Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-09-16
The European War Day By Day.


rs miles from Paris.
The British crossed the river
Marne, and are in position to follow
up their success in menacing the Ger
mans constantly with turning move
ments.
French forces are left on the banks
Of the Ourck to check German rein
forcements.
Half Million More Men.
London, Sept. 10.-Premier AS
quith to-day asked Parliament 10 add
! another half million men Of all the
ranks to the regular army.
This brings the total ir all ranks
in the army up to i,1SG, 400 men, a
figure unprecedent for England.
Germans PO iring Into France.
London, Sept 1O.-German rein
forcements, estimated at 10000 men,
are advancing into France in three
columns, according to a dispatch.
Servia Invading Bosnia.
Nish, Servia, Sept. 10.-Oficial
announcement to-day declared many
Servian troops crossed the river
| Save to the Bosnian frontier on Sep
tember 5 and 6, and are now advanc-
ing satisfactorily. Part Of one Ser
Wan detachment was captured while
attempting to cross the Save.
Austrians Evacuating Cracow.
London, Sept. 10.-A Petrograd
dispatch says the Austrians have
begun evacuating Cracow.
German Infantry Insufficient.
Bordeaux, France, Sept. 1O.-The
military correspondent of the Temps
considers the situation from the
standpoint Of the allies more than
reassuring. The German offensive
not only has been stopped, he says,
but they are being driven back all
along the front. Their troops are
wearing out
"rhe too numerous German artil-
rey r. nains," he adds, but their in
fantry is insufficient for an attack
with the necessary energy.
Their long line Of communication
through Belgium makes the move
ment Of supplies difficult and they
are probably marching eastward with
the object OF establishing another
base to the southeast of the Meuse,
which would connect also with their
forces in Lorraine and on the Rhine.
In that direction, however, they have
no railroad at their disposal, all the
lines either being covered by the
forts Of Charlemont and Montmedy
or destroyed"
British Fleet Sweeps North Sea.
London, Sept. 10.-The official in
formation bureau issued the follow
ing tonight:
yesterday and to-day strong and
numerous squadrons and fotilla have
made complete sweep of the North
Sea up to and into Helgoand Blight.
The German fleet made no attempt to
interfere with our movements and
no German ship of any kind was seen
at sea-"
Belgians Begin to Drive Germans.
London, Sept. 1O.-An Ostend dis
patch says: according to informa-
tion from reliable source the Bel
gian army at Antwerp has assumed
a triumphant offensive movement.
driving the Germans right back to
the environs Of Louvain."
Russia Using Steam Roller.
England has looked hopefully for
the Russian "steam roller" to get
under way, but the impetus which
the Russian army in the eastern the
ater Of war already has acquired has
surprised even the military experts.
The movement of the Russian ad-
vance has been so speedy that the
German divisions advancing on the
Vistula are hardly likely to arrive in
time to assist their sorely pressed
ally in Galicia.
Reports from Petrograd indicate
that the Russian armies already are
driving the Germans before them on
the western bank Of the Vistula In
this region the only base left for a
rallying point for Austrian and Ger
man forces is Cracow, the old capital
OF the Kingdom of Poland, situated
in Galicia in a broad plain on the
left bank of the Vistula and not more
than 80 miles from the frontier of
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