New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18
German-AuSt
Official Reports

London, Oct. l7.-An official an
nouncement issued from the German
general headquarters to-day says that
in the French theatre of the war there
have been no important events" ac-
cordlng TO a Reuter- dispatch from Bor-
lin, by way Of Amsterdam.
an the province of Suwalki," the
statement adds, "The Russians yester-
day were inactive. A number of prs-
oners were captured near Schirwindt
and some guns were taken. The bat
ties near and south of Warsaw con-
tinue."
Berlin. Oct. II cby wireless to Say
vile. Long Island According TO an
nouncement made in Berlin to-day,
German troops in the vicinity of Os-
tend have reached the North Sea, and
fighting is going on as far to the west
as Dunkirk.
Belgium appears to-day TO be almost
completely i'm German possession. The
French and British troops are reported
as cut off on al, sides. particularly
around Ypres.
German Headquarters in Berlin has
expressed the belief that large numbers
of Belgian soldiers, fleeing before the
Germans. have cast off their uniforms
and put on civilian clothes, preferring
to be captured in this attire. That the
men composing the garrison at Ant
werp fed in a great hurry rs proved
by the quantities of cast-oh uniforms,
especially of the British Royal Naval
division, found by the German soldiers.
Antwerp suffered little by the bonn
bardment The people are now quiet.
and glad that the days of terror are
over. A mob already had begun plum
dering the city before the Germans ar
rived.
In the eastern arena of the war the
situation is described as favorable.
The reports say that German troops are
before Warsaw. The Russian report
of the capture Of German guns is un-
true. The Polish population of War
saw has been maltreated by the Rus
slams. There have been many arrests
and executions.
The Polish and Jewish inhabitants
of this district are now aware OF the
Russian defeats in East Prussia and
South Poland, and they are receiving
the Germans and Austrians as iber-
ators.
German officers, the "Lokal Anzei-
ger" says il learns, make 1t rule to
return the salute of captured french
officers. This is not the case, the news
paper says, with British officers.
The newspaper relates an experience
which il says shows that the British
arc unmindful Of the dictates of honor,
inasmuch as the officers ordered the
troops to hold up their hands IN token
of surrender. only later to take up their
weapons and suddenly begin shooting
az annroachinp Germans.
DR.. Won Bethmann-llOllweg, the Ger
man Imperial Chancellor. who went to
Brussels on Wednesday, left that city
to-day for general headquarters to re-
port TO Emperor William. In Brussels
the Chancellor conferred with the civil
and military authorities.
Washington. Oct. 1.-THE German
Embassy to-day received the following
wireless dispatch from its Foreign Of
flee at Berlin.
Official headquarters reports that
the Russians tried on October II TO re
occupy Lyck. but were repulsed, and
5000 prisoners, ono gun and three ma
chine guns were taken.
The Germans occupied Bruges Oc-
tober II and Ostcnd October 10. Heavy
French attacks have been repulsed
northwest.
"The official French statement, pre-
tending that important progress has
been made at different places on tho
front, for instance, near Berry-au- Bac
northwest Of Rheims, does not agree
with the facts"