Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
Capture and Sink British Ships
Lille Destroyed.
Sinks and Captures British Ships.

SINKS ana Captures BRUSH Snipe.
London, Oct. ga Lloyd dispatch
from Cochin says that the British
steamer Exford has been captured by
the German cruised Emden off the
Malabar coast.
Another Lloyd dispatch reports the
sinking of the British steamer Chill
kama, Troillies, Benmohr and Clan
Grant, as we'll as a dredger off the
Colombo coast.
The German cruiser Emden has to
her credit the sinking of 10 British
steamers and the capture of three
other vessels flying the union jack.
Allies Destroy Fort Near cattaro.
Rome, Oct. PA Cettinje dispatch
to the Messagero says that the British
and French war fleets in the Adriatic
have destroyed Castelnueve fortress
just outside Of the gulf of Cattaro and
north of the entrance. The Austrian
feet is reported to have taken refuge
in the gulf OF Cattaro, having lost a
submarine and a torpedo-boat de-
stroyer. An engagement between Ger
man torpedo boats and hostile sub
marines in the Baltic near Rugen is
land, off the Prussian coast, is report
ed from Stockholm.
Germans Command Turkish Army.
Milan, Oct. 21.-The special corre-
spondent in Constantinople of the
Secolo telegraphs that to all intents
and purposes Turkey has become a
German colony. The grand vizier fol-
lows orders from Berlin. About six
hundred German officers have arrived
in Turkey since the war started and
brought siege guns, field guns and am
munition with them The German
colonel, Weber Pasha, has taken COM
mand of the Dardanelles forts and big
German guns are being mounted in
them.
Say Lille is Destroyed.
London, Oct. 22.-Lille, the principal
city of northern France, practically
has been destroyed by German can
non. The most beautiful buildings
have been shot to pieces. Flames have
laid waste the principal streets.
The details of the bombardment
were received from an eyewitness by
a correspondent Of the Daily Mail in
the north of France.
Germans Lose 1880 More.
Berlin, Oct. pa German casualty
list issued today contains the names
of about 1850 killed, wounded and
missing.
Diet Grants Big War Credit.
Berlin, Oct. 22.--The Prussian diet
met today and passed war bills, in
GLIDING one granting credit Of $685.
100000.
Belgium Being Germanized.
London, Oct. 24.-All Belgium is be-
ing "Gernanized" as rapidly as pos
sible, says correspondent. "A fort
night ago." says this writer, hundreds
of Belgian postal clerks went on strike,
refusing to work under German regu-
lations. Hundreds of Germans are
being imported to take the places of
the strikers. The grounds at the pal
ace of Laeken, one of the summer
residences of King Albert, have been
turned into camp German officers
occupied the kings palace for several
| days"
Barges to Invade England.
Copenhagen. Oct. rs (via London)
Two shipyards at Kiel-the Ger
mania and the Howard-are building
80 armored lighters, capable of carry
ing 500 men each and travelling at the
rate of nine miles an hour. to proceed
to the River Scheldt should events
permit the landing of German troops
on the coast of England. Further
more. It is asserted that three OF these
lighters are completed and already on
their way to Scheldt. The Germans
are building an airship shed in Schles-
wig for two large Zeppelins.
Germans Have Enough Soldiers.
Berlin, Oct. 24.-The general in COM
mand of the German Seventh army
corps, it was stated officially in Ber-
lin, has declared that the calling OF
the landsturm is unnecessary, as enor-
nous numbers of the landwehr are
still available. Nor has it yet been
necessary to call out volunteers.