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Belgian Resistance Forces Germans French WEATHER T\tn TO-D»Y AKlt TOMORROW. T>tnp*ra4'irr« \»»»»r»l.i, High, 11: fsiw. éV îfctt» ffiritront filll report nn f*f» t. f^tK In C Ht of New ^nrU. Newark. J*r**f * Itr and Hnbokra. * M-inum» TWO (f«T* rc»l>.»TÍ«ht. IBM. 1014. PRICK ONE CENT Vol. LXXIV....X0. 24,744. By Th» Trlbotw A««<wUtW>n 1 NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, BELGIAN RESISTANCE FORCES GERMANS TO MAKE WIDE DETOUR NORTH OF LIEGE; FRENCH UNCHECKED IN ALSACE FIGHTING FRENCH HOLD PASSES LATEST NEWS OF THE WAR. GERMANS IN RETREAT AFTERANOTHERVAIN TO ALSACE-LORRAINE, Pari», Aug. 14..The result of the five-day battle along the ridge of the Vosges Mountains is that the French, though vigorously opposed, control approaches to both Alsace and Lorraine. An entire division of German troops ASSAULT AT LIEGE WON IN 5-DAY FIGHT surrendered. Some of the supplementary fighting has been in German territory. A section of Bavarian infantry was surprised at Chambery and put to flight, suffering serious losses. to at least the forts on the left bank of the Meuse, Furious to Storm Forts on Battle on of the Brussels, Aug. 14..The Germans, having resolved reduce Attempt Left Prolonged Ridge Vosges cover of the darkness. reached the of the works, only made a furious attack in force last night under They glacis Bank Costs Three-fifths of At¬ are now in retreat and Brussels is considered no Supplemented by Minor Fighting, to be repulsed with a loss of three-fifths of their command. They Some in German Territory. longer in danger. tacking Troops. London, Aug. 14..All the powers resent Turkey's purchase of the cruisers Goebel and Breslau from Ger¬ that the German officers and crews of the ships must be repa¬ BRUSSELS NO LONGER IN WHOLE DIVISION LAYS DOWN ARMS many. The allies notify the Ottoman government DANGER triated. the British recommence next week. The transatlantic liners, no longer needed by government, sailing Garrison of 4,000 Holding 250,000 at Bay Entiro Bavarian Infantry Surprised at Chambery and Put to Disrupts Pursued Three Halifax, Aug. 14..The Cunarder Mauretania sailed to-day with 10,000 tons of coal. H. M. cruiser Good Plan of Imperial General Staff.Allies' Flight.French Aeronaut, by cruisers in the Western Atlantic. German Fliers, Wins Thrilling Air Race. Hope arrived to assist in capturing the German Commanders in Chief Confer. By GEORGE DRU. [By Cable to The Tribune] Brussels, 14..The situation at the Special Correspondent New York Tribune and "London Standard."] Aug. Liege forts is now Paris, Aug. 14..Five day» of hard fighting have given the RUSSIANS REPULSE BERLIN CHANCELLOR as follows: The Germans have ceased bombardment of the forts French a strong position at the summit of the Vosges mountains, as on the right bank of the Meuse and are devoting all their énergie» end of the Bruche Valley, a few well as possession of the upper ! ARMY CORPSAPPEALS TO AMERICA to those on the left bank. Fort Pontisse has suffered the worst miles from the German town of Saale. This area of hostilities is TWO assault because by its situation it is more instrumental than any about thirty miles northeast of Epinel and thirty miles southeast others Defeat Germans in Big Night At¬ Deplores England's Stand : "It Is with a Heavy Heart in preventing the crossing of the river. of. Luneville. Czar's Forces The side of the frontier a line constructed That We See Her enemy has been trying to rush the fort by main force On the German railway tempt to Recapture City of Eydtkuhnen, Ranged Among runs up to the foot of the Vosges without longer relying upon siege artillery. The attack m this for strategic purposes only, right in Elast Prussia. Our Opponents. and this was used for the conveyance of German troops. new form began quietly, but in the middle of the it devel- range, CHETWYND. London, Aug. 14..The iMarconi Wireless Telegraph Company to¬ night Leaving the trains between Saale and the frontier they pro¬ By HERBERT oped with great fierceness, the Germans to the and at the» New York Tribune and "London Standard."] night issued to all the London newspapers the following dispatch from hoping profit by ceeded to attack the French positions in the Vosges [Special Correspondent to ad« few hours of darkness. Aug. 14. A sudden attempt of German troops Berlin as having been officially circulated through all the German wire¬ The Germans, however, could not get western end of the Bruche Valley. St. Petersburg, frontier station of under cover of darkness and recapture the to-dav: beyond the of the where were less stations * glacis fort, they mowed down The German attacks were delivered with persistent deter¬ ¡\ance by tlie Russian«. A sharp engage¬ by Eydtkuhnen was repulsed vigorously "In an interview the German imperial Chancellor, von Bethmann- the fire of the defenders. The mination. on Monday and continued almost inces¬ the Oar's force«? and the 1st and Jlst German Germans were provided with They began ment occurred between the stated and until (Thursday). The Germans finally retired with heavy losses, leaving Hollwcg, to-day: bundles of wood and matches to nil up the ditches, but were santly day night yesterday Army Corps. " they still 'The pre.ent war is a life and death struggle between the German unable to MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY EMPLOYED. Russians occupying Eydtkuhnen. of Rus- make use of them. Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaivich, commander in chief the a*id the Muscovite races of Russia. It is due m> th+-r«een»-i>«j»»rmurder* were Foíes to the The fort of Liers lent On the heights only mountain artillery and infantry i'' wH .<**.«!*». io6y uSat all showing loyalty at very effective aid to Fort Pontisse* H*»«M? a* Ufa and govern¬ Sarajevo a deal of by the Rucian army " the employed, but the nature or the*"gföunö afforded good Slav cause will br specially protected Wc warned Russia against kindling this world war. She demanded during attack. The object of the Germans was obviously to cover for the latter. The German infantry advanced in ment continued his sieze the on natural with the and material rights of the humiliation of Austria, and while the German Emperor forts the left bank, which in the hands of the the en¬ \ny attempt to interfere personal Belgians close formation and hurled itself against to the order, be I work in the cause of and the Czar was telegraphing words of friend- would be comparatively Poles not guilty of hostility to Russia will, according peace terrible weapons against them should the Belgian main trenched positions of the French. the of martial law. to him, Russia was for war against Germany. punished with »11 severity ship preparing army march toward Liege. On the other were the forts officers seemed to be to overwhelm " hand, in The idea of the German information from St Peters¬ 'Then highly civilized France, bound by an unnatural alliance with Rome 14.According to reliable the possession of the Germans would serve as a sheer of numbers, regardless of the heavy f\ttg of arms for an attack on its they base fot* the French by weight Russia has mobilised 2,000.000 men OH the German and Austritt Russia, was compelled to prepare by strength burg, while action directed against attacks. All forts are toll of human life involved in the process. 500,000 on the Turkish and Rumanian trontiers, flank, on the Franco-Belgian frontier, in case we proceeded against the Belgian resisting ex« in held their frontiers and well. The French troops, though inferior numbers, 3,000.000 men are held in reserve. French frontier works. tremely and the enemy time after time. The stood The heroism of the positions resolutely repelled London Aug. 14..A Reuter dispat.h from St Petersburg says a "-'England, bound to France by obligations disowned long ago, Belgian resistance has astonished the of the mountains were covered with the killed and woundd. Vilna that a German aero- on coast of France. world; it has the sides message has been received there from stating in the way of the German attack the northern surprised Belgians themselves. observations of Ruftitt military movements in therefore, forced us to violate the neutrality of Belgium, but The war is the [By Cable to The Tribune.] plane which was making "This, only opportunity for expression of a new was fired upon and brought down with ne to that for all dam¬ the Polish government of Suwalki. had promised emphatically compensate country Belgian democratic spirit. The new service conditions have Aug. 14..In an official statement issued by the War four German ofticers. were killed. inflicted. been Paris, a crash. Its OCCOptttS, age merely one of " many which the reference is made to those engagements in which 'Now England avails herself of the long-awaited opportunity to agencies by idea of the individual Office special to a share in of the commence war tor the destruction of the commercially prosperous Ger- right greater self-government has been disseminated, the French troops got possession of the ridge Vosges If the Mountains and kept these positions five days, despite counter at¬ SIR JOHN FRENCH JOINS many. Belgians are fighting heroically it is because they ar« "We enter into that war with our trust in God. Our entire race has fighting for an which means not tacks the German troops. independence simply a nationa by FIELD risen in a for liberty, as it did in 1813.
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