Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-11-04

Dead and neglected Wounded-Ger-
mans Fall Back in Poland-Botha
Announces Defeat of Rebels Under
General Beyers in South Africa.
London, Oct 29.-Gains are claimed
by both sides tonight in the stubborn
battle in Belgium and France, which
partakes now of the nature of a mas
sacre in places where the Germans
are making their greatest efforts to
smash the Anglo-Belgian-French line
The latest official report of the al
lies and the latest press dispatches
assert that the German fury" is mod
Grating between Nieuport and Dix
nude. This leads the allies to suspect
that the German offensive perhaps
has taken new turn and that the
next stroke may be designed to give
the defenders of France a surprise.
Berlin, Oct 29.-(By wireless via
Sayville, N. Y.)-The Belgian army is
said to have lost one-third of it's mem
bers in the battle of Flanders, as the
present conflict has been named.
The German losses in the battle
along the User are placed at $4,000;
those of the allies scarcely less.
Although the Germans have lost
ground near Dixmude, the allies and
the invading legions of the kaiser are
still locked in q death grip along the
User canal in northwestern Belgium
and the fighting there has been I'M
paralleled in ferocity.
Back and forth across the crimson,
corpse-cboked stream the conflict has
now ragged for week. Seven times
the Germans succeeded in crossing to
the west side only to be driven back
by the British, French and Belgian
troops hurled against them.
The stream is choked with dead
bodies. At some points the corpses
have completely damned the water
way and soldiers used the clustered
dead for bridge.
The Germans have REINFORCED their
heavy artillery at the front and the
lines of the allies were bombarded all
night. The Belgian village of Lam
gemarck has been destroyed by shells.
Both banks of the canal are lined
with unburied dead, with neglected
wounded, with carcasses of horses and
shattered rifles, cannon, ammunition
caissOns and cast-off equipment.
The British and French warships,
which were driven off by the heavy
German guns, are reported to have ia
ken up new position between Nieu-
port and Ostend and are again bonn
harding the German trenches on the
Belgian coast.
The pushing back of the Germans
near Nancy, on the eastern end of the
battle line, where the French have as
sumed a vigorous offensive movement,
is an important achievement. 1t may
have a big effect upon the operations
around Verdun and ST. Mihiel and
along the heights of the Mouse. In
that region the French have become
the invaders, having pressed the Ger
mans across the frontier.
Heavy French Losses.
Swiss papers report that since the
capture of Fort Camp Des Romans
by the Germans the French losses on
the Verdun-Toul line have been more
than forty thousand men,.
1t was officially announced that EN-
peror William had conferred the iron
Cross upon the kings of Bavaria ana
Wuerttemberg in recognition of their
own bravery and the valor of their
troops
The official German news agency
gave out the following information TO-
day:
French officers complain of the In
ferior quality of the new troops sent
to fight against the Germans. Eng
lish papers estimate the Belgian losses
on the User canal at 10000 men.
"The Italian colony in Paris is in
viting donations for the relief OF DIS
tress in France 1t states that the
number of wounded left for days with
out medical treatment is appalling.
Main headquarters reports that the
fighting continues from Newport 10
Dixmude. where the Belgians nave
been considerably REINFORCED. Inc
German attacks are maintained
British war vessels took part IN the
fighting against the German rlgnt
wing. but their fire was without enecI
Several British warships are III
flames as a result of German artillery
fire from the shore.
The situation at Ypres is unchanged.
To the west of Lille our attack was
successfully maintained
A wireless dispatch. from the Beriin
foreign office to the German embassy
at washington confirmed reports OF 2
deadlock in the battle of the User ana