The Colorado statesman., 1914-08-15
CAVALRY BRIGADE TRAPPED IN
HARD RAIN AFTER ATTACK
ON RUSSIANS.
KAISER ATTACKS FOES
HUNDREDS SLAIN IN CLASHES AS
MONSTER SIEGE GUNS POUND
THE FORTS AT LIEGE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Chronology of Liese Campaign.

| Aug. 4.-GermanS reacn advanced
| posts of Belgians east of forts sur
rounding Liege.
Aug. 5.-Attack on Liege meets stout
resistance from Belgians.
| Aug. 6-Germans reported repulsed al
Aug. battle continues; German
casualties, estimated by enemies, al
Aug snFreneh and English troops 29l {,
| of Liege announced in Berlin.
Aug. s.-City of Llege in hands of Ger
mans but Belgians remain in pos
session of the forts.
| Aug. 1O.-German troops divided; part
continue to besiege Liege. main body
moves toward Namur.
| Aug. 11-German forces spread north
and south of Liege. Renewed at
tack on citadels is planned:
| in the streets of Liege, preparing to
hold it against allied troops Fight
ing is renewed with increased vigor.
Germans begin flank movement to
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 to a
telegram received by the Cororiere
d'Italia.
The Austrians charged across the
border and attacked the Cossacks, who
were accompanied by heavy artillery.
The Russians, expecting the onslaught
were primed for action, and from their
places on the hillsides literally moved
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 a 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 Lagarde the
German troops took more than thou
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-et-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.
Brussels, Aug. 13.-While the Kaiser
is hurting 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
ten-day 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 lost 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 body of Belgian lancers
near Tirlemont, and, after killing two
officers and shooting down a large
number of men. caused the enemy to
beat a 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.