Gilpin observer., 1914-09-10
AUSTRIANS IN FLIGHT FROM
NORTH GALIcIA BEFORE
ARMY OF CAR.
NANCY FORTS SHELLED
RHEIMS AND LA FERE FALL AND
GERMAN ARMY GRIPS PARIS
IN ARC.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
London. Sept. IA special dispatch
to Reuters Telegram Company, by
way of Amsterdam, says that the Ger
mans opened a terrific assault on the
forts at Nancy Sunday The kaiser,
the crown prince and the general
staff are reported to be with the in.
vading army.
The monster siege guns were put In
to place during the early morning and
the bombardment was deadly after the
first shot was fired. Many of the
buildings were razed during the early
firing, and great loss was sustained
in works of art alone. Panic reigns
in the city and hundreds of families
have fled to the outskirts of the city,
abandoning their possessions.
The guns in the forts. are meeting
the attack the best they can, but al
ready the great shells Of the Teutons
have played great havoc in the French
forts.
The assault of Nancy is another
step in the sudden southeastern move
ment of the German army The Lux
emburg division Of the Teutons, which
battered down the forts at Maubeuge
Friday and occupied Rheims and La
Fere Saturday. is believed to be the
division OF the kaiser's invaders which
is now battling at Nancy.
In the meantime, another wing Of
Germans has been dispatched in q
southwesterly direction, and its ad-
vance is now reported southwest Of
Paris. This would indicate that the
German emperor has formed a great
semicircle around the French capital
Germany states that her army after
surrounding the allies in Paris will at
tack Calais. build emplacements for
her 17-inch guns. dominate the chan
mel and fire across to Dover.
Information reached here by way Of
Dover that train service between Paris
and Dieppe had been abandoned. This
would indicate that the French expect
an immediate assault on Paris.
England, France and Russia signed
an agreement that neither would
agree to peace unless all three ap-
proved such a course. This was taken
as an Indication that the war will be
fought out to a bitter end.
London, Sept. THE retreat OF
the Austrian army, beaten by the Rus
sian invading forces in Galicia, has
become a rout The troops upon whom
Emperor Francis Joseph relied to stem
the Muscovite tide that threatened to
sweep TO his capital have been flung
back upon the Carpathian mountains,
and, with Lemberg, the capital OF
Galicia, In their hands, the czar's men
are masters of one of the most fertile
and populous provinces in Austria.
Vienna is in n panic as news of
series OF decisive defeats Is announced
by war office officials, who, up to this
time, have been giving out bulletins
of victories over the enemy. Famine
is feared in the capital within fort
night. Already 250,000 men are out
of work and their number is increas-
ing rapidly; all stores are closed, and
the people are despondent
The Russian invasion of Prussia is
n constantly growing menace to Ber-
lin.
Five German army corps, numbering
100000 men, have arrived at the Wis
tula river under orders to check the
enemy at all costs. Most of these
soldiers are from Belgium and the
north OF France.