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GERMANS FALL BY HUNDREDS IN ATTACK ON BELGIAN FORTS

Artillery Fire From Fort Seraing, South of Liege, Decimates Troops in Night Attack. Aviators Rock and Roll in Aircraft Shaken by Fierce Reverberations of Invaders' Big Guns. KING OF ENGLAND PRAISES BELGIANS BRUSSELLS, Aug. 11. King Albert of Belgium today received the following message from King George of England: "I heartily congratulate you on the splendid way in which your army is defending it's country, and especially for the gallantry displayed against the repeated attacks upon Liege. You must indeed be proud of your brave troops." King Albert sent the following reply: "I am deeply touched by your warm congratulations. I thank you with all my heart, and express to you the sincere gratitude of the Belgian army, and nation." BY BERNARD BELLINCOURT, ( Staff Correspondent of I nternatlenal News Service.) BRUSSELLS, Aug. 11 Desperate fighting is going on at Liege today, with German forces making a final effort to smash the Belgian defense and capture the forts surrounding the city. The Belgian war office announced that about 4 a. m. the German heavy artillery opened a fierce. bombardment. "The defenders are galantly holding out against almost constant bombardment," said an official statement. The Germans renewed their attack after General Leman had rejected a second demand from General Von Em(Continued on Page Six) SURVIVORS TELL HOW MINE SANK BRITISHGRUISER German Explosive Rips Open Amphion From Stem to Stern, Sending Her to Sea's Bottom. BY BURTON L. FRAZIER, Staff Correspondent for International News Service. LONDON, Aug. 11. A thrilling account of the destruction of the British cruiser Amphion by a floating mine with the loss of more than 130 lives, was given today, by survivors from the crew of the warship, who were landed at Harwich. From several narratives the following story of the losses of the British man of war is gathered: "No sooner had the Amphion left Harwich than the decks were cleared for action as wireless advices had indicated the presence of German ships. After being sighted the German mine laying steamer Koenigen-Luise had failed to respond to a shot across her bows, and was sunk. "Immediately after the Germans were transferred to the British Bhip mud her attending fleet of torpedo boat destroyers, a smudge of trailing smoke was sighted on the horizon. The Amphion at once gave chase and found that the steamship was the St. Peters burg, bound for Holland. Amphion Hits Mine. "The Amphion hove to and was steaming toward port, when she ran bow-agalnst a powerful floating mine that had been laid by the Koenigen Lulse. The disaster which followed showed that the German ship had (Continued on Page Ten.) BELGIANS EXECUTE 100 GERMAN SPIES BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 11. A censored dispatch from Paris confirms reports of the execution in Belgium of 100 Germans suspected of being spies. Severe precautions are being taken by the Belgian authorities and no one is admitted into railroad stations without a military permit. Automobiles are ftofped every mile.

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Paris Announces Another Victory for French Arms Martial Law Prevents Americans From Talking Over Telephone in Capital. Ambassador Herrick Feels Rule of Censor When Conversation With Friend Is Cut Off by poUte MfliU.Patrbt. ,

By frank P. Merrick, Staff Correspondent of International News Service. PARIS, Aug. 11. The German forces that invaded France from Esch have been defeated and forced to retreat, the war office announced today. The German cavalry, supported by artillery, came into contact at Spincourt, in the department of Meuse, where the French defenders were routed after a sharp battle. No information given as to the losses, and this was the first battle on French soil since the war began. The war ministry announced also that the French aviators flying over the territory occupied by the Germans had learned that the work of fortifying Luxemburg and south of Metz had

been completed by the Germans troops about Gerolstein, Metz and Maestrich, Holland, saying that Tougeren, the Belgian town where been reported concentrated. German troops are active In the vicinity of Blamont, in Meurthe-Et-Moselle. They also attempted to capture two posts in the neighborhood of Hannon-Villers, but cannon sent from the latter point repulsed them. Martial law was enforced more rigorously than ever before today in this city, which now swarms with French military police. Every person suspected of having German or Austrian sympathies is subjected to the keenest (Continued on Page Eight.) VICTOR EMMANUEL REMAINS NEUTRAL At the direction of King Victor Emmanuel the Italian foreign office has informed the German kaiser that Italy absolutely refuses to change her neutral policy. The emperor has sent an ultimatum to King Victor in, which he demanded that Italy live up to her obligation under the Triple Alliance. The kaiser threatened war against Italy should she refuse to aid him in the gigantic war he now faces. Germany has already declared : war - on Russia, France, England and Belgium', but the kaiser is not expected to hesitate fca declaring war on Italx, Vv

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Thionville. A dispatch from the Germans had captured the Franco-Belgian forces had KNQLLENBERGS HEAR FROM Jl ABROAD Indefinite Plans Still Leave Family Puzzled as to His Location. Where is Bernhardt Knollenberg? Is he in Norway, Sweden or Germany? These are questions which still puzzle the young man's family here after receiving a letter from him dated at London, July 28. In the letter to his father, George H. Knollenberg, Bernhardt tells of his intention to sail from London to Norway and Sweden with a party of friends. After pasing about a week visiting In those two countries he planned to go to Berlin and meet his sister. Miss Margaret, who is touring Europe with a party of Richmond women. As no answer has been received to the cablegram which Mr. Knollenberg addresed to his son at London, the family knows he is not there. Whether he is stranded somewhere in the Scandanavian peninsula or succeeded in reaching Berlin before hostilities tied up the railroad and steamship lines is unknown. The family, however, believes both son and daughter are safe in Berlin. This belief has greatly relieved their aprehensions for the children's safety. DUTCH NEWSPAPERS REPORT MASSACRES BY LEASED WIRE. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. 11. Dutch newspapers declare that the reported massacre of civilian inhabitans of Soiron after some gardeners had fired on the German troops was only one of the number ot incidents of the same kind that have occurred since the invasion of Belgium begun. "Terrible vengeance," they say, "has been taken on villages where individuals fired or were alleged to have fired on the Germans." . The reported wholesale, executions at Soiron have not been confirmed from any official source. .. . .

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Seated and standing below the big guns of the Inflexible is the group lof gunners who operate them. -These men have won many honors by. their skill in sending, projectiles, weighing many tons on their deadly missions. There is no battleship in the English navy that boasts of more skillful gunners than does the Inflexible.

EUROPEAN WAR MAY DRAG ITALY INTO HOSTILITIES King Emmanuel Demands Austria Explain Shelling of Citizens' Homes in Engagement at Antivari. Japan Refuses to Declare Neutrality and Dispatches Fleet to Tsing Tao, a German Port. BY HERBERT TEMPLE, (European Manager of the International News Service.) LONDON, Aug. 11. That both Japan and Italy will be involved in the martial conflict that has astounded the civilized world, is the belief of diplomatic circles here today. News that Italy has demanded an -explanation from Austria of its fleet's action at Antivari was followed by dis patches from Tokio, and Pekin indi- j eating that Japan would declare war on Germany. That from Tokio that the rumors there that the declaration of war might come within twenty-four hours. That from Pekin was sent on Sunday Lby a Reuter News Agency. It follows: . "Japan has not declared her neutrality. There are convincing indications that she intends shortly to declare war on Germany and take possession of- Tsing-Tao, whence the German fleet has departed." France Is Passive. The rupture of relations between France and Austria will in itself have no effect on the relations of England, it was officially stated today, but a complication is threatened over the recent encounter of the Austrian cruiser Taurus and English cruisers in the Adriatic. It is reported that Austria will demand an explanation of the fact that the British ships fired upon the Taurus. Such a demand would be only a preliminary to a rupture of relations. Bulgaria made it plain today that she is preparing for eventualities. Turkey, Greece, and Roumania are doing the same. Holland, and Switzerland have declared their neutrality, but may have to fight to preserve themselves. A dispatch from Brussels to The (Continued on Page Six.) , The Weather FOR INDIANA Fair and cooler to- . night. Wednesday fair. V TEMPERATURE Noon ...... 83 YesterdayMaximum .89 Minimum ............ 71

GERMAN TROOPS NORTH OF LIEGE FORTIFY POINTS British Press Bureau Issues Extended Statement Outlining Status of Armies Engaged in Conflict. French Military Board Refuses American Newspaper Men Permission to Accompany Troops. BY LEASED WIRE. Bulletin PARIS, Aug. 11. American war correspondents' will receive a severe jolt when they arrive here and are confronted by the orders issued by the war ministry today. These orders are that only representatives of the French press, who are natives of the country, and not subject to military duty, and correspondents of papers published in the allied countries will be permitted to follow the operations. LONDON, Aug. 11. The official press bureau established by the British government to prevent the publica tion of false dispatches in the newspapers, issued its first extended state ment today. In discussing the movements of German troops it says: "About two German cavalry divisions are reported to be in the neighborhood of Torgnes, ten miles north of Liege. Three German corps are still opposite Liege, while the other German troops are reported to be entrenching in line with the river Aisne. A large German force is moving through Luxemburg and the advance guard is already on the Belgian frontier. "An Austro-Hungarian advance from Krakow toward Rielce is reported. "At the same time the Russians are said to be advancing from Rowno up the valley of the Styr River toward Lemberg. German patriots have been reported near Gedding . and Arlon in Belgian Luxemzurg. Germans Lose 8,000 Men. "It is stated that the Germans have lost 8,000 in killed before Liege. "An unconfirmed report states that the principal Liege forts are still holding out, though . some of the small forts have been captured by the Germans. The German bombardment of the Belgian forts continues without intermission. On one occasion one fort was apparently silenced, but when German infantry advanced to storm the works a hail of bullets poured so suddenly and so effectively into the advancing ranks that they retired with heavy losses.. The attacking forces, which have displayed, great courage, are being constantly reinforced. It is (Continued on Pace Tbrce).

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By Bernard Belancourt, International News Service Staff Correspondent BRUSSELS, Aug. 1 1 . As a result of their check at Liege, the German army that struck southeast from Aix-La-Chappelle has abandoned its offensive move ancJ is intrenching for an attack by the combined French and Belgian armies, the war office announced today. This statement was officially issued at noonr "From the north of the Meuse, the Germans dispatched some of the forces in a westerly direction, but these appear to be unimportant. It is said that the allied army will be perfectly able to drive them back. There have been some engagements between outposts wherein the enemy was repulsed. "To the south of the Meuse, the situation remains unchanged. The Germans have fortified themselves along the river, which seems to indicate that they intend to remain on the defensive. The morale and equipment of the allied troops are excellent. How disastrous to the Germans the repulse at Liege had actually been was learned today when there was found upon a captured Uhlan officer a map showing how the march of the Kaiser's army had been laid out. It showed that the Germans expected to be in Brussels on August 3 and at Lille, France, on August 5. Lille is 1 55 miles from Paris. SERVIANS REPULSE AUSTRIAN INVADERS. LONDON, Aug. 11. The Reuter News Agency states that the Austrian forces, according to Servia, have abandoned the offensive. It says the Austro-Hungarian losses were enormous, all the valleys save that of the Danube being covered with corpses. The Servians also suffered severe losses at Losnitza, but no Austrian forces succeeded in getting foothold in Servia. The Austrians have now retired and are entrenching their own frontier awaiting an offensive movement by the Servians.

RUSSIAN MAYOR IS BEATEN. LONDON, Aug. 11. A Reuter dispatch from St. Petersburg today says : "The mayor of Kalisz, in Russian Poland, was seized by German troops when the Germans took possession of that town and was beaten nearly to death. He was then thrown into the street. One of the counsel, who, taking a mattress and a pillow to the prostrate town official, was seized, tied to the nearest post and lashed. The municipal treasurer was shot to death as were a number of civilians who were accused of firing on the invaders.

RUSSIANS CONCENTRATE NEAR GULF OF FINLAND STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 11. A Russian army of about 100,000 is being concentrated along the gulf of Finland. The greater part of it has been stationed at Sveaborg and Ekas. Al Hang, one of the Russian commanders, by mistake, blew up a half mile pier. He had been told to prepare for the destruction of the bridge but became excited. When he found what he had done, he hanged himself. NISH, Servia Belgrade was bombarded again by the Austrians today.

Censorship Gives French Angle to All News From War Zone The account of the French invasion of Alsace and the reports of the battle of Liege are from an entirely French source. There has been obtainable no confirmation through German sources. Necessarily, written from the French point of view, they must be read with that fact borne in mind. Later dispatches from other sources must be awaited to determine the significance of the movements. Every news agency in the United States is cognizant of the strict censorship exercised at Paris, London and Brussels, and, in the very nature of the case, only accounts favoring national prejudice and pride' get by the censoring officials. The cable to Berlin is cut, and news from the German viewpoint cannot be obtained. - Later dispatches from Berlin may put an entirely different color on the French and Belgian battles.

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