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MILITARY GOVERNOR OF
: PARIS NOW PREPARING
TOR GERMAN ATTACK
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Paris, Aug. 80,12:35 a. A.—It is of-
ficially announced that tha' military
gbyernor has ordered all residents of
the zone within .action of the city's de-
fending forts to evacuate and destroy
their houses within foun days front
today, August 30. '
LORD ROBERTS MAKES APPEAL.
London, Aug. 30, 1:05 a. m.—Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, addressing *
meeting last night for the purpose of' ^objective.
Obtaining recruits for the lrmy, de “
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alared the country in great d*rf'f|»r.
There was no use in mincing1 ^ords/he'
said; defeat woulchtnairf ruin, sftara*
and slavery. .
“Our soldiers are fighting bravely,"
said Lord Roberts, “butdhey are la-
mentably few, and it is the duty of
every able-bodied man to see .ttaidihe.
almy is maintained at itscTull'
strength. Women must not stand in
t^e light of their sons' and hus-
bands' duty.
,cial report that the British had been
encircled by the Germans.
Today's reports from the German
general staff are not more illuminat-
ing/than merely to say that the
CroB^Paince's army, which occupied
now is advancing toward the
'that a French advance from
Na
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M^y had been repulsed and that pk
third army is advancing through the
-Vosges, This probably is the ariny.fi
Which is said to be making Belfort life
GATHERING EVERY
AVAILABLE M AN
London, Aujg. 29, 11:10 p. m^-jThe
French and British are gather^ ev-
ery mj® and gun available in north-
western France in an attempt to vstop
the German advance on the road to
Paris. Itis'-also said General Joffte,
commander in chief of the French ar-
my, will endeavor to
German right and bring relief t^
British and French forces which have
been placed in a critical condition by
the German outflanking movement.
How far the allies have succeeded in
The Russians continue their ad-
vance through East Prussia* and con-
firmation comes tonight <f£ the state-
ment that they had invested Koenigs-
berg and had taken Ailenstein. It
will be a long time, however, before
they can directly threateh Berlin, or,
indeed, before their millions of men
can reach,the.scene of the Austrian,
^frontier, where*, troops of the Russian
emperor are engaged in a general
battle with the Austrians on a front
of 186 miles between the Vistula and
Lemberg, .capital of Galicia.
-*^Phere is considerable uneasiness
over the attitude of Turke^c,., Athens
tonight repeated the report\tiiat Ger-
man navi) office?* and sailor* are on
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BERLIN IS INVESTED
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Paris, Aug. 29, 6:40 p. m.—This
has been a long and anxious day in
Paris. When the war office has noth-
ing to issue the pessimists begin, to
show themselves and everybody aeks
what is going on in the north.
As far as can be learned the French
^massed troops appear to be intact tic
cept for those losses which were in
evitable in a week's heavy fighting
over a vast front.
If British, and. French retire on
the western fl*nk* it is explained that
they do *o choose their ground for
; 'fiercer reeiatsuaee. Every day has
ideh reinfereeeiients moving up to aid
the French^ hrwops engaged on the
: Belgian frentiei.
The French operating along the in-
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terior .lines are able to shift an army
corps from one part of the front to
another swiftly and it is said the allies,
probably are in a stronger position
today than last Sunday.
The Germans, apparently owing to
the increasing pursuit of the Russians
seem to be throwing themselves
against entrenched positions and are
suffering severely. They are gaining
ground and seemingly are hopeful of
being able to break through before
Berlin is invested.
French wounded are arriving at the
provincial towns. The Temps' Ver-
sailles correspondent reports that
wounded are passing through there
today.
KAISER REPQOTED WITHDRAW-
ING MEN FROM BELGIUM AND
FRANCE TO MEET RUSSIANS
London, Aug. 29, 9:20 p. m.—One
hundred and sixty railway trains*
loaded with German troops have
passed through. Belgium from the
southwest toward the northeast, ac-
the way to Constantinople
There has been strong denuncia- , A , ,
tion of ffie contnu.nce of .f^„Uord‘ng to an Antwerp dlsp.tch to
cricket and other garnet while" the
British army is-fighting anymore men
are required to reinforce them, and
strike at the particularly of young men watching
r relief to the ['the matches while Secretary for War
Kitchener is calling for recruits.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts remerred
to this today in a speech to a new bat-
talion of Royal Fusiliers,, recruited
getting across the German path, is not t from business and professional men
disclosed, for the outside world is ig-j of London. He expressed his intense
norant tonight of what is-happening, admiration for these men.
on the battlefield. J
A report comes both from Antwerp
man Ships
are Sunk
and Copenhagen that the Germans' £f/0 yg/) G GA*“
have commenced a movement / from
the west to meet the Russians advanc-
ing through East Prussia. But it is
hardly likely they will make any great
demands on the western a”*ny until
the big battle, in which th*' seems a
lull, has ber definitely dec M
Field Marshal Sir John 1 ’ch, the
British commander, whose a...y h- •
been hard pressed, was in commit..-
cation with the British war office late
today, and disproved the German offi-
i declare Crews of Drestroyor3
Bringing Wounded and Prison-
ers to England.
Garden Theatre
London, Aug. 29, 8:20 p. m. -The
crews of destroyers which have ar-
rived here say that at least eleven
German vessel4* of various sizes were
sunk in the engagement off Heligo-
land Toward the end of the battle
some English pinnaces, engaged In
picking up Germans who were strug-
gling in the water, were fired on by
the German squadron and had to re-
treat, leaving the men to their fate.
British cruisers and destroyers,
some of them showing signs of the
battle in which they were engaged off
Heligoland have arrived at Harwich,
Chatham and Sheerness. They had
British and German wounded aboard.
The Germans were picked up at sea
after the ships went down. A num-
ber of the men died before the war-
ships reached port and were buried at
sea, others died on the way to the hos-
pital and their bodies were taken to
the naval mortuary.
Reuter Telegraph company. This, it
is added, indicates that the Germans
are sending troops back on account
of the Russian advance. The German
force at Brussels has been reduced to
a minimum.
These 160 trains, which passed
through last night, the dispatch con-
tinues, are transporting one army
corps with full equipment and “ie
would appear that the rapid -advance
of the Russians is compelling the
Germans to withdraw troops from the
line of of the Meuse."
London, Aug. 30, 1:30 a. m.—An of-
fidial announcement issued at Ant-
werp is sent from that city By the
Reuter Telepraph company corres-
pondent. It says:
“It is confirmed that numerous
trains on Friday last transported Ger-
man troops from the Courtrari region
in an easterly directon. The retire-
ment of the German troops is strong
ly increasing. The enemy has aban-
doned the country north of the line,
including Merchtem, Vilvorde, Aer-
schot, Huyst-Op-Denberg, Tremme-
lom and Haeght. The province of
Antwerp and part of Lemburg are
free of the enemy. General position
is regarded with confidence.”
ENGLISH STATEMENT
SAYS ARMY READY
FOR ANOTHER ATTACK
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Paris, August 30. —A German aeroplane Hying at a height of
6,000 feet over Paris dropped a bomb into the city at 1:80 o'clock
this afternoon. The bomb struck near L'Eat railway station, not
far from the military hospital, but did no damage.
About 2:30 o'clock this afternoon another aeroplane appeared
over Paris and dropped.three bomps near Quai de Genappe, Rue
Ricollet, and place de la RepuMique:* No damage was done.
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England is
Engaged
in Death
Struggle
J there King Albert of Belgium him-
self was under shrapnel fire for two
hours.
Always Boost
Asserts Field Marshal Roberts,
Addressng Business Men-
Soldiers.
Germans
Reported
Enroute
to Turkey
London, Aug. 29, 5:55 p. m.—Field
Marshal Lord Roberts made the dec
laration today that Great Britain in
the present war would require hun
dreds of thousands of soldiers. The
occasion of this statement was the re-
fview of a new regiment of 1,300 Lon-
don business men. In* an address
Lord Roberts said in part:
“You are the pick of the nation’s
highly educated business men. You
follow all kinds of professions and
you are doing exactly what all able-
bodied men in the kingdom would do,
no matter what their rank or station
of life. My feeling toward you is one
of intense admiration. How very
different is your action to that of the
men Who can still go on playing crick-
et and football as if the very exist-
ence of the country were not at stake.
“We are engaged in a life and
death struggle and you are showing
your determination to do your duty as
soldiers and by ajl the means in your
j power to bring this war—a war forred
on us by an ambitions and unscrupu-
lous nation—to a successful result."
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London, Aug. 29, 6:10 p. m.—The
correspondent of the Reuter’s Tele-
graph company at Athens says:
“According to a semi-official state-
ment, news has been received from a
trustworthy source that 100 German
officers and sailors as well as a quan-
tity of ammunition passed through
Bulgaria Friday in a special train on
their way to Constantinople."
King Albert
Under Fire
Two Houis
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Why Sho
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London, Aug. 30, 2:20 a. m.—A Cen
tral News dispatch from Antwerp
says that during the latest fighting
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London, August 30.—after, four days of desperate fighting the
British army in France is rested,' refitted'and reinfoi^sd for the
next great battle according to an announcement by Lord Kitchen-
er, secretary of war.
In a statement based on reports from Sir John French, com*
niander of the British expeditionary forces, the secretary says
the British, after struggling against tremendous odds, retired to
a new line of defense where they have not been disturbed since
Thursday. Their casualties are between 5,000 and 6,0Q(K
Since this fighting ceased, the French on the right and left
have brought the German attack to a standstill, it is declared.
Lord Kitchener's statement is issued through the official'infor-
mation as follows:
1 ‘Although difP^chef of Sir John French as to recent battle
have not been Received* it is possible now to state what has been
the Biitish share in the recent operations.
*‘There has been a four days battle—on the 23rd, 24th, 25th
and 26th of August. During the whole of this period, the firijtish,
in oonformity with a general movement of the French armies,
were occupied in resisting and checking the German advance,
and in withirawing to new lines of defense.
The battle began at Mons Sunday, during which day and part
of the night the German attack stubbornly pressed and repeated,
was completely checked by the British front. »
On Monday, the 24th, the Germans made vigorous efforts in
superior numbers, to prevent the safe withdrawal of the British
army and to drive it into the fortress of Mauheuge. This effort
was frustrated by the steadiness and skill with which the British
retirement was conducted, and as on the previous day losses far in
excess of anything suffered by us were inflicted on the enemy,
who, in dense formation and in enormons masses, marched for-
ward again and yet again to storm the British lines.
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Sheldon, A. H. The Electra Daily News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 547, Ed. 1 Monday, August 31, 1914, newspaper, August 31, 1914; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth892679/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.