The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-29
NIGHT ATTACKS
NEAR CRAONNE
ARE REPULSED
GERMANS UNABLE TO PIERCE
THE ALLIES LINES.
ARE USING MEN RECKLEssLY
Heavy Artillery Is Now In Use and
Belgian Coast is Being Mined
Dunkirk and Calais Are the
Bone OF Contention.

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Paris, Oct 2S.--The German forca
attempted a night attack In the VIC
unity of Craonne last night only to
be repulsed with heavy loss, accord.
ing to an official announcement. The
three o'clock bulletin this afternoon
declared that the German attackebe-
tween Newport and Arras were be.
coming less violent indicating that
the force Of the German assault on
the extreme left is slackening North
and east Of Ypres and between Cam
brin and Arras the allies are de-
clared to be advancing and the Ger.
mans are also suffering heavy loss.
The French are also advancing In the
Woevre district.
Germans Sacrifice Many Men.
Despite the ferceness or the flElit.
ing there is no immediate sign OF It's
approaching any conclusion. Reports
reaching headquarters Indicate that
the Germans seem as determined as
ever to take Dunkirk and Calais and
are using men recklessly. The allies
squadron of destroyers and monitors
is reported as holding the entire
coast line from near Ostend to south
of Dunkirk and have driven the Ger.
mans inland from two to four miles.
The Germans are reported as laying
mines along the Belgian coast
Heavy Artillery 10 In Action.
The heavy German artillery is In
action all along the north but they
have made no attempt to bring any
Of their heavy siege guns to the front.
The lighting on the east French
,,vs4t Ia
ton, despite the fact that at several
points snow is reported falling u Ia
reported that slow but steadfast pre-
gress Is being made az every point
and all OF the optimism which din.
fappeared when tile Germans forced
the User IS again very much iii eyi.
| dence.
10000 Men Are Disabled.
London, Oct. 2S.--The Rotterdam
| correspondent of the Daily Mail esti.
mates the losses of the Germans Ia
the severe fighting which he saysliaa
eliminated in their being pushed
back of the User at 10000 killed aud
10000 wounded and prisoners.
Probably never before in the his,
tory of war" says the correspondent
have contending forces fought with
GAhdA htA NEHG9bE hb AEiAidMh
crossed the User under the flercest
of machine gun and light artillery
fire which moved down many of
them. BY weight of numbers they
managed to push their line across
the shallow river and toOh positions
on its banks but they could not dig
themselves in so that they had suffl-
Client protection from the guns OF the
allies.
Fighting Was Most Desperate.
The latter were perfectly served
and after the entire line OF the Ger
man position had been shelled the
British and French made mad rush
with the bayonet. Many were killed
before the Germans, unable longer
to withstand the cold steel, we're I'm
ally compelled 10 abandon their posi-.
lions and retreat across the river
where they now remain. Hundreds
were drowned in the river unable TO
help themselves The entire front0f
both banks is still covered with dead
and wounded whom II Is impossible
to rescue because Of the fierce artill-
cry fire"
Antwerp Asks Big Damages.
Berlin, Oct. IS According To re.
ports received here from Antwerp.
| fifty firms Of that city will present to
the British government claims for
the destruction OF goods after the
evacuation Of that city was determine
4 ed upon These claims amount To
! 230,O00000 francs (S46,000000) and
will be presented through Brand
Whinock, the American minister TO
Belgium.
seseIsr Kills Himself.
London, Oct. 2S--A dispatch to the
Evening News from Rotterdam says
that General Won Beseler, the con.
queror OF Antwerp, Is dead It is said,
the newspaper adds. that he shot him
self Thursday In his room at Bruges.
Germany Confident Of Success.
Berlin, Oct 2S - BY way of the
Hague s4pd london Although the
German war office admitted today
that the fighting in Belgium has
has been OF the most desperate char
acter, with heavy losses on both
sides, only the greatest optimism
YVES expressed as to the ultimate sue
cess OF the campaign now being d.
rected against the seaport cities.
The enemy has offered stubborn
resistance" the statement says
but their losses have been enor-
nous in opposing the advance OF our
troops, who are lighting with the
greatest bravery"
4 Fearful Destruction at hheims.
London. Oct 2s-The corresponds
ent Of the Morning Post. who has
just returned from Rheims, tele.
grapes from Paris that the lnsur.
anca companies eaimate the dam.
age q Rheims At s20o0o0.0o0.
s. FoHer 40 clylllan we're Killed