Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1915-08-11
Germans Holly Pursuing.

The enemy who retreated from
the Vistula front is being pursued.
Austro- Hungarian and German forces
yesterday crossed the main road from
Warsaw to Lublin, in an easterly di-
rection between the railway from
lvangorod to Lukow and the village
of Garwolin. The left bank Of the
VieprZ and the right bank Of the Wis
tula near lvangorod having been
cleared of the enemy, our troops
crossed the Vieprz in a northeast and
northerly direction.
'The battlefieldS of Lubarto and
Mlechow showed traces of the enc
my's hasty flight. The number Of
prisoners captured by the army Of
Archduke Ferdinand has been in
creased to 5000.
Between the Vieprz and the Bug
| the battle continues.
"On the Dniester up to Uscieczko
(near the Bukowina border) our
troops repulsed the Russians at seve-
raj points, capturing 900 men and
five machine guns.
Allies Regain Some Losses.
London, Aug. Sir John French,
Ommander-in-chef Of the British
forces in France, reports to-day:
Since my communication OF Au-
gust / artillery on both sides has
been active north and east Of Ypres.
In these exchanges the advantage has
been with us.
This morning after a successful
artillery bombardment , in which the
French on our left co-operated effect
lively, we attacked trenches at Hooge
captured b" the enemy July 80.
These were all retaken, and following
n ~ H.
gress north and west of Hooge, ex-
tending the front Of the trenches cap
tured to 200 yards.
During this fighting our artillery
shelled a German train at Lange-
marck Give miles northeast Of
fpres), derailing and setting fire to
five trucks.
"Captures were three officers and
l2l men and two machine guns"
Swedc Steamer Sunk.
Copenhagen, Aug. 9-The Swedish
steamer Mai has been sunk by a Ger
man submarine. One boat containing
seven men and a woman has been
picked up and landed here. second
boat carrying the captain and nine
men is missing.
French Score i'm West Africa
| al Aug. 9.-operallOnS by
| 'ench troops against German forces
| III the Nameruh, German colony in
west AIrlca' nave resulted IN further
"uO'e9Sc', "ccoiuihS 10 an olnclal
statement issued by the ministry of
the colonies to-day. The statement
says:
'Encircling operations by French
l'forccs in the south and east Kamerun
| are proceeding SucceSSfully On July
II columns from the south fool, ni-
tam, which the enemy evacuated dur
ing the night thus completing the
conquest Of that part of the Congo
! cedoG 40 GaruHNv I'm lolI -,
. 'Nn July p columns opC~atmg in
, me cast .rCrmoC lie post Of N0cDa.
! 'oIciG| he enemy 10 retire Oh NUm-
. bi, which in tlru was captured -FOUR
. days later. circumstances we've int
mediately dispatched against NgaA~
| Ella Nyassi.
"Our troops are displaying great
activity on the Gadji-Beri Bmba
front. Gadji, after violent combat,
was evacuated by the Germans"
Russ. Refupees Pourinp I'm
po+roorod .rn Dof,t s
courIan6 continSo - no,, ,"5@eS ieto n;n I1oIi'
Nv tbo tbonsona. s ~ ~ ~ an'S ia,o ies"
sida The towa' oro did 'm MEX ,eun honao ou'
cattle and drovos ~ borsoa ,n'a', ", VI
from tho cern,ons
| Cans;dorohia .;".,,a ,.,..-
tho rofugoas As CO., %, nor"irio Ir'',ons h',t9
and tents have hoon rroridod '", t,,'
tbronos nouortboIosn pl'' i, D,' u.
the woods Tharn iS = aroot sbnrto WV 90 ~,
of broad bacouoo If ~ ro,,,nI,o, of
tho moch;nnrv rron, tbo n,;iIa
|
frnGa Also Falls to Germans.
Berlin, Aug. 9.-Praga the suburb
Of Warsaw on the eastern bank of the