury and no quarter is given by either
| side. In some engagements the fight
ing was at such close quarters, ac-
cording to reports, that opponents
taunted each other with gestures and
invitations to single combats.
| Each side claims the advantage.
| From one source comes the report that
the German troops near Muelhausen
| have captured ten French officers, 500
| men, four guns, ten wagons and many
| rifles. According to this report Ger
| man territory has been cleared of
| French troops.
| 1t is also stated that at Lagaide the
sand prisoners, about one-sixth OF the
two defeated regiments.
Another dispatch received here tells
of the bombardment by the Germans
of Pont-a Mousson, in the department
of Meurthe-ct- -Moselle, about twenty
miles northwest of Nancy, near the AL
satan border. Wednesday morning,
says the report, 100 shells of large
caiiber from the big German siege
| guns beyond the frontier fell into the
center of the town, killing and wound
| ing a large number of the population
On the other hand. the French war
office issued an official announcement
stating that the troops of the republic
had been victorious in engagements
| with the Germans.
III uoStiS, +HuS- 10 " iiiit Nl4f Ndinti
is hurling 2,350.000 men against his
allied foes on the French and Belgian
borders the heavy German siege guns
began pouring their monster shells
into Liege.
The most vigorous fighting of the
| tenday siege was in progress Wednes-
day and the Germans are attacking the
Belgian stronghold with telling effect,
| but so far they have been able to
make little headway against the de-
tenders, who are putting up the same
| strong resistance that marked the
| struggle last week. Reinforcements
are being rushed to the camps of the
defenders and today other French
troops are expected.
| Further than the announcement
that hundreds have been lest on both
sides, and that the reinforced Belgians
| claim they will be able to withstand
the attack, little news has reached
this city OF the latest fighting at
| Liege.
1t is now apparent that the Kaiser
hopes to flank Liege and then begin
his rush on the French capital. A
force of German cavalry swooped
| down on a body OF Belgian lancers
near Tirlemont, and. after killing two
officers and shooting down a large
number OF men, caused the enemy to
beat hasty retreat toward the Bel
gian interior.
The Germans are effecting fortifica-
tions in the streets of Liege with a
view to resisting possible Belgian at
tack on the right flank.