Sherbrooke daily record, 3 septembre 1914, jeudi 3 septembre 1914

[" Sherbrooke Daily Record Established 1897 SHERBROOKE, QUE., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 1914 ONE CENT i\tI French Government is Removed to Bordeaux Fierce Battle Continues and Allies Lines Still Hold Airships in Fight Over Paris Wonderful Charge of British Lancers Austrians Are \" ' Everywhere London, Sept.3\u2014(Special) \u2014The battle, whose issue is idestined to decide whether history will repeat itself in a second siege of Paris, is still in progress, according to the latest official announcement.London, Sept.3.\u2014 (Special) \u2014The British people continue to accept with stoicism the lack of news Concerning the operations of the British army on the continent, j The Government has repeatedly as-i sured the public that all news con-! sistent with the nation\u2019s interest ! would be given out, and the people i are accepting that assurance.i The French official reports throw | further light on the operations than )those of the British.The French reports say the action on the right of the northern wing has resulted in checking the Germans for a time.The inference plainly is that the Germans are employing all their force in an enveloping movement against the Allies\u2019 left wing.That that part of the allied army is \u2022\tretiring to the south and west indi-i cates that the Germans have not yet outflanked them.The operations for the past two weeks have all indicated the Germans\u2019 chief aim to outflank the allies on the allied left.This left wing has been forced to give ground, j but the flanking movement has failed In its object, namely, to envelop the ! left wing of the allied army.The j German hope has been to accomplish ¦ this movement, then with a crushing ' blow in the centre to isolate a large I part of the allied army and over- \u2022\twhelm it with disaster.| The Germans have thus far met ! with no success in the direction of the accomplishment of their purpose iln this respect.They have sacrificed their legions, but have only succeeded in forcing an orderly retirement of the allied lines, with armies intact.GERMANS PUBLISH LOSSES \u2014 WHOLE REGIMENTS GONE.London, Sept.3.-(Special)\u2014 A despatch to the Telegraph from Copenhagen sals that the thirtieth list : of losses suffered in the war is printed by the German press.Commenting on it, the statement is made that the losses are very heavy, and one ; instance is given where whole infantry regiments -which had been stationed at Zabern are lost.The 43rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, it ap-jsears, also suffered very heavily, ^ While among the wounded named iis General Hoffgart, of the 90th Infantry Brigade, and his adjutant.Both ere seriously wounded.The Mecklenburg Grenadiers sustained important losses and it seems, says the Telegraph correspondent, that more than 20,000 Mecklenburg troops have been lost.SWEDISH SHIP HITS MINE.London, Sept.3.\u2014 (Special) \u2014The Swedish steamer St.Paul, during the voyage from Gothenburg, struck a North Sea mine on Wednesday and foundered.The crew of twenty-five men marvelously escaped injury and got away safely in th» ships\u2019 lifeboats.1 The ship was a coal carrier.CARDINAL BEGIN IN PARIS.Paris, Sept.3, 10.20 a.tn.\u2014 (Special) \u2014The new American Ambassador to France, William Graves Sharp, arrived in Paris late last night.Cardinal Begin, of Quebec, is another recent arrival here.MONTE CARLO DIRECTOR ARRESTED AS SPY.London, Sept.3.\u2014(Special)\u2014Advices received in London from Monte -v Carlo contain the following passage : 'l \"M.Kurz, one of the four directors of the Casino, and who has been very much trusted here and also has an estate agency at Beaulieu, has been arrested as a spy.All sorts of plans were found on him, and with others he is imprisoned in Nice, awaiting trial.The Casino is closed.\u201d ONE GERMAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN.London, Sept.3, 10.30 a.m.\u2014 (Special) \u2014A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Paris declares that one of the German aeroplanes of the Taube type, which recently dropped bombs on the city of Paris, has been brought down.The two German aviators on board w ere killed.SUCCESS AFTER SUCCESS FOR RUSSIANS.London, Sept.3.\u2014 (Special)\u2014 The Petrograd (St.Petersburg) correspondent of the Post sends the following on the operations on the Russian front : \u201cRussia is scoring success after success against Austria and is momentarily expecting news of a signal victory.\u2018\u2018The Commander-in-chief on the Austrian front apparently plans to drive in strongly with one army from the east, starting from the Russian provinces adjoining Roumanian and in the meantime merely aim to restrain the Austrian advances into the Polish provinces, thus keeping Austria on the alert along the line of two to three hundred miles.houses which have been converted into hospitals and which were flying the Red Cross flag.Thebe houses were damaged and ten or twelve persons slightly wounded.After the bomb dropping exploit the Zeppelin rose and disappeared in the direction j of Malines.! \u2018\u2018An examination of the bombs i thrown showed that they had a thin j double covering, the two covers being joined together with mushroomshaped rivets which act the part of bullets and are liable to cause terrible injuries when the covers are burst by the explosion.They are similar to those used by the Bonnet motor-car bandits in France.\u2018\u2018This morning the Belgian authorities conducted the United States consul to the Red Cross buildings which were struck by bombs, that ho might see the extent of the damage done.King Albert also visited the buildings this morning.\u201d AUSTRIANS TO GIVE UP LEMBERG SERVIAN VICTORY SERVIANS KILLED 10,000 AUSTRIANS IN JEDAR BATTLE.Nish, Servia, via London, Sept.2, \u20199.15 p.Tn.\u2014An official statement issued to-day gives new and fuller details of the battle of Jedar.The Austrian force, it says, was composed of 200.000\tmen and heltf a favorable position.By its retreat it admitted defeat.The Austrians left on the field of battle 10,000 dead and more than 2.000\twounded.\u201cAltogether,\u201d continues the statement, \"40,000 of the enemy were placed hors de combat.We bave sent to the interior more than 4,000 men whom we took prisoners, and have captured 60 guns, much ammunition, the material for the construction of a 600-metre bridge, and a train.\u201cThe battle was of great importance because it was decisive.The enemy retreated to Santzek.\u201d AERIAL BATTLE OVER PARIS TWO FRENCH AEROPLANES WERE, SENT UP TO ENGAGE THREE GERMAN MACHINES Paris, Sept.3\u2014A fight in the air over Paris took place last evening.! Three German aeroplanes hovered over the capital, and immediately two French machines were sent up to engage them.Meanwhile machine guns mounted on public buildings kept up a constant fire, as did soldiers with riflee.By this means one of the German machines became separated from the others, and the French aviators flew swiftly in its direction.The German opened fire, to which the Frenchmen replied vigorously.The engagement seemed to turn to the disadvantage of the German who mounted speedily to a higher level, and, holding this position, was sav-ted from further attack.He finally disappeared in the northwest direction over Fort Romainville, after a vain pursuit.The other German aeroplanes also escaped the fire of the guns, and after circling about for a considerable time disappeared from view.BOMBS FOR HOSPITALS Antwerp, Sept.3, via London-Tho following official statement concerning the manoeuvres of the Zeppelin airship over Antwerp last night and early today was issued tonight: A Zeppelin airship was reported at half past ten o\u2019clock last night near ehe forts to the south of the city and also near the River Nethe- It passed over Most toward Termonde and Ghent, and then returned toward Antwerp \u2018 and tried to fly over she city, but for a time a heavy artillery fire kept it outside the outer forti-j fications.\"At three o\u2019clock this morning five ; or six bombs were dropped from it.Later seven bombs were dropped in ! the Parc du RosignoL close to some IMPORTANT CITY AND STRONGHOLD FALLS BEFORE RUSSIANS.Petrograd (St.Petersburg) , Sept.3.\u2014The following official communication was issued by the Russian War Office last night: \"After a battle lasting seven days, the Russian army seized heavily fortified positions around Lemberg (capital of Galicia, In Austria-Hungary) about ten or twelve miles from the town.The Russian troops then advanced towards the principal forts.\"After a battle yesterday, which was fiercely contested, the Austrians were obliged to retreat in disorder, abandoning heavy and light guns, parks of artillery and field kitchens.\"Our advance guard and cavalry pursued the enemy, who suffered enormous losses in killed, wounded \u2022and prisoners.! \"The Austrian army operating in I the neighborhood of Lemberg, was composed of the third, eleventh and twelfth corps and part of the seventh and fourteenth corps- This army appears to have been completely defeated.\"During the pursuit by the Russian troops, the Austrians, who beat a retreat from Guila Xdpa, were i forced to abandon an additional 31 j guns.Our troops are moving over roads encumbered with parks of artillery and convoys loaded with provisions of various kinds.\"The total number of guns captured by the Russians araund Lemberg amounts to 150.\u201d The above despatch was sent direct from Petrograd by the St.Petersburg Telegraph Agency, the semi-official Russian news agency, and is the first despatch received in New York direct from the Russian capital since the declaration of urar.TO EVACUATE LEMBERG.London, Sept.2, 12.15 p.m.\u2014The Exchange Telegraph Company pub-1 lishes a despatch from its Rome correspondent transmitting the following i statement issued at Vienna: \u201cRecognizing that the occupation of Lemberg by the Russian troops is inevitable, the provincial government has removed the archives of state and given instructions to the burgomaster as to the conduct of the city after its occupation by the Russians.\u201d The newspapers of Lemberg, the correspondent continues, publish long lists of Austrian dead, covering entire pages.MONTENEGRENS THRESH AUSTRIANS SsKtïp ill § mm / ptf ; ;:Y I m iM; m m' .,,,, Wf # 'A# !|p! rim mmm m !.mi m W\\ 8* 1* ' SS : v- , v m 1 DAYLIGHT FOR SLAUGHTER; MIDNIGHT FOR MERCY.\u2014The above illustrates the work of the Red Cross bringing in the wounded after the day\u2019s battle.Despatches yesterday stated, that twelve of the Red Cross nurses of the allies had sacrificed their lives in their noble work.INFERIOR FORCE DEFEATED AND PURSUED AUSTRIANS.Cettinje, via London, Sept.2, 8.12 p.m.\u2014Although numerically inferior, the Montenegrins have defeated the Austrians near Bilek in Bosnia, General Vokovitch, according to the an-: nouncement, has taken the offensive 1 and is marching on Tchainitch In pursuit of the Austrians.ANOTHER NOBLE SIX HUNDRED How Sth British Lancers Rode Into tfallef of Death SILENCED A GERMAN BATTERY WHICH HAD WROUGHT HAVOC IN BRITISH RANKS, London, Sept.3.\u2014 (Special) \u2014The Daily Mail\u2019s correspondent bebindlthe British lines describes the charge of the 9th British Lancers, which occurred at an unnamed spot during the recent series of tactical retreats, as a second Balaclava.He says: \u201cTerrible havoc had been caused in our ranks by shells from a battery of eleven German guns posted inside a forest near the Belgian frontier.It seemed impossible to silence their fire until the 9th Lancers made their attempt, riding straight at the guns after debouching into the open and charging under a hail of melinite and lyddite.\u201cI have not been able to get reliable figures as to the distance they rode, but they reached their goal.Nothing could stop them.They reached the guns, killed the gunners and put the guns out of action.Then like their prototypes of Balaclava, they rode back.\u201d VALCARTIER IS SCENE OF DELUGE DOWNPOUR CAUSED POSTPONEMENT OF MUSKETRY PRACTICE AND CAMP RE-ARRANGEMENT Valcartier Camp, Sept.3\u2014Tke intended changes in the arrangement of the camp, the migration of troops from one point to another, did not materialize today.Long hours before this great early rising community was astir the heavens opened and rain descended in pitiless fashion, the downpour continuing without abatement until about midday, and rendering a postponement of the camp changes absolutely necessary.For the same reason there was no musketry practice.In a word, it has been an off-day camp, and the work planned will be executed tomorrow if the elements permit.FRENCH GOVERNMENT Ï0 BORDEAUX Paris, Sept.3\u2014(Special) \u2014President Poincare and his cabinet have left for \u2022 Bordeaux, the new French seat of i Government, where they will arrive j in the morning.TEXT OF PROCLAMATION.The proclamation regarding the re-! moval of the seat of Government reads : \u201cFrenchmen\u2014For several days our heroic troops have been engaged with M Wt THE ATTACK ON CATTARO POPE IS ELECTED Rome, Sept.3\u20141.20 p.m., via Paris, Sept.3, 7.21 a.m.\u2014(Suecial) \u2014 Telegrams from San Giovanni Hi Me-dua, Albania, a seaport twenty miloa south of Scutari, says that the real bombardment of the Austrian seaport of Oat.taro has not begun because the Anglo-French Squadron is waiting for the Montenegrins to transport their Siego artillery to Mount.Lovchen.This move is in.tended to put Oattaro Between two firet.The garrison at Oattaro has tried several sorties against Antivuri but ail wrre frustrated by the Montenegrins.The Austrians, the de&pat chers state, lost many men and two cannon in the sorties.BUYING MILITARY HOR8EB.Stanstead, September 3.\u2014(Special) \u2014Ten horses were purchased by tlte Government at Stanstead last week, for remounting purposes.The prices paid were from -IdfiO to $200.Choice Falls on Archbishop; of Bologna Rome, September S.\u2014 < Special)-», Cardinal Della Chicsa, Arctildishop oil Bologna, was elected Pope to-day.The Pope was created au cardinal, only this year.He was Horn in 1854 and ordained, priest in 1878.Hetakea' the title of Benedict XV.* >?< | THE WEATHER ?£\tand showery, 'with a ?\tfew local thunderstorm ?* V, m The Canadian Bank of Commerce WITH WHICH IS tTMTTT'E I> TUB Eastern Townships Bank 8TB EI>MTnsri> WAJTjïUÎR, C.V.O.,\tr>.C.I>., ***'eaident.ALEXANDER LAIRD,\t-\tOeneral (MEanafer.JOH N AIR!) .\tAsulttfcïmrt Oencrai ISXauager^ Capital, $15.006,000 Rest.$»3,500,000 -+- The death occurred this morning of an old resident of Sherbrooke, in the person of Mr.8haw Thomas,.At his .residence, 198 King Street.Funeral \u2022 notice will be announced later, ! Mr.and Mrs.A.E.Swan, Moore i street, have just returned from a ' very pleasant two weeks\u2019 visit with friends at Bishop's Crossing and East Angus, PRESIDENT POINCARE, Head of : French Government, which has i Been Removed to Bordeaux.fierce combats with the enemy, Tho ; ¦ courage of our soldiers has won for j them several marked advantages, but ' i in tho north the pressure of the Ger- j man forces compelled us to retreat, j This situation forces the President of1 the Republic and the Government to the sad decision that in order to safeguard tho national interest the duty of the public powers is to go away from ,Paris for the moment.Un-1 der the command of its emissaries, the French army, full of courage and' spirit, will defend against the invader, the capital and its patriotic population.But the war must be pursued at the same time on the rest of French territory, j \u201cThe sacred struggle for the honor of the nation and the reparation ot! j violated rights -will continue without I peace or truce, without a stop or a I failure.None of our armies have been 'broken.If some of them have suffered only too evident losses, the gaps (Continued on Page 8), Farmers\u2019 Business Thff Canadian Bank of Commerce, exteiMl» to .Ifarrnerave'wery, f\u2019w.cllttyfoiii the transaction of the!» banking business, ined udinjj Che ftiaooojxti- and Opl-lection oft ealea notoe.Blank saica notes ax« «supplied fr«a>x»f «Ubarge p* appftoattan, BKAJWHES IÎÏ SBrKKKJaOOKJ# DufforlB A v «nu a.< Main .ûffîca) .,,.4 -\tBJ.' 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