Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-09-02

| A German army c-rps, whic
has been engaged along the lin
of the NJ euse, has been withdraw
and has proceeded to the mort
east, presumably to reinforc
troops striving TO check the ad
vance Of the Russian army ehrOugl
East Prussia.
An Athens dispatch gives as ,
semi official statement. news from
"a trustworthy source in Oonstan
tinople" that German officers ant
sailors have gene through Bulgaria
Oh ttsir way to aConstsntlnople
There has been some question
as to the attitude Turkey intendI
to assume in the present war
some previous reports declaring
turkey had @ strong leaning to-
ward Germany.
L:ndon,> Aug, 29., 8:20 p. m.-
The crews Of .destroysrs which
have arrived in port say that ii
least eleven German vessels oi
various sizes we're sunk in the en-
gagement Of Helgolard.
Towards the end of the battle
some English pinnsces, engaged
in picking up Germans who were
struggling in the water wsre fol-
flowed by the German squadron
and had to retreat leaving the men
to their fate. j.,
British cruisers and dcstroysrs,
some of them showing signs Of the
battle in which they were engag id
off Helgoland, have arrived at
Harwioh, Chatham and Sherness.
They had British and German
wounded aboard. The Germans
were wicked up at the sea after
their ships went down. A nun.
Der of men died before the ships
reached port and were buried at
sea; others died on the way TO
the hospital and their bodies were
taken to the naval mortuary.
Loudon, Aug. 30:-Aiter four
days of desperate fighting. the
British Army in France is rested,
fitted and reinforced for the near
great battle. according to an an.
nauncement today by Lord Kitch
ener, Secrstarv of State for War.
In q sta Tenant based on reports
from Sir JohptF rench, command-
-ar of the British. sexpeditionary
forces, the Seefetary sayssthat the
British, after struggling against
tremendous odds, retired to new
line of defense where they have
not heen molested aimee Thursday,,
TheiI casualties are between 5000
and 5000. Since this fighting
ceased the French on the right
and left have brought the German
attack to q standstlll, it is declaf.
ed.
Lord Kitchensr's statement
vhich WAS iseued through the Of
fioiai information ON bureau fol.
lows:
"Althcugh dispatches of Sir
John French az to the recent bat.
tie have not been received. it is
possible now to state what has
been the British share in the re-
cent operations. There has been
a four days battle, on the twenty
third, twenty-fourth, twenty fifth
aud twenty sixth of August. Dur
ing the whole of this period the
British, in conformity with gen.
eral movemsnt of the French arm
ies, were occupied in resisting and
checking the German advance and
in Withdrawing to new lines of
defense. The battle began at
Mons Sunday. during which day
aid part of the night she German
attack, stubbornly pressed and
repeated. was completely checked
by the British front. On Monday
the twenty-fourth, the Germans
made vigorous efforts in superior
nun bers to prevent the safe with
drawal of the Briti.h Army and
to drive it into the fortress of
Maubeuge
"This effort was frustrated by
the steadiness and skill with
which the British retirement was
conducted and as on the previous
day losses far in excess of any
thing suffered by US we're inflicted
Oh the enemy, who In dense for.
nation and its enormous masses
marched forward again and vet
again to storm the British lines.
"The British retiremsnt pro-
ceeded on the twenty fifth with
ccntinuous fighting, though not
on the scale Of the previous two
days and by the night of the
twenty.fifth, the British army oc.
cupied the lins of Cambria, Land
recles and Lscateau. (Cambrai
is fortified town in the Depart
msnt of the North, 80 miles south
east of Lille on the River SohsIdt
Lscateau is IA miles east b,
southeast of Cambrai.) 1t hac
been intended to resume the re-
tirement at daybreak on th,
twenty-slxth, but the German at
tack, in which no less than fv.
army corps were engage ed, was 81
close and fercs that is was no
possible TO carry out this inten
ticn until the afternoon.
"The battle on this dav. th,