Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-10-28
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
British Lose Thirteen thousand Men
During the Month-Jap Cruiser
Blown Up.

London, Oct 19.-An official report
by General French, commanding the
British expeditionary force, gives the
total of killed. wounded and missing
from September y to October 8 at
516 officers and 12,9S0 men.
The war office issued tonight anoth-
er casualt, list received from head
quarters Under date of September l6.
1t gives 81 noncommissioned officers
end men as having been killed. 149
men wounded. and 555 men missing.
Those of the killed belong entire
~ to the Royal Scots, the Royal Irish
and the East Surrey regiments. The
East Surveys, the kings own Scottish
borderers. and the Somerset light in
fantry figure largely in the missing
list
OF the commissioned officers the list
gives four killed and FIVE wounded
Jap Cruiser Blown Up; 272 Die.
Tokyo, Oct 2O.-Only u of the
crew of 2S4 men aboard the Japanese
light cruiser Takachiho we're rescued
after she struck a German floating
mine in Kaiuchau bay at night, it was
Off cially announced here The Taxa
chino was doing patrol duty outside
Using Tao when she fouled the mine,
japanese destroyers heard the explo-
sion and saw the flames that resulted.
They hurried TO assist the cruiser.
but she disappeared quickly, Twenty
eight officers, 81 noncommisioned of
ficers and 1873 seamen persisted
The German embassy at Washing
ton received from reliable source
in San Francisco the news that the
British battleship Triumph had been
so heavily damaged by the fire from
howitzers in the Using Tao forts that
it had to withdraw Immediately dur
ing bombardment it was conducting
with the aid of Japanese ships.
Four German Warshlps Sunk.
London, Oct. 19.--Four German tor
pedo boat destroyers were sunk of
the Dutch coast by ships from the
British fleet. The names of the ill
fGted craft are not known. The Ger
man crews, tctaling about four hun
dred men. with the exception of 81,
made prisoners of war. we're lost, the
rritish loss was only one officer and
four men slightly wounded
The damage to the british craft was
slight
The light cruiser Uhdauntci, com
manded by Capt Cecil H. Fox. who
was in charge of the cruiser Amphion,
which, after sinking the German ar
mored cruiser Koenigin Louise, was IT,
self destroyed by a German mine on
August 26, won a signal victory and
avenged himself for the catastrophe
which overlook him in the North sea,
Captain Fox had as a convoy dur.
ing his raid on the German ships the
torpedo-boat destroyers Lance. Lenox,
Legion and Loyal,
Additional British Casualties.
London. Oct. ia casualty list
dated October Is and made public
here tonight. gives ~ officers as hav.
ing been killed and 40 wounded in
the recent lighting.
Austria Gives Out Losses.
Rome, Oct. 19.--Austrian losses in
the actions against Russia. Servia and
Montenegro until October are APP
proximately estimated as follows:
Officers killed. 4S5: wounded, 1.5S9:
men killed. 1884; wounded. 2S.272.
Total. 47G9 killed and 24,SlI wounded.
Only eight officers and 1872 men are
stated to be missing. The numbers
who ha' been taken prisoners are
not g...a
Thes figures are official, but are de-
clared to be approximate and are re-
garded as underestimate.
British Seize U. S. Ship.
Halifax. n. s. Oct. 20.-The 9rit-
ish auxiliary Caronia arrived in port
with the American oil tank steam
err Hrindula, formerly the German
steamship Washington, as prize OF
war. 1t is claimed the Briudilla car
ried a cargo of contraband. A prize
crew had boarded her. The capture
was made by a British cruiser on the
port OF New York. The commander
OF the cruiser designated the Coronia
TO bring the ship 10 Halifax. The
Rrindlla is now at anchor in the bar
bor. flying the American flag,
Aaf million Wounded in France.
London. oct. 20.--Dr Leslie Haden
Guest who established six Anglo
French hospitals in France, declared
that the number OF wounded in France
is estimated at half a million