The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-10-30
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European, War News

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European War News
The Germans in a furious counter
attack directed against the positions
OF the Belgian troops along the User
succeeded in crossing the river be-
tween Dixmude and Newport, forcing
the Belgians to retire.
French troops in the Woevre region
gained signal success by securing
control of one of the principa, lines
of communication of the Germans to-
ward ST. Mihiel.
Fresh German troops numbering in
the neishborhood of four hundred thou
sand are being hurried from Germany
by way of Antwerp and Bruges to the
fighting line In the vicinity of Dix
nude, where the full strength of the
German attack is being directed
against the allied line in the north.
Secretary McAdoo announced at
Washington that the gigantic federal
reserve bank system would open on
November 16 With the IL banks
thrown open more than four hundred
million dollars, the secretary says,
will be released from the minis and
made available to the country's bank
ers.
Dispatches received at Copenhagen
from Berlin say it is rumored there
that the German attack on Belgium is
succeeding and that the southern forts
have surrendered.
The French recaptured Altkirch,
Upper Alsace. at the point of the
bayonet.
The Russians are reported In dis
patches from Petrograd to have taken
Przenysl and turned the Germans
and Austrians back in disorderly rout
in the ten-day battle which has been
raging along the line of the Vistula,
with 100000 men engaged. The
German army is said to have lost 200.-
900 men.
Two shipyards at Kiel-the Ger
mania and the Howard-are building
30 armored lighters, capable of carry
ing 500 men each and t.--ayeiing at Ii1e
rate of ri-c miles an hour, to proceed
to the River Scheldt should events
permit the landing of German troops
on the coast of England.
The German cruiser Karlsruhe has
sunk Is British merchantmen in the
Atlantic
The German attack on Belfort, by
which route 1t is hoped to hurl the
kaiser's armies again toward Paris, is
proceeding. Two French forts to the
south of the main fortress have capt.
ulated to the Germans. the garrisons
withdrawing to the greater strong
hold.
Capture of the northern French
canal system from Aleux to the Disc
river after hard fighting is announced
In Berlin
The war Office at Berlin made the
following announcement: Northwest
of Newport British torpedo boat has
been put out Of action by our artil-
lery. Fighting continues west of
Lille. Our troops have assumed the
offensive and have repulsed the enemy
at several points. The English have
lost several machine guns and 1000
prisoners.
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
the victory on the south line belongs
to the allies. It is claimed 10000 Ger
mans, 800 guns and 81 flags have
been taken.
Petrograd official reports say the
Germans are continuing their hasty
retreat from Warsaw and that des-
perate engagements are being fought
IN Galicia.
1t is semi-officially stated that the
number of German troops sent to the
eastern and western theaters of the
war since the middle of September is
100000.
Lisbon newspapers assert that more
than twenty-five thousand Portuguese
troops are aiding the French and
British forces in the battle line in
Belgium and France.
The allies line of defense in the
battle of Flanders has been broken
by the Germans advancing toward the
coast, and large force of the inva-
ders has effected crossing of the
User canal between Newport and Dix
nude, directly east of Dunkirk.
Recapture of Ostend by the allies is
imminent, as the advance column of
Belgians, relieved of the pressure
against it by the change of the Ger
man front in the direction of Dixmude.
is reported to have made remarkable
progress.
Records of the German war office
according to DR.. william A. Spring.
formerly of Boston. on September Is.