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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1914
Page
6
German forces retreat along a 150 mile front from Verdun toward Paris as Allied offensive expands. Kaiser mobilizes about 1,000,000 men while Austrian forces fall back under mounting losses in a high casualty campaign.
London 1914 protocol from Russia France and Britain pledges not to seek a separate peace during the war. Allies will discuss peace terms only after mutual agreement. Signed in London September 5 1914 by Grey Benckendorff and others.
London reports two million Allied and German forces along a 150 mile front from Nanteuil Le Haudouin to Verdun in a pivotal engagement around Paris. German superiority is claimed along the Vitry Le Francois to Verdun line with Kaiser directing efforts. Allies, buoyed by earlier Coulommiers withdrawals, contest the German thrust toward Paris.
Allied forces defend toward Paris as German siege guns threaten to breach forts. Gallieni warns Paris will hold, while British and French troops report gains and retreats around Compiegne and the Oise valley. Government shifts may move to Bordeaux as defense tightens.
London reports an official casualty update listing 18 officers and 62 other ranks killed, 86 officers and 4 672 other ranks missing. The bureau clarifies missing include unwounded prisoners, stragglers, and those not accounted for.
A night air battle over Paris saw three German aircraft over the city. Two French planes engaged them with machine gun fire from public buildings and rifles. One German plane was isolated and pursued but escaped by climbing, the other two also fled toward Fort Romainville.
Paris reports British French forces drove back Germans before Paris on the Nanteuil Haudouin Verdun line. London says allied units cut to pieces the German Imperial Guard north of Paris. Austria retreats between Vistula and Bug with heavy losses as Pathfinder crew suffers heavy casualties. Britain France Russia sign no peace without all consent. Russia ready to resume fighting. Paris fortifications manned as civilians depart on government trains. Asquith says 40 000 Indian troops proceed to front. Australia to reinforce. 300 000 volunteers pledged. Kiel run damaged destroyers and torpedo boats. Paris government relocates departments to Bordeaux.
Amsterdam reports Malines bombarded from 11 am to 1 pm. Nearly 100 shells caused heavy damage. The Cathedral of St. Rombold is in ruins and its painted windows destroyed. The St. Rombold shrine was moved to Wavre and Rubens works were taken to Antwerp. The cathedral chimes were destroyed.
The Russian General Staff reports Galicia fighting led to the capture of Lemberg. Austrian losses in one district numbered 12 000, as the retreat became a disorderly flight. Russians seized 200 guns, baggage, and tens of thousands of prisoners while surrounding Lemberg.
Paris dispatch reports Russian victory on the Galician front with the Austrian right wing cut to pieces and 30 000 taken prisoner. Russians also push on the Vistula front repulsing Austrian left wing with many artillery captures and bayonet charges. German efforts to join with Austria fail as they are repulsed with losses.
Cardinal Giacomo Della Chiesa, archbishop of Bologna born November 21 1854, elected pope on the ninth ballot succeeding Pius X. He will take the name Benedict XV and is among the youngest popes. Cardinal Farley of New York was the sole American participant in the conclave.
London The Standard Paris correspondent cites a French northern army campaign in Belgium near Paris frontier with about 100000 killed wounded or missing. Dead likely over 30000. German losses around 150000 with 25000 to 30000 killed. Berlin reports prisoners include 283 French officers and 15000 men, plus 70 Russian officers and 40000 men and 12000 Belgian men.
Milk producers announced a post October 1 price of 2 dollars per hundred pounds, the highest Chicago has seen. The move would force consumers to pay 9 or 19 cents per quart of milk and 11 or 12 cents for half-pints of cream, prompting a federal investigation threat.
Governor Harrison reports seven Filipinos and one American drowned as Manila flooded after a week of rainfall. 16.4 inches fell in 48 hours ending Tuesday midnight, with water three to five feet deep in low districts. Bridges sagged, warehouses lost goods valued at $25,000, and 5000 women and children were moved to higher ground.
The steamship Sao Paulo arriving from Brazil brought a German contingent of 27 reservists and a grim tale from Pernambuco harbor. The German steamer Bluecher mutinied at anchor after learning of war with England, 3 crew and about 50 steerage passengers died, bodies cast overboard, and the ship carried several million dollars in specie en route to a London bank. Nine ships were tied up at Pernambuco when Sao Paulo sailed.
The United States Hay Fever Association held its annual meeting in Bethlehem New Hampshire, drawing the largest attendance on record. It urged legislatures in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to pass compulsory laws to destroy noxious weeds that aggravate hay fever sufferers.
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