The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-14
Late War News

Wednesday, says:
THE Belgians have routed the Ger
mans in fierce encounter between
the Belgian left wing and massed
German cavalry, infantry and artil-
lery The Belgians displayed wonder
full control under the fierce fire and
their victory has aroused the liveliest
enthusiasm along the whole line of
the allied troops"
London-A Central News dispatch
from Nish Servia, says Prince George
of Servia was wounded while watch
ing the Austrian bombardment of
Belgrade today.
The prince was standing on the
walls of the fortress when frag-
ment of shell struck him on the head
and rendered him unconscious. The
wound is said not to be dangerous.
st. neutrality-suspicious. for
the restoration of his commission in
the Russion army has been made by
Father Bulatovitch, former officer
of the guards, who is now superior of
monastery on Mount Athos in the
peninsula of Saloniki.
Father Bulatovitch purposes re-
naming in religious orders and, in
imitation of crusading monks at the
time of the Tartar invasion of the
thirteenth and fourteen centuries, will
head his troops in his uniform cover
ed with his cowl.
London-Another dispatch from
Rome to the Central News says the
Corriere d'Italia publishes telegram
from the frontier stating that an Aus
trian cavalry brigade has been exter-
| minated on the Austro-Russian 'front.'
| Ter.
The Austrian cavalrymen are said
to have attacked the Cossacks, who
were accompanied by artillery. They
were unable to hold their own and
tried to get back across the frontier,
but rain had fallen and men and
horses were caught in the marshy
ground and shot down until not a
man remained alive.
| Nish-The Servian and Monteneg-
rim armies, which had effected j'!nc
ton on the border of Herzegovina,
now are operating together
Servian artillery is engaged in the
bombardment of Gerashda on the
river Drina, Twenty-Five miles south
east of Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital.
Servian troops already had captured
the Bosnian town of Vardishta, at
the junction of the rivers Drina and
Lin.
The bombardment of Belgrade, the
Servian capital, by the Austrian ar
tillery continued today and heavy
damage was inflicted on the city.
Berlin-The German troops near
Mulhausen have captured ten French
officers, 500 men, four guns, ten
wagons and many rifles.
According to the report German
territory has been cleared of the
French. 1t is stated that at Lagarde
the German troops took more than a
thousand prisoners, about one-sixth
of the two defeated French regiments.
st. Petersburg-An attempt by the
Germans to occupy Eydtkuhnen, east
Prussia, one of the points to which
Russion troops were dispatched early
in the war, has failed. The Ger
mans, consisting of detachment of
infantry and artillery, were repulsed
with loss. -"
Paris-It is stated that the forts
around Liege are still holding out
against the Germans and that the
troops which defeated the city have
reformed to the west and resumed
the offensive. 1t is said that the
Belgians have blown up bridges and
destroyed tie railroad in the rear of
the German forces, cutting off their
supplies.
Paris-The bombardment by the
Germans of Pont-a-Mousson in the
department of Muerthe and Noselle,
about twenty miles northwest of
Nancy, commenced yesterday morn
ing. A hundred shells of large cali
Der fell in the town, killing or wound
ing a number of the inhabitants and
demolishing buildings.
Boston-A wireless dispatch pick
ed up at radio stations along the New
England coast late this afternoon
stated that the British cruiser Suf-
folk had defeated a German warship
lin a terrific encounter ten miles off
Portsmouth, N. H.. harbor today.
Paris-A dispatch from st. Peters
burg to the Matin says:
The Austrians have suffered a
check on the Dneiper river. The ap.
preaching big battle will probably be
a decisive one"
London-A Rome dispatch to the
Central News says the Messaggero
publishes message from Basel,
Switzerland. stating that two German