The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-08-15
THE WAR DAY BY DAY

IHE wan UAI bI UA1
Aug 6-BrltIsh cruiser Amphion
sunk By contact with mine with
loss Of over 100 men. Emperor Will
liam calls all Germans capable of bear
ing arms to fight. Upward of 1000
Germans and Belgians fight around
LiCEe. Thousands reported killed and
wounded Austria Hungary declares
war on Russia. and Russian ambassa-
dcr at Vienna given his passports
British Prime Minister gets additional
an army Increase Of 800, 600 men. Rus
ssan cavalry cudoavoring to enter East
Prussia driven back by German IRON
tier guards A Tien-Tsiu dispatch
saws Tho Russian cruiser Askol and the
German ,cru,sSer, EEmden. in an eneaaFes-
nent OF Wel-Hai-Wei, were both
SUNK.
Aug The siege of I.iege is the
outstanding feature 0f the European
war m" latest "dNieses, received by
way or London IN the form of official
dispatches. say that Llege still holds
cut against the attacks Of the Germans
army Of the Meuse. The Germans
asked for 2+-hour armistice to bury
their dead. which was denied, The
G"rmau casualties reported at 25,0o0,
Without success Winston Spencer
Churchill d.EIed that there had been
an engagement between the German
and British fleets in the North Sea.
The huAteus grin government has In
formed the Austrian minister that
Nortructfo considers its.lf in, a state
minister las left Ccttinjc.
AgR S-Germaus smash Lieee de-
feuses and city falls in night attack.
Thousands, killed and wounded as
o. ON les
dltch4s Rain browns wounded. Four
ftIJtsn ships rep"rted sunk and thir-
plans at Antwerp. Twenty thousand
Hitlsa troops land TO hello Belgium
Italy refuses to break her promise Of
neutrality. over 5000 American tour
lists board steamers for United States
French defeat Germans in Alsace. Aus
trla refused aid to German ships
Avg Confirmation Of the reports
tA"t L'cEt had been taken by the
Germans apparently was given by dis
pate hi.s received from Berlin saturday
although aastgrs coming from Belgian.
French and British sources maintained
tHat the forts there still were in the
hands ui EtuE Alhert-s men 1t was
asserted In these dispatches that al
t"uHrH line city was invested. there
mas h,'u ru serious occupation of the
toTH Roy the Germans" An official dis
P"t.h issued by. the Belgian general
s'aii sad th" advanced German troops
We're t'Ius pushed back. and that the
''fHtgu offensive movement had
,'1E,a Turkish troops concentrating
or R4lEarlau territory. Cholera said
p" have broken out among Austrian
sind SoTian troops. Germans plan
,r"matl"tn ot men who fell. Forty five
thousand fall IN battles as French take
-'tsarr. Emperor William takes per
'phaI charge of his army. First big
D.Nr'r pt German and French armies
'Npr ted between Aug. IL and Is,
.As- I" France breaks with Aus
'rat-E diplomats leave capital and all
H... and Nustfiaus must declare
'-..I.rrlNrs "a" b" arrested as spies.
'r'F..- -uNrrgfa.ut furbids publication
'. .H'IaI'E HIST. More than / .peu Ger
Nos -l'u"lt.d arrested as spies and
1.o @rrsUn4er. has left Nish. servia,
'.''..aH I"GHtion to the American min
.rl.. 'wrb~ !. Nopteka The Japan
'r.. additional transports. 1t is re
}"ft"d that cholera has broken ont
Iuf.HE tmth tie Austrian and Servian
troops Tho French are advancing in
Al=a,r but against what opposition is
ini known The Germans occupy the
t.'r IT LieSe while the Belgian troops
fore ~sryiH are sttll bombarding Bel
grade. while part of the Servian army
Us taking the offensive in Bosnia,
Aug Kaiser massinG army in
effort 70 r"ut enemy at Muelhausen
aud sweep to Paris from Liege. Teu-
tiuus Hi attempt to gather legions in
Hrlgium for crucial battle of war EN-
U'rur denies serious defeats and de-
rl@rtS actions SO far have been mere
selrmishes. Austria withdraws troops
from Servia. France fighting to hold
AisaCe
Aug. l2- Kaiser hurls 2 $500 men
at foes. Monster siege guns pound
i"Fts at lt"Ee. CossackS kin 5000
Austrtaus in swamp on Austrian Rus
sian frontier. Fierce engagements re-
ported from Alsace- Lorraine Ten of
fiCers. 500 men and much euuipne n t
reported captured in battle near
Mueihausen. Austrians quit Servia t.
aid Germans.