Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-09-04
SUMMARY Of WAR
SATURDAY,,

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SATURDAY.
The Princess Patricia Canadian light
infantry, 1000 strong, sailed from Mon
treal
Berlin has received report OF the
defeat of the British at st. Quentin.
France.
The British foreign office announces
that East Prussia Is being rapidly
overrun by the Russians.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts declar-
ed that Great Britain would require
hundreds of thousands Of men for the
present conflict.
The German ambassador at Wash.
ington denied statements of German
cruelty and declared that Zeppelin had
attacked nothing but Notifications.
According to a report from Copen-
hagen, Germany Is rushing troops
from her west front to reinforce her
army and that Of Austria in the east
SUNDAY.
A German army corps, which has
been engaged along the line of the
Mouse, has been withdrawn and has
proceeded to the northeast.
An Athens dispatch gives a semi
official statement from "a trustworthy
source in Constantinople" that Ger
man officers and steamers have ,... =
ed through Bulgaria on their way 20
Constantinople.
British cruisers and destroyers that
have arrived at various English ports
and some members of the crews assert
that at least IL German vessels Of
various size were sunk.
Most significant is the official an
nouncement by the French war office
that the military governor of Paris has
ordered all residences within the zone
of action of the forts around Paris to-
evacuate and raze their houses within
four days. Another significant official
announcement from Paris Is e the
effect that the German forces are ad-
vancing in the direction OF La Fere,
which lies about 80 miles northwest
of Paris.
MONDAY.
Paris is preparing for siege should
the lines opposing the Germans be
broken.
A German dispatch says the Ger
man army is energetically pressing
the Russians in the neighborhood OF
Allenstein, East Prussia.
That the French lines are still fall
ing back before the German advance
is indicated by an official statement 10.
sued by the French war office.
A British official statement says
that of the 1900 men composing the
crews of the five German warships
sunk Off Helgoland only 33S were
saved.
A German aviator has appeared over
Paris, and was engaged Sunday in
dropping bombs over the city. Sew
eral of the bombs failed to explode,
according to accounts, and the two
persons injured were women.
Earl Kitchener, the British secre-
tary of state for war, gives In detail
the part played by troops in the opeT-
atoms in Belgium and France. These
operations extended from August 70 to
August 26, and the British losses mum.
bered in the neighborhood of 5000. The
condition and spirit of the British
troops at the front are described an
Iexcellent, and reenforcements have
been sent up to more than fill the
leaps created by casualties.
TUESDAY.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her
children have arrived in England.
The French war minister has in
spected the supplementary defensea
around Paris.
An Antwerp dispatch credits Gen
eral Pau with victory over $4,000
Germans near Peronne.
The moratorium proclaimed at the
outbreak of the war in Great Britain
has been extended for another month
} IL is reported that British warshipi
) off Hongkong are holding up all YES
sells, including those under the Amer
lean flag.
A long official statement is issue,
by the French war office reviewing
the operations in Belgium and alont
|, the French frontier.
"a According to official advice receives
at Washington, France is considerin
y the advisability of moving the seat Q
q government to Bordeaux.
r A Japanese destroyer which RAJ
ashore near Using Tau, China, wa
shelled by German gunboat tn
crew Of the destroyer, however, ha
l. previously abandoned her.
- Great Britain has Joined with Franc