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Till! OMAHA SUNDAY DKE: AUGUST BATTLE OF TOURNAI Buffet Opdned for Needy Stage People ter bere ts upen. Tana aae.si Sir a to say at7T. avCww ' ploys at the buffet. keaur WUl tfteaVt ec (giant) The repuWlrun state lemtnHit) h been cellad to meet Ttwenlmyk Saes bar 1 e-t I 'etoc m the eel7 a t UfoeB hotel tn Ltm-cm, cooei a meesnce revived from Dootsty A'jdltor Uttror this evening trvnt Ctrea n n McNlsh. Members of the- eommtttaw win be notified by Mr. MiXlah. BURIAL OF FIRST VICTIMS OF THE WAR Picture was taken in England, and shows English sailors firing a salute over the graves of four German and four English sailors, who perished when H. M. S. Amphion and the steamship Koenig Luise were de stroyed in the North sea. WON ATOIG COST English How Down Germani While Waiting: Reinforcement that Fail to Appear. STRUGGLE LASTS FIVE DATS REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MEETS FIRST OF SEPTEMBER IJNCOLN, Neb.. Aug. .-3ecls4 Tel- I'AIUP. Aug. A nnrrei nns nen opened by the Societies of Actor and ! Actresses for needy stare people, of whom there are thouxands In Paris. Not a thea GtnaiM Areeaed et Meaatlagr rata Gim em RM Croee Wagene aad Beadle; Tkra Aa-elast the British flasks. j ; 4 A 30. 1!)14. r .,1 7 m LONDON. Aug. t.t:W a. ni.)-The Dally Mail's Bologne correspondent, writ ing of tha battle of Tournal. says: "Tha battla of Toumal should go dowa la British history beside llorka'a drift .and MaKerefontHn aa a rtvriitlon et tha prowea of tha British armr. "At Tournal a Oennen cavalry force of S.O0 men overwhelmed a British force of TD, who hourly expected relief, which never appeared. 'Tha Oermane wera victors at a terrible price and only after their own ranka had heen sadly thinned. The British atood their around until all hope was lost and only tn remained. Then they retired, oalmly and rooly. carry Ins; their wounded and harraealng tbair purauera all tha war." Tha story of thla laat stand ! some what beclouded by the Brltlah charge that the Germans finally turned tha tide of battle by mounting- quirk flrers In Red Cross wait on. Tha Brltlah rur. vlvors fell back on Wednesday after noon, the fight having lasted from 11 :H0 In the morning. Hera Is tha Story of Toumal in brief: Msaat llaai an Amaalaaeeat "On Wednesday morning our trffope had take position slightly to tha rear of the town of Toumal, on high ground. Our artillery fired effectively at first on ,the German advance, but later ioat tha range.' Towarda 1 o'clock our position became critical. "As every vital moment slipped, anxious eyes looked back for tha promised help that was never to coma. Even at the terrible disadvantage of mora than ten to one the Infantry and artillery wera holding fhelr own when hordes of Vhlans seemed suddenly to swoop down from nowhere. "Through tha town they galloped with an amaalng disregard for themselves and up to tha very muulca of our field guns. Their losses ware appalling, but survivors Insist that the British stood their ground until ambulances, at least three In num ber, made their appearance with rapid fire guna mounted on them. Towards t o'clock tha 09 survivors began to retire," i Woaaded Soldier Telia of Fight. LONDON, Aug. .: a. m.)-The Chronicle's Boulonge correspondent sends the personal story of a wounded soldier, who has arrived there and who declared ha was ona of the thirty survivors of a British company of 2,000 troops who were practically wiped out by tha Oerman ar tillery. His story follows: ! '"We were five solid days In tha trenches and moved backward and forward all that time with tha varying tide of battle. ' "It was about o'clock In tha morning "K-hen the end came. Things had got quieter and our officers came along tha Una and told us to get some sleep. We intra preparing to obey when 4 tight or .'something else gave us away and we found ourselves In an Inferno of bullets. ; "We could do nothing. Down on us the ' t hrapnel hailed and we fell by tha score. At tha same time tha enemy's maxima Opened fire. - We wars almost without shelter when wa were caught and wa Crawled along In front to find cover. . "Leave everything and retire." waa the erdur and we did what we could to obey1, 1 don't know how long It lasted, but when dawn, came I oould see not more than thirty men tn the various sections Of tht field. Thirty at the moat were left out of about 1,000, "X wandered away from the others and eventually found myself at with a single companion. That was the first time the Oerman artillery really got at us. As a rule their gun fire waa mighty poor." . In the above story the cenaor has de lated the name of the (own near which this fighting occurred. derma aa Well EaalpBed. LONDON, Aug. . t; a. m.)-The correspondent of the Telegraph at Arras, t a pi tat of the department of the Paa Da Calais, sands an account of the fighting In the vicinity of Cambral, under Thurs day's data. He say. 'Cambral waa occupied by the Ger mans despite the efforts of the English. The defense ot the frontier f Am Lille to Valenciennes wss until two hours ago, entrusted to tha Brltlah, who did all In their power to halt the advance of the enemy, but conditions were unfavorable. . "Tha Ant pppoMAd wa one of the most highly trained antPtteat equipped In the world, consisting of a cavalry division, supported by a battalion of Infantry with artillery and machine 'guns. So rapid and audacious are It movements that In four days cavalry had appeared at almost every point along tha road from Lille to i'ambral ' The British were without artillery or machine guns, but they had orders to held Cambral at all coats. Heavens knows they tried. They fought for three hours desperately and were then com pelled to fall back on Arras. "I met them retreating slowly before a body of cavalry with machine guns, which decimated their ranka. . "The retirement was conducted skillfully aaa coolly and with the assistance of Bel gian troops, who cam up In the nick of time. -There U now a sufficient forre to op pose any attack on Arras and Bethune. twenty mile t the northwest, but It la ao unlikely that for strategic purpose some further portion of thla northwest territory must be abandoned. 1 "The people of the entire vicinity sre much alarmed and many are fleeing at ery rumor of the enemy's ai.nh The panic and stampede of the civilian -s tne cause of much confusion which aampers the military operations." J (t t f l ti 0 TOURISTS HASTEN FROM WAR ZONE Holland-American Liner Rotterdam Bail for This Country with 2.400 ranensert. F0TIS BERTHSjni EACH CABIU Aaabaseador A aha Refaaeei Net te Coaaplala If Their Msgs Are Too 'Well Boiled la flaeelally Tre. pared CaJlaary Heetlon. ( t. m ROTTERDAM, -Aug. 2B.-(Vla lxndon, i:3l a. m.) The Holland-Amerlran liner Rotterdam sailed from this port early to day , for New Tork, bearing more than I. too paeaeiurers. ' of Whom 1.9S0 were American refugees from the continent There wera 1,0 first iaa cabin pas sengers, IX second class and 800 steerage. foren Llstoe, American, consul general here. Inspected the emergency first cabin accommodations and expreased 'himself as satisfied. Although these quarter are located in the freight hold they are quite comfortable. There are four bertha to each cabin. These cabins are clean, airy and well appointed, considering the circumstances. Special culinary arrange ments were mad for the passengers In this section. Officers of the steamship company assured Consul -Llstoe. that the comfort of everybody would be given first consideration. Most of the paasengera ex- preaaed satisfaction with the arrange ments, although some were not altogether pleased. Mimni llellaad Krt Neatral. Henry Van Dyke, Amertnan minister to Holland, came to Rotterdam from The Hague to bid tha party Oodspeed. In a short address ha requested that they bear In mind the times and exercise patience If their eggs happen to be two seconds too long. 11 asked the passunccra to prey that tha open door to Holland be kept ajar. Tha ambassador assured the travclera IWaarlaieat Urarn. i WAKHINOTON. Alia- . .K.iul r-i f rem On the revomtnendaOon of Ieino- i immiimn YVnJe, Dirrvlor A n Wierruen. 11. W. Kiiu . ' u 4f1,b hv appointed moniker of l. L. ekrHrouKh at Jefferson, la. . iseuraaka peruaiona granted: Ann Ham iwaham, OdeU, $U; tiarah J. Steden, Wit- Iowa poatmaAters appointed: Arlon, " 61 ford eotlntv Mm Uripiul, " I . 1e airs. 11. A. Nicholas Kedham. Carroll ceuntr. Roecoe D. AMrick, vlr T. Phil llpa; Dunn com be, Weeter county. Clam A. Bolkenkanipe. vice E. T. lavidson. re 'rted; Gruver. Kiiinw-tt county, Kred- Bnt K a. mumuil , . i llissanbotham, rloovtd: IrvinaLoe. Kivaaith i-unl M.r. tin W. franKel, vt.e J. U. W'ataup: Mai- r-io Alio county, V lUiant 11. J feielner. vice A. C. Kind- low a poaimkatrre re-a P(Klnted: Clarke, te(ati-r ouiiiy, Miaa Ueina K. Oriffin Hulon. Circene county. Kail C. Ilta r-.iiiewis, (.rawtoid county, John r.icloiuu. - , , , . U. S. Artists Help French Women Get in Crops; Men Off to War IXNDOX, Aug. 29,-The Amcrloan ar tlata, who along with a number of Brltlah painters, make their summer homes at Ltaplea, near Boulogne, France, with one exception, are coming over to Englund. Marlon Barlow, a well known American painter, has derided to stay. Two of the refugee. John Noble and Henry Tanner, arrived In London today. Mr. Noble, who comes from Wichita. Kn., said that a portion of the British expeditionary force marched past his rrankfort, Mayencn and Cologne. The trains carried sixteen cars each and there were about 3W persons on each train. Amerleaaa Wear Fleas. "Among the Americans In Munich were Mrs. Benjamin Harrlnon. who left on the second train, and Mrs. Fhll Hherldan. We all wore flaea and were treated with consideration everywhere. We taw many French' wounded prisoners at stations alt along the way who were all well cared for." ' FARI9, Aug. 3. The arrival of the 600 Americans from Bwitserland cauaed little confusion because ot the splendid ar rangements made by the ambassador's committee. It has been arranged that 135 of the Americans will leave Havre on the steamer Rochambeau on August WAR CAUSES SUFFERING AMONG PEACEFUL SWISS WASHINGTON". Aug. JA-Presldent Hoffmann of the Pwlss confederation, ctbled the Swiss legation here today, telling of Buffering among the popula tion of the republic and authorising the legation to rals-) a reltnf fund In Amerlca. "Through the complete mobilisation of the 8wl.s army, with every available man N tween K and 42 years, under nrma," a statement 'aFiiod by the legation said, "thuiisantls of fsmtlles are deprived of their auppnrt. The maintenance of an that no danger waa Imminent. He aaldjsrmy numoertng StW.oou men, involves dally expenditure of 1.5tO,0A) franc. tf.Odu.OOD franca per month." tha Dutch government 'has released G. aHenger.- commander of tha Rotterdam, from the naval reserve duties to which he had been called ' as a courtesy to tha Americana because h was the best cap tain In the) service. The Rotterdam originally was fitted to accommodate only H flrat claaa passen gers, but on this trlp.lt Is carrying 900 In excess of that number. At 11 o'clock last Bight a special train arrived here from Berlin with M0 Amer- ; leans. 'many of . whom will leave for Kngland by the way-of Kluahlng on a boat this morning. They stated tltnt their trip front tne Herman rapnai -na , without event. Tha German and LMitch officials showed them many courte.i'e. such as merely perfunctory Inspection of baggage and paiaport. Asaerlcoas Reach Laa, LONDON, Aug. 2.-l:W a. m.) A large number of American arrived in london on the night boat and the train from , Folkestone. Moat ot them are from Munich. Baden-Baden and Frankfort, via1 Dutch porta. , . Moat ot the passenger complained ot extortion In Holland, where they were compelled to pay M for the privilege of aleeplng tor one night on a cement floor. The Dutch landlords asked ss much aa W for a hotel room with running water, while the money cliangera charged out rageous prices for exchange or the cash ing ot niomy orders. Mr. Walter Hutchlas, former editor of the Washington Host, was at Innabruch, Austria, when war waa declared. He went Immediately to Munich, where he re mained three weeks. He sald "I wish to bear witness of the extreme klndnea of the Bavarian authorities to Americans, who at the time there were l.ma In Munich. All but tA of these Americana have now left Munich.' and these prefer to stsy. The Bavarian government thanked the Americans for their lied Cros plans and declared that Americans were aate la Munich and would be protected through out the air. It wss also aaoerted that th city would share Its last potato with American visitors who cared to remain. Those who wished to leave would be pro vided with special trains as comfortable as in the states. . . "Soon after this announenunt srrsnge ments were made by the Ituaaian and Dutch governments to allow tie pasxage of alt aperlal trains to the ial. The first left on August 17 and tl.s laet on tha klh. Flrat-class tickets mere l-S and sec ond class til. All spei-lal train .-re de voted exclualvely to Americana. ho took about two daya for the trip. Thre were no. excessive dt-lays, slttiough the route varied, owing to t mgtoiuuut vt troops. Te Jest tram went along the Rhine via Ha Um Bahv is World's Vcndcr house. 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