The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-08-14
5 and 10 Cents
Belgian Front is Holding
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nearer.
Reports of engagements. which.
wheE the main armies meet, viii be
considered insignificant, have been
coming. showing that the cavalry
screens. sometimes accompanied by
infantry, whose duty it is to find out
what is going on behind, have come
into contact in northern Belgium near
1aelen and on the French frontier
near Obtain.
The meetings OF these reconnoiter-
ing parties in force has resulted in
some rather severe fighting, in which,
according to the French and Belgian
accounts, the allies scored successes.
The other side OF the story is still
to be told, for Berlin remains silent.
In fact the German war office has had
little to say since it reported the cap
ture of the city of Liege. The posi-
tion around that fortress is veiled in
something of mystery. The Germans
have resumed their attacks on the
forts, but how they are progressing is
not known to the outside world.
Brussels had report Thursday
night that the forts had succeeded in
silencing all the big German guns. but
this is given little credence. 1t may
be for the moment the invaders have
stopped their onslaught either to rest
or to adopt some new means of gain
ing their object
Lorraine, for the present, seems TO
have been left out of the fighting,
while Alsace, like western France, is
the scene of engagements between tho
advance guards of the main German
and French armies.
Austrians In Poland.
The Austrian army has commenced
to move on Russian Poland No news
has come from the Russo-German
frontier, but much the same is going
on there as in theo ther theaters of
| war
The Russian and German cavalry
are busy trying to discover what the
main armies are doing.
The British navy now virtually has
cleared the trade routes of German
and Austrian ships or has at least
got them so closely watched that the
admiralty advises ship owners to send
out their vessels as usual Ships from
all parts of the world arrived at En-
glish ports Thursday, and what is
more important, steamers with pro
visions are coming from Scandinavian
ports.
Italians Mobilize.
Italy is reported to have mobilized
about 25O,00O troops on the Swiss and
Austrian frontiers as precautionary
measure. All passes over the Alps
are strongly held. At the same time,
the Italian foreign office has summon
ed home for a conference on the war
situation its ambassadors at Paris,
St Petersburg, London and Berlin.
The government of Holland has Of
ficially given the French government
renewed assurances of neutrality and
its intention to make this neutrality
respected. Sixty thousand Dutch
troops are on the line of the frontier
and large areas Of land have been
flooded.
A number of wounded soldiers have
arrived at Southampton from Belgium
and although their nationality has
not been made known, ii is supposed
they are British.
The Austrian troops have entered
Russian Poland, where German troops
also have been engaged and Russian
forces have captured the Austrian
town Of Sokal, in Galacia, by assault
The American ambassador will take
over the Austrian embassy in London
the Austrian ambassador having do
parted.
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