Part 83

Aug. 26--Refugees from frontier flock to Paris; American volunteers go to Rouen to enter training.

Aug. 27--Government presents affidavits to neutral countries that German officer shot at Red Cross nurses.

Aug. 30--1914 reserves to be called out; Paris stores food; Vice Admiral de Lapeyrere will command allied forces in Mediterranean.

Sept. 2--Germans accused of setting fire to wood that sheltered St. Quentin refugees.

Sept. 3--Gen. Gallieni issues proclamation to people of Paris; many leave city; Government in Bordeaux; Havre guarded.

Sept. 4--Exodus from Paris continues; sanitary precautions taken.

Sept. 5--Schools of Paris closed; Cabinet takes steps to send food to country districts.

Sept. 6--Gen. Joffre warns troops against premature attacks in mass; siege awaited calmly; 1915 recruits called out; neutral diplomats want Ambassador [Transcriber: original 'Ambasador'] Herrick to ask United States to protest against possible destruction of Paris art treasures; Germans levy war taxes on captured cities.

Sept. 8--Suggestion to have art works regarded as international property taken into consideration by President Wilson.

Sept. 9--Decree ordering all men exempt from service because of ill-health to be reexamined; many regret flight from Paris.

Sept. 10--Gens. Exelmans and Toutee wounded; military authorities warn Parisians against overconfidence; intrenchments dug.

Sept. 11--President Poincare sends message to President Wilson in answer to Kaiser's charges on dumdum bullets; Government commandeers all automobiles; Gen. Joffre and army congratulated by President Poincare.

Sept. 12--Road from Havre to Paris reopened, rail service being resumed; fresh troops ready in Paris.

Sept. 14--Much booty has been taken from Germans; Senlis laid waste.

Sept. 16--Troops accused of destroying German field hospital and killing doctors.

Sept. 18--Stricter watch on spies; minors allowed to enlist, with permission of mothers.

Sept. 19--Suffering in Luneville; statement issued by Washington Embassy to show that Germany began the war.

Sept. 20--Northern France is being laid waste; Menier chateau raided.

Sept. 21--Foreign Office sends protest to neutrals against bombardment of Rheims Cathedral; Ambassador Jusserand lays complaint before United States State Department.

Sept. 22--Loss in officers very heavy; their uniforms may be changed; refugees return to Paris.

Sept. 23--Germans say they were compelled to bombard Rheims.

Sept. 24--Germans admit aiming one shell at Rheims Cathedral to drive out observers; refugees advertise in newspapers for relatives.

Sept. 25--Germans again shell Rheims Cathedral; formal complaint of German atrocities filed at United States State Department; statement by Ambassador Jusserand.

Sept. 26--Stricter news censorship in Paris; Belgian refugees aid in gathering grapes at Bordeaux.

Sept. 28--Joffre denies Rheims Cathedral was being used for observatory; two German spies shot.

Sept. 30--Association of Architects expels German members.

Oct. 2--French soldiers are charged by German Foreign Office with torturing wounded at Orchies.

Oct. 4--German charges officially denied.