The chronicle=news., 1914-08-26
sentatives Of all the noblest families
in the empire.

In the horse guards, rode Into the
terrible charge which will forever
be a glory to their regiment and the
Russian army"
A dispatch from Paris to the Reu-
ter Telegram company says:
THE losses of Austrians In the
battle Of the Drina continued to
grow. according to kilograms from
Nish. The latest aver that out of
100000 Austrians engaged 5000
were killed. 10000 wounded and 49,
900 made prisoners. Seventy-five
guns were captured.
i The Parh correspondent of Reu-
ter's Telegram company says a raid
by German cavalry division In
French territory is reported by the
Petit Parisien. which states that
when the Germans arrived at 4
o'clock Tuesday morning they en-
countered a regiment of French ar
ltiliery which practically annihilated
them.
Referring to the fighting near Mons
the paper says:
| THE British bore the brunt OF six
furious attacks. Wounded British
soldiers declare that the allies raised
a veritable hecatomb of German
corpses near Mons"
This information was given out by
the official bureau this afternoon.
The text OF the bulletin is as fol-
lows: at is officially announced
that on August 25 the French, on
their southern frontier were attack
ed In force by the Germans. The at
tack was repulsed and the enemy re-
tired all along the line"
Paris, Aug. 26.-11 a. m.-The
French war office was silent this
morning. Unofficial military opin-
ion is that the fighting along the
French Belgium frontier continued
quiet. Confidence exists in Paris
that the allies will hold off the Ger
man attack and take the offence
when the proper time arrives.
A report in circulation this even
ing that Russian troops yesterday oc-
cupied Marienburg in West Prussia,
81 miles southeast Of Banzig. This
news has not been confirmed. Fl
A dispatch to the Havas Agency
from Antwerp says that King Albert
is at present at the Belgian army
headquarters, which had been estab-
lished at Machines.
Two Saxon princes, the correspond
ent continues, have installed them
selves in the royal chatau at I.aeken.
Laeken is suburb Of Brussels and
has a royal park and a residence OF
King Albert.
Another dispatch to the Havas
Agency from Berne, Switzerland, :,
says the German government has ad-
monished the public to be economical
In the use Of kerosene and gasoline
A German aeroplane fell to the
ground inside the British lines in the
Qnesnoy region yesterday and the
two German officers on board were
killed. Quesnoy is six miles from
Lille.
The minister of agriculture today
authorized the sale of frozen game in
Paris. Large quantities OF frozen
rabbits in normal times are sent from
Paris to the United States.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 26.-.via Lon
don $40 a. m.)-The Novoe Vrem-
terms the memorable charge Of the
Russian horse guards at Gumbinnen
during the recent fighting in which
the Russians were victorious. 1t
says:
THE Germans held position in a
small village from which they were
pouring a murderous fire on the
Russian troops.
Cavalry was ordered to silence
the guns. The first squadron rode
straight at the battery which was
firing point blank, moved down the
Russian ranks frightfully, annihilat-
ing the squadron. The second squad
ron followed fast and would have
shared the same fate except at the
critical moment a third squadron
rushed on to the enemy from the
flank, >sabered the gunners and rout-
ed the whole German force.
1.-THE Germans ran like rabbits, dis
carding helmets and clothing in their
mad naSte to escape the aVeng1ng
Russian horsemen.
"Onc squadron of Nizhni Hussars
who are famous swordsmen cut down
seventy Germans without receiving a
scratch In return"
Paris, Aug. 26.-2:3O p. ma
dispatch to the Havas Agency from
lans with quick firing guns have
seized a railroad station near Ostend
They carried away the station safe,
blew up a portion Of the track and
left in the direction of Ostend. At
Snaeskerke bridge. Belgian, gend-
armes in automobiles and bicycles
came UP with and engaged them.
After an hours fighting the Uhlans