The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-11-05
ALLIED FORCES
CLAIM VICTORY
OVER GERMANS
Duke Of Wuerttemberg Said 10
Have Been Defeated.
MANY TEUToNS DIE IN FLOOD
kSissr'S Troops Drowned in Trenches
and Are said to Have Been
Driven Back Four Miles
In Flanders.

~, Near the Franco Belgian Frontier.
Nov. 2.--The Germans frantic efforts
to hack their way through northwest
Flanders to Calais have ended, after a
fortnight OF conflict, in defeat.
Their losses are enormous. A Ger.
man officer taken prisoner estimates
them at 10000 dead and wounded
since the Germans occupied ostend--
October 10.
In northwest Flanders alone whole
batteries and battalioDs have been an
INITIATED by the shell fire of British
warships thousands upon thousands
OF the kaiser's soldiers have been
drowned in flooded trenches, for the
seq has been let in by the Belgians
upon miles OF beet land, reclaimed
and below sea level at high tide. Two
feet Of water everywhere means more
than six feet In the deep German
| trenches.
German corpses that float upon this
inland sea bear bayonet wounds, Only
the main roads with their avenues OF
trees and railway trucks remain ex.
posed above the flood area.
Duke Of Wusrtte mherg Defeated.
Paris, Nov. 2.--BelEian. French and
British troops administered a decisive
defeat to the German army OF the duke
Of Wuerttemberg in the battle OF Elan.
ders, forcing the invaders to fall back
a distance OF four miles from the rail
road line. between Newport and Dix
nude. after suffering enormous losses
in killed and the capture of great
many prisoners. u ..
Attacks Of violent nature by fresh
German troops against the seasoned
British forces occupying positions
south OF Paschendaele resulted moi
orly in the repulse OF the attackinl
force, but In the recovery Of thu
ground the allies had been forced Il
cede in the vicinity Of Ghelucelt.
important losses also we're inflicted
upon the Germans by the British inli
series OF attacks and counter-attack
Of desperate character al several othe
points along the NIeuport-Ypres from
Germans Shell HlsUport,
A violent bombardment of Nieupor
by the German artillery, employing
giant hOwitzers, was renewed and cor
siderable damage was inflicted on tn
residence section of the port city, sew
eral shells striking near the Marin
hospital
The Official bulletin from the Frencl
war Office tells Of further severe al
taeks directed by the invaders agains
the French positions In the vicinity o
Lihons, Quesnoye- en- Santerre and Vat
the Germans on Friday forced th
French to withdraw before the fury O
their attacks by numerically superio
forces. Sunday, however the on
slaughts were met with a witherfn
fire from newly arrived French ms
fectiysly checked,
German Assaults Fail.
All along the line. where the Gel
man armies Of Generals Won Kluck an
Won Boehm have been exerting grea
pressure In an effort to break throUg
what they hoped to be a dfsastFousI
weakened front, due to Withdrawals {
troops to aid the Relgians in the noTti
the attacks have failed signaIly wit
the exception Of that Temporary gal
at Vailly, and the positions Of tn
French have been maintained stai
bornIy
Further gains were made IN gToun
taken. IN the fighting north OF sol
ain the engagements Incident to tn
vigorous drive Of the French hag
been extremely sanguinary,
Z The French and British troops RI
captured the towns Of Hollebeks an
Msssines, which we're taken by I'd
| Germans on Saturday.
HuHdrsds Are Captured.
p New positions Of great imporranc
we're assumed BY the allies IN the
advance in this vicinity. The Ge
mans attempted numerous violent a
tacks on several positions held
r strength BY the allies, but all wei
p repealed with. considerable loss To IA
enemy, hundreds Of prisoners bein
I taken.