Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1914-08-20
A Weekly Digest
OF PRINCIPLE EVENTS OF
The European War

August IL nat 10 important eli
gagement has occurred between the
French and Germans is indicated by
an official announcement issued by
the French war department that up to
Wednesday afternoon there had been
no encounters between the respective
forces except those of outposts.
Later. however, Paris reported that
the bombardment by the Germans OF
the important town of Pont-A-Mous-
son in the department OF Meurthe TT
Moselle. had commenced. This town
is % miles from Nancy and Is miles
south or southwest of Metz. 1t was
the birthplace of Marguerite Of Anjou,
wife of Henry VI of England.
An important development in the
situation is the preparations the Aus
trian ambassador is making for his
Immediate departure from London.
A London dispatch says war between
Great Britain and Austria will be de-
clared.
The German army is advancing In
to the heart OF Belgium. The forces
which have been investing Llege nave
moved to the North and a new army
! corps has taken their place. Brus-
sells reports that the French and Brit
ish allied forces are concentrated AT
various important points in Belgium
and are now prepared to check the
German advance.
Fighting continues around Tirie-
mont and other Belgian towns and
the struggle for the possession or the
| Liece forts has recommended.
The British war office information
bureau says most Of the 20 German
army corps have been located and
that the mass of the German troops
Is concentrated between Liege and
Luxembourg.
In their endeavor to keep steam
ship routes clear on the Atlantic, the
British admiralty and the French gov
ernment have sent out cruisers and
armed merchant vessels to search for
| German craft.
Russians are mining Nladivostok
harbor.
The combined MonteneGrin and
Seryian invasion of Bosnia has begun
under the Servian General Janko-
witch. commander of the Serrian army
corps at Prisrend in the Balkan war
Prince George of Servia is report
ed to have been wounded whiie
watching the Austrian bombardment
of Belgrade.
August IA German lombard
ment of Pnot-A-Moussen, in the de-
partment of Muerthe and Moselle, ~
miles northwest of Nancy, commenc'
ed. A hundred big shells fell in the
town. killing and wounding inhabi-
tants and demolshing buildings.
II is stated that forts around Liege
still are holding out against the Ger
mans and that troops which defended
the city have reformed to the west
and resumed the offensive. 1t is SAID
the Belgians have blown up bridges
andLdestroyed the railroad in the rear
| of the German forces, cuttihg'6H tHeir
supplies.
The French minister of war ex'
plains that the engagements on the
Franco German frontiers are no more
than outpost skirmishes. THE best
| denial that can be given to the report
that the French lost 10000 men at
| ha ipiS
the total effective Frerch troops did
not reach that number" 1t further is
| explained that the advance OF French
| infantry on MuelhauS was cut TO the
center of German communication and
it is added that this was successfully
carried out. The communication con
| cludes: "We are placing in upper Al
SAGE a considerable number OF
troops"
August 14.-Reports OF the con
tinued advance of Germans towards
Brussels. the march extending through
the heart of Belgium on line extend
ing relatively from Namur to Haelen
and of continued fighting at the Liege
fortresses were the chief items OF
news of the warfare in Europe that
| winnowed through the sieve OF the
censor last night.
OF the movement OF the armies of
the Germans and the allies it was
stated that 1t had progressed to a
point where It seemed apparent that
the first great battle Of the war could
not long be deferred.
A dispatch from Brussels said the
concentration of French troops in Bel
Cium was complete and that all the
troops that had been expected were
| in battle order.
| A German report from In front OF
Liege said the fortress Pontisse had
fallen into the hands of the Germans
Baly;ans denied this and declared the
Germans had suffered heavy losses In
| the attack.
A special dispatch received in TOXIC
said that Japanese purpose to carry
out their treaty obligations with Great
Britain and that the Japancs" ile"t
had nut to sea to cooperate with the
British ships.
Greece. il was stated. would prob
bly, engage Turkey again should the
.port that the Ottoman government
had purchased the German cruisers
Goeben and Breslau prove true.
The German cruiser karlsruhe, af
ter coalirg at San Juan. +. r.. follow
ing her fight with British cruisers, put
into the Dutch Island of Curacao last
Wednesday.
August 15.-Conditions under which
the great battle between the Germans