The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-22
OCTOBER IS.

While the armies of the allies and
the German invaders are preparing
their mighty lines stretching from the
Belgian coast southwark for a great
battle, the ships of war in the North
sea again are showing activity. The
British have revenged the sinking of
the cruiser Hawke by a German sub
marine with swift descent upon four
German torpedo boat destroyers, which
they sent to the bottom. Captain Cecil
II. Fox, who was commander of the
cruiser Amphion, destroyed by a Ger
man mine on August 6. was in COM
mand of the light cruiser Undaunted
and the four British torpedo boat des-
troyers. Lance, Lennox, Legion and
Loyal, which engaged the Germans off
the Dutch coast. The battle must have
been fast for the British had one Of
ficer and four men wounded while the
official report issued by the admiralty
says 81 survivors of the German des-
stroyers are prisoners of war. This
would mean that nearly 400 Germans
went down with their ships. In the
land fighting the British troops have
captured Fromelles an important posi-
ton to the southwest of Lille on the
French left, while the French command
err has been receiving aid from the
French fleet on the important strategic
position between Ypres and the sea.
The French sailors are said to have ac-
quilted themselves well, repulsing Ger
man detachment of cavalry and infan-
try. Winston Spencer Churchill first
lord of the admiralty, declares that the
! sending of British naval brigades to
Antwerp was part of large operation
for the relief of the city and that their
| withdrawal was not on account of any
attack or pressure by the Germans,
| but sin obedience to the general stra-
tegical position" That the Germans are
| trying to move down the North sea
coast to Dunkirk and Calais is certain,
| but just how far to the south of Os-
| tend they have proceeded is not actually
known. Reports that there has been
fighting in the neighborhood of DunkiIiS
are not generally credited. The Hol-
! land American liner Noordam which left
New York October 6, and was reported
| to have reached Falmouth October Is
has been damaged by a mine in North
sea and Is believed to be proceeding tc
Rotterdam. The message conveying thi
information said that seven person:
aboard the Noordam were injured. The
latest British casualty list include:
among the killed Major General Huber
W. Hamilton, who was Field Marshal
Kitchener's right hand man in Soutf
Africa and India.
OCTOBER 10.
Progress of the allies in northern
France and Belgium is indicated by thu
statements of the Paris and British
: press bureaus that the Germans hav
been driven back more than 30 miles
This is in part confirmed by anothe
dispatch which says the Germans hav
evacuated Courtrai. but still hold Lille
This advice, however. has referenc
only to what was formerly known a
the French left wing. This wing nov
extends to the North sea and it is her
that British and French reinforcement
have been placed in the line to NEE
the heavy reinforcements which hav
come to the German right wing-th
army which is trying to force it's wa
down the coast to the French channe
ports. On this important phase of tn
great battle the latest official state
ment issued by the French war offic
gives little information except for tn
recording of the recapture of Armen
there's by the allies and the repulse c
several attacks by Germans in Belgium
with notable advance north of Arras
There has been fighting also in tn
neighborhood of Saint Die, where tn
Germans have been endeavoring t
force their way through the Frenc
lines. Field Marshall Sir John French
} commander of the British expedition
airy forces, in reports of the battle c
the Aisne describes the valiant wor
of his troops and tells of severe Brit
ish losses, showing that during the pc
! riod between September II and Octobe
s. SCI officers and 1880 men wer
| among the killed, wounded and missing
l The Austro German and Russian report
l of fighting in the east continue contra
dctory, both sides claiming victorie
f and denying defeats In the south tn
D Servians again announce successes. Dis
n quietude prevails in Asiatic Turkey, &C
cordng to a news agency dispatch, an
the American ambassador to Turke