Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-01
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European War News

European War News
The allies, after suffering a check
to their advance forces operating tc
the northwest of Noyon, In the move
ment to turn the German right
brought up re-enforcements, which
pressed the Germans back. The Ger
mans, on the other hand, directed Q
strong offensive movement against the
French line between verdun and Toul
French and British troops, inter
mingled with Turcos and Moors, not
only held their own, but caused the
strongly REINFORCED German west
wing to reel backward near st. QUEEN
tin, and imperiled the German line OF
communication toward the frontier OF
Belgium.
French troops have been landed al
LISA, an Austrian town on the Adri
attic, and the French and British flags
have been hoisted over the city.
Four Americans have been arrested
In Plymouth, England, and detained as
prisoners of war on their arrival from
New York via Rotterdam.
Among the reservists called up In
Alsace, according to a dispatch to the
Central News Of London from Lu
cerne, are 80 Trappist monks from the
Oelberg convent.
The German offensive was extreme,
ly vigorous at the western end of the
long line stretching along the Rivers
Disc, Aisne and Woevre. The allied
troops not only repeatedly thrust back
the masses of Germans, but captured
Peronne, about which town the fiercest
engagement occurred After the
fight, 900 dead were buried in a single
trench six feet deep, the Germans be
ing placed at one end and the French
at the other.
The American hospital ship Red
Cross, which under command OF
Captain Rust left New York Septem.
Der 10, arrived at Falmouth. Two
units, each consisting OF three sur.
geons and IL nurses, will be sent with
each of the following armies: The
German, the British, the French and
the Austrian. One unit has been sent
to the Servian army.
Two Austrian torpedo boats and one
torpedo boat destroyer were sunk by
floating mines on the coast OF Dalma.
tia.
Theodore Roosevelt's youngest
daughter, Ethel. wife of DIR. Richard
Derby, will nurse the wounded in the
hospitals of Paris and her husband
will be surgeon in the French army
A German dispatch to the London
Chronicle confirms reports that Gen.
eral Won Daimling, the German com
mander In Alsace, has been dismissed.
Field Marshal Count Won Moltke's
son has been killed in the fighting at
Esternay.
According to an official statement
issued at Berlin, the Russians lost
$4,000 men in battles with the Ger
mans near Tanneburg, East Prussia
or these. 1t is stated. 10000 were
killed and $4,000 captured
Messages from Berlin asserted that
the offensive spirit of the allies is
weakening, that the center Is retreat
ing. and that the fortress of Verdun
is being successfully bombarded.
Sir Gawaine George Stuart Baillie,
lieutenant in the Scots Greys, has
been killed in action. Capt. Hon.
Alfred Henry Maitland of the Cam
eron Highlanders, third son of the
earl of Lauderdale. is reported killed
Sir Roland James Corbet, second lieu
tenant in the Coldstream guards, and
Charles Movick are among the
wounded whose names appear on the
latest list in London.
The casualty list published in Ber-
lin shows the death of two German
generals In the western campaign,
Generals Won Wroohem and Won Ar
bou. Major General Won Throtha is
also given as killed. his death having
occurred on August 30. Among the
lightly wounded are two lieutenant
generals, Won Willisen and Won
Kuehne. The list contains 1886
names.
That Cracow has been occupied by
German troops, that the town has
been put under German military
commander. and that the Austrian CIV
II administration has been displaced
is the gist of the latest advices re-
ceived in London.
Three British cruisers we're tor
pedoed and sunk by German subma-
rines in the North sea. The British