Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-18
THE WAR IN EUROPE.
News Paragraphs Cleaned From Dis.
Matches From the Front

News Paragraphs Cleaned From Dis.
patches From the Front.
The English admiralty announces
the sinking of a German cruiser, six
miles south of Heligoland, by an Eng
lish torpedo boat.
The German army has a garrison OF
5000 men in Brussels, Belgium. The
burgomaster of the city has been pro-
hibited from placing placards any
where in the city, telling Of victories
by the Allies.
According to a dispatch, so many
Germans have been taken prisoners
by the French, that the minister OF
war refuses to make an estimate, for
fear of being accused of exaggeration
Novoe Vremya, Russian newspa-
per, says: Emperor William, not hav-
ing succeeded in dining in Paris, is
Fastening with an empty stomach to
Petrograd. Germany, like a wounded
beast, confined by strong bars, Is hurl-
ing itself furiously from right to left
1t must be remembered that g
wounded beast is more dangerous than
an unwounded one, until it Is exhaust
ed from loss Of blood"
The German troops have halted
their retreat and are preparing to give
battle to the Allies. They have occu-
pied strong position and great bat
tie is imminent. If Germany wins, il
will probably mean the occupation OF
Paris; if the Allies are successful, the
German troops will be driven out OF
Belgium.
Prince Joachim, youngest son of the
emperor of Germany, has been
wounded by a shrapnel bullet pene-
trating his thigh. The prince is said
to be quite proud of his wound.
One hundred and eighty-eight Ger
man and Austrian reservists were TAX
en- off the steamer Noordam, which
arrived at Queenstown, Ireland, Tues
day. The reservists are being held as
prisoners Of war.
A dispatch from Sarajevo, state OF
Bosnia, says that numbers of Servian
priests have been shot by Germans,
who charge them with melting the
Bosnians to take up arms against Aus
tria and Germany.
Brigadier General n. d. Findlay of
the Royal Artillery Of the British
army, has been killed in the fighting
near Paris.
Vienna dispatches say that the wo-
men Of the Austrian imperial family
are acting as Red Cross nurses. The
archduchess, Marie Theresa, mother
of the slain Arch Duke Ferdinand, has
requested to be permitted to nurse
Slav soldiers.
Reports from the province of Gala
cia, say the cold is so intense that
both Russian and Austrian soldiers
are suffering terribly. Many are re-
ported i'll.
1t is estimated that the Austrians
1t
ed or wounded since hostilities began.
President Wilson on Wednesday
replied to the message recently re-
ceived from Emperor William, pro-
testing against the alleged use by the
Allied armies of "dumdum" bullets.
He said he had read the communica-
ton with the gravest concern, but that
it would be unwise and premature for
the United States to express any judg-
ment in the controversy.
The Austrian naval reserves have
captured the German wireless. station
at Herbertshohe, New Britain. In the
fighting the Australian reserves lost
two officers killed and four men
wounded. The German loss was 20 to
80 killed and more than so prisoners.
Charles Burns, stock dealer of To-
ronto, Ontario, has received an order
for 10000 head of horses for the Brit
ish army. A great many Of these
horses will be furnished by dealers in
the United States and it is believed
that shipments of mules and horses to
England and France during the next
few months will total at least 10000
head.
The total number of aeroplane pi-
lots killed thus far in the war is esti-
mated at so, divided among the bel
ligerents as follows: Russian, 49,:
French, 12; English, 4; German, 1S.
This does not include pilots and crews
Of dirigible balloons, many of which
have been destroyed.
a report from Peking is to the effect
that $4,000 Japanese soldiers have
been landed on the Shan-tung penin-
sular, for operations against the Ger
mans at Kiaochow. twenty-five Chi
nese Red Cross men have been detailed
for service among the combatants.
This is the first time the Chinese Red
Cross has undertaken work among
foreigners.
Twenty-one trains filled with cap
tured German war materials. reached
Paris on Monday The captured ma
terials included eleven cannon. seven
automobile trucks loaded with ammu-
milton; two larger trucks loaded with
helmets, swords, rifles, cartridge belts,
etc; machine guns, aeroplanes, wag-
ons. etc.
According to Paris dispatch,
Italian reservists in the French capi-
tai have been called for September %.
This leads to the belief that Italy will
enter the war.
While no direct reports have been
received from the northern France
battle front. both the Allies and Ger
mans are drawn up in battle array.
and struggle which military experts
say will last several days, will likely
begin today or tomorrow.
A dispatch from London yesterday,
says there are now at least 10000
Servian troops in Hungary, successful
ly pushing an offensive movement
against the dual monarchy.
A German dispatch says that rifles
in the form Of sticks have been taken
from Belgian irregular troops These
implements are 81 centimeters long
and can be fired by pressing button.
1t is reported from East Africa that
German colonial troops have attack
ed the Uganda railroad successfully
at many points.
The German embassy in Washing
ton received the following yesterday:
"All the French English reports of
victories of battles in France are un-
true. The German retreat Of the
western wing was practical manoeu-
vre not affecting the strategical po-
sition. The French attempt to break
through the centre of the German po-