Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-07

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today gave out figuI es on the harvest
for 1914. according tn which the food
products reached a total of more than
"a, 2s5,OOO tons.
A Bordeaux dispatch to London says
a report has reached there that the
German commander at Hulhausen, in
AIsace, has committed suicide in des-
/ pair over the fact that he was unable
to pass the Vosges He had previous
ly telegraphed the German general
staff TO come and see the difficulties
for itself
The correspondent OF the Giorale
OItalia (Rome), who has entered Pola,
the great naval port and arsenal OF
Austria, reports that all the woods
| around the harbor have been cut and
burned country houses and villas have
been painted gray and intrenchments
have been dug and traps have been
laid everywhere.
The troops conferred at Pola, says
the correspondent. total 100000, and
besides fleet is assembled there.
The Berliner Tageblatts military
critic admits that "the German army
in the verdun region is menaced on
three sides by the French
1T is officially announced that
French forces In equatorial Africa
have reoccupied the greater part OF
the Congo territory ceded to Germany
by the treaty Of 1911" says the Havas
tparis) correspondent at Bordeaux
dispatch 70 the London Daily
Mail from Venice dated Sunday, says
that the French fleet at that time had
been in action for the last forty-eight
hours bombarding the port of Cattaro
and the fortified island on the Dial.
NATHAN coast.
A dispatch from Rome to London
says a message from Budapest as
serts the minister of the interior has
announced fifteen new cases of chol-
! era in the hungarian citys military
hospital
The operators of German Zeppelin
dirigible dropped a bomb into
schoolhouse at Bielostok. Russia, yes
terday, killing eleven children. accord
ing to a dispatch from Petrograd 10
the London Morning Post
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette
from lgalc. Dalmatia. asserts that the
Austrian forts at Cattaro ON Septem-
Der 8 sunk a big French warship. The
forts had intercepted wireless mes
sage concerning the movement in the
direction of Cattaro OF fifteen war
ships and three cruisers. The Aus
TRANS awaited their arrival fully pre-.
pared salyo from the first fort
sunk the warship and the other yes
sells in the fleet hastily retreated.
Advantage has been taken OF the
arrival of re-enforcements to relieve
by fresh troops the men who have
been on the firing line for some time"
reports an attache at the headquar.
ters of Field Marshal Sir John French
in an official press bureau statement
Several units therefore have received
their baptism II fire during the
week" continues the statement
Despite official denials by Austria,
ii is positively known that the Aus
trian forces on the italian frontier are
being strongly REINFORCED All of the
regiments made up of troops of Italian
birth or from the frontier itself. where
italian sympathy is strong. have been
transferred to the battle line in Ga
licia Their places have been taken
by Hungarian regiments and those
from the Russian frontier who, be.
cause of their pro-Slavic sympathies
could not be depended on to fight
whole-heartedly.