The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-09-08

Switzerland into Germany along the
apart all along the border.
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French lines. Several aeroplanes have
been brought down inside OF the allied
| lines and their pilots have been either
killed or captured
Plan Aerial Defense.
The French aviators attached to
the Paris headquarters have been in
structed to prepare their armored
aeroplanes for action against the Ger
man aviators who continue to fly over
the city.
The American committee organized
by Myron T. Herrick, the American
ambassador, has cabled the state de.
partment at Washington asking that
the United States call to the attention
of the German government the drop.
| ping of bombs on Paris which is not
yet besieged.
Germans Capture Amiens.
London, Sept. 4.-The capture of
Amiens and confirmation of the re-
port. that the Germans had taken La
Fere, causing the allies to abandon
the whole of the valley of the river
Somme. indicate that the German adj
vance continues despite the desperate
opposition.
The loss of Amiens was announced
in dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated
| Tuesday
LIE Fere was abandoned by the al
| lies on Saturday after what the dis
patches call "bloody conict."
Germans Ask an Armstice.
Several messages of a nature more
encouraging to the allies were re-
| ce1ved today. One of them said that
the German army today asked the
| allies to grant an armistice. The
dispatch adds that Gen. Pau refused
the plea. The. right wing of the Ger
mans, located to the north and north
east of Paris, is the force which has
been most threatening to the capital.
Belgian troops began a spirited at
tack on the Germans in a new battle
near Malines today in an effort to
sever the German lines of communi-
cation The attack is believed to
have been made by a large force sent
from Antwerp. The result of the
patches call bloody conflict"
Report Austrian Losa
Petrograd, Sept. 4.-The general
staff officially reported yesterday that
Austria lost 100000 men, killed,
wounded, or captured, in the bsttle
for the defense of Lemberg, in which
the Austrians were overwhelmingly
defeated by the Russians The con-
H1ct lasted seven days, with 100000
Russians attacking 100000 Austrians.
The Austrian troops that fed have
been joined by new army west of
Lemberg and a fierce battle 10 raging
over front of fifty miles Nearly
100000 troops are reported engaged,
but the Russians have the larger force.
Experts ascribe the reverse in East
Prussia mainly to the superiority OF
the German guns from Thorn and
Grandeur, including the latest Krupps.
The battle was near Osterode. The
Russians have advanced from Lomdja
and Blotz governments, overwhelming
the German reinforcements
Drop Bomb on Antwerp.
London, Sept. 3.-Aecording to an
Antwerp dispatch to the Evening
News, a Zeppelin appeared just be-
fore o'clock Wednesday morning
over the southeasterly part of the city.
Shots were fired at it and it is be-
lieved the airship was shot At Deurne.
two miles east Of Antwerp, the Yep
pelin apparently made efforts to reach
the wireless installation She dropped
bombs and three houses were hit four
persons being wounded.
AT Berchem, inside the inner forti-
fications, bomb destroyed some tele-
graph wires over the streets.
Russ Victors at Lemburq.
st. Petersburg, Sept 3.-The gen.
eral staff announces that after a seven
days battle the Russian forces seized
the Notifications near Lemburg, CAPT
tai of Galacia and on Sept /, after a
furious fight routed the Austrians, who
fed in disorder abandoning many
pieces of artillery. The Austrian Fiji
teenth division was completely souted
and 100 officers and 1000 soldiers
were taken prisoners.
The official statement adds that the
commander of the Austrian division, |
the commander of brigade and the |
chief of staff of the division were |
killed. Of the 1000 men made prison |
ers, 600 had been wounded. The Rus
slams also captured twenty guns and
the flag of the Sixty-fifth regiment
Austrians Evacuate Lemberg.
Rome, Sept 3.-The Giornale d. !
Italia publishes dispatch from Wen
ma saying that the Austrian govern
ment has made arrangements for the |
evacuation of Lemberg, Galacia. Lem
berg is the capital of Galacia. Re-
cent dispatches have described it as |
infested by Russian troops, and re-
ports from ST. Petersburg have de- |
clared that the iron ring around Lem |
berg was being drawn closer and |
closer.
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