Cheyenne record., 1914-10-22
ENGLISH SHIPS FORCE BIG SIEGE
GUNS BACK FROM CHANNEL
PORTS, Is REPORT.
WAR NAVIES IN ACTION
JAP CRUISER SUNK; BRITISH SHIP
DAMAGED; AUSTRIAN SUB
MARINE DESTROYED.

London, Oct 2O-Ostend has been
recaptured by the allies, and the Ger
mans have suffered the most serious
defeat in western Europe since the
war began. according to reports from
the battle front received here.
The crisis in the German attempt
to seize the French channel ports,
scarcely twenty miles from the coast
Of England, came Monday with the
French official announcement that
both the British fleet and the heavy
German guns that destroyed the Ant
werp forts had taken part in battle,
the front of which extended from
Nieuport to Vladslo.
The Paris war office claims that the
western German wing has been driven
back and that the British fleet has
made an occupation Of the channel
ports by the Kaiser's troops impos-
sible.
Heavy fighting near Dunkirk Is an
nounced in statements from both
Paris and Berlin. The German war
office claims that the Kaiser's troops
have reached the neighborhood of that
port and that the inhabitants are flee
Ing from both Dunkirk and Boulogne.
The Paris statement declares that
the Belgian army has repulsed the
Germans near Nieuport, which is half
way between Ostend and Dunkirk.
1t is also stated that the British
fleet hurled German land forces back.
In regard to the remainder OF the
immense battle front, the Berlin re-
port is silent, while Paris claims
progress has been made between Ar
ras and Roye and near st. Mihiel on
the right bank Of the Meuse.
The allies have also made progress
eastward from a point south of Ar
mentieres toward Lille on a line run
ming roughly to Arras.
The report tells of house-to-house
fighting in which the allies are ad-
vancing. The battle has ragged around
Arras without respite for ten days
and on the part Of the allied troops
with a perseverance and spirit
which never has been relaxed.
''In Belgium attacks by the Ger
mans between Nieuport and Dixmude
have been repulsed by the Belgian
army effectually aided by the British
fleet" the official communication is
sued by the French war office says.
Between Arras and Roye slight
progress has been made at several
points. Our troops have reached as
far as the wire nets Of the defense.
"In the neighborhood Of st. Mihiel
we have gained some ground on the
right bank Of the Meuse.
mo news of importance has been
received regarding the remainder Of
the fight"
Nations Resume Naval Activity.
For the first time since the war be-
gan, the fleets of all the warning ma
tions have become active and losses
have been reported by both sides,
following the sinking Of four German
torpedo boat destroyers by the Brit
ish Saturday.
The British battleship Triumph was
seriously damaged by shell fire from
the forts at Tsing-Tau Monday, and 1t
was officially announced at Toxic that
the Japanese cruiser Takachiho was
sunk by a mine in Kiao-Chau bay on
the night Of October IT.
The Takachiho was built in 1885 and
refitted in 1900. She was vessel of
300 tons and was 300 feet long and
had a 46-foot beam. Her main battery
consisted of eight 6-inch guns and her
speed was about 18 knots. The cruis-
er carried crew of 357 men, only II
of whom, according to the official re-
port, are known to have been saved.
The Takachiho was on patrol duty,
outside Tsing-Tau, when she fouled a
mine. Japanese destroyers heard the
explosion and saw the flames. They
hurried to the assistance Of the cruis-
er, which, however, disappeared very
quickly.
A battle between a German four
funneled cruiser, apparently the Karls-
ruhe, and a British cruiser somewhat
similar in size, Is reported by the
American schooner Fannie Prescott.
which arrived in Havana. Cuba, from
Gulfport, Miss. The engagement Is
said to have occurred October II in
latitude go 40 north and longitude
84e 20 west. After half hour Of fir
ing, the cruisers separated, according
to the schooner's crew, the British
vessel going west and the German
north. The German, it was stated,
was listing to port, and apparently had
been damaged seriously.