Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
German Army Being Roll
ed Up Like Ribbon, Re-
port From Front.
REALIZE VERNE DREAM
EnoIish Monitors Off Shore Do
Great Execution in the
Invaders Trenches.
THE WAR TO-DAY.


-hs Germans and the allies con-
.,-rs desperate give and take game
!, vest Flanders and northeast
v-,cs. with neither SIDE claiming de
cisive advantage.
French Official statement says
,soIsut attacks are being made by the
cs-nans along a line from the sea
"a Bssse canal Germans appear
= 10 making new efforts with fresh
--,on- between the North sea and the
0sse and Paris learns tu1ofiiciallyl
,sa- new soldiers are giving impetus
>, :, attack on the French right wing
Russian advices insist that the Ger
-sn advance on Warsaw has been
turned into a retreat, but It Is admit
ID thar the Germans aad Austrians
s,u hold the Vistula south Of the
Piico river
Paris. Oct. e3-The struggle on the
Ing line into Belgium. now called the
battle OF Flanders, gave rise along the
eoss- near the birthplace Of Jules
Verne TO an engagement in which
craft and submarines participated, re-
al!zinz for the first time in the same
encounter the dreams Of the great
French novelist. British monitors Of
shore did grea. execution on German
trenches General Tripp and stan
we're among those killed. Allies air
men directed the aim OF the marine
guns German submarines attacked
the monitors. but without effect. as
the monitors we're too far from shore
Military critics point ont that here
again the Germans attempt TO turn
he allies left has been defeated
Loudon. Oct. 23.-Vessels from the
French -a-y are standing by the Brit
"a monitors along the coast Of Bel
nzm, which are shellinE the lines be
tEsen Ostend and NieupOrt. Germans
AZ hurryine forward fresh troops and
hszTy guns. and though pushed back
4 places, seem TO be holding their
position between the sea and La
Bzssee. King Albert OF Belgium ap-
pears 10 be actually at the scene Of
tEhriag. though a report that Queen
Alice Is with the army IS ECw classed
is mere rumOr.
BeIsisns Retake User River.
The Malls Rotterdam correspond
snt says the German general STAFF has
eft Client and there are rumOrs OF Sc
we're German defeat. Messages from
he frontier say the German coast
army IS being rolled up like a ribbon
Havre dispatch 20 the Telegraph
says the Belgians have regained the
Tgnt bank OF the User river and are
preparing 70 move forward.
A Peking dispatch says the allies
nave captured a German destroyer
which escaped from Kiao-Chow bay.
The Star has word from Rotterdam
taai the movement OF German troops
vest from Antwerp has left only a
isT hundred men there. The whole
Belgian coast IS now deserted by all
except the military.
10 British Merchantmen Sunk.
A dispatch from Tenerine. Canary
ls@nos. 70 the Mail. says the German I
I-iser Karlsruhe has sunk IL British .
-efensntnen- The news was brought I
= Ienerife by the German steamer 4
l'eieid. which brought more than 800 4
m noers OF the crews OF the sunken
.esseis- The men are now held as
.HOneFs- The ships sunk were most
snsaged IN South American trade.
"a var Official announcement lays:
" our left the Germans have con-
,--eo attacks in the region between
hi ~ se@ and Labasse cznaI. but gener-
- Speaking the situation OF the al
= Is maintained. II # had yielded
: :. Oae place they advanced in an
-er- To the north and south Of the