Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-24
ARMENT|ERES IS |
TAKEN SAY FRENC|
is IMPORTANT RAILWAY II
TON ON BELGIAN
FRONTIER.
MANY PRISONERS ARE rAvrl
Germans Claim $1,000 Taken r. Il
ties IN Eastern Theater Of Wa
General sOtha to Take
Field Against Beers.

London, Oct. 19.-Two 4.
successes in the battle for r ~. y
ana Calais, for the possas-. '--'
which the Germans are stu
credited TO the allies in rbs Y
communication issued in p.-' '''
Sunday afternoon.
The French are said TO b,,-
cupied Armentieres. an %
railway junction on the BeIpi.a =. y
TIER northwest of Lille, ana ~. a. J
repulsed an attempt of the c..
to cross the river User Nh. .
through that little corner ~ ,.
FLANDERS, which is all of BeIat.-. y,
remains in Belgian hands ~
would mean a check in tho o. 7
attempt to reach Dunkirk bv j
coast route. The French also !
SAID TO have pushed back sfr ~
er the German army which
vancing along the Belgian 'FRONT.'.
the coast.
The battle which culmipa,s5
Armentieres again coninn
french influence lasted a week I'D
ing which the fighting was hsrs !
continuous. The town was sefze3 \
the Germans last week. owir, ~ /
Importance as a railway centsr Gal
diverging from it in all dirs,,.,,l
Besides, it is on the road to M
which the Germans still bofd d,
spite reports to the contrary "a
battle opened with cavalry fqh11
which gradually developed into d ea,
eral battle, which indicates -,
French are advancing in force toa y
Lille.
The allies also have made an a.,
vance north of the La Bassa can
between that line and Arras and
certain points between Arras and
Disc. This latter is a rather Io1
front, but the claims in the Fred
ofheial communications are TAXI
mere to mean that the German maa
Hieht westward has been checked
Claim $4,000 Prisoners.
Berlin, Oct. 10. (yia Sayvue VirI
less,)-The following official sta
ment was issued yesterday.
Two more guns have been can.i
ed in the fighting that continues
and to the south of Warsaw.
The Vienna official communion
states that up to yesterday the oport
tons commenced on the line frot
Starry Sambor to Metryka and all:
near the San and against the Rye
Dneister have continued favorable
The Russians again attacked us mort
of Wyszkow but were repuIsed
On the northern bank of the riv.
Strwaz we are gaining ground.
North of Przemysl we have col
menced to secure a firm foothola B
the eastern banks of the San
The number of prisoners cap.u
ed by us in these offensive now
ments exceeds $1,000.
5otha to Take Field.
johannesburg, Oct. 19.-Gen. Lot
Botha. premier and commanded
chief of the union of South Afr
forces, announces that he Will .el'
Pretoria next week to take cocms1
of the troops operating agaius
Germans and the rebels under q
Maritz.
Austria Reports Successes.
Manchester, Mass, Oct. 1e "a
bassador Dumba made public a
night the following official Stationed
issued at Vienna:
Fighting in Galicia coa+Ht
along the whole front from Star. q
Sam5Or to the San river. THE "A
remnant of the Russian forces "a
broke into Hungary are being qnrs'
ed through the Carpathians into @
licia."
Demand Hay and Oats.
Amsterdam, via London Oa. W.
A dispatch to the Telegraat --o
Sluis say that 5000 German so
have occupied Blankenbershe Ha
GUM, have demanded a var coma
button of hay and oats to -aa So
of 5000 The Germans have
cuated Courtrai, and numero 'e
man troops have hastily len 6---f
in the direction of the Fren p
tier. The correspondent adds
is rumored that the Germa-- ~
treating in West Flanders
Germany Sends Coz
London, Oct 19,-The
Telegraph company saws
correspondent has learned
liable source that a SUN
equal to 100000 il
reached Constantinople
many