Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1914-11-05
VICTORY AT SEA
FOR GERMANS
NAVY BATTLE VICTORY FOR GER.
MANY-MANY RUSSIAN TRANS.
PORTS SUNK..RETIRE ON LAND

Havre, Nov. 4.-The Belgium min
lister of war today announced that the
German armies in Belgium started a
hurried withdrawal, the movement be-
ing in an easterly direction Of an al
most unbroken column of Germans
. cNmposed Of all armies extending
from Leke to Thourout.
German Naval Victory is Sensational
Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 4.-The vic
tory of the German fleet, under Ad-
miral Won Spec, consisting Of the
armored cruisers, Scharnherst Gneis-
enau, and light cruisers, Nuremberg,
Leipsic, Bremen, over the British
squadron, made up of the cruisers
Monmouth, Good Hope, Glasgow and
transport, Otranto, commanded by
Rear Admiral Craddock, continues the
sensation of the hour. That the Ger
mans were able to sink and scatter
the British squadron with only minor
damage to their ships and q casualty
list of only two wounded, is subject
of wonder. The Monmouth is known
to have lost with practically her en-
tire crew of 855, as a result of this
first big naval fight of the war. The
Good Hope was seriously damaged
and was on fire when she escaped. 1t
is believed here that she went to the
bottom later.
klthough terrific in all phases, this
sea fight lasted but one hour.
London, Nov. 4.-With the pressure
on the Franco Belgian seacoast re-
lieved, interest in London again has
been diverted from land operations
to the naval movements.
The dash of the German squadron
stoVwithin ten miles of the northeast
coast of England, indicates that the
prolonged inactivity of the larger
units of the German fleet has been
broken by raid on the coast of Eng
land, but most satisfaction is express
ed in that the cruiser, Halycon, by
the clever seamanship of her COM
mander, escaped from tight corner
practically uninjured. The retiring
German squadron dropped floating
mines in it's track, and this delayed it's
pursuit. These tactics are exciting
criticism here, but experts realize that
the mines in question probably are Of
the type recognized as legitimate by
the Hague convention.
Berlin, Nov. 4-The following was
issued from the official headquarters:
"The first encounters on the Turkish
frontier in which the Turkish soldiers
met the Russian forces from the Cau-
causias, resulted unsuccessfullv for
tports, sunk by the Turks. had on
boalN seventeen hundred mines, des-
tined for the blockading of Turkish
waters. This fact proves the hostile
intentions of the Russians"
The Gazette del Poplo says that the
present treatment of Germans in Eng
land is policv open to question, as
numerous English industries are con-
du4ed by Germans, who would be
difficult to replace. The note of Sir
Edward Grey of the English foreign
office denouncing Turkey, which was
handed to the Indian government by
the British ambassador. has created
in Italian political circles an impress
f, sion unfavorable to England as it
shows England's fear of Turkey.
Cobenhagen. Nov. A feet of
German warships has gathered off
Aland Islands in the Baltic sea, north
east of Stockholm and opposite the en-
trance to the Gulf of Finland. They
were evidently proceeding north and
have stopped to await orders.
Japs Capture German Prisoners
Toxic Nov. "A dispatch from
Tsin-Nan. in the shantung province,
China, says the Japanese forces before
Tsing-Tau, the fortified position of the
German territory of Kiao- Chow, have
DESTROYED twenty-sixs German guns
and captured 800 prisoners. The jap
anese artillery is now attacking the
German trenches and wire entangle-
ments before them.
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