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k . MARVELOUS WORK OF GUNS Details of Defeat of 15,000 Death's Head Hussars, in Which 2,000 Were Killed by Gunners A despatch from Bordeaux says: Who defeat of 15,000 Prussian Guards who attacked the French centre is thus described in the Pe- tite Gironde : As soon as news of the Gennan advance was received French caval- ry was sent to hold the enemy at Aubcrive, Department of Marne, to give the artillery and infantry time to come up from Kouain, a place near Aubcrive. Hut while French dragoons were preparing for the de- fence of Auberive a brigade of Death's Head Hussars, avoiding the tillage, came across the vineyards and lield-s with the intention of sur- prising the French artillery on the march It was a critical moment. The French dragoons were two miles aheiut and the infantry two miles behind the gunners, who were in danger of being sabred across their guns The Hussarg were only three - quarters of a mile away, galloping furiously. In two minutes the guns wen- imJimbercd and lined up along the road The enemy then was only 500 >ards away, and tlie command could be heard to prepare to charge the unn- In the charge ihc Prussian oaval- ry gathered speed with every yard. \Vhon they were 200 yards away tlie French gunners aimed, and there was a dash of fire. Through the blue smoke the artillerymen could sco the enemy's horse* rear- ing and officers trying vainly to rally tli- l>r.ken lines. A 'no! time the battery vomited death into the doomed brigade. A great sileix-e succeeded the thunder of hoofs and the shouting of men. Two thousand horsemen lay as if struck by lightning. Here and there wounded hon*e struggled to fchake himself clear from the heaped dead. But the artillerymen did not wait to gaze long on this scone of car- nage. They limbered up the guns and rattled off to aid the dragoons, who were hard pressed and falling back along the highway. The guns were a welcome relief. This time the struggle was more even. The German quick-firers returned the fire with interest, but the French infantry arrived and deployed among the vines, a bugle rang out, and their bayonets flashed in the sun as they dashed forward. Without cavalry to aid it the Pru- sian Guard was obliged to fall back. A battalion of Zouaves glided be- lli nd and occupied the. Valley of the Suippes. threatening to place the Guards between two fires. A regi- ment of Grenadiers sacrificed itself to cover the retreat of the Gorman columns on Rheims. Five times the Grenadiers hurled themselves against the French. They were re- pulsed every time, and after the fifth charge only one section was le-ft, a handful of men surrounding the flag. Then first one, then two, and then ten of the Grenadiers threw down their arms. A hundred men, mostly wounded, were all that were left of a uplendid regiment. But their sacrifice had not been uw,les, for it enabled the column to get safely under the guns of the forts at Berru and Nogen J'Abbesse. A BUSY BRITISH CRUISER The Cumberland Has Captured Ten German Ships, Including a Liner A despatch fruui London says : TV Admiralty announced on Thurs- day that the British cruiser Cumber- land lias captured off the Camer- oon* River in \V<-*t Africa the Ham- burg American liner Arnfried and the following sleanvrs :--The Max Brock. Kenapa, Arnsinck, Paul \Voennami. Frna W<<'rmami, Hen- rietta \\Vermiuin. Aline \Voerinann, Hanh \Vocrnianri and the Jnanetf* Wocrinann. All were in g<,c>d order and mi.- L !' them contained general cai'x<jct> an<l ouottdenabto quantities of coa! Thr Ku rope an crews have been removed HN prisoners, but the native eagine-room hands are being retained. 'I h" gunboat Soden bus also been captured and ban been placed in commission. It is expected tltot the floating dock Jiml the Herzogin Elizabeth, which have beeti sunk, can be raised The ( 'am'roons is a German col- ony of Western Equatorial Africa. It has heretofore been announced I that Vxx-ause of the deadly climate of the place the British would not disturb this colony. The announce- ment of the Admiralty, however, in- dicateR that the British naval forces have visited the place and captured the German shipping as- sembled there. NEW SUCCESSES FOB CZAR'S ARMY (.ITIIIIIII i . ,mi. i --i i .,:.. - In RIIS- si:ni I 1 . .I.IIM! IliMi* K^ery where Failed. A deCJMKCh fri-in London nays: It i* . th .1 . announced in Petrograd that the Russian armies have won de<-inive victories over the German forces neiir tlie frontiers i>f Prussia A,II<| Silesia. Tlie German* have been no more successful than the Austrian* in hulling the l!u-sian advance Tlie general ntuff specific* Rus sum Sue-censes near Simno, in the Province of Hiiwiilki, Northern Po- land, and at Andrejew, forty miles north >f Cracow. The Germans have abandoned I lie bombardment of the fortress of Ossowiec and am -iiff.iiiiu considerably in a hurried retroat. The I; ii -M.I n KmluisHV in Rome furni*-hM. details of the disaster which has overtaken tho German uffrrifive in Suwalki and Id/. pro- vinces In the battle* which brought ahum the collap.se of their invasion of Itussia. the (!erma.nB UM IKI.OIIO killed and -20, (MX) prison- cm. Tlie\ were MI i lioniutflilj beat- en near Buvvalki and other towns that thi-y fled pell iwJl, leaving be- hind them wagon (ruins, hutterie* and i ;i,-f n i The soldiers threw away their rilles. Wliilo the success of the- Russian armies has been so marked in" the. north, the advance through Hun- gary is amazingly rapid. The Rus Man army now sweeping across the plains of Hungary may take Buda- pest without having to strike a blow. The Stockholm Journal de dare.-, that the/ Russians are already virtually masters of the city of HudajMMtt., as well as the fertile pro- vince, and tluifc they now cojnnvand the difcitrict which supplied the whole Austrian Empire with wheat. This newspaper accounts for the steady procession of Ru&ian vic- tories over German* and Austriana b> saying thai the Russian artillery ha* been proved to be more effec- tive than the. German or Austrian guns. Tho Russian field mortars ore incomparably superior to the old type of German mortars. An- other cause for success lies in the inexhaustible resources of Russia in reserve troops, war munitions and food supplies. South Sen Port Itomliimled. A despatch from Bordeaux says: The German cruisers Kcharnhorst and Gniftsenaii lx>nihn.rde<l and half destroyed Papeete, principal town niwl port of the French island of Tahiti, the most, :im|xirta!nt iiMMiiber nf the Society group in the Pacific. Such is the news received here by the. Minister of Colonies, GasUm Doumergue. The oniiwrH ti\t.o sank the dismantled French gunboat. Ze- W, a sin>tr ship to the Surprise, in tho harbor, and then put out to sea. Preparing German Public for Defeat A despatch from Rotterdam says : Then- bo been a wonderful trans- formation in the tone of tlie Ger- man press, which i obviously pre- paring the way for a ri-lrwt from France. Al! the pnper* print an official message, which remarks that the fighting around Noyon has reached unheard oi proportion*) adding : may IIP foret-d to abandon HO por lance, but the people must, reserve judg- ment until tho remil't of tlie opera- tions is known." Tlve Geinnaim in l{ott4T<lain are aghast at the tone of (he, German newspaper*. 'Hie BrilMi tri.nps are mentioned as pltthilig on by sheer weight of their :mi"' > s. mid the French are admit te<l in have lauglit a severe lesson. A week ii'iu MK-h 'latdnicnts would Inn e meant the suppression of the uew.-pa|>ci printing them. I'tc. J. J. Roseau, Relgian Hero. Pr-f claimed as the greatest hero of the war for his daring capture of Count Von Buelow, th son of the ex-Chancellor, Private J. J. Ros- seau, of the 4th Regiment de Ohaus- seurs Cheval, Louvain, is wearing the Military Gold Cross, presented to him by the Belgian King in recog- nition of his valor, and is to be the recipient of the Order of Leopold, equivalent to the British Victoria Cross. In his encounter with Count Von Buelow, M. Rosseau was se- vere-ly injured by a naRty kick in the knee from Von Buelow's horse. Ross*>au relieved the C'ount of his despatch case, his uniform, and 165,- 000 francs. Tlie money he turned over to the Red Cross fund. BRITAIN LAYING FIELD _OF MINES Admiralty Announce* That It Is Necessary to Offset (ierninn Policy. A despatch from Jx>ndon says : The Admiralty issued through the Official News Bureau two state- ments, informing the public that it has been decided to adopt a mine- laying policy to offset German ac- tivity in this respect, particularly in the southern area of the North Sea, where mariners are warned against crossing the region lying approximately between Dover and Calais, and describing the useful operations of seaplanes and air- ships in the naval air service dur- ing the transportation of the ex- peditionary force to France. The statements follow : "The German policy of mine lay- ing, combined with their submarine activity, makes it necessary on mili- tary grounds for the Admiralty to adopt counter measure*. "llis Majesty's Government has therefore authorized a mine-laying policy in certain areas. "A system of mine fields has been established and is 'being develo)>ed upon a considerable scale." I- 1 UM.lt I I.It CATTLE. Russians Take Over Kmperor \\ il- li.nn'- Prize Stock. A despatch from London says : A despatch received here from Petro- grad says that among the re-mark- able, war trophies arriving at Smol- ensk is the entire stock of Emperor William's famous pedigreed cattle and stud horses captured by the Russians from the Emperor's estate at Rominton, in East Prussia. They wore tnken to Moscow nnd present- ed to the Russian Agricultural In- stitute for distribution to agricul- tural breeding associations. PROUD OF THEIR CRUELTIES Copy of German Official Book on the War Seized by British Authorities A despatch from London says : German taJes of tragic episodes of the war were issued by the Official Press Bureau on Wednesday night. The stories were taken from a book called "Kriegs Chronik," which was seized from aliens entering English ports. The book consists, according to the bureau, "partly of a highly untrustworthy chronicle of the war and partly of soldiers' let- ters from the front. "As showing the methods of thought of the enemy these last have considerable value," continues the bureau. "It is not the truth or falsity of the tales that matters, but the applause and self-congratu- lation of the writers on deeds of gross treachery and cruelty claimed to have been done by themselves or comrades." The narrative of an artillery offi- cer, on the extermination of a Bel- gian village, as given out by the bu- reau, follows : "The countryside aws full of our troops. Nevertheless the stupid peasants must need shoot at our men, as they marched by, from lurking places. Day before yester- day morning the Prussian troops tnirrounded a village, put the wo- men, children and old people aside and shot all the men. The village was then burned to the ground." The story of the shooting of a Boy Scout is given as follows : "A traitor has just been shot. He was a little French lad belonging to one of the gymnastic societies which wear the tri-oolored ribbons, a poor young fellow, who, in his infatua- tion, wanted to be a hero.. "As the German column was pass- ing along a wooded defile he was caught and asked whether the French were about. He refused to give any information. Fifty yards further there was fire from the co- ver of the wood. The prisoner was asked in French if he- had known that the enemy was in the forest, and he did not deny it. "He- went with a firm step to a telegraph pole and stood against it with a green vineyard at his back and received the volley of a firing party with a proud smile on his face. Infatuated wretch ! It was a pity to see such a wasted courage." AUSTRIA TO PAT ITALY $1,000,000 OIHcially Deplore* Losses Caused by Mining of the Adriatic. A despatch from Home, via Havre, says : The Austrian Govern- ment has been quick to realize tin dangerous situation created in Italy by the sinking by a floating mine of an Italian fishing boat in the Adriatic, aibout 20 miles from Ancona. Seventeen lives were lost by this accident, and the Indian Government made a strong protent against the presence of these mine* in the open sea and a demand for indemnity. The Austrian Government sent a communication to Italy deploring the incident, and giving assurances that measures would <be taken to prevent a repetition of such a dis- aster. Austria also agreed to the immediate payment of an indemnity of $1,000,000 to the families of the victims. The incident is now con- sidered closed. The quick conciliatory action of the Dual Monarchy saved it from a serious situation. The Italian fish- ing industry' had been brought to a standstill, and there was wide- spread indignation over the de- struction off the fishing vessel by mill---, planted by the Austrians. -l^jlii**?^ GERMANY'S Oil. SUPPLIES. Have It.-, n Cut Off By Russia's Rapid Raid. A despatch from Petrograd says : One result of the Russian raid across the Carpathians in pursuit of the retreating Austrians has been to cut off Germany's oil supplies for her Zeppelins, armored motors and traction engines, which were ob- tained from the* Hungarian oil re- gions. GERMAN FORCES EXHAUSTED Allies Able to Repulse Them and Follow Up Hore Easily A despatch from Paris says : The German attacks seem to have be- come leas energetic and the allies have been able to repulse them and follow them up more easily. There are signs that exhaustion is setting in among the invaders, owing to the hard fighting and the severe wea- ther conditions. Meanwhile the allies are being given intervals of rest in the trenches between the periods oif intense- exertion, a* fresh relays can be brought to the front at any time. The recent terrible hand-to-hand conflicts on the western and eastern wings arose from the attempts of the German and the allied generals to execute flanking movements in great force, at the same time in the open country. The lines of the armies have been growing even longer in a mutual endeavor to overlap each other. The wings have been heavily reinforced, but the al- lies have been able to bring greater power to bear and not only have prevented the Germans from break- ing through but have gained ground steadily and now have the advan- tage. German prisoners, who have been taken in large numbers on the west- ern end of the line, show tliat the reinforcements which have arrived recently consist largely o{ men who are nearing middle age. Some of them are fathers with families, who had been away from the active army service for ten or fifteen years. This seems to indicate that many corps have been withdrawn to meet tlte Russian advance. The German practice of maintain ing an incessant offensive appears, according to military men, to be having the result of wearing out thpir human material. Some of their corps have been almost wiped out of existence. The fighting has been unceasing something previ- ously unknown in military hiatory and before this fight started many German regiments bad fought all the way down from Liege, Be.]gium. The generals in command of the allies are full of praise for the- corps of despatch riders, wlio since the great Battle of Aisme have kept up communications between the vari- ous corps along the line now spread ing from the Somme to the MoseJle, and along the frontier of Alsace Lorraine. .' SUJM orlN.MO-r. r pow^' uurnsit rmiors 1 1 \HM. novi:it. FOR MAKING SOAP SOFTENING WATER DISINFECTING CLOSETS.DRAINS, SINKS, (JURIED FORCES AGAINST ROYE t.ci ui.'iii- Continue Tlieif "Efforts to ' Break Through. Allies' Lines. \ \ despatch from the battlefield, via Paris, says : The scene of the "* most violent attacks clia-nges day ; by day. The Germans, finding it impossible to penetrate the allied '. lines in the vicinity of Rheims and . Soi&sons. quickly transported many " of their divisions farther north-weal and hurled them against Rove. ** Again they failed, although they * have not ceased their efforts to bat-* ter down the barrier of allies. t . The allies' turning movement con- tinues and their western wing ex- . tends toward Arras. Reports frotn^ , the other end of the line on the frontier show the progress of the, allies to be slow, but sure. Hun- dreds of German prisoners fell into' the hands of the allies at every , point, and it was remarked that among them the majority were .Ba varians, who seem to have been prominent in the front <>f the G-->r- man attack. Tlie lines of the trenches the battle front appear like <l scarred fields. The allies/ quivklv learned the leson in' rowing, at some place* face Germans within a quarter of a in? Their field entrenchments offer mirable shelter from the effects of* the German artillery, which que-ntly reduces their casualties and permits the- allies to await in com- ' parative safety the German at attacks, which must be made across . the open, and often at terrible eot. INVASION 0* III NliARV. | The Russian Approach Alarms ihf IVn|llc. A despatch from. Venice, via Pa- . ris, says : The news of the begin t ning of the Russian invasion of Hungary is exciting the greatest ap- " prehension throughout the iniomar- chy despite all official assurance . that tht< action is without impor- tance and should give no occasion for anxiety. The work on the for- tifioations around Vienna is being hastened and an official warning has been issued to the public again** entering certain areas on penalty of arrest and danger vf being shot by the sentries. The Asiatic cholera is spreading rapidly, cases being re- ported daily in Vienna and in vari- ous districts of Hungary. Scores of cases already have been found in (.Jalicia, whence the disease bos* spread to other parts. im.AVAVS COMET ACTIVE. - , .. _ * Will Be Visible to Naked Ey' Throughout October. A despatch frvm Washington says: 1 * Astronomers of the Naval Ofeserva-' ton are observing with keen' inter-* cat the activities at Delavan's com-, el, which is. now visible to the na-. ke<l eye, ami which will remain visi^ ble throughout. October. It may bc^ seen about 10 o'clock on cleat nights at a point almost directly be- low the pole star. At that time th* ccnieit is low in the sky. As thS night wanes .Ihe comet rises higher in the heavens, and in the early Troops of the First British Contingent. morning, between '2 :i'U<l 4 it reaches the- greatest altitude above the horizon. Then, it is aai<l i is the best time to rbserv* tiy comet.