Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-09-24
BATTLE IN M|DA|R
IS FOUGHT OVER
FRENCH CAPITAL
GERMAN AERoPLANEs APPROACH
PARIS, BUT ARE ENGAGED AND
DRIVEN AWAY BY FRENCH
AviAToRs
DREnM OF WARFARE
IN AIR IS REALIZED
Russian. Win Decisive BATH. Against.
Austrians and Seize Forts Near
oaIieian Capital, Taking $50
Guns-Freneh Capital 10
Moved to Bordeaux

03sscsan NaPleats taxing 1oV
Guns-French Capital 10
Moved to Bordeaux
Paris, Sept. a.-(Thursday)-A.-
proclamation has just been issued
. by the government announcing
that the government departments II
will be transferred temporarily Is
Bordeaux.
The proclamation was issued by
the minister Of the interior, who
said the decision had been taken
sole'y upon the demand Of the mil
itary, because the fortified places
Of Paris, while not necessarily
likely to be attacked, had become
the pivot Of the field operations Of
two armies.
The building Of supplementary
defense works is proceeding viaor-
ously and several gates Of Paris
have been closed to traffic.
Paris. Sept. S.-The warfare-in-the-
air dream was realized when battle
between German and French aero
planes took place over this city this
evening.
Three German aeroplanes lowered
over the capital and Immediately two
French machines were sent up to en-
gage them.
Fire on Airships
Meanwhile rifles and machine guns,
mounted on public buildings, kept up
q constant fire. By this one OF the
German machines became separated
from the others. French aviators
flew swiftly in its direction. The
German opened fire. to which the
Frcnchmen replied vigorously.
The engagement seemed to turn to
the disadvantage Of the Germans who
mounted speedily. to higher level,
holding its position. was saved from
further attack. He finally disappear
cd in the northwest, after q vain pur-
suit.
The other German aeroplanes also
escaped the fire Of the guns. and after
circling about for q. considerable time,<
Disappeared -7' --s-' y T-'--''',r'--- -'-'-
No Change in Lines
In the north there are no signs Of
hostile troops at Arras, Lille Bethune.
Douai and Leis, according to an Off
cial announcement tonight.
PARTS of the German army corps in
Belgium is moving eastward into Ger
AAAAAS. III AOTEdl1c our uuvdNCG con.
tinues on the right bank of the Sanon
In the south situation is uncf ,ngcd lii
upper Alsace the Germans appear to
have left. Before Belfort there is
only a thin curtain of troops.
Another German cavalry corps has
pushed on as far as line from Sois-
sons to Anizy lie Chateau. In the re-
gion Of Rethel and Mouse, the enemy
is Inactive.
Petrograd. Sept. 3.-The general
staff announces tonight that after sew
en- days of battle Russian forces seiz-
ed the Notifications near Lembcrg, the,
capital of Galicia, Sept. 1. After Tu-
rious fighting, they routed the Aus.
TRANS, who fled in Disorder, abandon.
Ing many pieces of artillery.
The official statement continues:
Our advance guard and cavalry pur-'
| sued the enemy, who suffered enor..
NOUS losses in killed, wounded and
pr 'soners.
Austrian army operations in the
| neighborhood Of LeMbe:g was COM
posed Of the third. eleventh. and
twelfth, and part of the seventh and
fourteenth. This army appears to
have been completely defeated.
! During the pursuit by the Russian
troops, the Austrians. who beat re-
treat from Guila LiIa, were forced to
| abandon an additional 81 guns. Our
! troops arc moving over roads encum-
bered with parks Of artillery and con-
| voys loaded with provisions Of various
| kinds.
The total number of guns captured
by the Russians around LemDerg
| amounts to $780,"
(The above is the first despatch re-
ceived in New York direct from tho
Russian capital since the declaration
| o. war.
london, Sept. 3.-The official prcss
bureau here says:
along almost the whole line OF battle
tinction the cavalry of the enemy,
brushed bac;. and captured ten guns.
THE Frenc., army continued the Of
fensive to-day. and gained ground in
the Lorraine district. In the other re-
gions Of war the Russian army Is In
vesting Koenigsberg."
Russil admits q serious defeat in
East Prussia at the hands of the Ger
mans. In the battle two Russian
army corps were badly cut up. and
three generals and number of staff
officers killed. III, 5
London, Sept. According to an
ANTWERP dispatch to the evening news
81 zarpelin, whica appeared over Ant
werY ,srly this r.orning. s:-rled over
onlyEthe southeasterly pat Of the
city, The alarm was auis ky given
by the forta 3 .archlig,ts played up
on the airships nut rather ineffective
Is. ycracse the Zeppelin iaal appeared
lust !. fore daw+, after clear moon
night light
1. NJ Berchnm. aside the inner forth
f'catiors. q ;,omb destroyed some tel
eEraph wires over the st-e.1s. At an
other point a bomb fell c.osc to tho
rai'H,. lines. tn: id no damage.