The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-10-15
GERMANS AGAIN
!. CAPTURE LILLE
iFR0M THE ALLIES
Bruges Also in Hands Of Kaiser's
ForceS-FrenCh Win in Arras.
CLAIM PROGRESS AT ALBERT
offieiaIs In France Admit Loss Of
Important Town-Teutons Win
on Allied Arny's Left and
Move TO Coast
BY FRANKLIN p. MERRIcK.


International News Service Correspondent
Paris, Oct. 14.-Lille has been cap
tured by the Germans. This is the
outstanding feature Of an official state
ment issued here some time after the
usual hour. The fighting has conferred
about Lille for nearly two weeks. The
admission by the French that 1t has
been lost indicates that the Germans
are gaining in their counter-nanking
movement against the allies left wing
and that the kaiser's troops will nov
sweep quickly to the coast.
The capture of Lille was effected by
q German army corps, says the official
statement. A German corps numbers
10000 men. 1t Is stated that the
French force in the city consisted OF
only detachment of territorials.
To Offset the loss of Lille the French
claim that they have gained ground
between Arras and Albert, southwest
Of. Lille, and also at the center OF the
battle front in the region Of Berry-au-
BAG.
Bruges. for the second time in this
war, is In the hands Of the Germans,
who occupied Client in force on Mon
day. The telegraph lines from Bruges
TO Ostend have been cut.
Statement by the French.
The complete official statement fol-
lows: 4.g
ION our left wing our forces have re-
taken the offensive in the regions Of
Hazebrouck and Bethune against some
forces Of the enemy composed for the
greater part of cavalry coming from
the front along the line of Bailleul.
Estaires and La Bassee.t
The city of Lille, held by a detach-
ment of territorialists, has been at
tackled and occupied by corps Of the
German army. -... ..
Between Arras and Albert we have
made some marked progress. At the
center we have made equal progress in
the region Of Berry-au-Bac and have
advanced slightly toward Souain, to
the east Of the Argonne and to the
north of Melancourt between the Ar
gonne and the Meuse.
VI aAnp AAAub uhlih VI lnG sMSubc
our troops, who hold the heights Of
the Meuse to the east of Verdun, have
advanced to the south of the road from
Yerdun to Metz. In the region OF
Apremont we have gained a little
ground on our right and have repulsed
q German attack on our left.
"on our right wing (Vosges and Al
sace) there is no change.
"Ou the field Of battle in Galicia the
defeated Austrian corps are attempt
ing to rally four kilometers to the
west of Przemysl"
Think Verdun the Key.
That the Germans have not yet
ceased their efforts to pierce the allies
left flank in the vicinity OF Roye and
Lassigny is shown by the official iu-
formation given out by the French war
Office.
Although scant attention has been
paid to it in the dispatches, furious
fighting is going on along the Verdun-
Toul line, where the invaders are
struggling TO make breach. Many
military experts regard Verdun as the
key to the situation. If the Germans
are able to reduce the ring OF forts
at Verdun and those stretching south
ward along the Mouse valley, they will
be able to push westward and concen-
trate against the allied center, perhaps
cutting it of from the allies right.
There have been 80 days OF fighting.
The battle line has been still further
extended. II the fighting in Belgium
is considered part of the general en-
gagement, the battle front is now an
proximately $50 miles long, stretching
out in the form OF the sides OF mighty
triangle. One side (the southern) be-
gins at point near Toul, east OF the
Meuse, and stretches in a northwest
erly direction; the upper side begins !
In Belgium at point near Client and |
stretches toward the southwest The |
apex lies in the vicinity Of Roye.
Awful Conditions at Front.
Unspeakable conditions prevail along
the lines which have been stationary .
since the fighting began. The sicken. |
ing stencil OF a month-old battlefield !
is continually with the soldiers, many |
OF whom have been sickened by it. II
can be smelled for a mile.
Where they can be reached the !
corpses are burned at night or are
sprinkled thiekly with quicklime.
Almost every unofficial dispatch
from the front dwells upon the fierce
ness Of the fighting around Arras last
week. Lens, which is less than ten
niles from Arras, has changed hands
three times in two weeks.
TsIls Of Mutiny In Siberia.
Berlin, Oct. 1.-THE official German |
news agency gives out this lnforma-
ton:
The Russians haye sent two reg:-
ments, in order to suppress mutiny
OF Siberian reservists. Pogroms have
Oceurrad in Raaaa ra hfa and poianh