Gilpin observer., 1914-09-10
THE WAR DAY BY DAY

anniRRiiated adRii sfma" By ahe British. % at Preey,
on the Oise river, 80 miles from Paris,
on battle-line 120 miles long. from
the Meuse to the Oise rivers. as the
central part d the action. 100000
men are engaged in the first general
conflict. which may settle the desti-
nies of nations. Kaiser directs attacks
against Nancy In desperate T,ir ac advanee. G.r
mans to retire. Petrograd reports Sec
ond Austrian corps crushed by Rus
slams. who open up pathway to Berlin
Vienna.
Sept "a London special via Am
sterdam. states that the Germans have
opened a terrific assault on the forts
at Nancy. This is another step in the
Germans southeastern movement. The
Luxembourg division of the Teutons,
which battered down the forts at Mau
beuge FRIDAY and occupied Rheims and
La Fere saturday. is believed to be the
division of the kaiser's invaders bat
Ting at Nancy. German Emperor form
ing great semicircle around French
capital. French official statement de-
elsr elares advance Is s. mad made by allies In
train service between Paris and Dieppe
abandoned. The British cruiser Path
finder blown up by mine in North Sea.
gers on board. struck mine in North
Sea and sunk. Advices to Washington
neutral merchant ships, sunk by Ger
man mines. Petrograd report from
Toxic says British destroyer Wieland
has sunk several German torpedo
boats. Bombardment of Qualifications
in Bay of Cattaro. Austria Hungary by
large French fleet. reported Russians
advance southwark after capturing
Czernowitz.
Sept. 5.-The French war office an
nounces the fall of three forts at Mau-
by the. German right wing. which is
advancing on Paris. Rheims and La
Fere fell Friday. British Admiralty an
nounces that all aids to navigation on
land may be removed without warning.
England, France and Russia signed an
a course. Famine perils Vienna as
Russian forces cut way toward Berlin.
Retreat of Austrian army. beaten by
the Russian invading forces. has be-
come a rout London reports $1,000
wounded abandoned on fields between
Lemberg, Tarnow and Tarnopol
Sept. 4.-Lemberg. Galicia's capital.
has fallen into the hands Ct the Rus
MSisb shhs after daKs Of sntns IN
Cars forces directing attack on Lub
lip in northern Galicia.. London re.
wing of Kaiser's arm army in France. and
probable from Ostend dispatches tell
north of Paris and a terrific assault
on their line at Rheims by the French.
London reports sinking OF an Austrian
Bay of Biscay. Premier Asquith stat
ed in Guildhall London. that 900. 900 re-
cruits have volunteered for service
ther reinforcements
Sept. 3.-Rome dispatch to the Rus
asserts that .Austrians have been un-
with losses of more than 100000. and
tured by the Cars forces. Petrograd
report states that the Austrians were
signally defeated near Halle at the
junction of the Gnita Lipa river with
the Dniester. losing 5000 killed and
many prisoners. including one general.
ttes of spns Ras ana saHs
that now the Pope has been elected. IT.
ally is expected to declare herself and
Kaiser. Turkish mobilization on the
Persian boundary reported slow. Tur
key refuses U. 8. permission to send
cruiser North Carolina ,3n ihr0mSh na the
fund. saying waters were mined and 1t
would be unsafe. Ambassador Herrick
Kaisers M s''agn ARMY within ema'a 20 miles afts Of
Paris. Dispatch to Reuters from Toxic
via Petrograd tSt: Petersburgl says
JapS haNe SoptuFeu SeNtn iSiilnuS near
kiao-Chow.
Sept. 2.-French move capital to Bor-
deaux as troops of Kaiser near Paris
gates. Petrograd formerly St Peters,
burg) reports that fatal blow to Aus
trian hopes in East was delivered by
Car in Galicia and that Lemberg is
in Russian hands. Loss of two army
corps. $4,000 men. including three gem
tories in East and West. Washington
diplomatic circles told that Turkey has
declared war Russia France and
England and that Sultan has mobilIzed
100000 men. French again masters of
Alsace. Thousands watch air battle
over Paris in which three German aero
planes are routed by two French iii
fighting on Disc river.
Sept. 1.-Bucharest. Roumania. teie-
Grams. received in Rome. declare Aus
trian defeat in Galicia was colossal.
Trains transporting tens OF thousands
OF wounded. and many regiments de-
btfoyed. vienna report states that g.
VOV,VOu men are engaged along the
Austrian Prussian Russian frontier "in
greatest battle in the history OF the
world" German victories at Allcnstein
man embassy at Washington from
Berlin'f IN one battle three Russian
army corps, approximately 1000, 600
men. were reported annihilated and
10000 Russian soldiers taken prison
ers Paris correspondent to London
News declares British have gained a
decided success in France. north OF
bury their dead Rome reports Turk.
ish army mobillzinp