, 1914-11-14

strength.
Tie Central News Agency at MeIborne
states that the ''Emdeu" appeared off Co.
COS island early III the morning and landed
43 men, who onusued the wireless station
and were returning to the ship when the
''Syduey' apprared, whereupou the "EmIen"
took Hight, leaving The landing party. The
gunnery Of the 'llmdtn" was good at tilst.
but it deterior0led. She lost 2 FUMES and
took fire astern within an ho0r, while the
"Sydney' was scarcely touched, and she was
then lun ashore in flames. The "Sydney'
assisted the wounded The "Emden's' audi
ing party Communicated two months sup
plies, but treated the islanders well.
The London newspapers Join III q chorus
of praise of the gallautry Of Captain Won
Muller.
Official dispatches from Pretoria state that
Colonel Vandeveuter met the rebels at IAud-
f@rontein, sixtv-f ,ur mnles north Of Pretoria,
aud that the Union forces killed. or wounded
120 and captured Is. The losses Of The
Union forces were twelve killed and eleven
wounded.
A Bordeaux official communicate says: 4
French force under the command of General
Aymerich, operating ia the region OF the
river Sang, IN the Congo, have driven the
Germans from the greater part of the terri
tory lost to France through the Convention
of 1911 aud have taken the military post at
Nzimon after two days fighting. The Bel
ginn steamship "~Luxemhulg" and $50 Bel
giaus from the Belgian Congo co-operuted
with the Frerch. NuIa was captured by u
column under command Of Colonel Hutin,
several officers and IA number OF men being
made prisoners, and four rapid fire guns and
a quantity Of ammunition and supplies were
taken. This inaures the possession Of Basuu-
ga by the French.
According to an official announcement the
sentence imposed on Lody the spy has been
duly confirmed. Unofficial reports say he
was removed from " Wellington barracks to
the Tower on Thursday night, and that early
on Friday he walked to the spot where Anne
B0leyn was executed, and at a Sergenut's
command received Il voIley from eight sol
diers. He neither confessed, nor disclosed
his superiors, and was not bindfolded.
At the Durham assrzes a true bill has
been returned against Herr Ahlers, the Ger
man Consul at Sunderland Borough upon
a charge Of high treason. According to the
Indictment he was naturatiZeG IL 1903, and
after the declaration OF war helped German
leservists to leayo England for Germany.
a. Petrograd offend commuuIque states
The right wing of the enemy which has been
stubbornly resisting in the region of Lyck
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Lakes. East Ncidenburg near Muschakeu
railway station, a Russian cavalry force de-
feated he German detachment protecting the
railway, captured a train and blew up the
railway bridges. On Sunday the Russian
cavalry, meeting a cavalry division Of the
enemy forced it to retire towards Kalisz.
On the route to Cracow we have attained
as far as Miechow, and in Galioia we have
traversed the river Wisloka and now occupy
Rzeszow, Dynow and Lisko. Miechow was
n base OF the enemy. The Austrian evacua-
tion Of positions southeast of Lemberg, in
Galicia, aud in Bokowiua continues, aud
there are Indications that the entire Austrian
line from Otryi to Bernowit1 IS being aban-
doned.
Another Russian official bulletin announces
regarding the Caucasian campalgn: "At
day break, near konprikor, the combat was
resumed with renewed force by the enemy,
who launched against Us troops concentrated
in the region of Erzerum and re-entorced
from the garrison Of that stronghold. From
the character of the actions aud such lnfor-
nation as could be gathered, German otlic-
ers commanded the Turks. In the afternoon
the fighting assumed a particularly tenacl-