Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-04
GERMANS REPULSE
A FLANK ATTACK
Official Report from Berlin Tells of
Defeat of Movement by the
Allies Left.
SITUATION IN CENTER IS SAME
French DisIodged from Their Posi-
tions south of ROye-NiEht At
thcks East OF Meuse Are
Repulsed.

BERLIN. oct. 3.-(Nia Amsterdam and
London THE following official state
ment was given out at army headquarters
the evening of October 2:
THE right wing Of the German army
in France has repulsed renewed efforts
on the part Of the French TO outflank It,
To the south of Roye the French have
been dislodged from their positions.
The situation on the center OF the bat
tie front remains unchanged.
German troops advancing in the Al
gonne region have won substantial ad-
vances in a southerly direction.
East Of the river Meuse French troops
from Toaul undertook energetic night at
lacks. but we're repulsed.
Before Antwerp fot wavre-St. Cath
crime and the redoubt Borpevelvt with
their intermediate works we're assaulted
yesterday afternoon at O'Clock. Fort
Waelhem has been invested.
The western and important outer
epaulement OF the Fernando fortified
tons is in our possession.
In the eastern arena OF the war an
advance of Russian forces across the
! Niemen river against the Germans in the
/ province of suwalk seems imminent"
General Won Der Horst Killed.
Major General Freiherr Won Der Horst.
! the commander of the Twentieth infantry
brigade. was killed while leading his
troops on September %. according to an
official announcement made tonight. He
had previously received the iron cross
for his work in the field.
Todays casualty list contains about
! $500 names and includes a mention of the
wounding Of Prince Joachim, the youngest
son Of the emperor. at Schaetzels, East
| Prussia
! The Associated Press correspondent
learned at Metz from the adjutant of
Prince Oscar. the fifth son of the en-
| peror, that the prince on September "a
| led his regiment at Verdun In q most
| desperate battle. The French. including
! Turco sharpshooters in trees, picked off
the officers, of whom so many were lost
that some companies we're led by SER
geants during the hottest part of the
| fighting.
| Prince Oscar COIInpses.
Prince Oscar headed the column and
shouting at the top Of his voice, led the
! charge which finally was successful He
got so excited that he collapsed after
! the victory with acute heart cramp
| brought on partly by several days eX-
erticn prior to this fighting
The physicians ordered him to Metz,
| where the news o fthe bestowal of the
| decoration OF the iron cross of the first
class reached him. He jumped from his
bed when he heard it, shouting Il am
we'll again" No crosses were available
at the time, so General Won Stnntz took
his, given him in 1870, and presented it to
: the prince, who is now rapidly recover
! ing.
The garrison commanders everywhere
are taking measures for the suppression
OF stories t. the effect that the Catholic
clergy participated in cruelties against
German soldiers in Belgium, which, 1t is
officially asserted, are untrue. The high
est Catholic officials protested against
the assertion which came in letters from
the front Persons repeating the stories
will be severely punished.
General meetings have been called tc
begin a campaign against the consump.
ton in Germany OF Scotch whisky and
/ French liquors.