Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-10-23

establish themselves In a series or
coast positions before starting their
second drive upon Paris.
Reports From East at Variance.
London, Oct. 20.-Great battles con
tween the Russian and Austro-German
forces. Reports from both sides are
brief and contradictory.
Petrograd claims the Russians have
won partial success in severe fighting
before Warsaw and Przemysl. Vienna
declares the AustroGerman armies
have made advances in both regions
and that the Russian casualties at
Przemysl number 100000.
Two Reported Victories.
London, Oct. 29.-Two important
successes in the battle OF Dunkirk and
Calais, for the possession of which
the Germans are striving, are credit
ed to the allies in the official commu-
nication issued in Paris.
The French are said to have reoccu-
pied Armentieres, an important rail
road junction on the Belgian frontier
northwest of Lille, and to have re-
pulsed an attempt of the Germans to
cross the River Yer, which flows
through that little corner of West
Flanders, which is all of Belgium that
remains in Belgian hands.
The town was seized by the Ger
mans week ago owing to it's impor-
lance as a railway center, lines di.
verging from it in all directions. Be-
sides, it is on the road to Lille, which
the Germans still hold, despite reports
to the contrary.
Reinforcements for Germans.
The Germans, however, are bring
ing up achievements, seemingly de-
termined to resume the offensive
either toward Calais or at some other
point of the long front
Russians Claim Repulse.
Again the Russians and the Aus
TRANS fatty contradict one another as
to the progress of events in the east.
The Austrians claim that the opera
tions are progressing favorably for
them, while an official report from
Petrograd says that attempts by the
Austrians to cross the river San fail
ed and that in the fighting south of
Przemysl, which took the form of
bayonet charges, they captured Is
Austrian officers and 1000 men.
1t would appear from reports of cor
respondents at Petrograd that the
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cross the Vistula at Josefow, but were
driven back with heavy casualties.
The correspondents say this fighting
was part of the general attack on the
Russian positions on the Vistula and
that they proved a failure
Teutons Plan Siege of Refort.
From the Battle Front, Oct. 10, via
Paris.-What in previous wars would
have been called great battles were
fought on the eastern wing of the
fighting line stretching from the Bel
gian coast to Switzerland. In this
great battle of nations, however,
these fights are regarded merely as
incidents.
uC bCI Lldu0 nave UIOuSuL up 10
inch mortars, supposedly for an in
tended siege of Belfort.
Battle 100 Miles of London.
London, Oct. 19.-Within 100 miles
of London the most critical battle
viewed from its effect on the imme-
date fortunes of the opposing armies
that has marked this colossal cam
paign is at present ebbing and flow
ing along line stretching through
Belgium and further westward into
the French department of the north.
The Germans have prepared for a
renewal of their vigorous offensive by
joining their victorious troops from
Antwerp to the main army.
Appearance Excites Commoton.
London, Oct 19.-The entrance of
the Germans into Ostend is described
by the Daily Nails correspondent
who left that port at the moment of
the German occupation.
Their appearance excited trem-