The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-10-23
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BRIEFLY TOLD
Eur0Deaf, War. News

battle upon which hangs the fate Of
the Germans second drive on Paris
is raging with undiminished fury. On
the French left the allies are said to
have driven back the invaders dis
lance of ten miles, and have assumed
new positions in front of Givenchy
and Fromelles. Also they have re-
taken Armentieres.
ers were sunk off the Dutch coast by
ships from the British feet. The
names of the Inflated craft are not
known. The German crews, totaling
about four hundred men, with the eX-
ception Of 81, made prisoners Of war,
were lost. The British loss was only
one officer and four men slightly
wounded.
It was announced by the official war
bureau in London that Maj. Gen. H. l..
w. Hamilton had been killed In &C
ton. The list of casualties made pub-
lie by the official bureau included the
names of ten officers killed, includin.
that of General Hamilton. Twenty
five others were wounded.
The British auxiliary Caronia ar
rived at Halifax, NJ S., with the Amer
lean oil tank steamer Prindilla, for
merly the German steamship Wash
ington, as prize of war. 1t is claimed
the Brindilla carried cargo Of con-
traband The capture was made by
a British cruiser off the port of New
York.
A disaster among Austrian troops,
In which hundreds were burned to
death in two wild trains that were set
on fire by Russian shells as they
rolled down a Carpathian mountain
incline, is described by refugees and
Austrian captives from Galicia- Wom-
en-, children and other civilians per-
lshed in the holocaust, for the blazing
trains set fire to buildings in the
midst of a multitude and thus caused
more death and damage than did the
cannon on both sides.
1t is officially announced in Berlin
that Ostend and Bruges are occupied
by German troops. The war situation
on the northern border of France is
viewed with increased apprehension
in well informed circles in Bordeaux.
1t is feared that the Germans will
extend their sweep of the north coast
to Dunkirk, and even to Calais and
Dover.
Fighting is in progress along bat
tie line extending from Ypres. in
northwestern Belgium, to the sea, &C
cording to the official French state
ment issued in Paris.
Although the Germans have lost
ground along the Albert-Arras-Es-
taires- Ypres line, their retirement has
not developed into retreat. The in
vaders have fallen back into strong
positions.
German cruiser Geier, which en-
tered Honolulu to take on a supply
of coal, will probably dismantle and
remain there until after the war is
over. Outside the harbor waiting
for her are two Japanese cruisers.
A German torpedo cost England
her seventh cruiser and $50 men, the
British admiralty officially announced
in London. The cruiser Hawke was
struck by torpedo from a German
submarine and sunk in the northern
waters of the North sea. The cruiser
Theseus was attacked but the torpedo
missed it's mark. Lieutenant Com
mander Rosaman and 20 men were
picked up from a raft, and so of the
crew were landed at Aberdeen.
The first encounter between the re-
bellious Beers in South Africa and
the loyalists has resulted in a VIC
tory for the latter Seventy prisoners
were taken.
The Russian official news bureau at
Petrograd issued statement assert
ing that the conflict in Poland con-
tinued favorable to the cars troops.
The Russian war Office denied Aus
trian claims that the Russians had
been routed at Przemysl or that Lem
berg had been recaptured. Dispatches
from Vienna admit that the siege of
Przemysl has not been entirely raised.
Rioting marked the climax of the
agitation to bar nationals Of hostile
countries from further participation
in the business life of London.
Clashes occurred in several localities.
In High street, Deptford, a number Of
German-owned shops we're wrecked.
French troops have driven Germans
from Lille 1t Is announced In Bou-
logne.
Germans quietly entered Zeebrugge,
which from military point of view
is the most valuable port of Belgium.
Petrograd says that Gerajevo, a town
rs miles southwest of Warsaw has
been recaptured from the Germans.
There has been heavy fighting from
ten to twenty-five miles from War.
saw.
The steady hammering of the al.
lies on the German left wing of the
French battle front has brought them