Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1914-08-14
First |nvaderSCroSS
the Border.
NO BIG SEA BATTLE
Italy Declares War on H}I
Former Allies.
BELGIAN CITY IN FLAMES
Germany is Said TO Have Lost
$4,000 Men at Liege.
BELGIAN CITY IN FLAMES

The French invasion Of Germany
began on Friday and biRnncr also hnrl'
ed more troops into Belgium.
Fierce hgbtinE at Aege. Reis'un'
resulted in the temporary retirement
of the Germans after losses set ~
5000 men. Fighting has been re""in
ed and the Germans forced their way
into the city, which is reported to b.
in flames.
Italy has declared war on Germany,
according to report in London, which
said that the Italian ambassador had
conveyed the news to the English for
eign office The report lacked confir-
nation from official sources.
These are the salient features OF
the vital struggle that is on in Eu:
rope.
Reports that there was big naval
battle in the North Sea were set at
rest in London by Winston Spenver
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty,
who declared that beyond the sinking
of the small British cruiser Amphion
by mine there had been no fighting
or losses. With the Amphion were lost
one officer, 1870 British sailors and
twenty German prisoners.
The Amphion was sunk by mine
planted by the Koenigon Lnise, a
! Hamburg-American line steamer con.
verted into a mine layer and sunk on
Wednesday while doing this work I'M
der the protection of Germany flying
squadron.
Some reports Of the supposed battle
in the North Sea said that nineteen
German warships had heen SINK and
others that several French and British
warships had been lost. One thing
that tended to support the belief that
the fleets had come into contact and
that the Germans had retired to the
Dutch or German coast was the an
nouncement that the east coast OF
Great Britain was safe for coastwise
shipping.
Many other uncopfrmed reports
were received Of naval engagements.
The German cruisers Goeben and Rres-
lau, denied further shelter hecause Of
Italy's neutrality. steamed ont of San
Salvatore, Sicily, to give battle to the
waiting British feet. 4 rerart came
from Naples that the battle has been
fought and that both German cruisers
were sunk.
A Finnish sea captain at Stockholm
reported the Russian navy bottled up
at Helsingfors and the Russian ports
of Libau aud Reval to he burning.
Toxic reoprted the Germau squadron
at Tsing-Tau, China, hemned in by
British war vessels.
That the Belgians are holding out at
Liege and have seriously d arranged
the German plans for the i..vasion or
France is the dominant nc;e of the
news from Brussels.
The Belgian capital dec ares the
| fortress remains intact, but Paris re-
ports that the GermSls forced their
way into the city after fierce street
fighting, but have been unable to take
the. city, while Rotterdam says that
the German shells have set fire to the
city. Another report to London is that
the Germans have asked for twenty
four-hour armistice.
Meantime the French advance into
Germany was begun. The ministry OF
war in Paris officially announced that
French troops had occupied Vic and
Moyenvic, small German towns in Al.
sace-Lorraine, about twenty miles
from Nancy.
Though this is merely preliminary
movement to cover the main advance
of the French army. the ministry
states that 100000 infantry and cav.
airy, supported by artillery. are ready
to cross the German border at Gen.
eral Joffre's command.
Two future rulers, If they survive
the conflict, are now in the field. The
Prince of Wales has been commission.
ed in the Grenadier Guards and Is to
see active service. though ii may be
confined to England.
The German crown prince is In COM
mand of the German army operating
against France. Though reported to
! have reached. Belgium, the London
Standard has a report that the kais.
er's heir has been grarely wounded
by an unidentified assalant, who es.
caped. In the effort to trace the assail.
ant, says this paper, the Germans In.
ficted great indignities on several
Eng!ishmen.
Great Britain has called for 100000
rnnre men for the army. These will be