Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-10-23

There is great lack of medical
and sanitary supplies and the
at Kiev, Moscow and
elsewhere are overcrowded.
The Austrian offensive in Ga
| cia is declared i'll Berlin to bel
a iyancing. During the assault
on Przemvsl, the Russians lost
40, 900 men in killed and wound
ed. Russian troops from Bes-
sarabi have been sent to the
Caucasus, where revoltS have
broken out. The Russians are
finding difficulty in creating new
military Of organizations. In spite
of their numerical superiority,
officers and non-co mmissioned
officers are lacking at Warsaw.
FOUR GERMAN wARsHIPs DE-
STkOYED.
Berlin (via Amsterdam), Oct.
19.-Preferring wreck and death
to capture by the British, the
commanders OF the German tor
pedo destroyers Sis, S-117,
Sis and S-119 drove their yes
sells upon the coast of the North
Sea Saturday when cornered bv
the English cruiser Undaunted,
according to a statement issued
at the admiralty today. The
four destroyers were completely
wrecked. The crews of the YES
sells numbered PA men, and near
ly all of them are believed to
have been lost.
(The British admiralty an
nounced on Saturday that the
!Undaunted had sunk four Ger
man destroyers and that thirty
one members of their crews had
been taken prisoners
It is stated that the action Of
the German commanders in dash
ling their boats upon the rocks
were complying with orders TIL t
under no circumstances should
they permit the enemy to take
their boats.
TURKEY DEFIEs BRITAIN AND
RUSSIA.
Constantin ople (via London) j..
Oct. 19-The porte has declined
to discharge the German crew S
of the cruisers Goeben and Bres-
lau, which have been in Turkish
waters since early in the hostil-
lities and which are said to have
been sold by Germany to the
Turkish government.
This reply was given in an
swer to the British and Russis n
repr presentations regarding tie
continued presence of Germans
on board these two vessels.
The government has now
shelved the matter, declaring it
to be domestic question, al.
though it had previously give II
repeated assurances that these
lGermains would be repatriated.
Berlin via Amsterdam), Oct.
19.-The archives of the Russian
embassy at Constantinople ha, e
been sent to Odessa. according
to reliable reports there. This
indicates that diplomatic rela-
tions between Turkey and Russia
will soon be broken off.
GERMANS SINK JAPANESE CRUISER
Toxic, Oct. 19.-It is officially
announced that the Japare. e
cruiser Takachiho was sunk by
mine III Kaio-Chow bay on the
night of Oct. II. One officer and
nine members Of the crew are
known to have been saved.
The Tagaclliho was built in
1885 and refitted in 1890. She
was OF 3, 700 tons, 800 feet long
and forty-six feet beam. Her|
main battery was eight 6-incll |
guns, her speed was about IS |
knots, crew, 357 men.
The TaAacliii.o was on patrol
duty outside Tsing-Tan when
She fouled the mine. Japanes
1estroyers heard the explosion
md saw the ham that resulted
They hurried to the assistance
IF the cruiser, which, however,
disappeared quickly, and in the
darkness it was possible to rescue
,nly twelve men. Twenty-eiehtl
'fficers, fifty-four non-com-
officers and 1S9 seamen
,erished.