The Spectator., 1914-10-27
GERMANS CLAIM
 ADVANCES ON
 BELGIAN SO|L They Have Begun Definitely to Push Forward to
 the South. 3OO,OOO WAR PRISONERS TAKEN BY THE TEUTONS THIS NUMBER INCLUDES p GEN. ERALS OF FRENCH, RUSSIAN
 AND BELGIAN ARMIES. AUSTRIA CHECKS CHOLERA French Reports are Gloomy, and Ad- init Numerous Defeats Along the
THIS NUMBER INCLUDES 22 GEN. ERALS OF FRENCH, RUSSIAN
 AND BELGIAN ARMIES.
AUSTRIA CHECKS CHOLERA
French Reports are Gloomy, and Ad. init Numerous Defeats Along the
 Extended Battle Line
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Berlin, by Wireless to Sayville, L. l. The twelfth week of the war was signaized, according to official ac- counts, by the final checking of the enyeloping campaign, which the al lies in the west for a month have di rected against the German right fianF The Germans, it is declared, have be- gun slowly, but definitely to push southward.
 Events in the eastern theater of war have not yet entered a decisive phase, it is said.
 Dispatches from the Austrian army headquarters report that battle con. tinues before Przemysl, where the line has now assumed the shape of cres- cent with the Austrians attacking the north and south portions October "A $500 Russian prisoners passed the Austrian headquarters, while 5000 additional prisoners from Przemsyl and Jaroslau are reported en route
 The use of the anti-cholera serum in the Austrian army has proved ef fective. Army surgeons no longer fear m epidemic.
 The total number of prisoners of war confined in the camps in Germany October 21, is announced to be ,, ,4O1 officers and 291. .46S men. including six French, l3 Russians and three Belgian generals. More prisoners are said to be on the way from the front
 The following German comment on the French official statement has been given to the press:
 1.-The tone of the French official war bdlletin of last evening was rather depressed and caused a panic in Paris. It admits a retreat between the sea and Canal la Bassee and mentions the impetuositv of the German at tacks near Arras and the Somme
 The night bulletin aggravates the pessimistic impression. It repeats that there has been French defeats on the north wing. In order to at. tenuate the impression, an official note was issued two hours later saying Ifidb lllS Ds1NlIC IiOut lldu Sllllltu LVV kilometers northward and therefore patience always was needed"
 According to report from German official sources the French minister of justice has ordered the seizure of all private property of Germans in France.
 From the same source, it is stated. that advices from Lisbon set forth that the royalist movement in Portu- gal is increasing and that there has been fighting between the government forces and the rebels at many places. The insurgents are said to be we'll armed.
 It is learned that it was the German submarine U-9 Captain Weddigen which sank the British cruiser Hawke fin the North Sea October l5 by a tor pedo attack. The craft which earlier sank three cruisers. Hogue. Aboukir and Greasy.
 The enterprise and skill of Com mander Weddigen ny the decoration of the Order of Merit.
 In the casualty list issued recently appeared the name of Major General Pochammer, who was killed October 4. while leading his troops in the forest of Argonne.