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children have arrived in England.
An official dispatch to Washington
reported the sinking of steamship
off the Brazilian coast by the Ger
man cruiser Dresden. The dispatch
did not give the name of the steam
ship nor say when she was sunk
That the French lines still are fall
ing back before the German advance
/ is indicated in an official statement
issued by the French war office, which
says tho progress Of the German right
wing has obliged the French left to
/ yield ground
A German aviator has appeared over
Paris and was engaged Sunday in
dropping bombs in the populous part
of the city. Several bombs failed to
explode. according to the accounts.
and the only two persons injured were
women
Earl Kitchener, British secretary for
war. gives in detail the part played by
British troops in the operations in Bel
gium and France. These operations
extend from Aug. % TO Aug. 2G and
the British losses numbered about
5000.
The condition and spirits of British
troops at the front are described as
excellent and roinforccmCnts have
been sent up to more than fill the
gaps created by the casualties.
The London Daily TeIeeraph's dip
lomatic correspondent says: Turkey
may declare war at any moment II
is now only matter of days, aud pos
sibiy a few hours"
A British official statement says
that of the 1900 men comprising the
crews of the five German warships
sunk off Helgoland, only $50 were
saved.
Paris is preparing for a siege should
the lines opposing the Germans be
broken. Enormous stocks of food
have been placed in the state ware
houses and sheep and cattle in vast
numbers have been herded in the Bots /
de BOuIogne
a Berlin dispatch says that the Ger
man army is energetically pressing !
the Russians in the neighbOrhood of !
Allcnstein. East Prussia.
Among German prisoners at an Eng /
lish naval station is the son of Ad /
miral Won Tirpitz, German minister of /
marine. Count Won Schwerin. nephew /
Of the German emperor. is a prisoner /
in the hands Of the French
Dispatches from Austrian headquar- |
ters to Rome state that 100000 men !
are engaged in the battle on the Aus |
tro-Russian frontier. The battle line |
extends from the Vistula river to the |
Dneister river, more than 100 miles. |
The Russians have penetrated more /
than twenty miles into Austrian terri
tory.
Adolph Messimy. former French
of war. Sunday assumed his
post as a member of the general staff /
of the army.
The German forts at Using Tau
fired on two Japanese cruisers recon
off the fortress, One of
the cruisers was said to have been
damaged.
Fleets of Great Britain and Germany
at last have come to grips and. accord
ing to the reports from London, vic
tory lay with the British. In battle
off the Island of Helgoland. in the
North Sea, Friday the Germans are re
ported to have lost two cruisers and
two torpedo boats sunk, while another
of their cruisers and many of their de
stroyers were badly battered The
the loss of a vessel and declared there
We're few fatalities on board the YES
sells of their fleet. The German cas-
ualties were not stated.
German reservists are said to be
pouring into Using Tau from various
parts of China to aid in the defense
Of the German station.
Louvain, a Belgian town of $4,000
inhabitants and with many historic
buildings, is reported to have been
burned by the Germans as an act of
reprisal for alleged firing on German
soldiers by Belgian citizens. The Bel
gians claim, however, that the peo-
pie of Louvain did not commit the
hostile act charged, but that it was
he Germans themselves who fired on
heir fellow countrymen.
Because of the nonpayment of a
war levy of s4O,OOO,OOO the Germans,
t is said, threaten to seize the ia
nous pictures and art objects in the
Brussels museums.
Two small Japanese cruisers Thurs
lay drew the first shots from the
Using Tau Notifications, according to
-eports from Using Tau. Several
shots dropped around one of the cruis-
,rs. whereupon the vessel fired one
shot in reply and withdrew. 1t is re-
ported one German shell found its
mark.
Advices from Chinese coastal cities
'eport the sinking of the German tor
,edo boat destroyer $50 by the Brit
sh torpedo boat destroyer Well and
he seizure by the allies of various :
German merchantmen as prizes.
Berlin headquarters has issued an
,fficial report declaring that the west
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