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ENiASEIENT
BAHLE OF THE MAINE
lioodon and Paris Sent Out Accounts
of Great Battle Taking Place on the
River Marne—Gen. von Kluck. Ap-
— pears to be the Best Hope of Ger
mans.
itlpns. Th^e fust-
atrir the artillery
The battle of the Marne, as the
French have characterized the great
struggle which has been in progress
for a week in the territory between
Paris and Verdun, with the allied
armies of France and England on ope
side and the Germans on the other,
has not yet reached a decisive result,
is the news from London.
The German right, however, in the
face of superior forces and threaten
ed with an outflanking movement,
continues to retire to the north along
the route over which Gen. von Kluck
made his famous lightning advance
on Paris from the Belgian border,
after having defeated the allies at
Mons and again at Cambrai and St.
Quentin.
On von Buelow’s left the army of
the Prince of Wurtemburg, which
bad been trying for weeks-to break
through the French line, also has
sloped fighting and retired north.
The German left wing, however, com
posed of other sections of the Prince
of Wurttemburg army and the army
commanded by the Germaq crown
prince, is still fighting witji varying
success. The armies^ however, ap
pear to have passed Verdun, as Ber
lin reports say that they have been
bombarding French forts south of
that fortrees.
A comprehensive French official re
port shows that Gen. ven Kluck got
farther east and south of Paris than
heretofore had been disclosed, so that
his advance was even faster than he
was given credit for making. It
seems that had the German armies on
his left mover anywhere nearly as
quickly as he did the battle of the
Marne might never have been fought.
However, faced by a British-French
force and with another French force
advancing from Paris, threatening his
flank, and communications, Gen. von
Kluck was compelled to withdraw
northward and thHi fight the French
on the river Ourcq. In this fighting,
according to the British-French re
ports, a number of German guns, hun
dreds of prisoners and part of thdffcpint."
German transports were taken. ^
In their retirement Gen. von
Kluck and Gen. von R-uelow had at
their heels the French army, which
they went south to fight, and which,
when the Germans started to fall
back, quickly advanced and took the
offensive. While this fighting must
have been severe, the hardest blows
of the battle appear to have been |
struck between Clty-le-Francols and
Sezanne.
Here the French were drawn up on
a road over which they could move
rapidly. They were repeatedly at
tacked by Gen. von Buelow's right
Saxon army and the Prince of Wurt-
temburg's right. These attacks,
which continued until Thursday
night, were of a most violent charac
ter, according to to French report,
and were stopped only when Gen.
Pau gbt possession of the hill of
North Sezanne, from whi^h his artil
lery could command the road down
which,the Germans would necessari
ly advance on their way from (’ha-
lona. .
It was for the possession of this
hill that the French, fought hard
early in the battle, and it was here
that daily a fight occurred, which
first went in favor of one side then
the other. It is believed here, that
this retirement into the hills west of
Vitry-le-Francois was made to enable
Gen. von Moltke and the German
general staff to plan some other
means or way of breaking through
the French line. ,
The British public seems well sat
isfied with the result of the battle so
far as it has gone, but the London
military experts warn them it is not
over yet. It is suggested by some
military men as possible that the
French are holding the line of the
Marne on sufferance, while the Ger
mans are making some changes in
their IJne of communications.
According to the French official
statements, the left wing of the allied
armies facing the northeast has borne
the brunt of the preliminary engage
ments, in which the British took such
a prominent part so well that they
are the object of the highest compli
ments on the part of the French mili
tary men.
The combat seems jlo>be develop
ing into an abandonment of at least
Jth* EiUMwfti fifUlHpaa hal
not stop the operatlpn^
lades of the troops
duel proceeded all day. 'It ie believed
the miring Germanh/suffered more
than the allies from" the storm, as
tl eir withdrawing columns were ou-
cuv.oered with baggage and ammuni
tion wagons.
From the very outset of this action
the German right wing, the army
commanded by Gen. von Kluck,
which on September 6 had reached
the district of the north of Provina,
was obliged to fall back because of
the danger of being enveloped. By
its clever and rapid movements this
army was succeeding in escaping
from the allies’ grips and was throw
ing itself with the great force against
the enveloping wing of the allies to
the north of the Marne and the west
of the Ourcq river.
But the French troops, which were
operating in this region, powerfully
aided by the bravery of their British
allies, inflicted considerable losses on
the enemy and gained the time neces
sary to allow the offensive movements
to‘press forward and at present on
that side the enemy Is in retreat to
ward Aisne and the Oise.
The Germans have thus fallen back
3 7 to 4 6 miles in four days. In the
meantime the Anglo-French forces,
which had been operating to the
south of the Marne, have .not ceased
to pursue their offensive. It was in
the region between the plateau to
the north of Vitry that the most des
perate fighting occurred. In this
region there have been operating, be
sides the left wing of Gen. von Bue
low’s army, the army of Saxony and a
part of the army of the Prince of
Wurtemburg.
Th« success on the plateau north
of Zanne enabled the French to take
the offensive on the front between
the marsh of St. Gond and the Somme
district and fell back in the region
west of Vitry-le-Fraricois.
On the Ornain river, as between
the Argonne forest and the river
Meuse, where th® armies of the
Prince of Wurtemburg and the crown
prince of Germany were operating,
fighting was still going on with alter
nate advances and retreats, but with
out any greaifehange in the situation.
Thus the first phase of the battle
of the Marne is turning out in favor
of the allied armies, since the Ger
man right wing and centre at present
are In retreat. On the right the sit
uation remains without notable
change in the Vosges and around
Nancy, which the Germans have tried
to bombard w:lth long range guns.
The general situation thus has
been completely transformed during
the last two days, both from strate
gic and tactical points of view. Not
only have the allied troops stopped
the Germans’ march, which they
thought was a victorious one, but the
enemy has fallen back at nearly every
MV IMJF WAD
mmil DESCRIBES PARIS
SINCE KtSNUTIES
DKMKS REPORT
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Russian Embassy Takes Issue With
Cterman News Dispatch.
The Russian embassy gave out an
official statement Sunday night,
characterizing as “grossly exaggerat
ed’’ the recent announcement by the
German foreign office that many
thousand Russian prisoners had been
captured in the fighting around Or-
telshurg, in East Prussia.
Denial is made also of reported
"troubles in the Caucsus at Odessa
andFinland’’ and public opinion in
Russia is said to be intensely patrio
tic and full of unshakable faith.”
Dread naught Chasing Cruiser.
A wireless from near Honolulu
says the British dreadnought Aus
tralia is chasing the German lUht
cruiser Nurnburg, which recently cut
the cable to British Columbia.
American Consul Hurt,
John Kay, the American consul at
Odessa, Russia, was on board the
steamer Runo which hit a mine in
the North Sea Saturday. He is not
hurt seriously.
China Won’t Take Part.
Expressing regret, the Chinese
foreign office announces that on ac
count of the war it will be unable to
participate in the Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
Explaining War.-
The members of the French House
of Deputies are lecturing throughout
the rural districts of tlleir country In
order to explain to the peasants the
justification of the war.
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German Aeronauts Wounded.
A German dlrigble which dropped
two bombs into Antwerp Saturday de
scended at Ooderge, from which
place two officers were sent to An
twerp for treatment.
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German Aeroplane Brought Down.
A German aeroplane flying near
Lotteghem was fired on by the Bel
gians and brought to earth. Two
pilots were made prisoners. r
Germans, whoT it is announced ar<\
retiring along a greater part of the
line. This retirement is said to have
been for 46 miles at some points.
. „..Fnrious onslaughts, sometimes'
.the French and again .by- the Ger
mans. occurred about the cenjtre of '
an extensive line in the vicinity of
Vitgv-le-Francoi»
A rainstorm caused great difficul
ties in the marshy districts, bat did
Brodeaux the new capital of France
for a brief time, has been.fllted to
overflowing by the crowd of officials
ajid followers who have flocked there.
.
British t’as unities-
The British war office officially an
nounced Sunday that the casualties
thus-far In tha war bad reached 15.-
OOfr men
FOLLOWEI Mdfft AIAHNO
First Intimations of War fame in
AsKasftinatlon of Prominent Social
ists—Mob Starts for Revenge—
Wreaks Vengeance I’pon Herman
Property Owner.
Among the South Carolinians
abroad at the outbreak of the war
was Mr. Du Bose Heyward of Charles
ton, w ho was in Paris with ' Judge
Paul Mcmillan, tells this interesting
narrative: ' • -
• /‘We left New York on the lltb
day of July and arrived in Glasgow
on the 20th,” Mr. Heyward said-
“After going through . -he Tro*
sachs, to Edinburgh, through the
English Lake district, Abbotsfonj
and London, we left for Paris and
arrived there four days before the
mobilization order had been issued.
We were therefore fortunate in see
ing something of the gay life of Paris
before.^he war declaration changed
the' face of .things, also the art gal
leries and usual places of interest.
’ The first intimation of trouble
came when a Socialist editor was
shot in a cafe by a war-mad citizen.
We had just been to the theatre,
when, on coming out,, we noticed a
great deal of excitement on the
street, cafe proprietors hastily taking
in their tables from off the street
closing their iron shutters, etc. We
soon realized the cause of their pre
cautions when we saw an excited mob
of men, women and children swing
around the corner and come toward
us shouting and singing. We after
ward learned that they had formed
in the cafe where Jarez was shot the
night before the mobilization. The
shooting had created a furore, for
Jarez had advocated a shorter mili
tary service and a rabid military en
thusiast had shot him down in the
cafe. The mob were a crowd of
Socialists bent on vengeartce.
“The following morning we. were
going down to the business and
financial district and noticed a long
line of excited Parisians in front of
banks. The banks had closed their
doors and were refusing to pay de
positor* in specie. As the French
then had no small paper money—a
fifty franc note being the smallest,
I believe—the money stringency be
came great and all the shops and
small cafes demanded payment in
advance for the smallest order, as it
was impossible to make change. On
this account many Americans with
unlimited credit were unable to pur
chase.
Machines Commandeered.
“The mobilization order came as a
great relief to the suspense of the
preceding few days. The govern
ment acted swiftly and without con
fusion upon plans evidently conciev-
ed long before for just such an event.
The first act of the government was
to commandeer all the large motor
’busses which handled the bulk of
the traffic In Paris. These were
promptly filled with soldiers, and
thus a fully equipped army was eas
ily and quickly transported to the
frontier over the superb roads of the
French.
German Property Damaged.
' “We spent several of the first eve
nings at fhe Care de 1’Est, or sta
tion for the East, where the sweet
hearts and wives and mothers of the
soldiers were bidding them good-bye.
The several companies were assem
bled by their commanders within an
enclosure within the station gates^> 0 om section, arranged in tiers.
admiration df the manner in which
the ajaff at the enabaaey stood by our
citizens daring this time. The officer
of thje embassy in charge of in vesti*
gations for relief of Americans was
Capt. Frank Parker of Georgetown.
S. C. He extended us the glsd hand
as soon as he saw our names. Any
American without funds on applying
to the embassy was cheerfully given
sufficient money to live on. On the
returning boat was found many com
ing back at the expense of th# gov
ernment.
"After tire trouble broke out a lot
of red tape had to be gone through
with in ofttjer to escape perpetual
arrest and investigation. No fewer
than three separate papers had to be
in the possession of the stranger;
first, a passportr signed by secretary
of the American embassy; second, a
certificate from the hotel proprietor
stating that the bearer was residing
at his house (he being thus held re
sponsible thereafter for the where
abouts of a person) and third and
most important, was a permit to so
journ of a foreigner, obtained after
applying to the police officer in
charge of the district. This last had
on it ‘ a physical description of the
bearer. In order to leave Paris this
permit had to be presented along
tvith our railroad tickets the day of
departure to the police and an en
dorsement obtained giving permis
sion to leave. . . r _
Women Take Men’s Places.
“The Germans were 70 miles from
Paris when we left. The first wound
ed was brought through Paris while
we were there. They were not al
lowed to stop at Paris, but were tak
en to the south of France, the idea
being to save the big capacity of the
Paris hospitals for the big battle
later on. These founded were hot
actually seen by us. of course, but we
think that they were shot on the Bel
gian frontier.
"An evidence of the completeness
of the mobilization in France Is
shown by the fact that before we
left a great many occupations usual
ly filled by men were being filled by
women, such as subway guards,
drivers, waiters, etc. .
“We witnessed the celebration of
the Alsace-Lorraine victory In Paris
when the mourning was taken off
the statues in the Place de Concord
and wreaths put in its place. A vast
concourse of people were there and
mountains of flowers and wreaths
were placed on the famous statues
Every day following more flowers
were placed at the • foot of ."the
statues.
“There seemed to be a constant
fear among the Parisians that the
Eiffel Tower would be put out of bus
iness by bombs dropped from air
ships. though we saw no airships
while we were there. To guard
against It, however, the French play
ed searchlights about the tower con
stantly at night. It made a very
beavtiful sight as we witnessed it
from the roof of our hotel.
"We left Paris at 9 p. m. on a spe
cial tourist train to meet the boat at
Havre. We arrived at Havre, which
Is only about 150 miles from Paris,
not until 8 o'clock in the following
morning. We were stopped several
times, as there were troops at every
crossing. We stayed at Havre all
day and left on the boat at 7 p. m.,
Saturday, August 22.
In Cramped Quarters.
“We had a rotten trip coming over.
The first night out we passed a Brit
ish patrol fleet, which were the only
armed vessels we saw the whole way
across. During this first night we
were struck a severe blow which last
ed for three days, fortunately neither
Judge Mcmillan nor myself were sick,
though nearly everybody was down
and out. The boat was fearfully over
crowded,. We were in worse than
steerage accommodations, being plac
ed in bunks fixed up in the cargo
hold-way up in- the eyes of the ship.
There were 34 bunks ifi our one
FOUGHT IN IDE AIR
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UIT rtlATII TELLS Ml I1T-
111 Mil FIANCE
USE THBEE AEIOPLANES
German Scout.. Discover* Huge Bristol
Biplane Hovering Over Him—
While Working to Make Fsr.vpe
French Bleiiot, Monoplane, Conics
After Him With Great Speed.
The chief actor in the first actual
“battle in the air,” Sergt. Werner of
the German aviation corps, who pilot
ed Lieut, von Heidson in the latter's
passage over Paris, told me his atofy,
says a correspondent of.the United
Press, which was printed in the New
York Sun. It is a remarkable tale of
adventure, eclipsing those of fiction
writers.
Attacked by a powerful British bi
plane and a ninety mile an hour Bler-
lot, Werner only escaped through a
most fortunate combination of cir
cumstances which led him to pilot his
machine inside of the German lines
“The men who hold the reserved
seats in the theatre of war, who see
the batles as not even the generals
can see them, are the German air
men,” said Werner to me when 1
saw him at I.lege, just before 1 start
ed for Berlin.
bad received orders to locate the
English forces and to determine their
exist battle lines and those of their
French supports. Accompanied by
Lieut, von Heidson, w bo was detailed
as expert observer, I went up in my
kept figuring on when the i
would strike, as wftk their _ _
speed they seemed certain finally to
get us. While this thought was pnao-
Ing through my mind the lieutenant
again touched me end petal tod thou
sands of feet higher. \
“There, coming at tremeadduo
speed was a small Bleriot monoplane.
It looked for all the world Hke an
eagle coming to' join the attack. I .
felt certain now that the end was in
eight, as air of thd Ftfeach aviator* wo
have captured up to tbo preednt have
carried bombs,, and the speed of th#
newcomer—It was far greater tbha
the Bristol—gave him still more of
an advantage.
'But the Bleriot also failed to
have bombs and was forced to dopead
on pistols. Swooping up and dowa,
encircling us and all the time firing
at ns, the Bleriot kept on. Minutes
seemed Hke hours to me, It wss
certain there could be only one end
to this unequal fight, although the
lieutenant kept firing in return as
calmly as at a rifle range.
“Suddenly, however, German
troops appeared below us. They be
gan firing at the enemy and the
Bleriot and the Bristol, finally ex
hausting their ammunition, sailed off
to the south unharmed." We then
landed with our reports, which wero
especially valuable because of the
location of the French artillery.
However, I would not want te ge
though such an experience a^atn.”
SHOT IN TREK.
Man Gathering Muscadines Mistaken
hy Hunter f«*r Hawk.
One of the most shocking accidents
which North Csrolina has experienc
ed in a long time was .that which
happened late Wednesday five miles
east of Albemarle when a Mr. Mew
ton accidentally shot and possibly
monoplane and headed diVecUy south ,ata,, y w0uDde<1 r ' ordon Hudson, both
From'there they were entrained for
the frontier. On one of these occa
sions we witnessed a demonstration
by a Baris mob. which gave us some
conception of the- French tempera
ment under great excitement. Word
was passed among the crowd that
the handsome five-story hotel oppo
site was thfe properay of a German.
Within a few moments a dense crowd
of hooting men and hysterical wo
men were surging in front of the
building. They compienced by throw
ing cobblestones until they had work
ed themselves up into a frenzy. Then
they seized the small iron tables of
a neighboring cgfe ..and smashed
their way through the piste-glass
front of the hostelry afld rtfshed in.
“Later this same mob proceeded
down one of the boulevards with its
brilliantly Illuminated 'cafes,' and
wherever a German sign was exhi
bited above the door they would
smash through, leaving the beautiful
fittings in ruins and the stock scat
tered or carried away. Tl\is mob
rule lasted for three days. It was so
exciting that we trailed around with
them to have adventures. It was
terminated by action of the French
government in placing 500 rioters
under arrest and sentencing those
“Accommodations for the women
were the same as ours. As it was
impossible for them to get down to
their quarters they, one .and all,
spent the whole trip reclining in their
steamer chairs on deck, where they
were washed by the rain and the
spray. The deck was so crowded
that a person could hardly go from
one place to another.
They Find an Old Friend.
“When the Statue of Liberty was
Sighted a general thanksgiving went
up. And when we realized that we
would soon be able to obtain real
United States food and a hath anoth
er one went up.
“The first thing Judge Mcmillan
and myself did on reaching New York
was to scour Broadway for a news
stand to find The News and Courier,
apd when we did succeed In getting
it we sat right down on the curb and
devoured everything in it.”
Mills Curtail Output-
On aconnt of the decreased de
mand for print cloth goods the Bro
gan Mila near Anderson have cut
down their working week to four
days, forty hours In nil.
in thr general direction of Paris, al-
thought on thla trip we did not go
across the city. Previously, on Sun
day. we flew across Paris and dropped
three bombs. One failed to explode.
Another dropped on the roof of a
house and set fire to It and the third
fell In a boulevard and made a big
hole. Hut we flew back to our lines
that time without being molested,
and we were so high the rifie fire did
not reach us.
On this trip to locate the enemy
we flew directly south from Mons,
following a broad and plainly mark
ed road. En route we passed over
the edge of s magnificent forest in
which more than 40,000 inhabitants
Of the surrounding country had taken
refuge. After flying for more than
an hour we passed directly over the
English headquarters and I was able
to locate the positions of the com
mander-in-chief and his staff. We
accurately mapped this position and
then swept across the French posi
tion. paying special attention to the
locations of their artillery, much of
which was masked in pieces of woods
and behind buildings and hedges.
“Lieut, von Heidson made rough
sketches of everything. I was Intent
ly watching -the country when sud-
deniy the lieutenant prassed my arm.
He pointed upward. At that time
we were nearly 5,(Ht(t feet in the air.
I looked in the direction in which he
was pointing and there, fully 1,000
feet higher than we were and coming
at full speed direc tly toward us, a as
a big Bristol biplane.
“It was evident from the start that
he was far speedier than we were. I
tried to climb upward, realizing that
when he got over me he would drop
a bomb and we would be blown to
pieces. But the effort was vain. The
Bristol held me for speed. I could
not get on a level with him. Soon
the Bristol was directly over our
heads. My God! man, I was not
afraid ( but this was a moment of sus
pense that took years out of my life.
I was sure the bomb was coming.
"The Bristol had reduced her
speed until she was keeping pace with
us. She was also slowly coming
down. Swooping lower and lower,
the Bristol came. At'.last I knew
how a bird feels when an eagle or a
hawk is swooping down upon it, I
thought every minute was to be our
last. | eyas certain* - that what the
British were trying to do was to get
so close that their bomb could not
fniss."
“My nerves were entirely unstrung
and it was all .that I could do to keep
ray monoplane on an even keel.
“Suddenly I saw a flash alongside
of me. For a moment I thought tbat
the expected bomb had struck. Then
I realized that the lieutenant was
shooting with his automatic pistol.
The Englishmen held their propeHer
in front and so they could not shoot
from that position. It was now cer
tain they carried no bombs, as they
veeted off some 500 feet to the side.
a year in Mil.
American Embassy Praised.
“In 41fe early stages of thd excite
ment Paris was alive with excited
tourist*. ..nqetlrv American Tb»'
wero treated wlffi uniform courtesv
and rouaideratioo. b*t most of them
were eager to get to England 4o that
they could be understood. I want
to ex|
ou> appreciation for and;^j ^
War department officials have con
cluded arrangements to maintain ‘U..
8. troops in the Colorado strike zone
throughout tbo-wlnter.
Emergency Appropriation Fasars.
The one million dollars requested
by Seeretsry Bryan to meet unexpect
ed expenses in Europe has been puss-
men being respected white men. Mr.
Morton was out with bis gun trying
to kill a hawk which had been given
his chickens trouble.
Mr. Hudson was high up In a tree
picking muscadlnde. Mr. Morton,
being some distance aw«y, thought
the hawk lit in the tree in which Mr.
Hudson was picking muscadine* and
so slipping nearer and nearer he dis
covered something moving the loavoa
and, thinking that he know the spot
where the hawk was, fired.
Instead of bringing down the trou-
blesome hawk, as Mr. Morton expect
ed, to his horror Mr. Hodooa fell
from the tree, the entire lend having
penetrated his left side ah oat the
floating ribs. The Injury from the
fall and the wound from the shot
will possibly prove fatal te Mr. Hud
son, though be is still uUvo.
RUSSIANH IN FRANCK
150.000 Held to ho la
of Gor»
Invading Army.
fifty U
l
One hundrOd and
Russian troops have passed through
England and are at the rear at tha
German army in France, according to
Vance Thompson, and American wit
ter. On August 28 Mr. Tinnipsnn
said he saw detachments of Cossacks
on their way to Channel ports and
learned that the British Govommoat
had su8|>cnded regular train sorvfea
to give the Russians tho right 0f
way. He added that he could say
from reliable authority that 150,000
Russians already had crossed and
now probably were attacking the Ger
man year, while it was understood
thousands more were on their way
from Archangel by the Arctic Ocean
route to England.
Demand War Tax.
Accordin to a London dispatch the
Germans have demanded a war tax
of $1,400,000 from the French city of
Lille. Lessee amounts have been de-
manded from smaller towns.
Mines Destroy Neutral Ships.
Nine ne neutral shipfe have been de r
stroyed by the mines in the No th
Sea. Five of them were Danish, two
Dutch, one Norwegian, and one
Sweedish,
Relieves Trade Routes Hate.
The British government ha-i in
formed the nited States that she has
given orders to merchantmen to dis
arm an she considers the trans-At
lantic trade routes safe.
Fouk Killed in Auto Wreck.
Four persons were killed near
.Ocean City, N. Y., Wednesday when
the auto in wfilch they were riding
crashed into a locomotive engine.
Killed by RalL
Walter Sanders, a farmer of Salis
bury, Mo., was hit in the temple by
at the same time keeping 150 feet a pitched ball during a barchan gamo
above us. •' .
“All this time we were headed
northward again toward the German
lines. The plunging of the aeroplanes
made acurate shooting difficult, al-
though one shot struck my plane. It
wSffvBfy r evft«S i r ! * 1111 1
was shooting to dtimble ouf motor
and we were doing the same thing on
our part. v
"The noise' of the discharge of the
ai'to^stlcs wp drowmed In4he whlrf'
of our propeller.
“There vas a feeling of utter help
lessness so far as we were concerned.
Our machine was tar slower and
Much more aawMdy than theirs. 1
and died soon afterwards. Monday.
British Owlser Hits Mines.
The British cruiser Pathfinder hit
mines In tho North Sea add wap
blown up. This is the second cruiser
There were in Chester county last
year 2,674 whito school
5,141 negro' children. ..•acta
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