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A translagiog o&“Weltkrieg,” an accurate dail record of the present war, published at 45 Broadway,
New Yor
uxigose or aiding’ needy childrensor killed or disabled
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by llilfsverein Deutscher rauen, a society of German women. organized for the
soldiers in the German army. Mrs Else Von
e. Chairman; Mrs. arl L. churz, Treasurer" George S lvester Vlereck. Editor. Siibscription
price (including postage) : Five cents a copy; $2.60 a year; 1.30 for six months.
August 7 (concluded).
An attack on the uncaptured outer forts
was held off until the heavy German siege
guns arrived so as to avoid as much .blood-
shed as possible.
The Belgian civil population. in the mean-
time. waged a frightfully cruel and treach-
erous guerilla warfare against German
troops. doctors and wounded.
After the fall of Liege. the German Gov-
ernment informed the Belgians, through a
neutral power, that it was still ready to come
to a friendly agreement that would insure the
integrity of Belgium and spare the land fur-
ther terrors of war. The measures pre-
viously adopted had been employed solely
as the result of dire necessity.
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On the Galician frontier a series of engage-
ments between Austro-Hungarian and Rus-
sian detachments took place, all of which
resulted in success for the Germanic Allies.
On August 8
the excursion steamer “Kiinigin
Luise,” which had been chartered
by the Imperial Navy, appeared
before the fortifications at the
mouth of the Thames and laid a
number of mines there. An Eng-
lish torpedo-boat flotilla, led by the
light cruiser “Amphion,” attacked
her and sent her to the bottom. A
portion of the crew was rescued.
The “Amphion” came in contact
with one of the mines laid by the
“Kiinigin Luise” and also went
down. One hundred and thirty of
the crew were drowned, 150 were
rescued.
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Large bodies of French troops. advancing
from the neighborhood of Belfort. crossed
the frontier in Upper Alsace. The German
frontier guard brought them to a stand,
and drove them back toward Belfort.
Miilhausen was occupied by the French.
The first convoy of French prisoners reached
Metz and Frankfort-on-the-Main.
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East Prussian provincial troops advanced
across the border at Schmalleningken, 3
miles from Tilsit. attacking Russian in-
fantry and a machine-gun company.
Austrian cavalry occupied Ollcush and
Volbrom in Russian Poland, and estab-
lished communications with the German
frontier guard detachments at Bendzin.
The entire net proceeds go to the needy
children of German soldiers in the field