Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21

probably in fear Of an uprising similar
to that in South Africa among the
British colonists. ~
One report from Madrid states Por-
tugal already has declared war on
Germany. This is denied in the Reu-
ter dispatch.
Boer Leaders Are Loyal.
Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 49,
The government is receiving numer-
Gus pledges of support from Boer
leaders in the crisis caused by the
rebellion of the troops commanded by
Colonel Maritz, but it is learned that
many Beers whose loyalty to England
has been suspected in the past have
disappeared from their usual haInts,
both here and in other towns Of the
Union.
Two French Generals Killed.
Paris. Oct. 16.-General Rondony.
commander of the Third brigade of
French colonial troops, and General
Marcot have been killed at the 'front.'
Two nurses of the English Red Cross
corps were killed when a shell explod-
ed in a field hospital south of Reims.
Bio Battle On In Poland.
London, Oct. 16.-The' great battle
in Russian Poland, extending in an
irregular line for more than two hum
dred miles from the vicinity of War
saw to the Dneister river in Galicia
and involving 100000 men, has be-
gun, according to official advices from
Petrograd. Correspondents at the
Russian. capital believe it has been
raging for three days.
Amsterdam te%legraphs that an Of
fetal statement issued in Berlin says
the Germans are inflicting terrific
losses on the Russians in Poland and
that the German advance there Is
successful at all points. Vienna as,
serts the Russians have lost 10000
killed and wounded at Przemysl. ~
Petrograd officially announces that
the siege of Przemysl is progressing
and that the Russian artillery is rap
idly destroying the forts, which,
however, continue to offer an ener-
getic resistance.
Germans Rout French Cavalry.
London, Oct. 14.-A dispatch to
Reuters Telegraph company from Ber,
lin, by way of Amsterdam, gives the
following statement issued by the Ger
general staff: "Our cavalry COM
pletely routed a French cavalry divl
sion west of Lille and near Haze
brouck we inflicted severe losses on
another French cavalry division. I'm
til now the engagements on the front
in the western theater did not lead to
a decision. g..
about the booty at, Antwerp no re-
ports can be made" .
Kaiser Rushes Troops to France.
London, Oct. 14.-Three German
army corps 129,000 men) have been
released from the siege of Antwerp
and are being rushed to France, says
a dispatch from the Belgian capital.
BeIeianso Reach Holland.
The. Hague, Oct. 14.-A dispatch to
the Nieuwe Courant from Hulst, Hol-
land, quotes a Belgian officer as. say
ing that the total number of Belgian
and British soldiers who have crossed
from Belgium into Holland is about
$4,000. > ,
A Prussian War Casualties.
London, Oct. 13.-The A lists of,
losses in the Prussian army, which
have been published, contain a total of
I'll, 1000 killed, wounded and missing.
The lists do not include losses among
the Bavarians, Saxons and Wurtem-
bergians. #"H
Expect Raid by %zeppeIins.
Amsterdam, Oct. 13.-Reports are
current in Berlin that a large fleet Of
Zeppelins, numbering 80, but
which is constantly increasing, is gath
ering at Kiel to await the kaiser's
orders to begin an attack against Eng
land. G.u 7%& 4. u
kaiser's Fleet Moves Soon.
London, Oct. IA hint that the
kaiser intends at last to bring his war
fleet into action is given by the days
dispatches from the continent.
The Amsterdam correspondent of
the Reuter- Telegraph company tele-
graphs that the Kaiser Wilhel.n canal
between the Baltic and the North sea
has been closed to ordinary traffic for
the duration Of the war. 3l@
If Germany PROPOSES to combine
naval and military action against
Great Britain the closing Of the kiel
canal naturally would be her first step
to that end. BY this means interior
enc with the operation Of the war
ships and the sending out G" informa-
ton as to their movements would be
prevented. ~