Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-09

ed.
"Sacond-shs situation is un
changed in .tEe center and Oh th
right in Lorraine aud the Vosges
"At Paris, f.om which th
ensmy g armies are going farthe
away the defensive works are p. {
cssdng actively
LAS Maubeuge the lombard
meht continues with extrems vic
renee. The CITY resists desplt
the destruction of three forte.
The following commun catio
wss .ssued by the Governor o
Paris this morning:
The German army continue
t5f,mpve farther away from Parl
-oasrd the southeast, carrying
QUO the N movem,nt started Thurs
day.
According to infcrmatlou tn
sn9my's tr jops have evacuated tn
region of Ccmpiegne and Seniis. ,
0pa.ed h! Okes.
Am sterdam, via London, Sept
5 -(8:52 p. N. )-rhe Antwerp
C respondent OF Telegraph sendl
The following dispatch:
"Frlday morning a strong Ger
aa;. f rec left Brussels 10 north
westerly d'recti IN having prohab-
iy besn ordered to cu5 commuui
cations between Antwerp and the
{ ast. They set fire to severa
h u es aud the railway station Al
Bugsenhout, and Gus the tele-
graph wires. A German prsro
eut communication betwe 81
Ghent aud Antwerp by way o.
D,ndermonde.
The iuntry surrounding Ant
y arp now has a remarkable ap
pearauce as the dikes to the south
west Ct Mallues were opened by
sist B,lgi,ns and the entire dis
d.lct was fl ooded This took the
Gscmans completely ty su prise
fnsy worked herolcally wais,
terp in water under fire of. the
Antwerp forts to extricate their
their guns and suffered severe
iJsses.'
Army Of 100000.
London, Sspt 5 5-U1:50 p m.
The Amsterdam correspondent,
of the Central News sends the fol
lowing:
''Tslegraphing from the head
quarters Of the Austrian army, 8
German correspondent, whose
nave been transmitted
here from Berlin, SAYS the total
strength of the Russiann army
now holding the ground between
Lublin and Lemberg is 100000
Lem berg is described as 'evacuat.
ed by the Austrians.
''Day after day." ads the cor.
respondent, "passss III dreadful
fl shting, which has lasted now II
days The heat 10 Galicia Is terri
bic. The fghsll 6, judging by my
Is of the most crueI
character, the soldiers bsing great
iy excited by the duration of the
alb: b:ormal durati IN Of shs battle.
II think 1 am not wrong ir
saying that victory over the Rus
sian millions will be hard te
win. The Russians have suffered
no big defeats except in the tigh,
Annenberg lin East Prussia x
miles southwest of Koenigsherg ~
Fifteen British trawlefs (snall
boats fishing for mlnes) have beer
unk in the North Sea by German
warshlps
his French Premier explaiul
that the session of Parliament a.
Paris were brought to close il
order that the Parliament nigh
te reoonvened at Bordeaux, i
necessary.
The British Government has is
sued an offic al denial af the us,
# dumdum bullets by British Of
French, as charged by Germany.
Mondays dispatches give tn,
following:
The Allied armies defending tn,
road to Faris again have come in
to oontac5 with the German righ
wirg on the banks of the Rive
Grond NORM which runs East ant
West, somewhat South of tn,
Paris line.
AL cfficlal statement issued b,
the French War Office says tn
Allies advance troops came int
touch with tho German forces
which seem to be covering On tn
RIVER Oureq towards the South
wess, the movement of the mail
b 3dy of the German right win
and small engagements results'
III an advantage to the French.
The town of Maubauge. where
is reported British troops are as
slsti:1g the French garrison, i
said still to be resisting German
assanlt.
From Berlin by way Of Amster
d sm comes report that the Ger
'naas are attacking the forts a
Nancy and that Emperor William
aud The general staff are watcbin
shs operations.
Tie British offi:lal war infor
nation tureau has Issued a lon