The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-19

ing fought between Ma:lly and Vitry.
Ie-Francois.
koenissburs In Flames
LondOn.-A dispatch to the Post
from Copenhagen states that reports
have been received there from Stettin
that the Russians are bombaTding
Koenigsberg, the strong German fort
ress in East Prussia, and that part
of the city is in flames.
Austria Hard Pressed.
| A dispatch to the Chronicle from
Petrograd says: In Russian and for
eign diplomatic circles it is believed
that Austria will Sue for peace within
fortnight as the only means of avoid
ing a complete breakup Of the en-
pire, owing to rapidly growing inter
nal troubles
Belgians Assume Offensive.
London.-An Ostend dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company says
| that according to information from
a reliable source, the Belgian army at
| Antwerp has assumed a triumphant
offensive movement, driving the Ger
man right back to the environs of
Louvain.
!
been flooded by the Belgians to pre-
! vent the Germans marching into the
town The area covered blythe food
is seventy miles square. The water
varies in depth at different places
from few inches to several feet.
Maubeuge still Resists.
London.-A dispatch to the Daily
Chronicle says: 1.-The remarkable re-
sistance of the fortress at Maubeuge
to the invading Germans is one of the
most interesting features of the cam
paign. Because of its stubborn stand
| it undoubtedly has embarrassed the
Germans seriously in bringing up field
guns against Paris and maintaining
their communications.
Allies Lines Hold.
London.-German reinfOrcements es-
timated at $4,000 men are advancing
into France in three columns, accord
ing to an Ostend dispatch to the Reu-
ter Telegram Company.
The dispatch says a German army
corps seems to be marching to the
south, passing between .Oudenarde.
East Flanders and Grammont 1t
probably is intended to reinforce the
German right wing, which has suffered
a check in France.
Since Monday, adds the dispatch,
numerous German fugitives from the
battle in France have been seeking
refuge in Dottignies forest, between
Courtral and Herseaux.
The allied armies continue to have
the advantage, according to French Of
fetal reports, in what can be only the
prellminaries of a great battle extend
ing from Meaux, northeast of Paris,
to the fortress Of Verdun, about 120
miles further East.
The Germans, who have brought up
reinforcements, are striking at the
allies left and center between Mont
miralI and Vitry-le-Francois, a front
of from fifty to sixty miles, but each
time they have been driven back.
Germans Fall Back.
Bordeaux-The following official
announcement has been issued:
"On the left wing all the German
attempts to break the French lines on
the right bank OF the Ourcq river have
failed. We have taken two standards.
The British army has crossed the
Nlarne and the enemy has fallen back
about forty kilometers twenty-five
miles,. On the center and right wing
there is no notable change"
Germans Claim Maubeuge.
Washington-The German embassy
received a wireless from Berlin, say.
! ing:
General headquarters reports that
Maubeuge has fallen; 400 guns, four
generals and 10000 prisoners cap
tured''
The message to the embassy adds
that Ludwig Frank, the most promi
nent Socialist of the reichstag, fell
while storming the charges nea0 Lune
vile on September 8, and Prince
Friedrich Wilhelm Hesse was wound
ed"
Another dispatch from the same
source says the Bres1au Silesian land
1 wehr captured seventeen officers
: thousand men. all Russian imperial
guard. The place of the encounter
was not given.
Austrians Thrown Back.
Paris--A dispatch to the Hava.
i agency from Nish, Servia, says tha
: the Servians are continuing their OF
4 fensive movements against the Aus
TRANS in the direction of Vishegrad
They crossed the frontier Septembel
. 6 and continued to advance success
: fully. Everywhere the Austrian:
we're thrown back to the left bank o
the River Drina
News has reached here that tn,
Montenegrin troops commanded b.
i General Vucotich have occupied i'm
e portant points in Bosnia south Of Sara
n yevo, the capital The situation il
y North Albania continues serious.
S Battling in GaIicia.
e London.-The Austrians and Rus
: SLAMS are still battling in GaIicia A.
It though Russian official circles are 81
II lent, reports from Rome, which gen
e orally have been accurate, coming a
II they do through German or Ruman
b ian sources, indicate that the Russian
:, are making progress through Genera
5. Auffenburg's army, which is beini
2 supported by the Germans.
p, If the Russians have been landed il