Thi B a British 7 _-- 'YEAR 81 NO. 228 aily KINGSTON ONTARIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1914 LAST BDITION EE ---------- AN IRON ANTWERP A] To Draw Attention From the Gedera A ment of German Forces to a Posi- = tion Within German Frontier. Admission is Made by Berlin War Lords That They Hav + Lost Ground---It is Apparent That the Kaiser's Forces Are Being Beaten All Along the Line. : etire- | We London, Oct. 2.--The following. official despatch from Berlin contains the first official admission by the German war lords that they lost ground at any point. It is argued by the French-British military erities that when they ad- | mit so much, the German line must be getting beaten all along the line of battle of the Aisne. Apparently that attack on Antwerp at the present time is to draw attention from the general retirement of the German forces to a position within the German fron- tier. 7 Admit Abandoning Positions. "Berlin, Via The Hague, Oct. 2.--The war office, in its announcement to-day stated that the troops operating against the German right wing were attempting a general flanking movement, but that steps had been taken to pre: vent their success. It was stated that the fighting on the line west of the Oise and north of Noyon and along the litie of Bomme, continues with the utmost severity, hut af no point in that region have the allies been able to carry any of the German positions. On the centre the artillery continues, with the Germans holding their strongly en- trenched positions at nearly every point. It is stated that a number of unimportant positions have been abandoned | to the French rather than uselessly sacrifice lives in hold- | ing them. In general, it is stated that the situation con- |. tinues satisfactory to the general staff, and. the outlook |" for ultimate victory is very bright. 1 Ww fe 1} Is 'Grains of Allies Continue. Paris, Oct. 2.--That the Germans have again been reinforced on their right, and are still striving desperate ly to prevent the turning movement now in progress from being completely successful, was admitted by the wa office to-day. It was insisted, however, that the the allied columns continue in this section. In addition, the official communique issued at Bor deaux at'three o'clock and made public at military head- | quarters here, directly contradicts the German officia statement regarding developments along the Meuse. The French state that the Germans tried to lay pontoon | bridges across the Meuse <n the neighborhood of St. Mihiel, only to have them blown to pieces by the French three-inch guns which have been of inestimable serviece in| the present war. The statement begins with the declaration that on the French left in the region of Roye, the Germans have concentrated heavily, and the battle is raging violently, the action extending northward to the region of Arras. Along the centre the situation is unchanged, with a heavy artillery duel in progress. In the Woevre district the French gains heretofore reported are declared to be con- tinuing, while in the line along the Meuse the Germans have been unable to advance, their pontoons having been destroyed. In consequence, they are still on the east side of the Meuse river. gains of | | { { er Fr hi I't of Hr ¥) Iron Ring Encircles Germans. Paris, Oct. 2--With both German right and allied left heavily reinforced, the battle on the northwest lines has now eclipsed in interest the developments at ever other point of the long battle line. The Germans, already partly flanked, and with their lines of communication threatened, are declared fo be fighting with: desperation engendered by despair to turn the tide in their favor. They are assaulting the allied positions with utmost vigor, but slowly and inexorably the iron ring is being extended around them. The laconic utterances of the general staff merely emphasizes this fact. Thousands o fmen are being sacrificed by both sides in this particular movement. British and French naval brigades are fighting side by side with the infantry. The Indian troops are already .®ngaged and are declared to beigiving good account of themselves. And every man is being utilized to stave off the final German attempt which also has the assistance of ; Frosh oops who have been withdrawn from the Rhine 4 of hao ly and from Alsace-Lorraine for one last attempt to of defeat into victory, " k Ley sre officer of the volunteer Victoria Cross, as well as the distinguished service medal rica. French centre ¢ | advance Ve he the artillery come up from Auberive. dr 8 418a(] JO opoTra} ¥ eatquy Head came with the intention of surprising French artillery on the he ge In two minutes the gathered speed with every they were 200 vards away the IFench gunners aimed and there was. a dagh | the | artillervimen death into the doofned brigade great silence succeeded the thunder office has issued a cai for 1,005 pert railroad men operation of the French railway: traiting will be started in centres throughout the province. The governok-general, the Connaught, unvei ia statue of King Edward. G | COMMANDING CANADA'S HIGHLAND BRIGADE. Colonel R. E. W. Turne wands the Highlanders (fon adian expeditionary foree to Europe. Y * 1 . - ' . probably the most distinguished Canadian Ath the contingent, though mihit ww his work with the Cana [He also wears t 1 1e wedal and long service 1 anadian Highland brigade ficer in command, will SOON carn the complete confidence f Lord Kitchener and be eaeh Briti ith the flower of the GERMAN HUSSARS DASH TO CANNON'S MOUTH Death's Head Regiment Slaughtered. by Heavy Artillery at vo Short Range in Wild Attempt to Capture French Batteries Unprotected. fo Bordeaux, Oct I'he 000 Prussian guards, who mn Sept. 26th, Lo ibed in tite Gironde As soon &-of was received, sent to hold the depariment of and infar Souain, But while were preparing for enemy Mare tr a place the nS rive, Frenct Ae JO asus villag eld AgoOns the the and avoiding vineyards Hussars, across the march. was a critical moment rench dragoons gyere ad and the infantry nd the gunners, who 1 r 'of being sabred across their guns thre It tw mile 2 he in dan two miles wert he hussars were only carter a mile away, galloping furiously guns Were ur mbered and lined up along the road he enemy wete only 500 rds away and the command could be heard to prepare Lo chaige the guns . Prussian cavalry yard. Wher In the charge the Through the blue smoke could the enemy' rses rearing and officers trying to rally the broken lines Doomed. Brigade. the five. vain The second gent A A time batter: Britain Wants 1.000 Railvonders, 9 British x; ex th London, Ont., Oct. to assist in in military various Provisional schools Duke of | , "at Montreal, Kine 1:4 Hee =| turne TIED UP LAKES SHIPPING. Depression Coupled With War, Has Done So. Sarnia, Ont., Oct. 2.--The state of industrial activity in the United States and also 'in Canada, 'coupled with the big war, has tied shipping up on the great lakes to a larze ox- tent Two of the samers pf the Northern Navigation company are laid up at the docks here, and will not run any more this year: while the passenger steamer Frontier and everal other boats are also tied up. The tink steamers lacoma and Imperoil, of the Imperial Oil flea fare now running again, although | they have been tied up for a couple | of months The American government has or- dered the lighthouse department to resume fog signals which were giv en former at Fort Gratiot light when there was fog in the river, At such times boats remain in the lake The service was started three Years ago, and there has not been a wreck since in the river The Ge 2 8 rmans T he Russians 9 That the Ger- pro- Poland, of the Petrograd, Oct | mans are in full retreat in the | vince' of Suwalki, Russian wa the announcement | war office to-day It is stated {that the German centre was broken, | when the attack on OsSowetz failed, {and that the combined Rus an as | sault, which followed greatly de | moralized the Germans. | Particularly 'violent fighting is re | reported in progress to-day in the | region west of Simno. The main | body of German army is now stated | to be concentrated in the western | districts of Petrokowo and Klelce, | where it is reported to be strongly | entrenched a | r, V.(., of Quebec, who com- r regiments) of the. first Can Colonel Turner is] soldier to oo | | "Fhe KIAU-CHAU ON FIRE. a Feenlar but ani Concession Under ¢ Me rol Siege. the coveted | Fokio, Oet Bonbatded by the | land batteries of the British Japanese | wd the great war fleet slowly backward and {1 i the harbor entrance at Kian Chgu s roported, to-day, on fire at several there has been no let wy of po by night German is vis t he is not Heavy ia. He wears a . : . { . | expedition Han contingent in South Af-| seaming Edward VII. coronation |» v | the German concession il. It. is predicted that the with such an experienced of ard in front mn lin ition there has Lhe. main to the in the harbo rman squadron and land forts 18 ex aviators good servic Japanese fleet rivalled their homb placed on the battle-front! b to the presen : Y Positions lien) 1 army Ly OWINg constant fire . | of the interned Fire fro e Gi rman rerman | | from are tremely reported g done their Avia | fe tors, ho emis point Jon AMID HAIL OF and dropped at mat BULLETS 2 Officer of Scottish Borderers Rescued Comrade. Oct. 2 Amos, young ol official in by deed Lieut Jortlerers, ndon, iI" Lo | the a Seoltish | who was missing, is stated written his parent wr to bave done brave r of eighteen, ported a | letter to : [ Mears the In ing a bridge a comrade. was thousand horsemen lay brought down Lieut, Amos gal by lightning Here lantly returned amid a hail of bul wounded horse struggled te bet back his man. On himself clear from the heap occasion 1 was necessary to a gate The soldiers Irew back owing to the heavy firing. Lieut. Amos the example, and ol oly bouting of men a i hoofs and roy NO K and | and brought another pa through the artillerymen did not wai long on this scene of carna limbered up the guns afd rat f ' set led to the to follow, He re tlea off to aid the dragoons who were od a. heck His bravery ed and falling back along | dared him to all. : | CEE ae PROGRESS CONTE ON RIGHT AND LEFT I'his time the struggle was more The German quick firers re i-the fire with interest, but .i Allies Have Heavy Reinforcements -- Artillery Augmented by Big Naval Guns. ench, infantry arrived and. 'd¥ yed among the vines, a bugle rans i their bayonets flashed in th nh as they dashed forward Without cavalry to aid Prussian guard was obliged tr the Suippes, threatening to place th Parijs, Oct. 2, We rentinue 30 suard between two. fires. A regi- | Progress on the right and left,' wa | ment of grenadiers sacrificed itself | the laponic utterance of the military to cover the retreat the Germa y headquarters here this morning. No columns on Rheims, Five times | details were given. oe It is known, however, that heavy reinforcements, rushed to front yes- terday, are making themselves felt,, where the task of breaking the pow- er of resistance of the combined ar- mies of Generals Von Buelow and | Von + Kluck is being pushed to the utmost. It was learned to-day that French and British artillery now in action has' been augmented hy big naval guns of the type that proved so ef- fective with the British in South Africa. men wound, rd pres it, ine fall back battalion of Zouaves glid ed behind and occupied the valley of A of the grenadiers hurled themselves against the French. They were re pulsed every time and after the fifth only ope section was left, a of men surrounding the charge Handful Hag Then first one, then two and then ten of the grenadiers threw down their arms A hundred men most ly wounded, were all that were left of a gplendid regiment But their sacrifice had not been 'useless for it enahled the column to get gafely un- der the guns of the foris at Berru and Nogent 1"Abhesse - reine > : Rev. Dr. I. Chown was elected general superintendent of the Meth dist ofifirch by the general conference at ObMawn, Rev. Dr. A. Carman be ing made general superintendent , vm- eritus, Ti ye A verdict of murder was broughi against J. N. Lapier by the coro ner's jury investigating the death of Jules Lavergne at' Montreal. : John Fennell, Toronto, travellerior the London Engine Supplies com- pany, was killed in a motoring ac: cident near Hyde Park, ok S. Two Dollar Hats, The Waverly of 32 hats is king Shown in the nes shape soft hats. Geo. Mills & Co.; sole agents. Fred. C. Tanuer, campaign manager for Mr. Whitman in his gubernatorial campaign, was unanimously elected to succepd. Mr. Barnes as chaitmun of the republican state committee. "Johnson's shaving cream." Gib- son's, : Retreat Before . | heen no x, Col. { mande [ | | | We ------------ sn ------------------xL . PUT AROUND THE GERMAN ALLIES CLAWS OPEN "FOR GERMAN WIN The German Army Has Its Back to East and Is Fighting With Desperation to Prevent Envelopment. With Forces at Disposal of the Two Staffs, the Operation Must Soon Come to an End---The Russians Have Destroyed the Austrian Army and Are Attacking Cracow. London, Oct. 2.---The battle of the Aisnenow nearing the end of its third week, will soon outstrip in respect to tine that great contest fought at Mu'den nearly ten years agh, But still no decisive result has heen achieved by either side Military experts, however, read that-the great claws, as they have been described, continue to open out te clutch at thé ouispread wings al the German army, particularly the right wing, which, forming the upright portion' of the "I," now has its back 'to the east and is fighting with desperation to prevent the French left from encircling or smashing it along most of the front, estimated at 180 miles in length, o 2 A A A A and ; Utter Disregard For Life. : i The artillery has played by far the greatest part in the struggle, but on the German right the lighter guns, cavalry and infantry are doing most of the fighting and doing it with a stubbornness and' disregard of life that people have so often said in recent years modern soldiers would never dis play. i There have been unprecedented artillery duels betweén the rivers Oise and Aisne ahd between the Oise and the Somme, which have taken a heavy toll, followed by cavalry and infantry charges, in which first the one and then the other cide would Zain or be compelled to give ground. t Still, they have held on,ythe German "iwg being extended farther northward as the French made another move to work around it. With an unlimited supply of? troops this might go on for an indefinite period, but with the forces it the disposal of the two staffs this operation must soon come to an end ; 3 Austrian Army Destroyed ? pr According to a Rome despatch, the Russian ambassador in that eity | has issued a statement to tHe effect that the Russians have destroyed this Austrian army in Galicia, and that they are now turning their attention to the taking of Przemysl and Cracow A great battle is impending before Cracow and upen its result will depend the future movements of the Russian army Victory to the Riis sian emperor's troops would permit of a junction of these forces with the Russian central army and an advance into Silesia BERLIN PAPER ADMITS GERMANS ARE IMPEDED ig Amsterdam, Oct The Berliner Tageblatt, in a leading article; Says: "The German people await anxiously, but with confidence, further news from the French war theatre The news of the great advance ff the French troops against.the flank of our line would not unbalance u%, know that our front line is protected by broad echelons, which ars ready to oppose such an ¢ nterprise, t "Even -if the French or English forces advance still further In a northwest direction, they will always encounter. echelons which our Cot have kept back in expectation of such advances. Ack "rhe influence of the British re-enforcements makes itself more & more felt They are effective to impede us, thongh the results will nos be lasting Victory must be ours all the same. It_it is gained .affér difficulty, it will be all the more worth while "The-centre of the battle front is silent, listening breathlessly to thé struggle on both wings Around Verdun a-decision comes nearer; "wa have forced our way through the forest of Argonne, but found on the heights on the west of the Meuse a strong position which the enemy had prepared. The French are experts at building pesitions in their re We know that such positions were, as far as possible; --eonstructed 16 before the outbreak of war." ' i After expressing the dun and the Argonne constitute continues: \ "But the obstinacy of the French attack, which always returns, and the advance against us deserve just appreciation, and have taught a'lgsys son to all who expected an easy time." 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