Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-09-03
War News Condensed.

Il
ing to reports received at London vic
tory lay with the British.
In battle off the island of Helgo-
land, in the North sea, the Germans
are reported to have lost two cruisers
and two torpedo boats sunk, while
another of their cruisers and many of
their destroyers were badly battered
in a fight with British warships. The
British claimed not to have suffered
the loss of single vessel and claim
there were few fatalities on board the
vessels of their feet. The German
casualties were not given.
The island of Helgoland, which lies
forty-five miles off the mouths Of the
rivers Elbe and Weser, always has
been regarded as point of great stra-
tegic value for the protection of the
Kaiser Wilhemn canal and otherwise
| in the naval defense of Germany. Re-
cent reports had 1t that a large part
of the flower of the German navy lay
in the waters adjacent to the Elbe
and Weser and the Kaiser Wilhelm
canal
The German forts at Tsing-Tau fir
ed upon two Japanese cruisers recon
noitering off The fortress. One of the
cruisers is said to have been damaged.
Louvain, Belgian town OF $4,000
| inhabitants and with many historic
buildings, is reported to have been
burned by the Germans as an act of
reprisal, alleging Belgian citizens fir
| ed on German soldiers
Because OF the nonpayment OF a
war levy of $40,000,0 900, the Germans,
| it is said, threaten t seize the famous
pictures and objects of art in the mu-
seums of Brussels.
Advices from Chinese coastal cities
report the sinking of the German tor
pedo boat destroyer $50 by the British
torpedo Boat destroyer Welland, and
seizure by the allies Of the various
German merchantmen as prizes.
German reservists are said to be
pouring into Tsing-Tau from various
parts of China to aid in the defense
| of the German station.
Field Marshal Sir John French
commander-in-chief of the British ex-
peditionary force, reports that his
troops were attacked by five German
army corps and cavalry Wednesday
in the neighborhood OF Cambria and
Lecateau and that their casualties
were heavy. He does not state the
outcome of the battle. Cambria and
Lecateau are French towns about ten
miles southwest of Maubeuge and the
description of the scene of the tight
ing reported bp Field Marshal French
and announced in the house of com
mons by Premier Asquith today fits
in with the battle line indicated at
Berlin.
A serious reverse to British arms on
the French frontier is officially an
nounced in Berlin.
British marines are in force at Os-
tend. press dispatch from that
town says tia. the Germans are with
ing twenty miles of the place.
The Russian military attache at
Paris is credited with the statement
King Charles of Rumania is report
Cd seriously ill.,
that additional Russian armies are
| about to invade western Prussia with
the intention of marching on Berlin.
Henry 8. Breckenridge, American
assistant secretary of war, is in Wen
ma looking after some 400 Americans
there. He expects to conclude his
work at the Austrian capital today
and proceed to Switzerland.
| German troops are reported as TAX
ing the offensive in Belgian Congo.
After nine days fighting the Ger
mans claim to have put the western
line Of the allies to flight. The Eng
lish, it Is asserted, were defeated at
Maubeuge, France, and the Franco
Belgian forces driven back toward
Maubeuge
An English correspondent at Lille.
France, says that the advance guards
of the Germans is now at Pont-A-
Marcq and Marchiennes, French
towns just south of Lille in the de-
rartment du Nord.
A newspaper dispatch from Bou-
lIogne reports that the Germans broke
through the French lines near Arras
in the province of Pas de Calais, but
the French have the situation well in
hand
A British destroyer has sunk an
Austrian destroyer off Corfu, accord
ing to a news dispatch from Brindisi.
Italy.
| Belgian attacks from Nancy and
Antwerp were repulsed, it is declared.
| A reverse to the forces OF the allies
is generally admitted by the English
and French newspapers, which say to-
days news is decidedly bad" While
plainly expressing disappointment at
the failure OF their forces, they de-
clare the retrograde movement toward
1.-THE line OF strong defensive works
near the frontier has been carried out
in good order.
The English newspapers declare
that both the English and Russians
are determined to fight to finish"
whatever the outlook may be at pres
emit. They say the possession OF Ma
muir was vital for Germany and that
il was fine stroke for the Germans
to have rushed the place under the
eyes of the allied armies"
Namur forts, and the Belgians con-
tend they still hold AS to the Ger
man occupation OF French territory
there is little doubt. as the French
official Office intimates further revers-
es in the north. and Field Marshal
French reported to the British war
office that he was engaged against su-