Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-10-23
ARMY AND FLEET
) IN COAST FIGHT
FRENCH CLAIM GERMANS HEH
PULSED BY 5ELGIANS-
WARSHIPS AIDING.
ASSERT BIG GUNS FAILED
Germans Report British Ship Triumph
Damaged While 5ombarding
Tsing-tao--Jap Ship Sunk
by German Mine.

Paris, Oct. 20-The official COM
munication issued by the war Offices
Monday night says:
"In Belgium attacks by the Ger
mans between Newport and Dixmude
have been repulsed by the Belgian
army, effectually aided by the British
fleet.
Between Arras and Roye slight
progress has been made at severaI
points. Troops have reached as far
as the wire networks of the defense+
''In the neighborhood of st. MihieH
we have gained some ground on the
right bank of the Mouse.
mo news of Importance has BEEN
received regarding the remainder Oh
the front.
THE effort of the Germans to uti-
lize their heavy artillery at the 'front.'
at Newport Vladsloe and east of Dix
nude failed. The allied forces, and
notably the Belgians, have repulsed
all of the new German attacks and
have themselves advanced to Roulerss
twenty-five miles from the coast.
con our left wing between the Lys
and the canal of La Bassee, we have
now advanced in the direction OF
Lille. Extremely obstinate conflicts
are taking place on the front of La
Bassee-Ablain-St. Nazaire. We are
advancing house by house in these
two localities to the north and south
of Arras.
"Our troops have been lighting
without respite for more than ten
days with a courage and persever-
ance which has not given way at any
time.
"In the region of Chaulnes we have
repulsed strong counter attack by
the enemy and have gained some
ground.
cat the center conditions continue
unchanged and there is nothing to
report. On our right wing, in Al
SAGE, and to the west of Colmar, our
advance guards are on the line OF
Bonhomme-Sulzern and farther to
the south we still hold our previously
reported positions. -
Damage British Ship.
Washington, Oct 20.-The Ger
man embassy gave out this statement
last night:
Reliable news from San Francis
co-British battleship Triumph heav-
lily damaged whilst bombarding
Tsing-tao, together with Japanese
ships, by shell fire from howitzers of
the fortress. Had to withdraw i'm
mediately."
Toxic, Oct 20.-It is officially an
nounced that the Japanese cruiser
Takachiho was sunk In Kiau-Chau
bay by German mine OF the crew
of 357 only ten, the captain and nine
members of the crew, were saved.
1t is announced that a typhoon has
struck KiauChau, destroying the
landing pier. Twenty Japanese sail
ors drowned.
The Japanese cruiser Takachiho
was built in 1885 and refitted in
1900. She was vessel of 3,7OO tons
and was 800 feet long and had As
feet beam. Her main battery con-
sisted of eight 6-inch guns and her
speed was about eighteen knots.
Austrian Fleet Settled Up.
London, Oct. 20.-The Austrian
fleet attempted to escape from the
harbor of Cattaro, Delmatia, Sunday
and break through the French feet
blockadinG the port, but was driven
back promptly, according to adyices
from Cettinje, Montenegro, forward
ed from Rome to the Exchange Tele-
graph.
Proclaim Turk Heir.
London, Oct. 20.-Prince Yussoe
Izzedin, eldest son of the late Sultan
Abdul Aziz of Turkey, was proclaim
ed by the sultan on Monday heir pre-
sumptive to the Turkish throne az
generalissimo of the army and navy,
according to a dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegram company from -Petrograd.
The announcement was made unex-
pectedly at family council, says the
Constantinople correspondent, in or
der to combat the dictatorship of En-
yer Pasha and German influence.
War Material Seized.
London, Oct. 20.--A news agency
dispatch from Rome says it is report
ed there that the Roumanian govern
ment has seized quantity of war
material en- route from Germany to
Turkey.