The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-15

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three naval brigades of about 5000 men,
with heavy guns fought beside the
Belgians in defense of their great fort
ress. With the Belgian army when IT
marched out Of Antwerp went these
British. but during the retreat one OF
the British brigades war forced to find
refuge in Holland, where 1t is now in
termed. The other two brgades reach
ed Ostend The British losses at Ant
werp are reported to be 300 The Brit
ish admiralty statement adds that the
retreat of the Belgian army was sue
cessfully accomplished. The progress of
the battle along the line from the Bel
gian frontier to Lorraine is problemati
cal, the official communications issued
by the French war office giving meager
details of the situation. The latest
statement says that general headquar-
ters only mentions encounters between
cavalry forces in the neighborhood Of
Lille. a violent action to the south. east
and north of Arras and vigorous Of
fensive movements by the Germans on
the heights of the Meuse. An earlier
statement reported progress by the al
lies to the north of the Disc and in the
region of st. Mihiel. The death of
King Charles of Rumanla, which occur
red at his country seat at Sinaia, in
Waachia brings prominently to the
front the question of the attitude which
Rumania Is likely to assume with re-
gard to participating in the war. King
Charles favored the Germans and Aus
TRANS, but his ministers and the Ruman-
ian people have inclined toward the al
lies. Meanwhile, Rumaia had remain
ed neutral On the East Prussian from
tier the battle between the German and
Russian forces continues with unabat-
ed obstinancy. According to Russian
official reports the German troops are
retiring from the region Of Lyck and are
blowing up the bridges. a The Russian
troops are undertaking strong offensive
movements in Poland and are massing
along the line from Lublin to Warsaw
and also from Lublin to Lemberg Vien-
ma reports of an official character say
that the advance of the Austrians has
forced the Russians to slacken their
efforts against Przeymsl and that the
Russians have commnesed to withdraw
their forces. 1t is added that the Rus
slams have evacuated Rzeszow and are
retreating from Maramaros- Sziget.
OCTOBER IL.
Scant are the actual details of the
recent fighting between the allies and
the Germans, who for four weeks have
been struggling for supremacy in north
western France, as contained in the
latest official communication. eve
have everywhere maintained our posi-
tion,' sums up the claims of the French
war office. AT all points except one
/ that in the Woevre district, German
attacks are said either to have beer
repulsed or held. In the center be-
| tween Disc and Rheims. slight advances
| by the allies are chronicled. In the
Woevre district the Germans have de-
| livered violent attacks. Whether they
| resulted favorably or unfavorably is no,
stated. From Germany alone came
! anything concerning the surrendered
city of Antwerp. This was to the effec
| that the entire city. as well as the fort
ere in the hands of the Germans. Gen.
| eral Won Beseler, the German com.
| mander at Antwerp, issued a proc.ama
| ton that citizens might return to theil
vocations without fear and that prop
| erty would be respected. The German
report said little damage had been don,
| to any except public buildings in Ant
werp. Emperor Williams army which
be sieged Antwerp is now said to b,
moving swiftly toward Ostend with tn,
object of capturing King Albert ant
Queen Elizabeth and the Belgian of
| ficials. II is stated that the queen al
ready has reached England. In addi
ton to the force of Belgian and ENG
fish troops, who fled to Dutch soil afte
the fall of Antwerp and were informed
a newspaper dispatch says a &c maj
! division unwittingly invaded Dutch ter
fitory and was disarmed. German aero
planes again have made a dash owe
Paris, dropping bombs, Three person
were killed and fourteen injured an,
| considerable damage to property wa
done Except that a rear guard action
between the Russians and the German
southeast of Wirballen was in progress
nothing came through concerning tn
fighting in the eastern war theatre Ii
| the south the Montenegrins claim I
have defeated with heavy losses an Au.
trian army operating against Sarajevo
From the far east, the Japanese repor
that they have sileneed& Fort Hits a
| kiao-Chow and otherwise are gainin
ground on the Germans. The Turks ar
strongly fortifying various points Il