The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-11-12
GERMAN AIR
SHIP SIGHTED
OVER ENGLAND.
DESPERATE FIGHTING FOR THE
POSSESSION or YPREs.
ENORMOUS GERMAN LOSSES
Russia is Confident of Being Able 10
Take Care Of the Turks Without
Slaekening in Campaign
Against Germans

London, Nov. 11.-An airship sap
posed to be a German Zeppelin has
been reported as passing over Sheer
ness and was later sighted above
! Marwich, according to dispatches in
the Evening News from Dover. AS a
result of the reports search lights at
Dover swept the skies during the
night.
Desperate Fighting at Ypres.
Paris Nov. 11.-Heavy reinforce
mems have Joined the Germans near
| Ypres and fierce attacks continue, the
new men taking the place of the worn
out Germans in the assault. The Ger
mans continue to press forward. The
| Germans are attempting to take the
town by bayonet following heavy ar
tillery fire. 1AA
Enormous German Losses.
Constantinople, Nov H. News
dispatches declared to-day that the
latest casualty lists published in Ber-
lin give the names of 500 officers, kill
ed, wounded or missing. The list
covers September and part Of Oc-
tober. One section alone carried 29.-
600 names.
Russia VIII Handle Turks.
Petrograd, Nov. 1.-THE task Of
dealing with the Turks will In no
wise call for the slackening Of the
pressure being exerted along the
German frontier, according to MILF
tary authorities here to-day. Every
where the advance of the Russians
into east Prussia and Posen province
continues. 1t is declared here that
the momentum OF the enormous
forces of the GEAR having once been
gained, ii cannot be checked, even
though. portion OF the army be with
drawn for the campaign against the
Turks.
viii Force Way Through Prussia.
There is the confident belief In
Petrograd that the Russians will
crush their way through East Prus-
STA, Galicia and Posen by force Of
numbers. Reports from the front de-
clare that it is evident the kaiser Is
rushing reinforcements to the east
from Belgium. Men of the COM
mands reported week ago to be
fighting in Flanders have been taken
prisoner in east Prussia.
Germans Are Pushed Back.
An official statement declares that
the right flank of the Germans in the
region of Lyk has been pushed back
toward the MAJOR lakes. The Rus
slams have also reached Nickow in
their advance toward Cracow.
British Cruisers In Port.
Buenos Ayres, Nov. 1.-THE Brit.
ish Cruiser Defense and Carnaryen
and the transport Orena have arrived
here. Nothing has been heard or the
cruiser Glasgow shot up by the Ger
mans in the battle off Chile.
Germans Claim Advantages.
Berlin, Nov. Ii. - BY wireless
through Sayville, L. l., to the United
Press: Great significance is attach
ed to the latest official reports from
the west which declared good advan-
ces have been made in the region OF
the Argonne. This is the first time
this expression has been used con
ssrning the fighting in that district.
REPORTS to the war Office say that
the rout of the Russians in the bat
tie at Konin by the German cavalry
. appears to have been complete.
Each Side Makes Gains.
Paris, Nov. 11.--Fighting on the
battle line from Newport to the Lays
: continues with the greatest intensity
but with varied fortunes for both
J the allies and the Germans. The OH
: cial bulletin made public at three
o'clock this afternoon declares that
the French have recaptured Lom
bartzyade. The Germans, however
now hold Dixmude. This would in
dictate an advance by the French
- - 4. -
liar advance by the Germans in the
south. Dixmude has changed hands
Q repeatedly during the fighting.