The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-22
London Expects News of Gil
gantic Struggle at Any
Time Now.
BELGIANS SUCCESSFUL
IN REFUSING GERMANS
New York Hears British Sank Seven
German BattIeships and Germans
Sank Five British Dread
noughts With Torpedoes-
{ Summary OF E0ents.

Fighting as the American cOIon1StS
fought in 1776, when their homes were
at stake, the citizen sOldiery of Bel
GUM supported by French allies ap-
pear to have put strong check on
the advance of the right wing of the
vast German army which has been
battering through Belgium and Lux
emburg on its way to France since
August 3.
The latest authentic reports say the
German advance, working toward
Brussels, capital of the little kingdom,
was hacked and battered for twenty
four hours straight near the cities Of
Diest and Haelen and finally driven
back. Losses on both sides were
great, and the courage of the invading
TeutOns in the face of constant rain
of metallic death from intrenched de-
tenders was heroic.
At last the effect of Russian arms
is being felt by Austria, according to
dispatches from Copenhagen, Rome,
London and ST. Petersburg. A large
force of Austrian cavalry was lured
twenty miles into Russian territory
back of the border city of Lemberg by
a retreating Russian outpost guard and
ambushed by an overwhelming body of
cossacks. Two whole regiments of the
Austrians were driven into marshes
and cut to pieces with machine guns.
Naval Battle Report.
The great battle-that which the
military experts say will appall the
world-has not begun yet. 1t is pre-
dicted French-Belgian-Bri allies
numbering million will meet a Ger,
man million about August II near the
famous battlefield of Waterloo. This
plan may be altered if the Germans
are successful in reaching the French
border and converging their forces.
Unofficial reports to New York fl
nanciers from Great Britain and The
Hague state that both Germany and
England are suppressing all news of
an important naval battle which took
place a week ago.
Seven of the finest German battle
ships are said to have been sunk by an
overwhelming fleet. of Britons. Later,
a f1otilla of seventeen German torpedo
boats are said to have attacked five
British dreadnoughts, including the
Iron Duke, EngIand's newest and finest
fighting craft, and sunk them all
1t is certain there has been a Sc
rious naval engagement of some sort,
for several hundred wounded sailors,
both German and British, have been
landed at various English ports and
removed to hospitals. But the censor
ship is severe.
Prices Soar Here.
So far, not much has been heard of
great destruction wrought by aircraft.
All the belligerents may be saving
their dirigible balloons and aeroplanes
for later work. but it appears that most
dependence is being put on the old
land and sea activities.
The European war has caused a
sharp rise in the prices of food, rub
Der, drugs and many commodities in
the United States. The government
may order an investigation, because it
is believed dealers are unscrupulously
adding another burden to the cost of
living.
Several army transports will fetch
man cities are housing and feeding
refugee Americans free in hundreds of
private homes.
Big Battle Near.
London.-The hour of the great bat
tie which will have much to do with
settling the future of Europe is ap-
preciably nearer.
Reports of engagements which, when
the main armies meet, will be consid-
cred Insignificant, have been coming
in all day, showing that the cavalry
scouts, sometimes accompanied by in
fantry, whose duty it is to find out
what is going on behind, have come
into contact in Northern Belgium, near
Haelen, and the French frontier near
Obtain.
Some Severe Fighting.
The meeting of these accommodating
parties in force has resulted in some