Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-28
WAR BULLETINS

London, Aug. 2S. - 1;2O p. NJ. - The
American Embassy has received dis
patch from American Ambassador Ger
ard, at Berlin, by way of Copenhagen,
stT.i ing tbet a special train would ar
rive Mt Flushing this morning bringing
$50 American refugees from Germany.
These passengers had been left strand
ed and are now being eLt through by
the Embassy.
ROme, Aug. rs. 12,4S A. NJ, Via.
Paris Aug. IS. 4iO5 A. NJ. - The
the berlin Tagebiatt from Liege, say
ing that town has been little damaged
ana Thut only some groups of houses
ON the hill there have been destroyed.
London, Aug. 2S.-6 A. NJ. - a Times
special from Par-s declares that Alex
andre Milerand, Minister of War, dis
cussed with the Cabinet, last night,
steps which he planned for the defense
OF the entrench camp of Paris.
Toxic, Aug. IS. - The commander of
the first japanese Squadron has report
ed to the Navy Department that bis
torpedo fOtilIa ran into typhOon. The
boats were scattered and five men lost
their lives as result of the storm. The
location of the fleet is not given.
Paris, Aug. IS. -. 11,25 A. VI. The
HaVas Agency declares to-day that
two mOtOrcycIists attached TO the Bel
gian army, who arrived In Paris this
morning from Namur, declare that the
forts at Namur are still holding out
and that they are not even ready 10 sur
render.
FOll<estOne, Win. London, Aug. rs. -
4iO5 A. NJ. - number of Belgian
wounded from Namur have arrived
here, but IL Is difficult to get any con-
nected account of the fight there. They
state the Germans bOmBarded cOntinu-
ally from Friday Till sunday and they
believe II was the superiority in long
range of the German guns which gave
them the victory.
Rome, Aug. ~, Via Paris, Aug. IS. -
Z fO5 A. NJ. - vienna reports that As
sistant Secretary of War Breckenridge
arrived from Berlin, Wednesday, and
began the work of aiding needy Amert-
cans promptly. Aided by American Am
bassadOr Penfield, he opened a relief
bureau In the evening In the HoteI Inn
perial.
London, Aug. IS. 12.36 p. VI. - A
Central News dispatch from Brindisi,
Italy, says that British destroyer rank
an Austrian destroyer off Corfu aftcr Il
ten minutes fight.
London, Aug. 2S. II LIS p. VI. - Five
members of the crew of Scotch fish
ing craft, which has been sunk by, n
floating mine, thirty miles of BIyth.
Northumberland, were landed at Hull
to-day.
New York Aug. 2s. - The steamer
AmolcO, which arrived to-day, reported
that she left the Hamburg me rican
Line steamer Praesident at anchor In
san Juan harbOr on August -. The
Pracsident had been stripped of her re-
servistS by the German cruiser karls-
rhue, which recently cOaled at san Juan
nd put to sen.
Rome, Via. Paris, Aug. 2S. - 8i35 A.
NJ. A news agency dispatch from
bucharest states that King Charles of
ROumania II seriously I'll. 1t is rumOr-
ed, according to the dispatch, that he
will shortly abdicate.
London, Aug. 2S. - 4;jO A. VI. - A
dispatch to the Express from Lille, an
nOunces that the advance guard of Ger
mans is now at POnt-a-MarOa and
Mnrchiennes.. "This represents" says
the correspondent, " slight further
advance movement from CysOing, where
they were reported on Monday.
London, Aug. 2S. - 4:53 \. NJ. The
Times ROuen correspondent, describ-
ing the hattie of Mons from the ac-
courts of the British wounded, says,
"The English artillery was magnificent,
but there wns not enough of 1t In COM
puarisOn with the enemy's. There is
universal Testimony that gun for gun
both the English and French are su-
periOr to the Germans.