Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-22
Summary of War
NeWs of Yesterday


tacks along the entire battle front
in northern France. an advance of
five miles by Belgian troops and the
hurting back of the Teuton force ad-
vancing on Warsaw are reported in
official statements from Paris and
Petrograd.
The Russian statement declares the
Germans have been forced to aban-
don all the positions they fortified in
advance and are on the retreat along
the whole front that covers more than
two hundred miles.
British warships are reported to
have bombarded villages along the
coast held by the Germans who We're
caught between two fires and forced
to retreat after fierce fighting. 1t is
declared that the German line was
forced back to within six miles of Os-
tend.
Turkey has notified the powers that
warships have been forbidden in the
Gulf of smyrna The inhabitants
there have feared an attack by the
English French fleet and the notifica-
ton is regarded as an action against
the allies.
Two submarines and several aero
planes are reported to have been sent
to Constantinople from Bulgaria,
where several trainloads Of war mu-
nitions destined for the Turkish capi-
tai were said to have been held up
recently.
An action between German torpedo
boats and hostile submarines was re-
ported in the Baltic near Rugen is
land. off the Prussian coast, but has
not been confirmed. The British fleet
off the coast Of Belgium also was re-
ported to have shot down German
aeroplane and a Zeppelin but this has
not been verified.
Both French and British pay tribute
To the valor of the Belgians, who with
the allies. are holding back the Ger
man advance along the North sea
coast. Incessant fighting has been IN
progress from the coast line as far
south as La Bassee, distance oi
about fifty miles but this line is di-
vided into several fronts on when
desperate engagements are beinl
fought 1t is this line the German
are endeavoring to break In their at
tempt to reach Dunkirk and other
French seaports.
Three British monitors, the Severn
Humber and Mersey, with 6-ineh anu
other heavy guns are shelling the
Germans in the vicinity of Ostend'
where. il is said, terrible execution has
been done.
Machine gun detachments also have
been landed from these vessels ana
are assisting in the defense of Nieu-
port
There has been particularly hard
fighting in the Lille region, where the
British are in action. The important
French town of Lille is still held by
the Germans and the encounters IN
this neighborhood have been Oh
hand-to- hand character, evidently
with little advantage To either SIDE.
An American commission headed
nv Herbert c. Hoover, of California,
will as the result of an agreement
reached between Belgium, Germany
and Great Britain take under its
charge the care Of hundreds of thous-
ands of Belgians who are threatened
with starvation in their own country
optfmistic reports from the hus-
sian viewpoint come from Petrosrao
where BESIDES the check to the Ger
mans. it is officially announced that
the advances of the Austrians IN ga
llcia have been stayed
The japanese embassy in Rome an
nounces that the japanese nave cap
tured an auxiliary cruiser OF the Ger
man squadron and that another cruis-
er sank.
Nv order of the Russian emperor
the students of the universities ana
high schools have been called to me
colors. These youths are oraiharliy
EXEMPT from war service.