The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-06
BRITISH CRUISER
SUNK BY TORPEDO
German Submarine Gets Another Ship Of
The British Navy In The Straits
Of Dover
TURKEY RECEIVES ULT|MATUM
From Russia And Great Britain-War
May FolIow-BattIe OF User
Resumed

The war situation in Europe be
comes more complicated each day
Russia and Great Britain have SEN
an ultimatum to Turkey calling on hel
to explain the bombardment of the
Russian ports, demanding the dismis
sal of German officers in the Turkish
| navy and the dismantling Of the Ger
man cruisers, Breslau and Goeben, now
in Turkish waters. 1t is now predict
ed that Italy, Greece, Roumania and
probably Bulgaria, will join the allies
and wage war on Turkey.
After rest of several days the
great masses of troops Of the allied
and German armies assembled along
the User river have resumed fighting
The Germans, 1t is said, have been re.
inforced and will make another des.
pe.ate attempt to capture the French
seaports. Another British cruiser has
been sent to the bottom of the sea by
German submarine. This time the
attack was made in the Straits of Do
yer. England is greatly stirred over
the incident as the presence of Ger
man submarines in the straits will
greatly endanger the movement of the
ships between England and France.
The battle along the User river has
been one Of the hardest fought since
the Germans invaded Belgium and
France. 1t is necessary for the Ger
mans to gain control of the French
sea coast in order to carry out their
plans for a campaign against the Brit
ish Isles. Large bodies of German
troops have been hurled against the
allies and the characteristic German
energy has been displayed by the kai-
ser's soldiers in their efforts to gain
these most coveted positions. The
casualties on both sides in this fight
ing have been tremendous, thousands
of soldiers having been killed in the
entrenched positions.
A retaliation on the Germans for
their activities in dropping bombs up
on Paris and other French towns were
visited upon the Germans by the
French. A bevy of French airmen
flew over the German positions near
Dunkirk, dropping bombs upon the
German army headquarters, forcing
the officers to flee to the woods.
Bombs were then dropped into the
trees in the woods. 1t is not known
whether any German officers were
killed.
In east Prussia, Galicia and Russian
Poland, the fighting between the Ger
mans and Russians continue with all
its fury. 1t has been officially an
nounced from Berlin that the Germans
have retreated from Russian Poland.
The Russians claim the German re-
treat was in the form of riot and
that thousands of soldiers were slain
while fleeing before the Russian hosts.
Progress is also claimed by the Rus
slams in east Prussia against the Ger
mans. The Austro-German forces in
Galicia have been unsuccessful in their
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Galicia, according to Russian advices.
One of the saddest spectacles of the
war is the plight of the Belgian ma
ton. The little army Of Belgium has
been driven entirely from its native
heath and is now fighting in the ranks
of the allies in France. Holland and
England is overcrowded with starv-
ing, homeless Belgians who have fled
from their devastated country. All
possible aid is being rendered these
unfortunate people by England and
Holland. King Albert of Belgium has
sent an appeal to the people of the
United States asking for food and
clothing for his people.
An idea of the appalling loss Of
life occasioned by the European war
can be obtained from the latest cas-
ualty report from Berlin, which states
that the losses in the German army
last week were $1,000 men and that the
total loss Of life since the war started
is 100000 men. Based upon the be-
lief that the losses of the allies were
about the same, it is estimated that
more than a million and a half men
have lost their lives fighting in the
present war.