The Raymer enterprise., 1914-08-13
THE WAR DAY BY DAYI

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killed and wounded when repulsed by
Belgians at Llege. Field Marshal
Kitchener appointed war secretary in
British Cabinet. French troops Join
Belgians in opposing progress OF Ger
many through Belgium President VIII
son proffer ID services as mediator to
European nations at war. NJ st Pc
tersburg and Berlin the German and
Russian embassies were attacked by
mobs. The capture OF number OF
German steamers by the British Is re :.
ported and the British cruise. Amphion
mas sunk the Hamburg American line
steamer Eoenigen Louise. recently con-
yerted into mine-layer. Russian from
tier patrols have penetrated ten miles
into Germany.
Aug. s.-Britlsh cruiser Amphion
sunk by contact with mine. With
loss of over loo men Emperor Will
liam calls all Germans capable OF bear
ing arms to fight Upward of f00. 900
Germans and Belgians fight around
Liege, Thousands reported killed and
wounded. Austria Hungary declares
war on Russia. and Russian ambassa-
dor at Vienna given his passports.
British Prime Minister gets additional
war appropriation Of s50A000.a09 and
an army Increase of 100000 men. Rus
sian cavalry endeavoring to enter East
Prussia driven back by German from
tier guards. A Tien-Tsin dispatch
says the Russian cruiser Askol and the
German cruiser Emden. In an engage
ment off Wei-H Hai-Wei. were both
sunk.
Aug. THE siege OF Licge is the
outstanding feature Of the European
war. The latest advices. received by
way of London in the form OF official
dispatches, say that Liege still holds
out against the attacks Of the Germans
nj the Aplsr The Germans
asked for 24hour armistice TO bury
their dead. which was denied. The
German casualties reported at $1,000.
German diplomats try to win Italy.
Churchill denied that there had been
an engagement between the German
and British fleets in the North Sea.
The Montenegrin government has In
formed the Austrian minister that
Montenegro considers itself in state
of war with Austria. The Austrian
minister has left Cettinie.
Aug. e.-Germans smash Liege de-
fenses and city falls in night attack
Thousands killed and wounded as
troopers fight at close range. tram
pllns bodies OF slain comrades Iii the
dltehes. Rain browns wounded Four
British ships reported sunk and thir-
tt-four steamships captured by Bel
gians at Antwerp. Twenty thousand
British troops land to heln Belc iuIn.
Italy refuses to break her promise OF
neutrality. Over 5000 American tour
lists board steamers for United States,
French defeat Germans In Alsace. Aus
tria refused aid to German ships.
Aug. a.-Confirmatlon Of the reports
that Liegc had been taken by the
Germans apparently was given by dis
patches received from Berlin Saturday.
although advices coming from Belgian.
French and British sources maintained
that the forts there still were In the
hands Of King Alberts men II was
asserted in these dispatches that al
though the city was invested. There
has been no serious occupation of the
town by the Germans" An official dis
patch issued by the Belgian general
staff said the advanced German troops
were being pushed back. and that the
German offensive movement had
ceased. Turkish troops concentrating
on Bulgarian territory. Cholera said
to have broken out among Austrian
and Servian troops. Germans plan
cremation OF men who fell. Forty-five
thousand fall in battles as French take
Alsace. Emperor William takes per.
sonal charge of his army. First big
battle of German and French armies
expected between Aug. IL and Is.
Aug. 1o.--Franee breaks with Aus
trians. diplomats leave capital and all
Germans and Austrians must declare
themselves or be arrested as spies
French government forbids publication
of casualty list. More than 1.oon Ger
mans reported arrested as spies and
100 shot. The German minister, Baron
Won Griesinger. has left Nish. seryta,
after entrusting the affairs of the
German legation TO the American min
lister. Charles ]. Fopicka The Japan
ese government has requIsitioned sew
eral additional transports. II is re-
ported that cholera has broken out
among both the Austrian and servian
troops. The French are advancing in
Alsace but against what opposition is
not known. The Germans OCCUPY the
city Of Liege while the Belgian troops
still hold the forts The Austrians be-
fore Seryia are still bombarding Bel
grade. while part of the Servian army
is taking the offensive In Bosnia