The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-11
And the Armies of Both Ger.
many and Austria.
With AvOwed Intention OF
Maintaining Her Neutrality.
AyiatOrs at Work Constantly
on Frontier of France.

In and around Lie6C eio
was unchanged today. The Germans
held the town ITSELF but the forts
still were fighting strongly. The Ger
man main army in the north was re-
norted entrenching itself on INC
Ourthe, while two large olvlsioIis "
cavalry had got to Tongres, north oA
Iieye 1t was expected that a gen.
eraI advance was in preparation anu
q battle imminent in which the Ger
r,ans would be confronted by the al
lied Belgians. French and BRUSH.
The French at Muelhausen, Alsace'
met with opposition after their occu-
patton of that city. A superior AoISo
Of Germans caused them to leave the
Mace and take positions outside.
where an action was fought, details
~ which have not been made pubic
French reports are indefinite but give
the impression of a French success.
Many German spies were arrested
TODAY in Belgium and a secret wire
less apparatus was discovered III d
German store in Brussels.
Fightinr- evidently has occurred on
the Russo-German frontier, as six
carloads of German prisoners were re-
ported to have passed through Vllna
today on their way to the Russian
interior.
Russians have concentrated con-
0l0eraDl0 army III liidhNs tAA0c Oeesf
posing of German reports OF the land
ing of a Germ .-psarUy corD9 there.
Bulgaria apparently Is mobilizAng
all her forces, as she announces, to
prevent violations of her neutrality.
The United States diplomatic off,
cials in Europe have the further task
since yesterday of looking after
French interests in Austria and Aus
trian interests in France.
A state Of war has been proclaimed
in the southern provinces of Poland.
Russian funds seized in Berlin
banks by Germany amounted to
$25.000,0O0
The German cruisers Goeben and
Breslau still are at large in the Medi-
terranean. according to reports.
Germans said, in Belgian Of
fetal reports, to have lost 1000 killed
10000 wounded and 800 prisoners
in the recent fighting in Belgium.
England is said by the London
Times to have between 100000 and
100000 en- under arms without the
reserves.
Aviators are at work constantly On
the frontiers of France and Germany,
endeavoring to observe the concentra-
tion of the respective armies.
Austrians Invade Poland.
London, Aug. ia Central News dis
patch from Vienna by way OF Amster-
dam says the Austrian troops have oc-
cupied Miechow in Russian Poland. ten
miles within the border. after defeating
a body of Cossacks whose losses are
given as 400 killed and wounded. while
those of the Austrians are said to be lac
wounded.
Austriane Flee i'm Disorder.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 1.-THE Rus
sian general staf announces that the
Russian troops today dislodged large
trenched village of ZalOtche in Austrian
Galicia. to the southwest of Radziviloff
in the Russian province Of Volhynia
The Russians sabred section of the
Fifteenth Austrian infantry while the
Thirteenth Austrian Lancers and ths
Thirty third Austrian Landwehr fled In
disorder.
Both Armies Advancing.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Austro- Hun
garian advance from Cracow in Aus
trian Galicia, toward Kieloe. in Russian
Poland. is reported to be in progress. AT
the same time the Russian troops are
said to be advancing from Rovno ur
the valley of the River Styr, toward
Lemberg. the Galician capital.
manded a credit Of 10000, 900 for mobi-
lization expenses in addition to q
previous credit of $50. 900 900 for arma-
ments.
War Proclamation in Bulgaria.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. ia state OF
war has been proclaimed through Bul.
garia in order to enable the government
to prepare to guard the frontiers
against violations.
Paris. Aug. 11.-Lieutenant Baror
Marschall Won Bieberstein son of the
Baron Marschall Won Bieberstein. whit
was formerly German ambassador a
Constantinople was killed in a fighI
near Genaville in the French depart
ment of t-Moselle on Angus
8.
Belgian territory, except just AROUND
and to the south Of Liege, was reported
today to have been thoroughly cleared
Of German troops with the exception OF
some Uhlans who had lost their way.
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