Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02
At The GATES OF PARIS.
French and English Do Not Seem Able
Lheck ths Onslaught.
RUSSIAN HOROES HEADED FOR BEaLIA.

While Paris Prepares for Seige German
Sends Army to Hold Back Russians.
Saturdays Telegraphic dis
patches:
Fleets OF Great Britain aud Ger.
many at last have come to grips
and, according to reports from
London, victory lay with the Brit
iih.
In batsls with British war
ships off tae Island of Helgo.
land, in the North Sea, yesterday,
the Germans are reported to have
lost two cruisers aud many Il
their destroyeis were badly batter
ed.
The British claimed net t. have
suffered the ss of vessel ANA
declared there w9ra few fatalities
on, board she vessels OF shelr fact,
The GArmal casualties were rot
stated.
The Island of Heigo AID, which
lies 45 miles off she N uths of The
R,xers Eibe and Wsser. Away
has cen r-garsied poiut Ct gF4at
strategic value fr he protectio.
of the K4iser Wilhelm Csnst anJ
otherwise iu the naval defel.ce OF
Germany. Rac-nt reports he'd it
that large part of the f1oser OF
the German Navy lay il the
waters adjacent to the mouths cf
the Elbs aud Weser and in the
Kais.r W lhe IN Cauai
The French War Off - iu
statement said lacculca'ly that
the situation along lss lines FIR,
day was tbs sam as 1t was Tnufs
day, adding that the G7rmaus
<"apps,en;iy have elackened their
mar sh ;" That was ell
Bsflln, Aug >2S BY Wireless
to ths Associated Pres. via Say
vile, L. l.. Aug 2S-7:'6 p. N.
Headquarters has issued an off IL
al report declaring that the west
ern 81. emy hass every where besl.
defeated aud is insfuIi retreat If
{. ter the niue days fighting
General You KInksdefeated the
English army as Maubsuge, re-,
newed ths attack today and
threatened to surround 1t.
General Won Buelow and Won
Hausen completely defeated the
Franc }. Belgian forces, about
eight corps, etveen the sambre
and the Namur and the Musse III
several days battle, and aud are
now pursuing them to the east.
ward of Maubeuge.
The Attack OF Maubeuge was
opened by the Grand Dnk= All
brecht of Wusrtem burg, who de-
feated and pursued the enemy
across the Semois aid the Muese
The German Grown Prince Is
advancing toward the Muese and
the Grown Prince of Bavaria re-
pulsed an attack from Nancy and
the S nth.
General Won Herringen contin.
ues the pursuit southwark through
tho V sses.
Four Belgian divisions attack
ing Tuesday and Wednesday from
Antwerp have been 1epulsed, los
ing guns and many prIsoners
The Belgian population generally
participated In the fighting neces
stating severe repressive mes-
eur,s
The corps of the last reserves
have been called cut to guard
communications.
London, Aug. 28,-A dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany from Rome says that q dis
patch received there from Visnna
states that Austria as declared d
war en- Belgium. The American
Minister III B ,Igium has been ask
ed to take charge of Austrian in.
t,rests there.
One Of the most important an.
nounce ments of yesterday was
made by Marquis of Crewe in the
House Of Lords. L. was that
Great Britain would draw on the
native forces in British India t.
reinforce her armies III Europe.
The German fcrts st Using Tau
fired on two Japanese cruisers re-
connoitering off the fortress One
of the cruisers was said to hays
been damaged.
Louvain, Belgian town of 5O,-
900 inhabitants and with many
historic buildings, is reported &c
have been burned by the Germans
ae an act of reprisal for alleged
firing OH German soldiers by Bal.
gian citizens Tho Belgians claim
however, that the people of Lou
vain did not commit ths hostil,
act charged, but that it was til,
Germans themselves who fired OF
sheir fellow countrymen.
Because Of the nom paym@At O
war levy of $4,000 OOi the Ger
mans, it is SAID threaten to seiz
the famous pictures aud objeota o
art iii the Brussels museums
Advlces from Chinese coasta
cities rep ut the sinking of tn
German torpedo boat destroye
$50 by tie British torpedo boa
destroyer WeEland and the seizur