Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-04
SUMMARY OF WAR
SATURDAY.


SATURDAY.
The Princess Patricia Canadian light
infantry, 1000 strong, sailed from Mon
treal.
Berlin has received a report of the
defeat of the British at st. Quentin.
France.
The British foreign office announces
that East Prussia is being rapidly
overrun by the Russians.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts declar-
ed that Great Britain would require
hundreds of thousands of men for the
present conflict.
The German ambassador at Wash
ington denied statements of German
cruelty and declared that Zeppelin had
attacked nothing but Notifications.
According to a report from Copen-
hagen, Germany is rushing troops
from her west front to reinforce her
army and that of Austria in the east.
SUNDAY.
A German army corps, which has
been engaged along the line of the
Mouse, has been withdrawn and has
proceeded to the northeast.
An Athens dispatch gives a semi
official statement from "a trustworthy
source in Constantinople' that Ger
man officers and steamers have >
ed through Bulgaria on their way 20
Constantinople.
British cruisers and destroyers that
We're in the engagement off Helgoland
have arrived at various English ports
and some members of the crews assert
that at least II German vessels OF
various size were sunk.
Most significant is the official an
by the French war office
that the military governor of Paris has
ordered all residences within the zone
of action of the forts around Paris to
evacuate and raze their houses within
four days. Another significant official
announcement from Paris is to the
effect that the German forces are ad-
vancing in the direction of La Fere,
which lies about 80 miles northwest
of Paris.
MONDAY.
Paris is preparing for a siege should
the lines opposing the Germans be
broken.
A Chairman dicnafnh save tha C1r
army is energetically pressing
the Russians in the neighborhood OF
East Prussia.
That the French lines are still fall
ing back before the German advance,
Is indicated by an official statement is
sued by the French wal office.
A British official statement says
of the 1900 men composing the
crews of the five German warships
sunk off Helgoland only 1913 were
saved.
A German aviator has appeared over
Paris, and vas engaged Sunday in
dropping bombs over the city. Sew
eral of the bombs failed to explode,
according to accounts, and the two
persons injured were ONE
Earl Kitchener, the British secre-
tary Of state for war, gives In detail
the part played by troops in the oper-
atoms in Belgium and France. These
operations extended from August % to
August 26, and the British losses num-
bered in the neighborhood of 5000. The
and spirit of the British
troops at the front are described as
excellent, and reenforcements have
been sent up. to more than fill the
gaps created by casualties.
TUESDAY.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her
children have arrived in England.
The French war minister has i'm
the supplementary defenses
around Paris.
An Antwerp dispatch credits Cen
eral Pau with a victory over $4,000
Germans lear Peronne.
The moratorium proclaimed at the
outbreak or the war in Gree Britain
has been extended for another month.
II is reported that British warships
off Hongkong are holding up all yes
sells, including those under the Amer
can flag.
A long official statement is issued
,y the French war office reviewing
he operations in Belgium and along
he French frontier.
According to official advice received
1t Washington, France is considering
he a~dvisability of moving the seat of
government to Bordeaux.
A Japanese destroyer which ran
Ishore near Using Tau, China, was
'helled by a German gunboat. The
of the destroyer, however. had