Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

from Berlin say 1t Is rumored there
that the German attack on Belgium Is
succeeding and that the southern forts
have surrendered.
The French recaptured Altkirch,
Upper Alsace, at the point Of the
bayonet.
The Russians are reported in dis
patches from Petrograd to have taken
Przemysl and turned the Germans
and Austrians back In disorderly rout
in the ten-day battle which has been
raging along the line of the Vistula,
with 100000 men engaged. The
German army is said to have lost 200.-
900 men.
Two shipyards at Kiel-the Ger
mania and the Howard-are building
80 armored lighters. capable Of carry
ing 500 men each and travelling at the
rate Of nine miles an hour. to proceed
to the River Scheldt should events
permit the landing Of German troops
on the coast Of England.
The German cruiser Karlsruhe has
sunk 10 British merchantmen in the
Atlantic
The German attack on Belfort, by
which route II is hoped to hurl the
kaiser's armies again toward Paris, Is
proceeding. Two French forts to the
south OF the main fortress have capt.
ulated to the Germans, the garrisons
Withdrawing to the greater strong
hold.
Capture of the northern French
canal system from Aleux to the Disc
river after hard fighting is announced
In Berlin.
The war office at Berlin made the
following announcement: Northwest
of Newport British torpedo boat has
been put out of action by our artil-
lery. Fighting continues west of
Lille. Our troops have assumed the
offensive and have repulsed the enemy
at several points. The English have
lost several machine guns and 1000
prisoners
A dispatch from Amsterdam says
the victory on the south line belongs
to the allies. II is claimed 10000 Ger
mans, 800 guns and 81 flags have
been taken
Petrograd official reports say the
Germans are continuing their hasty
retreat from Warsaw and that des-
perate engagements are being fought
In Galicia.
The entire civil population is in full
flight from Warsaw because of the
approach of the German army. and an
attack on the city Is imminent, ac-
cording to reports from the eastern
front received In Berlin.
1t is semi-ofticially stated that the
number Of German troops sent to the
eastern and western theaters of the
war since the middle of September is
100000.
Lisbon newspapers assert that more
than twenty-five thousand Portuguese
troops are aiding the French and
British forces In the battle line in
Belgium and France.
The Prussian diet has passed war
bills carrying an appropriation aggre-
eating s375,OO0.O0O.
The United States has made per-
emptory demand upon Great Britain
that she Immediately release the
American tank steamship John d.
Rockefeller. seized by British war
ship and detained at Kirkwall, DIRK
ney islands. The Rockefeller was
bound from Philadelphia to Copen-
hagen with cargo OF Illuminating oil.
Britain claims oil is contraband of
war. Two other American ships have
been seized by England.
The Austrian army mas won sue
cesses against the Russians who in
vaded the crown land of Bukowina, ac-
cording to a statement by the general
staff given out in Vienna, which says
Czernowicz, capital Of Bukowina, has
been retaken by the Austrians.
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The allies vigorous attack on the
German lines before Lille has failed.
The French and British are being
driven steadily to the westward. The
principal gains Of the Germans were
made in the vicinity of La Bassee.
Both sides lost heavily. ~
According to the Petrograd CORE
spondent Of the London Daily News,
q message from Warsaw says EN-
peror William and the German head
quarters STAFF have retreated from
Czenstochowa. Russian Poland, into
Silesia.
There has been no cessation OF the
battle in Belgium and northern France.
The fighting is OF the fiercest charac-
ter and the British warships. assisted
by French craft. continue to aid the
allies on land with heavy shell fire
from their guns.
Lille, the principal city of northern
France. practically has been destroyed
by German cannon. The most beauti-