The Raymer enterprise., 1914-10-22
GERMANS
| OUT OF osTEND
ENGLISH SHIPS FORCE BIG SIEGE
GUNS BACK FROM CHANNEL
PORTS, IS REPORT.
WAR NAv|ES IN ACTION
JAP CRUISER SUNK; BRITISH SHIP
DAMAGED; AUSTRIAN SUE.
MARINE DESTROYED.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service,

Western Newspaper uAion New. Service.
London, Oct. 20.-Ostend has been
recaptured by the allies, and the Ger.
mans have suffered the most serious
defeat in western Europe since the
war began, according to reports from
the battle front received here.
The crisis In the German attempt
TO seize the French channel ports,
scarcely twenty miles from the coast
Of England. came Monday with the
French official announcement that
both the British fleet and the heavy
German guns that destroyed the Ant
werp forts had taken part In battle,
the front Of which extended from
Nieuport to Vladslo.
The Paris war office claims that the
western German wing has been driven
back and that the British fleet has
made an occupation of the channel
ports by the Kaiser's troops impos.
sible.
Heavy fighting near Dunkirk Is an.
nounced in statements from both
Paris and Berlin. The German war
office claims that the Kaiser's troops
have reached the neighborhood Of that
port and that the Inhabitants are flee
Ing from both Dunkirk and Boulogne.
The Paris statement declares that
the Belgian army has repulsed the
Germans near Nieuport, which is halt
way between Ostend and Dunkirk.
It Ia also stated that the British
neot hurled German land forces back
"A regard to the remainder Of the
Immense battle front. the Berlin re.
port is silent, while Paris claims
progress has been made between Ar.
ras and Roye and near st. Mihiel on
the right bank Of the Meuse.
The allies have also made progress
eastward from point south of Ar.
mentieres toward Lille on a line run.
ming roughly to Arras.
The report tells Of house-to-house
fighting In which the allies are ad.
vancing. The battle has ragged around
Arras without respite FOR ten days
and on the part of the allied troops
with a perseverance and spirit
which never has been relaxed.
In Belgium attacks by the Ger.
mans between Nieuport and Dixmude
have been repulsed by the Belgian
army effectually aided by the British
fleet" the official communication 10
sued by the French war office says.
Between Arras and Roye slight
progress has been made at several
points. Our troops have reached as
far as the wire nets of the defense.
in the neighborhood of st. Mihiel
we have gained some ground on the
right bank of the Meuse.
mo news OF Importance has been
received regarding the remainder oi
the fight"
Nations Resume Naval Activity.
For the first time since the war be
gan, the fleets OF all the warning ma
tons have become active and losset
have been reported by both sides
following the sinking of four German
torpedo boat destroyers by the Brit
ish Saturday.
The British battleship Triumph wal
seriously damaged by shell fire from
the forts at Tsing-Tau Monday, and II
was officially announced at Toxic tha,
the Japanese cruiser Takachiho wa,
sunk by a mine in Kiao-Chau bay OF
the night OF October IT.
The Takachiho was built In 1885 ant
refitted In 1900. She was a vessel oil
1900 tons and was 800 feet long ant
had a 46-foot beam. Her main battery
consisted of eight 6-inch guns and bel
speed was about IS knots. The cruis
er carried a crow OF 357 men, only II
of whom, according to the official re
port. are known to have been saved.
The Takachiho was on patrol duty
outside Tsing-Tau, when she fouled Q
mine. Japanese destroyers heard the
explosion and saw the flames. They
hurried to the assistance OF the cruls
er, which, however, disappeared very
quickly.
A battle between a German four
funneled cruiser, apparently the Karls
ruhe, and a British cruiser somewhat
similar In size, Is reported by tht
American schooner Fannie Prescott
which arrived In Havana. Cuba, from
Gulfport, Miss. The engagement Il
said to have occurred October II Il
latitude 26o 40' moth and longltud,
S4' 90 west. After half hour of fir
ing. the cruisers separated. according
to the schooner's crew, the British
vessel going west and the German
north. The German. 1t was stated
was listing TO port, and apparently ha,
been damaged seriously.