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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1914
Page
5
A German official report issued today asserts that forts Liere Waelhem and Konigshayek have fallen, along with associated redoubts and earthworks, signaling a potential strategic advance in the ongoing hostilities.
Reports indicate German forces have breached lines near Antwerp and damaged Wasthem while forts along the Scheldt Rupel and Nethe rivers brace for a larger inundated defense. Belgian officials caution forts alone won t stop a broader German assault. Meanwhile fighting continues eastward near Augustowo Tanneken and Cracow with leaders from Russia Germany Belgium France Italy and Austria observing or directing from the front.
French official war office report notes progress in Soissons region with trenches captured. Left wing fighting active from Acrad to Somme, some progress between Apremont and the Meuse, and limited advances in Woevre. Center shows little change east of Argonne, while Arzonne pushes enemy back. Lorraine and Vosges quiet at night.
A Times correspondent reports German spies helped lower the Meuse waters to aid Namur’s fall. Spies disrupted underground telephones, hindering defense and reinforcements, allowing 12,000 of 16,000 garrison to escape and preventing timely aid to the fortifications. Siege guns and fort defenses, including Maizeret Cogneles and others, were overrun with heavy losses.
Washington October 4 a national call for funds to aid further relief by the Red Cross on European battlefields was issued to the Daughters of the American Revolution tonight. Mrs Wallham Cumming Star, president of the reorganized state regent, is asked to supervise collections in her district.
London reports that German forces in German Southwest Africa captured 192 prisoners in the Warmbad district of Namaqualand on September 9. All prisoners were members of the South African mounted rifles.
On the western front after fierce actions, fighting eased with desultory fire. British troops, after days of heavy losses, found momentary respite and played football near Arras while many units attended open air religious services led by army chaplains. News that President Pomeo is coming to the front boosted morale.
Bucharest reports that the president of the council and conservative and democratic leaders urge King Charles to cancel this week’s council meeting. They state Romania will maintain neutrality and see no need to alter policy. Earlier reports claimed the king sought mobilization to aid Germany, but the crown council reportedly split on the issue.
A War Office casualty list from October 4 reports 727 men and officers lost in the Battle of Aisne. The tally includes 65 killed or died of wounds, 36 wounded, 208 missing, with Royal Field Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, Queens Bays and Guards among units affected. An updated list adds six killed eight died of wounds and seventeen wounded among officers.
Berlin reports an official German statement praising gains at Antwerp and western positions while Reuters style summaries describe French losses south of Roye and Meuse, with British accusations of Britain’s actions and Vienna notes of Austrian troop morale.
Washington observers expect adjournment by Saturday as Republicans press hard against the war tax measure. Senate and House leaders pledge to finish Clayton bill, Philippine bill, and war law revisions with Wilson backing delay on the Philippine measure. Alaska land leasing conference remains unsettled with a week’s report planned.
Paris reports that Duke Ernest Gunther of Schleswig Holstein, brother in law of Kaiser William, visited Pierre fonds near Compiegne and left an autograph note for Clem ent Bayard promising to restore his home and art objects. A chateau there was burned by German troops, and Bayard, who had visited Germany before the war, was arrested on espionage charges, provoking a protest from the French government.
Dublin reports about 26,000 new Irish army recruits with Dublin and Cork contributing large shares. Belfast and southern counties show mixed nationalist and unionist participation while emigration reduces available age groups. Redmond urges meetings across Ireland to boost enlistment as Irish units form a separate brigade. In England many Irish recruits are reported from Glasgow Leeds Dundee and mining areas with a total higher than anticipated.
London October 94 Reuters dispatch reports French dragoons engaged two German Avions between the Oiso and Gomme rivers. After a brief exchange they lured the enemy toward a forest where French infantry and light artillery opened fire. Germans fled in panic, leaving prisoners in French hands.
Paris dispatch reports Serbians repulsed violent Austrian attacks along the Drina River from Zvornik to Loznitse, with heavy Austrian losses. Artillery fire opened on Labatz as fighting continues. In Washington, the Pan American conference in Santiago Chile November 29 likely postponed until after the European war, with Secretary Bryan to chair the board.
President Poincare travels to the front with Premier Mivioni and Minister Millerand to personally commend troops. He will visit Joffre’s headquarters and observe combat, amid reports of victories and wary German actions in Champagne and Roya regions.
Constantinople dispatch says the khedive is virtually a prisoner of the sultan who has ordered him not to leave the city without the sultan’s permission. Roma report dated October 4 via Parla.
Sentries at the Swansea docks were fired on several times at night as a telegram from London notes. The attackers identity is unknown and the incident remains officially unconfirmed.
Rumors from Rome and Paris claim Italian sailors landed at Avlona in Albania on the Adriatic. Reports mention Turkish intervention fears, Prince William of Wied and Ottoman throne intrigues, with no official confirmation and later statements downplaying Italian expedition plans.
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