Connecticut western news., 1914-08-13

EaEI AIld was lM command Of GellIan cavalry regiment
 France Captures AltkIrc!.
 The ptufe of AltRirrh. m Alsace. Ly t.ls EYaIlra forces waS effected uf,er L4IHi-nt aaEauL
 It ic reported that the Germnu posi- tLJA Tas carried by stUlln after vio lent euga cement. in which both sides suffered severe losses.
 The German forces left in full re trsat. pursued by the French troops in the direction of the great German for tress of Muelhausen.
 The AisatiaRS are reported to have been so delighted to be under the French flag again, even temporarily. that they flung their arms around tie French soldiers and tore up the frsn tier posts.
 French aviators had been sent up. and they located the main body of the German troops guarding the fortitica tons near Altkirch
 The French cavalry scouts were sent out In advance of the main column.
 The British North sea fleet Is driving the German high sea" fleet toward the entrance of the Zuyder Zee, on the Holland coast. after the greatest naval battle ever fought. according to radios received at South Shields and other east coast ports. The British and Ger man fleets are reported to have fought for twenty-four hours off the South DoGger banks.
 Confrmat ton of the battle and Brit iSh victory was given by the British admiralty. which announced coastwise shipping along the east coast ''is safe because the British, fleet has engaged the Germans on the high seas and the Germans are now being driven toward Holland"
 A dispatch from Whitby says a ship owner there is authority for the state nent that nineteen German ships were sunk or captured. and several British or French battieships were sunk dur ing the battle
 A dispatch from Newcastle says a radio received at South Shields station states the British fleet has hemmed the Germans in and is now driving ED6H LOwNFu In6 GOuSL-
 It k believed the German vessels at tempted to run for the mouth of the Elbe river. where the entrance to the Kfel canal is. The radios indicate the British cut of the escape of the Ger mans. and fight to the finish will be waged of Holland.
 The admiralty has issued the follow. ing:
 In the course of accommodating. after the German mine layer Koenigen Luise was sunk. the cruiser Amphion struck mine and fOundered.
 The torepart of the British ship was shattered by the explosion and practi cally all loss to the crew ensued from this cause. All not killed by the explosion were taken off before the Amphion went down: .1
 Twenty German prisoners of war confined in the forepArt Of the ship were killed. The line of mines was probably laid by the, Koenisen Luise before she was sunk The Prince of Wales has received a commission in the Grenadier guards and will go into active service, proba bly in England.
 Commons has appropriated $5OO. .O00.- tN0 more for war and granted an army increase of 5t0.0O0 men. At the same time the government declared a mora torium in London j. r ....
 Even when Liege falls Namur and Huy will carry on the resistance. Meanwhile the Belgian success has en- eedraged the French. now certain of victory
 Repulsed again in Il terrible night at. tack on Liege. the German troops con centrated outside the city for a renewal of the fight The crown prince. with 10000 fresh troops and strong re-en- forcements of artillery, has Joined the | invaders s.a.
 The London Chronicles correspond. ent at Harwichs teleGraphs that 1t is believed that ana action Is progressing | iii the North sea. A wireless message received by the British destroyer Vi rago orders her to prepare to receive | 200 prisoners and wounded who are being brought in by a torpedo boat. The third torpedo boat f1otilla. which left the harbor. went into action 'im- mediately and returned but little dam. aged. .--.
 Twenty-two German and six English wounded have been brought ashore and removed to the naval establish ment at Shotley. The absence of news from Austria i Hungary and Russia is regarded as significant in many quarters. At pres ent all activity seems confined to the German part of the triple alliance.
 Belgian King Asks Aid.
 British and French troops were in vited to come to the aid of Belgium in driving back the German army in m order issued by King Albert The order permits the operation of the armies of France and England on Belgian soil.
 The Belgian army so far resisted sue cessfully the German invaders. The Germans entered the country from Limburg. in Holland, which was in- vaded They captured the town of Wise. seven miles northwest of Liege,