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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1914
Page
12
Allied forces vow to continue the battle as floods devastate areas around Capelle-Au-Bois Malines and Termonde. German Belgians clash with heavy firing while Termonde evacuates and Dendermonde is reported captured. Greece mobilizes naval reserves for defense maneuvers.
London 5 Sept 1914. Britain France and Russia sign a tripartite declaration agreeing not to seek or accept separate peace. The protocol vows mutual consent for peace terms, with leaders Grey Cambon and Benckendorff signing in Landen on September 5, 1914.
Rotterdam dispatch notes Americans arriving from Germany report large German forces heading to Galicia to reinforce Austrian troops. The German units are mainly infantry, deemed less effective than expected in that theater.
An official Berlin statement reported by Marconi wireless says Viennese correspondents note a better northern war situation after Auffenberg and Dank victories. Russian infantry retreats were halted by direct fire, with many killed by shrapnel. Scutari officers were welcomed by Emperor Francis Joseph in Vienna and later by General Krobatin. Rheims was taken without fighting as French advance left guns and wagons abandoned in fields awaiting recovery. France reportedly moved through banks with intermediaries.
Large numbers of Australian and New Zealand volunteers sail for Vancouver and then across Canada to Europe. Russian troop shipments from Vladivostok via Vancouver are under consideration. The British government reportedly has no plan to move East Indian troops through Canada. No East Indian or Russian troops have landed at Vancouver.
London dispatch quotes official statement of Russian triumph between Lublin and Kholm with 5000 Austrian prisoners. Amsterdam Central News cites German source saying Russian force now between Lublin and Lemberg numbers 700,000 with Lemberg evacuated. The report notes intense fighting in Galicia, high heat, and prior Russian setbacks near Tannenberg. Rome reports over 35,000 wounded abandoned between Tarnow, Lemberg, and Tarnopol due to transport shortages. both sides avoid armistice to bury dead and tend wounded.
The information bureau said a German squadron sank fifteen British fishing boats in the North Sea. The admiralty reported two German cruisers and four destroyers carried out the action. Fishermen were captured and taken to Wilhelmshaven as prisoners of war.
Petrograd reports from The Novoe Vremya a Servian correspondent describing atrocities during the Austrian occupation of Shabatsk. He claims 125 citizens were bayoneted in Cathedral Square before about 1500 women and children confined there. Houses were burned wholesale and a woman doctor says petroleum was poured on wounded Servians and set alight.
Amsterdam report says German force from Brussels moved toward Antwerp coast, burned Buggenhout station, cut telegraph lines, a patrol severed Ghent Antwerp link. Belgians opened dikes near Malines flooding the area, Germans struggled waist deep under fire to save guns, suffering losses. Paris calls for time expiring NCOs to rejoin for duration, invites 17 to 20 year olds for bicycle detachments. Ostend dispatch cites Lille reservists noting a $40 million German war levy on the district.
Telegram from Albania reports Montenegrin troops led by Generals Martinguich and Bucotich occupying the Dalmatian coast between Autivari and Cattaro, as of September 6 via Paria.
Sergius Sabonoff reported to the Russian embassy that the Austrian defeat near Lemberg was far heavier than it appeared with 25,000 Austrians escaping, thousands of horses, cannons, ammunition and carriages left behind. Russians claim invasion of Austrian lands near Tomasow, and the Austrian army suffered near annihilation with high casualties including the general in chief and staff.
The Rome Switzerland and Copenhagen dispatches report Russians surrounding Austrians at Lublin in Russian Poland, and German reinforcements arriving too late. Copenhagen notes 6000 Japanese students captured on the Dutch German frontier and imprisoned. Basel reports German forces moving to Belfort with minimal cover. London quotes the Russian envoy on reservists abroad and Ghent notes a Taube airstrike with no casualties.
A contemporary report notes sorties by British air forces over the English Channel with limited published detail beyond two fatal accidents and one wounded name. It analyzes air power balance, German superiority on the allies’ left flank, and the aim to dampen morale via large air parades while noting winter reconnaissance remains practical.
Paris dispatch reports Germans in Tsing-Tau, seaport and capital of Kid-Chow, completely isolated. Dispatches from Tokio describe their situation as precarious and dire as of September 5.
Berlin reports today that war news is sparse as German forces surge into France. An officer from the general staff explained officials had hoped to provide fuller reports but the fast pace prevented detailed coverage and lenders only knew general results.
A woman refugee arriving from Vienna described the mood there amid censorship. She said locals believed the Allies were beaten, England faced starvation, the German fleet blockaded English ports, and Germany had sown distrust, while no outside news could be brought in due to censored postal and telegraph services.
Mr Glass spoke of a devastating crash that tore his daughter’s body beyond recognition. He recounted seeing her graduation gift, a diamond emerald ring, and described heroic efforts by W H Glenn and others to aid the injured wife, including a brave 8 year old girl Luella Bunsche who warned the driver and urged stopping the car before the train struck. Mrs Glass suffered life altering injuries and facial disfigurement.
The wreck fractured skulls and jaws, with gashes and lacerations reported for a woman and suspected internal injuries for both her and her husband. Raymond Glass lost his car three weeks earlier. Mr Carson offered his vehicle to help but another car arrived first. The female victim’s body awaited funeral arrangements at Patterson’s. Family details are listed, and onlookers crowded the scene as cars and streetcars drew crowds to East Lake.
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