The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-10-16
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
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thursday, Get. 8.-The' fate Of the
belgian army is striking feature OF
the Gays war news Since the with
draW4l of the government from Brus-
Sc to Antwerp, the entire fighting
force Of the little kingdom has been
concentrated in or about the latter
city
Advices from neutral sources con.
sertions that they have broken
through the outer circle of fortified
tiors, crossed the River Nethe AID
brought their big guns within range of
The city proper The Belgian govei:-
nent has been transferred to Ostend.
The statement of the French vfr
office says that on the French left
wing the Germans have made no pro-
gress, while at certain points tncy
have moved back. On the right wing
there is no change, it is said. The sit
uation on the center remains much
the same
the Russian offensive continues along
the front of East Prussia.
A wireless dispatch from Berlin
says that the papers there report that
the British and Japanese attacks upon
Tsingtao have been repulsed.
Vienna asserts that the Austrians
have been driven out of Hungary.
The Russian ambassador at Rome re-
plies that the Russians occupy one
fifth of Hungary, as we'll as seven
eighths of Galicia.
Friday. Oct. German heavy artil-
lery is pounding Antwerp, the last re-
maindiDg stronghold of the Belgian
army, while German armies to the
west continue the struggle with the
French and British allies.
The Germans have crossed the flood
ed ares along the river Nethe and
coptiI u to make progress.
The battle continues along the line
Of Lens, Arras, Bray Sur Somme,
Chaulres, Roye, and Lessigny An ar
tillerv duel is occurring in the Woevre
district
The Russian who invaded Eastern
Prussia and later were defeated and
driven back to the Nieman river have
again invaded East Prussia, driving
the Germans back as far as Lyck On
the other hand, the Germans are in
force in Russian Poland, having reach
cd almost to Warsaw, while the Rus
sian movement through Galicia is
meeting stubborn resistance from
f.. German and Austrian forces
Saturday, Oct. 10.-Antwerp, the one
stronghold that remained to the Bel
gians after the loss of Liege and Ma
muir, has fallen before the Germans
under General Won Beseler
The announcement of the French
war office says that the entire battle
front of the allies has been maintain
ed in spite of violent attacks by the
Germans at several points
Paris reports also partial successes
by the Russians on the East Prus-
sian frontier and asserts that the siege
of Przemysl continues under condi-
tons favorable to the Russians.
A dispatch from Russian Poland
says that a Russian attack extending
/ from Wilkowyszk along front of six
! ty miles to a point below Lyck, East
Prussia, was repu1sed, the Russians
losing heavily, while the German
losses were light
Sunday, Oct. 11.-German aviators
dropped twenty bombs into various
districts of Paris killing three persons
and wounding fourteen others.
French troops were victorious in
/ two days battle for the possession Of
Mihiel
/ German cavalry was signally defeat
ed in battle for the possession of posi-
tons necessary for the crossing of the
! River Lye. The invader were driven
! into retreat toward Armantieres.
German troops are advancing swift
ly toward Ostend, hoping to capture
the city by sudden attack and make
prisoners of King Albert and the Bel
gian government officials.
Twenty thousand Germans march
, ing westward were defeated near Ter
monde by large force of French and
British.
The last of the German soldiers
have evacuated Suwalki. The German
losses in the battle of Augustowa are
| estimated at 10000 according to a re-
/ port from Petrograd.