The chronicle=news., 1914-08-25

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Morta ghe (which Is q con ntinuation Of
the yMuf4he, from Lunevills to Nancy.
In Alsace French troops repulsed
la ntimber.of German attacks directed
lagainsta Colnnar. ~
"The report of the recapture of
Auelhausen by the Germans is with
tout tloundation. Moreover. the the
fatre Of Operations in Alsace Is be-
coming oflsecondary importance"
A traveller who has come to Paris
from Charleroi was n witness of pnrt
OF the fighting at that place. He has
related his experiences to a reporter
of the Petit Parisien as follows:
~ was at Foreux, rs miles from
Erquelenes. From where / was sta
(tioned i could see the passing for
hours OF column after column of Ger
Imam infantry They were subjected
to veritable hurricane of iron from
the French artillery and they went
down by the dozens. Nevertheless.
more came forward to take the places
of the slain. At Solere-Lechateau.
saw a German aeroplane brought
down by a shell and was told that
another such machine had met the
same fate at Nerles."
A dispatch to the Havas Agency
from Osteid. Belgium. says that at
Charleroi the German troops Obliged
IlO Belgian miners who had just come
Iout of mine with lamps in their
lhands to march at the head OF their
advance. All the miners were kill
ed Similar tactics. according to this
same authorities were employed at
Mont Sur Marchienne, in the prov
Iince of Hainault, where 200 Ger
man troops lost their way and got
Into the ranges of the French army.
The Germans attempted to bonn
bard the Charleroi railroad station
from Jeumont. st. Antere. Further
Emore they are reported as having
fired on the Charleroi prison. al
Though this building was flying the
lRed Gross flag. Only one shell eX
ploded. 1t killed horse. but with
|out hurting the officer mounted on
Berlin, Aug. %, via. Copenhagen
land London. 4:4O y. ma war cor
Lrespondent on, the staff OF the Lokal
lAnzerger has sent telegram to his
paper from the eastern theatre OF
war. His message dated August "a
says:
while from the west comes nows
lof q victorious advance something
similar has taken place here. The
Russians were defeated at Stallupoe-
lhnen-a town of east Prussia. 16
Emiles to the east OF Gambinnen-on
j August 21 and %. The returning.
i wounded of.the cavalry division say
l the Russians were greatly superior
numerically. They had at least two
Edivisions of cavalry and their infan-
[try was stronger. Cavalry charges
were frequent. The Russian infan-
Itry shot badly. They sighted their
rifles for 1.2OO meters when they
were at close quarters, which oc-
Cured frequently"
| The Hague, via London, Aug. 20.
IA camp for interned Belgians, of
\ whom there are about 1000 in Hol-
/ land now, is being constructed at
l0udenirdum, in Friesland. 1t is un-
derstod here that the Belgian wound
ed in the fighting against Germany
Iup to the present time number about
$4,000. The first casualty list pub
| lished contains the names of 1000
Belgian dead. Conservative estim-
tates made here place the total of
dead at about 10000.
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I Maestricht. Holland. Aug. 25. viz.
London.-Fugitives from Belgium
continue to arrive here. Many of
them are slightly wounded. The to-
tal number of these fugftfves is now
nearly 1000 and they arg being
cared for in sheds. Those who have
! made their way here during the last
few days are mostly from the vicin-
ity of Malines.
There has arrived also a large
khuniber OF Belgian farmers who con-
their lands.
/ Bash, Switzerland, Aug. 25.-
News has reached here that French
force of Turcos, Zoaves. and Sene-
Tsalez, during the fighting 'in upper
Alsace, entered and almost destroyed
the towns OF Flachslanden. Jags-
Idorf, Landsers, Brunnstatt, Heiweil-
Her and Morschweiller. ,,,r
i Wounded French soldiers who
fhave crossed the Swiss frontier and
are interned here. speak very high
ly of the bravery of the German
! London, Aug. 25.-The followins
announcement was given out today
by the official Information bureau:
Il The RaIu;an IN iafr r,s. nm tl,r,