El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-26

again entered the unhappy loEL
CharlerOi and after furious Ll5ll---- ,
drove the Germans in confusion 49, t-,,s5
the Sambre river The French enter 81
a city Uttered with dead, paL 49, in
she'll fire and devastated by every
strument Of modern warfare
Officer shot While Eating
Outside a diIapidated inn couelsqi %
seen the figure OF German o--L--.,+eT
me head bowed over a basin q u fsce
and lather Of soap dry on tHe scf
de had been shot while IN tito ,-oes
OF washing Another officer lay e,,-,
a table, his hand holding a COLI
which he was raising 10 his nps +5e
death found him. In every part o. -
city houses were in flames or sInoi 10
ing. Every cellar was oecupieu -
terror stricken inhabitants
Fish With Rifles During Ftghtins'
Returning from the front CORE
spendent Of the Times sends the IOi-
lowing under a. Paris date; -,
At Mons the British troops Lse.
made themselves at nome. Preparauo1s
Tor the city's defence were e1LIeI
comforting in their wOri1manllke qe-
tan In the woods lurked innumera1le
neld guns. Everywhere IN the to"H
confidence was dominant
When with heavy firing audloIe Li
the distance, British soldiers can - /
quietly on the banks OF the CaIlal, /
calmly fishing with bayonetted rifles as I
fishing rods The sDectacle inspires con- /
ndence even though from an ar sclloLls /
the presence of the dreaded German
cavalry is reported"
German Cavnlrymen Killed
The next day the correspondent pro
ceeded to Journal, where ne Iouhu the /
populace in great alarm. Six German I
cavalrymen mOtored into the town anu I
asked whether there were any FIshcn /
soldiers They were told thal tneIe
were none but later in the day french !
rTn0mE entered the Mace ana killed LlAE /
six Germans. The next morning large !
force OF Germans attacked the town |
and was repulsed.
Proceeding to Valenciennes, the cor
respondent found that troop trains
filled with British soldiers were con-
tinually arriving there. The Brltlsn
officers were in absolute possession OF
the refreshment bars and no food was
obtainable. The correspondent con-
tinues:
Near Charleroi I heard some re-
citals of the bravery Of the french
soldiers The Germans were lombard
ing the city. The French troops made
what amounted TO a medieval sorue,
but finding the enemy in much greater
force than was expected, were com
PEELED to withdraw
Forces BnyOnet German GuHners-
THE bombardment continued relent-
iessly, whereupon the French Turcos,
picked troops from Algeria, debOuched
from the town and with gallantry
which must surely live in history,
charged the German battery, and
bavonetted all the gunners Their
losses, it is said, exceedd those Of the
light brigade at Balal1lava- OF bat
talon. only 100 men, il is reported, re-
turned unscathed- Their bravery how
ever, was powerless against the Ger
man advance which crept foot by foot
through the outskirts Of Charlerot TO
the very heart Of the town
Killed Remain Upright
There. in the narrow streets, the
carnage was indescribable. The French
infantrymen told me that the roads be-
came so jammed with dead that the
killed remained standing upright where
they had been shot
'sThe last stand Of the French was
made before the railway station IN
front of which passes the canal Here
the Germans fought for two hours 10
take the bridges After they had cap
tured the station with heavy casualties
I the Germans moved rapidly ahead, tax
ing various suburban villages
Protests Against Airship Attack
The Daily News publishes a dispatch
from its Antwerp correspondent saying
IL is reported there that the Ameri-
can minister to Belgium, Brand Whit
lock, has sent an energetic protest 20
the German government against the
hurting OF bombs into Antwerp from
Zeppelin airship-
A dispatch 10 the Reuter- Telegram
company from its Antwerp correspond
ent says that another raid on the city
I by a Zeppelin airship was attempted
Tuesday night The effective meas
ures taken by the Belgian military
authorities, the correspondent contin-
ues. caused the German airship 70 re-
Austria to Fight japan.
A dispatch from Vienna 10 the Reu-
I ter Telegram company by way Of Am
: sterdam gives the official announce
ment that the Austrian government
! on Tuesday handed his passports to
: the japanese ambassador. The Aus
| TRAN ambassador at Toxic. it also an
nouEced, has been recalled.
War Levy Is Increased
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
IN addition TO the German war
| levy Of s4O.O00,00O on Brussels. the
| province Of Brabant has been levied
/ on for s90,00O,0O0 to be paid by Sep
.The German officers at Brussels
! are living riotOusly. The city's supply
/ Of champagne is becoming exhausted.
1 The royal palaces have been invaded
| by German officers"
Russians on Offensive.
! The Russian general staff, in an Of
fetal communication published in St
| Petersburg Tuesday asserted their
/ armies continue on the offensive The
I communication was telegraphed 10
Reuters Telegram company by its st.
| Petersburg correspondent. Dated Au-
/ gust Is, the Communication says:
The Austrian rear guards, support
| ed by artillery, attempted TO hamper
/ our march on the river Sereth. in the
| region Of TarnOpOl. but after a series
( Of fights they were repulsed-
! I'VE continue TO act on the offensive.
| We have taken numerous wagons, two
/ quick firing guns and much ammuni-
I tion TO the the south Of GronbeschOve;
/ We brought down an Austrian aero
/ plane, killing two officers and wound
I ing a third. Our cavalry destroyed
i railway communication across the
| bridge at Kamenka- The Germans
I abandoned, without having fired a shot,
1 a position previously fortified on the
| river Angerapp. The roads beyond the
Angerapp are strewn with cartridges,
! shells and knapsacks thrown aside by
| the enemy with the object Of helping
l their retreat
| Occupy Prussian Towns.
| "Our troops occupied the towns Of
| Insterberg and Angherberg, 80 miles
| south Of Insterberg least Prussia. On
| August % and p, in the region north
| Of Kedenburg We fought a successful
| but sanguinary engagement with i'm