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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««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. and a on at but JOFFRE IN THE fight flag colored space the map, but individual Eacr These attacks were vigorously made various points, "'It is with a heavy heart that we see England ranged among our liberty. man for himself and for his neighbor is for a share the French all efforts of the enemy, who were announces that Field Marshal notwithstanding the blood relationship and close relation¬ responsible ir troops repulsed Pans, Aug. 14. -The Havas Agency opponents, an have the in and cultural work between the two countries. increasingly popular government. The inspiration of the na superior in numbers. These various engagements given Sir John French, the commander-in-chief of the British field army, joined ship spiritual at "'England has placed herself on the side of Russia, whose insatiability tional resistance has been the consciousness in each man of French a as regards their approaches to General JofTre. the French commander-in-chief, headquarters hit commanding position Joseph ami whose barbaric insolence have this war, the of which share of and this Lorraine. The locality is not mentioned. helped origin liberty, democratic spirit has given life and vivic both Alsace and to-day. was murder an«' the purpose of which was the humiliation Russian was announced this evening that unification of the French by purpose to the military machine. At one the Germans brought into line beside their It officially point 'and forces had been established by an Interchange of officers. Panslavism.' For the time all difference of some formations of reserves, but these were un¬ Belgian that the sense of of the American will en- being party is sunk in securing weakened troops The exchanged Colonel Orjo de Marchovalette, of the cavalry, "We expect justice people Belgian^ our as to national independence and deliverance from the threat able to resist the French attack and were eventually obliged to Melotte, formerly military attache at Rerlin. for the French able them to comprehend situation. We invite their opinion of th< 'and Major tin- one-sided and ask them to examine our point greatest enemy of freedom and individual down their arms, an entire division surrendering. Cholet- Lieutenant Colonel Adelbert and General Genie, the lattrr English representations enterprise.the militan lay Captain of view in an of at Brussels. unprejudiced way. autocracy Prussia. Another of to-day's official reports says: military attache "The of the American nation will then lie with German cult- An official announcement say« that a large number ut rrench troop« sympathy ''No fact of striking importance took place in the theatre of I arc and civilisation, against a half Asiatic and cultured GERMANS' HEAVY LOSSES. entered Belgium and are proceeding from Charleroi to Gembloux, lighting slightly There were, however, several skirmishes have barbarism." operations yesterday. ten miles to the northwest of Namur. The Brussels War Office officially announced an engagemen and French and encounters between in the at the Belgians between German patrols The War Office states that operations Liege to-day, in which the Belgians inflicted heavy German caus where two while the French OU the frontier took more losses, outposts, notably at Chambery, in German Lorraine, captured 2,000 prisoners, ing a German retreat, which continues. The Belgians capture« the 18th Bavarian were surprised than 1,500 prisoners. Regiment _ I companies of Infantry LIEGE FORTS STILL several machine guns mounted on automobiles. driven off numerous of the by the French troops and vigorously, leaving London, Aug. 14.The Brüssel« correspondent Exchange The War Office announcement says that one of French troops into territory only divisioi dead and wounded on the field." Telegraph says the transportation Belgian and one mixed The all the that had been are in DEFY GERMAN FIRE brigade engaged. Germans probably loi A German aviator carrying the French flag this morning is now complete and that troops expected fixed to the of the chief of staff. three-fifths of their troops engaged, according to the statement three bombs on the battle order at a place according pian« flew over Vesoul and Lure, dropping railway while the Belgian losses were comparatively small. The statemen town and then two on the station at Garrison of to Arrest Advance station at the first named Belgian 3,000 Continue concludes: "No further surprise will disturb the Belgian t'oopi was done. The aviator was fired on for Lure. Only small damage Eager News, of Host 250,000, Their Guns Any fresh attack will be as repulsed as those to flee. London, Though Opposing Numbering victoriously pre by gendarmes and compelled ceding it, such is the spirit of determination of every in Lorraine, was Yields to the Censor Commanding Enemy's Communications. Belgia A French aviator, reconnoitring pursued by Gladly soldier who has dispersed once for all the belief in the invincibilit were and faster than HARDING DAVIS. E. B. WH1TBY. two German airmen. Their machines larger By RICHARD By of the German troops." and carried three armed men each. After an London, Aug. 14..On arriving in London what BOSt impresses JfOS [Correspondent New York Tribune and "London Standard."] the Frenchman's the absence of any news move¬ flier and returned to the French is, in the Lnglish paper-, concerning any Brussels, Aug. 14 It was officially announced today that all twelve Field of exciting chase the French escaped and army. It is a of silence on the Operations, Belgium, Aug. 13..The operatior ment of the English navy conspiracy forts encircling Liege are still intact, their continued resistance to the lines unharmed. the of the m^t unselfish and patriotic nature. during last evening and this morning were extremely interestin German have part of English people huge forces around them being the most remarkable feature of the military It is officially announced that numerous patrols No interest at this time in any relative with any ship or regiment and may be said' to mark a new phase in the campaign. I left soldiers have crossed the wishes of all for the success of all. This situation in Belgium. taken refuge in Switzerland. No French is permitted to outweigh the section of the Belgian army last evening in a position which I ma the or whereabouts of any military unit is Inside the forts are about i,(XX) Belgian soldiers, all around them are Swiss frontier. secrecy as to present plans not record, standing on guard against a possible German advan« enforced not only by the orders of the War Office, but is the wish of the German forces numbering at least a quarter of a million troops. Part from the northeast. NEWS. every one. of the German srmy operating in Belgium has been pushed forward to The at that THIS MORNINGS son or brother leaves to join his ship or regiment, and Belgian position point did not suggest the post A father, regions north and west and south of Liège, while reinforcements from the after that his family neither know nor seek to know where he may be. bility of serious action, so I left their rear position wh< are to of the actually THE El HOPEAN WAR. Hennessy Men Want Suber's Aid.14 to the organization of the War Office. Also east continually arriving. I'p yesterday the bombardment fire I Pagf It is a splendid compliment desultory artillery that recorded before was ushering in Hennery Frightens Tiger.14 to the of many millions, who make no effort forts by German artillery was continued with brief interval*, but thanks . a loyalty -, Control Vo>ge. P.»«... it is compliment most important action. As yet in this .. MISCELLANEOUS. the wall of silence that Field Marshal Kitchener hi« to the nature of their construction it was without much effect. reconnoissance phase tl Germans Retreat from Fort Assault. J1 to break through line was in advance .W>" 5 too, were but the them fighting about twenty kilometres from whe ..Half Desert, d. I ."""V. ero ted between them and their army. Repeated assault«, made, Belgians repulsed and leather. , on 1 so in case it would have . to Get War Extra.... I know that has declared war. In the papers we can read with machine guns trained with deadliest effect the bare, smooth slopes stood, any been impossible to fc Troop* -^PP.ngPol.ce and r.re Department.. « We Kngland get the Power». 3 of funds the for in the immediate of the forts. For a moment the Germans seem to see the actual combat. I Turkey Aromes Arrivals of Buyers. g Of the Red Cross societies, patronized by royal family vicinity ward have to give from the eviden Refugees Send Cheering Words. 3 be wounded, for those who may be left fatherless, for content to invest the torts with the idea of starving them into surrender. this account 4 Court Calendar . § those who may of officers engaged of the feat of arms which fa < uy Joins Nation in Food Pi ice W.r have been left without support. No one need be .1 Meanwhile the guns of the forts, which command the German lint of com¬ 4 Army and Navy. g those who already added much to the confidence of the arms. Home. Describes Trip.' in a nation at war, even munication in the Meuse as well as the of the and in Belgian Refugee. .i Woman's' Varied Interests. 7 to read the streets signs'of though Valley, valley Ourthe Advise Government. i military expert r inanciers g it would be to write. But M UO paper in the other directions, continue to harass very -rriously the advance, of the THE BELGIAN Goaded by Fear. 4 Editorial .'. of those síriis improper POSITION. /.acapa Obituary . 9 will he learn that by land and sea British forces arc German, toward the treat Even if the fort-> are reduced to submission Britifch Liner» to Defy Unman*.... 4 United Kingdom The Belgian position, which was about one i-h Loan. ."> . in the war sime their \ictory at Waterloo. they will have done more than their dut\. Thrj luve arrested the German hundred ki and II engaged greatest metres east of was as a .II It makes the position of a correspondent somewhat difficult, but t advance and delayed the execution of the Berlin plan of campaign to such Brussels, triangle based upon the railvs LOCAL. lu-aï Estate .11 with its shows that into tMl struggle of the giants Fngland has entered without an extent that the allied armies of Belgium and France have had time to j line, apex pointed northeast. This apex was to be held Most» Would Adopt Children. 9 Financial and Markets .1Ü a scheme of defence. ' or rsifl boasting, but earnestly, calmly and undismayed. [ complete bigger intrenched infantry, supported one . of kind Loophole m Cocaine Law.11, Schools .|g hysteria by battery artillery, 1