Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-11-20
WALLS
'KNESS
\ D|ERS
sd FLOODED
PNEUMONIA
e,1AN TROOPS
HTRENCHEs.
DEA1h = 70 ROBERTS
DEALT 70 ROBERTS
Head Of English Army Had Gone to
France to Visit His Troops
Third Largest Vessel in Eng.
lsh Navy Goes to Bottom
Of Sea.

Thielt, Belgium, Nov. 16.-The
Germans have not succeeded IN
crossing the User in front of Dix
nude. since that town has been en-
tirely destroyed. The possession Of
1t thus far has been Of little value to
the invaders. A heavy fog alternat-
ing with pouring rains is causing a
great deal of sickness among the
soldiers in the trenches. The bitches
are flooded and the men are forced
to stand in water constantly. AS a
result these soldiers suffer from Sc
we're colds which frequently develop
into pneumonia. There is no place
In which those who are i'll can be
cared for Immediately since all viii
Tags in this vicinity are destroyed.
The nearest hospitals in Client and
Bruges are overcrowded
Lord Roberts Dead.
London, Nov. 16.-Field Marshal
Tarl Roberts died Saturday night in
France from pneumonia. A tele-
gram from Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander of the British
expeditionary forces on the CONT
hent, apprised Earl Kitchener, scere-
tary Of state for war, of the death of
England's great soldier. The telc-
gram read.
II regret to tell you that Lord
Roberts died at 8 p. M, Saturday."
Field Marshal Roberts, who was
colonel-in-chief of the Indian :roops,
had gone to France to give them his
greeting Soon after his arrival ne
became seriously i'll. He suffered
from severe chill Thursday, ana
pneumonia rapidly developed. His
great age, 80 years, initiated
against his recovery, the crisis in the
disease coming quickly.
The veterans devotion to the in
terests of the army, his nard work
IN this connection and his seeming
good health had. been the subject of
comment since the beginning of the
| war. He was the most popular mil
ittry figure in Great Britain and a
| national hero without a rival in the
affections Of the people.
/. ~ eight sSsiinks. -
+ New York, Nov. 16.--Rumors Of
disaster to the British super-dread-
nSught Audacious, have been. con-
| filmed by mail from point in Ire
land.
After q career Of less than two
years. the Audacious,i Of the King
George v. class-third in tonnage
and armament Of his majesty d. war
shtps-lies at the bottom Of the
OCEAN of the Meth coast of Ireland.
1Gwas hit by torpedo or disabled
by a mine just before 8 a. m. Oct
~ With the possible exceptionof
| Of one or two men. the whole crew
0f9800 officers and men was rescued
by small boats from the liner Olym-
pH.
Turks Victorious.
.Fonstantinople reports that Turk
isx troops have occupied Kotur in
til Persian province OF Azerbaijan,
do eating the Russians. The battles
| al Kosprikjoel are described as des-
pdate. The Turks took one fortress
W in their third bayonet attack. All
IL defenders fell or were captured.
Ibas announced that British land
iii force at Fac, In the province Of
BS&ra, on the Persian gulgg, was at
ta6ked and sixty men fell.
M Defeat Comes to Austrians.
iondon, Nov. 16iir--A dispatch to
thksReuter Telegram company from
CMnje, Montenegro says: The
Austrian attacks Against Grabove,
Mntenegro; % welle a.. those against
o1 troops In Herzegovina, have all
ba u repulsedS with heavy losses to
the enemy. The Austrians with SUI
perior forcesStrisd to recapture two
important positions 1at Timar (Bos-
| niaA and Talnk,tk h INIT vuoros. n ciaivolv
detlated:
Paris, Nov. ia French Off
cial statement follows: Yesterday,
relatively a quiet day on the whole
front. was characterized principally
by artillery combats. The Germans
however. attempted several attacks
to the north, east and south .;ot
Ypres. All were repulsed with con.
siderable losses to them. To sum up:
All efforts made by the Germans dur.
ing the last several days resulted
only in the capture OF the ruined vii.